Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics
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Basketball
at the 1980 Summer Olympics
was held from July 20 to July 30 at the Olympiiski Indoor Stadium
and at the CSKA Sports Palace
, 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; the Soviet Union
won the gold in the women's competition and Yugoslavia
in the men's tournament.
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 championships for the men's competition, and in a tournament held months before the Olympic Games in Varna
, Bulgaria
for the women's event.
Withdrew from the tournament. Replacement teams.
Women's tournament:
Tie-breaking criteria:
Results from Yugoslavia vs. Spain, Italy vs. Cuba and Soviet Union vs. Brazil were carried over from the preliminary round.
Gold Medal
Gold Medal
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
at the 1980 Summer Olympics
1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Moscow in the Soviet Union. In addition, the yachting events were held in Tallinn, and some of the preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football tournament...
was held from July 20 to July 30 at the Olympiiski Indoor Stadium
Olympic Stadium (Moscow arena)
Olympic Stadium, known locally as the Olimpiyskiy or Olimpiski, is a large indoor arena, located in Moscow, Russia. It was built for the 1980 Summer Olympics and hosted the basketball and boxing events. A part of the Olimpiyskiy Sports Complex, it makes up one architectural ensemble with another...
and at the CSKA Sports Palace
CSKA Universal Sports Hall
Alexander Gomelsky CSKA Universal Sports Hall, formerly known as CSKA Palace of Sports, is an indoor sporting arena located in Moscow, Russia...
, both located in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
. 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; the Soviet Union
Soviet Union women's national basketball team
The Soviet Union women's national basketball team was the women's basketball side that represented the Soviet Union in international competitions...
won the gold in the women's competition and Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia national basketball team
The Yugoslavian national basketball team represented the Kingdom and socialist Yugoslavia. Its of governing body was the Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia, whose seat was in Belgrade....
in the men's tournament.
Medal summary
| Men's | Andro Knego Dragan Kićanović Dragan Kicanovic Dragan Kićanović is a retired Serbian professional basketball player. A 1.91m tall shooting guard, he played in the 70's and 80's and is considered as one of the best European players and scorers of all time, having won both the Mr. Europa and the Euroscar European Player of the Year awards in... Rajko Žižić Rajko Žižić Rajko Žižić was a Montenegrin basketball player from Milojevići, Nikšić. The 6'11", 243 pounder represented Yugoslavia at the 1976 Summer Olympics, the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 1984 Summer Olympics, winning silver, gold and bronze respectively.-Club history:*1970-1971 Sutjeska*1971-1981 OKK... Mihovil Nakić Mihovil Nakić Mihovil Nakić-Vojnović is a former Croatian basketball player. A 2.04 m tall forward, he spent most of his career in Cibona, which he helped to back to back Euroleague titles in 1985 and 1986 as well as the Saporta Cup in 1987, always backing the great Dražen Petrović. He also won the 1982 Saporta... Željko Jerkov Branko Skroče Zoran Slavnić Zoran Slavnić Zoran "Moka" Slavnić is a Serbian retired basketball player and current coach. He played with KK Crvena zvezda for 10 senior seasons. One of the best European point gards of all time. With KK Crvena zvezda he won 2 National Championships, 3 National Cups and one Saporta Cup. He also won ACB with... Kresimir Ćosić Krešimir Cosic Krešimir Ćosić was a Croatian professional basketball player who represented Yugoslavia internationally, a member of FIBA Hall of Fame and Basketball Hall of Fame... Ratko Radovanović Duje Krstulović Dražen Dalipagić Dražen Dalipagic Dražen Dalipagić , born in Mostar, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia) is a retired Yugoslavian basketball player. He was enshrined as a player in the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2007.-Yugoslavian national team:... Mirza Delibašić Mirza Delibašic Mirza Delibašić was a Bosnian basketball player. He was born in Tuzla, located in northeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the former Yugoslavia.- Career :... |
