Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics

10th Olympic Basketball Tournament
Moscow 1980
Tournament details
Olympics 1980 Summer Olympics
Host nation Soviet Union
City Moscow
Duration July 20 – July 30
Men's tournament
Teams 12
Medals
1 Gold medalists  Yugoslavia
2 Silver medalists Italy
3 Bronze medalists  Soviet Union
Women's tournament
Teams 6
Medals
1 Gold medalists  Soviet Union
2 Silver medalists Bulgaria
3 Bronze medalists  Yugoslavia
Tournaments
 Montreal 1976  Los Angeles 1984 
Basketball match during 1980 Summer Olympics

Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics was held from July 20 to July 30 at the Olympiiski Indoor Stadium[1][2] and at the CSKA Sports Palace,[2] both located in Moscow. Finals of both men's and women's events were held 30 July at the Olympiiski Indoor Stadium.

Due to the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics, the United States and other nations withdrew from the tournament. The 1980 Olympics marked the second time that the United States men's team did not win the gold medal in Olympic basketball; Yugoslavia won gold in the men's tournament and the Soviet Union in the women's competition.

Medal summary

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's  Yugoslavia (YUG)
Andro Knego
Dragan Kićanović
Rajko Žižić
Mihovil Nakić
Željko Jerkov
Branko Skroče
Zoran Slavnić
Kresimir Ćosić
Ratko Radovanović
Duje Krstulović
Dražen Dalipagić
Mirza Delibašić
 Italy (ITA)
Fabrizio Della Fiori
Marco Solfrini
Marco Bonamico
Dino Meneghin
Renato Villalta
Renzo Vecchiato
Pierluigi Marzorati
Pietro Generali
Romeo Sacchetti
Roberto Brunamonti
Michael Sylvester
Enrico Gilardi
 Soviet Union (URS)
Stanislav Yeryomin
Valeri Miloserdov
Sergei Tarakanov
Aleksandr Salnikov
Andrei Lopatov
Nikolai Deriugin
Sergei Belov
Vladimir Tkachenko
Anatoli Myshkin
Sergėjus Jovaiša
Aleksandr Belostenny
Vladimir Zhigily
Women's  Soviet Union (URS)
Olga Barysheva
Tatyana Ivinskaya
Nelli Feryabnikova
Vida Beselienė
Tatyana Ovechkina
Angelė Rupšienė
Lyubov Sharmay
Uljana Semjonova
Tetiana Nadyrova
Olga Sukharnova
Nadezhda Shuvayeva-Olkhova
Lyudmila Rogozhina
 Bulgaria (BUL)
Krasimira Bogdanova
Vanya Dermendzhieva
Silviya Germanova
Petkana Makaveeva
Nadka Golcheva
Penka Stoyanova
Evladiya Slavcheva
Kostadinka Radkova
Snezhana Mikhaylova
Angelina Mikhaylova
Penka Metodieva
Diana Dilova
 Yugoslavia (YUG)
Vera Đurašković
Mersada Bećirspahić
Jelica Komnenović
Mira Bjedov
Vukica Mitić
Sanja Ožegović
Sofija Pekić
Marija Tonković
Zorica Đurković
Vesna Despotović
Biljana Majstorović
Jasmina Perazić

Qualification

An NOC may enter up to one men's team with 12 players and up to one women's team with 12 players. Automatic qualifications were granted to the host country for both events, plus the winning team at the 1978 FIBA World Championship and the Olympic champions in the men's tournament. The remaining spots were decided by corresponding continental qualifying tournaments for the men's competition, and in a tournament held months before the Olympic Games in Varna, Bulgaria for the women's event.

Men

AfricaAmericasAsiaEuropeOceaniaAutomatic qualifiers
 Senegal Puerto Rico[a]
 Canada[a]
 Argentina[a]
 Brazil[b]
 Cuba[b]
 China[a]
 India[b]
 Italy
 Czechoslovakia
 Spain
 Sweden[b]
 Poland[b]
 Australia YugoslaviaWorld Champions
 United States[a]Olympic champions
 Soviet Union – Olympic hosts

Women

AmericasEuropeAutomatic qualifiers
 United States[a]
 Cuba
 Bulgaria
 Italy
 Yugoslavia
 Hungary[b]
 Soviet Union – Olympic hosts
  • a Withdrew from the tournament.
  • b Replacement teams.

Format

Men's tournament:

  • Three round-robin groups of four teams were formed, where the top two from each one advanced to the final round, and the remaining teams to the classification round.
  • Both the final and classification round groups consisted of another round-robin of six teams each where results between teams from the same preliminary group were carried over. The top two teams from the final round competed for the gold medal, while third and fourth places for bronze.
  • With the exception of the first four places, the final standings were decided by the corresponding places in each group.

Women's tournament:

  • One round-robin group is formed containing all six teams, where the top two compete for the gold medal, while the third and fourth places compete for the bronze medal in an additional match.
  • The remaining two teams finish with their group rank in the final standings.

Tie-breaking criteria:

  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

Men's Tournament

Preliminary round

The top two teams from each group advance to the final round group, while the remaining teams compete for 8th through 12th places in the classification group. Hosts Soviet Union and the world champions Yugoslavia advanced undefeated to the final round. Meanwhile, qualification in Group C was closely contested between Italy, Cuba and Australia, which ended up being decided by a third tiebreaker in favor of the first two teams.

