Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament



The women's tournament of the basketball at the 2008 Olympics at Beijing, China began on August 9 and ended on August 23, when the United States defeated Australia 92–65 for the gold medal. All games were held at the Wukesong Indoor Stadium.

Format

 * Twelve teams are split into 2 preliminary round groups of 6 teams each. The top 4 teams from each group qualify for the knockout stage.
 * Fifth-placed teams from each group are ranked 9th–10th by basis of their records.
 * Sixth-placed teams from each group are ranked 11th–12th by basis of their records.
 * In the quarterfinals, the matchups are as follows: A1 vs. B4, A2 vs. B3, A3 vs. B2 and A4 vs. B1.
 * The eliminated teams at the quarterfinals are ranked 5th–8th by basis of their preliminary round records
 * The winning teams from the quarterfinals meet in the semifinals as follows: A1/B4 vs. A3/B2 and A2/B3 vs. A4/B1.
 * The winning teams from the semifinals dispute the gold medal. The losing teams dispute the bronze.

Ties are broken via the following the criteria, with the first option used first, all the way down to the last option:
 * 1) Head to head results
 * 2) Goal average (not the goal difference) between the tied teams
 * 3) Goal average of the tied teams for all teams in its group

All times are local Beijing Time (GMT+8).

Preliminary round
All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Group A
   

  

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Quarterfinals
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Semifinals
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Bronze medal game
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Gold medal game
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Final standings
Rankings are determined by:
 * 1st–4th
 * Results of gold and bronze medal games.
 * 5th–8th:
 * Win–loss record in the preliminary round group
 * Standings in the preliminary round group (i.e. Group A's #3 is ranked higher than Group B's #4.)
 * Goal average in the preliminary round group
 * 9th–10th and 11th–12th:
 * 5th placers in the preliminary round groups are classified 9th–10th; 6th placers classified 11th–12th
 * Win–loss record in the preliminary round group
 * Goal average in the preliminary round group