Fabrizio Della Fiori Fabrizio Della Fiori Fabrizio Della Fiori is a former basketball player from Italy, who won the silver medal with his national team at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, losing the final against Yugoslavia.-References:... Marco Solfrini Marco Solfrini Marco Solfrini is a former basketball player from Italy, who won the silver medal with his national team at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. He ended his career in 1994 at a club in Siena. He was 199 cm tall and played as a forward.-References:*... Marco Bonamico Marco Bonamico Marco Bonamico is a former basketball player from Italy, who won the silver medal with his national team at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.-References:... Dino Meneghin Dino Meneghin Dino Meneghin is an Italian former professional basketball player. He is widely considered as the best Italian player ever, as well as one of Europe's all time greats. A 2.06 m tall center, Meneghin was born in Alano di Piave, Veneto... Renato Villalta Renato Villalta Renato Villalta is a former basketball player from Italy, who won the silver medal with his national team at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.-References:... Renzo Vecchiato Renzo Vecchiato Renzo Vecchiato is a former basketball player from Italy, who won the silver medal with his national team at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.-References:... Pierluigi Marzorati Pierluigi Marzorati Pierluigi Marzorati is an Italian former basketball player who won the silver medal with Italy at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, the title in the 1983 European Championship, plus three bronze medals at the 1971, 1975 and 1985 European Championships.Marzorati eventually played 278 matches for... Pietro Generali Romeo Sacchetti Romeo Sacchetti Romeo Sacchetti is a former basketball player from Italy, who won the silver medal with his national team at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow... Roberto Brunamonti Roberto Brunamonti Roberto Brunamonti is a retired Italian basketball player, who won the silver medal with his national team at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, four national championships , one Italian Cup in 1984 and one Italian Supercup in 1995... Michael Sylvester Enrico Gilardi Enrico Gilardi Enrico Gilardi is a former basketball player from Italy.Gilardi was born in Rome. He won the silver medal with his national team at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. He also won a Euroleague championship in 1983 with Virtus Roma.He ended his career in 1991 at Filodoro Napoli.- External links :*... |
Stanislav Yeryomin Valeri Miloserdov Sergei Tarakanov Sergei Tarakanov Sergey Nikolayevich Tarakanov is a Russian retired basketball player. He played for Spartak Leningrad , CSKA Moscow , German team Ludwisburg Stuttgart BC , and Belgian team St. Louis Liège .Tarakanov was a member of the Soviet national team from 1979 to 1990... Aleksandr Salnikov Andrei Lopatov Nikolai Deriugin Sergei Belov Sergei Belov Sergei Alexandrovich Belov is a former basketball player, most notably playing for the Soviet Union at the Olympic Games. He trained at Trud Voluntary Sports Society and later at Armed Forces sports society.- Career :... Vladimir Tkachenko Vladimir Tkachenko Vladimir Pyotrovich Tkachenko is a retired Ukrainian professional basketball player. Tkachenko won two Olympics Basketball medals and three FIBA World Championship medals with the Soviet Union national basketball team in a career that lasted 16 years. He was named both the Euroscar and the Mr... Anatoli Myshkin Sergėjus Jovaiša Sergejus Jovaiša Sergėjus Jovaiša ) Sergėjus Jovaiša ) Sergėjus Jovaiša ) (born December 17, 1954 in Anykščiai, Lithuania is a former basketball player from Lithuania, who won the bronze medal with the Lithuania national basketball team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. In 1980 he was a member of the... Aleksandr Belostenny Vladimir Zhigily |
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| Women's | Angelė Rupšienė Angelė Rupšienė Angelė Rupšienė is a retired Lithuanian professional basketball player, who played for BC Žalgiris Vilnius... Liubov Sharmai Vida Beselienė Olga Barisheva-Korosteleva Tatiana Ovechkina Nadezhda Shuvaeva-Olkhova Uljana Semjonova Liudmila Rogozhina Nelli Feryabnikova Olga Sukharnova Olga Sukharnova Olga Leonidovna Sukharnova is a retired female basketball player, who twice won the gold medal with the Soviet national team at the Summer Olympics; 1976 and 1980.# Participation in the Final Four of the Champions League 1993 in Valencia... Tatiana Zakharova-Nadirova Tatiana Ivinskaia |
Nadka Goltcheva Penka Metodieva Petkana Makaveeva Snezhana Mikhailova Vania Dermendjieva Krasimira Bogdanova Angelina Mikhailova Diana Brainova Evladia Slavtcheva-Stefanova Kostadinka Radkova Silvia Germanova Penka Stoyanova |
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 NOCNational Olympic Committee
National Olympic Committees are the national constituents of the worldwide Olympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, they are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Olympic Games...
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
1978 FIBA World Championship
The 1978 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Philippines from October 1 to 14, 1978.Rizal Memorial Coliseum at Manila and Araneta Coliseum at Quezon City, Metro Manila were the venues for the event.-Venues:...
and the Olympic champions in the men's tournament. The remaining spots were decided by corresponding continental qualifying championships for the men's competition, and in a tournament held months before the Olympic Games in Varna
Varna
Varna is the largest city and seaside resort on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast and third-largest in Bulgaria after Sofia and Plovdiv, with a population of 334,870 inhabitants according to Census 2011...
, Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
for the women's event.