Group A

Qualified for the quarterfinals
Team W L PF PA PD Pts
 Soviet Union30321235+866
 Brazil21297235+625
 Czechoslovakia12285236+494
 India03194391−1973
July 20
Brazil  7270  Czechoslovakia
July 20
India  65121  Soviet Union
July 21
Czechoslovakia  13365  India
July 21
Brazil  88101  Soviet Union
July 23
Brazil  13764  India

Group B

Qualified for the quarterfinals
Team W L PF PA PD Pts
 Yugoslavia30328249+796
 Spain21289241+485
 Poland12256297−414
 Senegal03196282−863
July 21
Senegal  67104  Yugoslavia
July 21
Poland  81104  Spain
July 22
Senegal  6594  Spain
July 22
Yugoslavia  12991  Poland
July 23
Senegal  6484  Poland
July 23
Spain  9195  Yugoslavia

Group C

Qualified for the quarterfinals
Team W L PF PA PD Pts 1st Tie 2nd Tie 3rd Tie
 Italy21248233+1551W–1L1.0001.064
 Cuba21226214+1251W–1L1.0001.056
 Australia21224215+951W–1L1.0001.042
 Sweden03191227−363
July 20
Italy  9277  Sweden
July 20
Cuba  8376  Australia
July 21
Sweden  5971  Cuba
July 21
Italy  7784  Australia
July 23
Australia  6455  Sweden
July 23
Italy  7972  Cuba

Classification round

Results between Poland vs. Senegal, Australia vs. Sweden and Czechoslovakia vs. India were carried over from the preliminary round.

Team W L PF PA PD Pts 1st Tie
 Poland41453359+9491W–0L
 Australia41417381+3690W–1L
 Czechoslovakia32474377+9781W–0L
 Sweden32375341+3480W–1L
 Senegal14345396−516
 India05329539−2105
July 25
Poland  11367  India
July 25
Sweden  7064  Senegal
July 26
Senegal  8159  India
July 26
Australia  74101  Poland
July 27
Sweden  11963  India
July 28
India  7593  Australia
July 28
Sweden  7067  Poland

Final round

The first two places in the preliminary group compete for the gold medal, while the third and fourth places compete for the bronze. The remaining teams' group ranking determines their positions in the final standings. The host nation failed to compete for the gold in spite of finishing the preliminary round undefeated, due to losses against the other two group leaders Yugoslavia and especially Italy, since the result from that match served as tiebreaker, giving the latter a passport to the gold medal match. The Soviet Union then won the bronze against Spain. Yugoslavia earned their first and only gold medal in men's basketball at this Olympic Games.

Results from Yugoslavia vs. Spain, Italy vs. Cuba and Soviet Union vs. Brazil were carried over from the preliminary round.

Competed for the gold medal
Competed for the bronze medal
Team W L PF PA PD Pts 1st Tie
 Yugoslavia50506442+6410
 Italy32419438−1981W–0L
 Soviet Union32505468+3780W–1L
 Spain23488485+371W–0L
 Brazil23448477−2970W–1L
 Cuba05434490−565
July 25
Brazil  9493  Cuba
July 25
Soviet Union  10281  Spain
July 25
Yugoslavia  10281  Italy
July 26
Spain  11081  Brazil
July 26
Cuba  84112  Yugoslavia
July 26
Soviet Union  8587  Italy
July 27
Cuba  9596 (OT)  Spain
July 27
Soviet Union  91101  Yugoslavia
July 27
Italy  7790  Brazil
July 29
Spain  8995  Italy
July 29
Soviet Union  10990  Cuba
July 29
Brazil  9596  Yugoslavia

Medal matches

Bronze Medal

July 30
Soviet Union  11774  Spain

Gold Medal

July 30
Yugoslavia  8677  Italy

Women's Tournament

The women's tournament was decided in a round robin group with all six teams. The first two places competed for the gold medal, while the third and fourth places for the bronze. The remaining teams retain their group ranks for the final standings. The host nation finished the group phase undefeated and won the gold against Bulgaria. Yugoslavia would go on to win the bronze medal against Hungary.

Competed for the gold medal
Competed for the bronze medal
Team W L PF PA PD Pts
 Soviet Union50553316+23710
 Bulgaria41440405+359
 Yugoslavia32356364−88
 Hungary23344407−637
 Cuba14346403−576
 Italy05308452−1445
July 20
Italy  65102  Bulgaria
July 20
Yugoslavia  6297  Soviet Union
July 20
Cuba  6676  Hungary
July 22
Cuba  8185  Yugoslavia
July 22
Bulgaria  83122  Soviet Union
July 22
Italy  7083  Hungary
July 24
Hungary  4861  Yugoslavia
July 24
Bulgaria  8464  Cuba
July 24
Italy  53119  Soviet Union
July 25
Italy  5769  Yugoslavia
July 26
Soviet Union  9556  Cuba
July 27
Hungary  7590  Bulgaria
July 28
Italy  6379  Cuba
July 28
Yugoslavia  7981  Bulgaria
July 28
Soviet Union  12062  Hungary

Medal matches

Bronze Medal

July 30
Yugoslavia  6865  Hungary

Gold Medal

July 30
Soviet Union  10473  Bulgaria

Final standings

Rank Men Women
TeamPldWLTeamPldWL
1st, gold medalist(s) Yugoslavia880  Soviet Union660
2nd, silver medalist(s) Italy844  Bulgaria642
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Soviet Union862  Yugoslavia642
4th Spain844  Hungary624
5th Brazil743  Cuba514
6th Cuba725  Italy505
7th Poland743
8th Australia752
9th Czechoslovakia734
10th Sweden734
11th Senegal716
12th India707

References

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