Men
| Africa | | Americas | | Asia | | Europe | | Oceania | | Automatic qualifiers |
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– World Champions 1978 FIBA World Championship The 1978 FIBA World Championship was an international basketball competition hosted by Philippines from October 1 to 14, 1978.Rizal Memorial Coliseum at Manila and Araneta Coliseum at Quezon City, Metro Manila were the venues for the event.-Venues:... – Olympic champions Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics Basketball contests at the 1976 Summer Olympics took place from July 18 to July 27 at the Centre Étienne Desmarteau and the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Canada. Women's basketball was introduced to the Olympic program for the first time at this Games... – Olympic hosts |
Women
| Americas | | Europe | | Automatic qualifiers |
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– Olympic hosts |
Withdrew from the tournament. Replacement teams.
Format
Men's tournament:- Three round-robinRound-robin tournamentA round-robin tournament is a competition "in which each contestant meets all other contestants in turn".-Terminology:...
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-robinRound-robin tournamentA round-robin tournament is a competition "in which each contestant meets all other contestants in turn".-Terminology:...
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:
- Head to head results
- Goal averageGoal differenceIn sports such as ice hockey and association football, goal difference is often the first tiebreaker used to rank teams which finish a league competition with an equal number of points....
(not the goal difference) between the tied teams - Goal average of the tied teams for all teams in its group
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, Bulgaria and Australia, which ended up being decided by a third tiebreaker in favor of the two european teams.Group A
| Qualified for the quarterfinals |
| Team | Pts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 0 | 321 | 235 | +86 | 6 | |
| 2 | 1 | 297 | 235 | +62 | 5 | |
| 1 | 2 | 285 | 236 | +49 | 4 | |
| 0 | 3 | 194 | 391 | −197 | 3 |
Group B
| Qualified for the quarterfinals |
| Team | Pts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 0 | 328 | 249 | +79 | 6 | |
| 2 | 1 | 289 | 241 | +48 | 5 | |
| 1 | 2 | 256 | 297 | −41 | 4 | |
| 0 | 3 | 196 | 282 | −86 | 3 |
Group C
| Qualified for the quarterfinals |
| Team | Pts | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 1 | 248 | 233 | +15 | 5 | 1W–1L | 1.000 | 1.064 | |
| 2 | 1 | 226 | 214 | +12 | 5 | 1W–1L | 1.000 | 1.056 | |
| 2 | 1 | 224 | 215 | +9 | 5 | 1W–1L | 1.000 | 1.042 | |
| 0 | 3 | 191 | 227 | −36 | 3 |
Classification round
Results between Poland vs. Senegal, Australia vs. Sweden and Czechoslovakia vs. India were carried over from the preliminary round.| Team | Pts | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 1 | 453 | 359 | +94 | 9 | 1W–0L | |
| 4 | 1 | 417 | 381 | +36 | 9 | 0W–1L | |
| 3 | 2 | 474 | 377 | +97 | 8 | 1W–0L | |
| 3 | 2 | 375 | 341 | +34 | 8 | 0W–1L | |
| 1 | 4 | 345 | 396 | –51 | 6 | ||
| 0 | 5 | 329 | 539 | –210 | 5 |
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 | Pts | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 0 | 506 | 442 | +64 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 2 | 419 | 438 | –19 | 9 | 1W–0L | |
| 3 | 2 | 505 | 468 | +37 | 8 | 0W–1L | |
| 2 | 3 | 488 | 485 | +3 | 8 | 1W–0L | |
| 2 | 3 | 448 | 477 | –27 | 6 | 0W–1L | |
| 0 | 5 | 434 | 490 | –56 | 5 |
Medal matches
Bronze MedalGold Medal
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 | Pts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 0 | 553 | 316 | +237 | 10 | |
| 4 | 1 | 440 | 405 | +35 | 9 | |
| 3 | 2 | 356 | 364 | –8 | 8 | |
| 2 | 3 | 344 | 407 | –63 | 7 | |
| 1 | 4 | 346 | 403 | –57 | 6 | |
| 0 | 5 | 308 | 452 | –144 | 5 |
Medal matches
Bronze MedalGold Medal
Final Standings
| Rank | Men | Women | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | |Pld | |W | |L | |Team | |Pld | |W | |L | |
| 8 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | |||
| 8 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | |||
| 8 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | |||
| 4th | 8 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 5th | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 6th | 7 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 7th | 7 | 4 | 3 | |||||
| 8th | 7 | 5 | 2 | |||||
| 9th | 7 | 3 | 4 | |||||
| 10th | 7 | 3 | 4 | |||||
| 11th | 7 | 1 | 6 | |||||
| 12th | 7 | 0 | 7 | |||||