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Basketball, Men

Date20 – 30 July 1980
StatusOlympic
LocationDvorets sporta, Universalny sportivny kompleks CSKA, Moskva / Tsentralnaya arena, Sportivny kompleks Olimpiysky, Moskva
Participants143 from 12 countries
FormatRound-robin pools; semi-final round-robin pools; semi-finals and finals.

With the Olympics in Moscow, and the United States’ international superiority closing every year, the Soviet Union looked to finally win a non-controversial Olympic basketball gold medal. But US politics did not give them the satisfaction of beating a USA basketball team. The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in December 1979, and US President Jimmy Carter announced in late January that he would support a boycott of the Moscow Olympics. This eventually occurred and the United States did not compete at the 1980 Olympic Games. Without the United States it was thought that the USSR would win easily, especially on their home turf. The Soviet coach loudly boasted that they would have won even if the Americans had competed and that the American withdrawal was because they were afraid of playing the Soviet team.

But in the semi-final pool, the Soviet Union lost twice – to Yugoslavia and Italy, and only finished 3rd in the pool. They played Spain for the bronze medal and won easily. Yugoslavia defeated Italy, 86-77, for their first Olympic basketball gold medal. American basketball coach Dave Gavitt sent the Soviet coach, Aleksandr Gomelsky, a telegram congratulating him on their bronze medal.

PosNrTeamNOCWLPtsPoints
1YugoslaviaYUG8016825–677Gold
2ItalyITA448665–685Silver
3Soviet UnionURS6212842–709Bronze
4SpainESP448780–748
5BrazilBRA438657–611
6CubaCUB254588–625
7PolandPOL438625–592
8AustraliaAUS5210577–541
9CzechoslovakiaTCH346626–548
10SwedenSWE346511–504
11SenegalSEN162477–594
12IndiaIND070458–797

Preliminary Round (20 – 23 July 1980)

Group A (20 – 23 July 1980)

Round-robin pools.

PosNOCWLPtsPoints
1URS306321–235
2BRA214297–235
3TCH122285–236
4IND030194–391

Match #120 Jul 13:00BRA 72 – 70TCH
Match #220 Jul 20:15URS 121 – 65IND
Match #321 Jul 13:00TCH 133 – 65IND
Match #421 Jul 18:00URS 101 – 88BRA
Match #523 Jul 11:00BRA 137 – 64IND
Match #623 Jul 18:00URS 99 – 82TCH

Group B (21 – 23 July 1980)

Round-robin pools.

PosNOCWLPtsPoints
1YUG306328–249
2ESP214289–241
3POL122256–297
4SEN030196–282

Match #121 Jul 11:00YUG 104 – 67SEN
Match #221 Jul 20:15ESP 104 – 81POL
Match #322 Jul 13:00ESP 94 – 65SEN
Match #422 Jul 20:15YUG 129 – 91POL
Match #523 Jul 13:00POL 84 – 64SEN
Match #623 Jul 20:15YUG 95 – 91ESP

Group C (20 – 23 July 1980)

Round-robin pools.

PosNOCWLPtsPoints
1ITA214248–233
2CUB214226–214
3AUS214224–215
4SWE030191–227

Match #120 Jul 13:00ITA 92 – 77SWE
Match #220 Jul 20:15CUB 83 – 76AUS
Match #321 Jul 18:00CUB 71 – 59SWE
Match #421 Jul 20:15AUS 84 – 77ITA
Match #523 Jul 18:00AUS 64 – 55SWE
Match #623 Jul 20:15ITA 79 – 72CUB

Classification Round 7-12 (25 – 28 July 1980)

Classification matches.

PosNOCWLPtsPoints
1POL418453–359
2AUS418417–381
3TCH326474–377
4SWE326375–341
5SEN142345–396
6IND050329–539

Match #125 Jul 11:00POL 113 – 67IND
Match #225 Jul 13:00SWE 70 – 64SEN
Match #325 Jul 18:00AUS 91 – 86TCH
Match #426 Jul 11:00SEN 81 – 59IND
Match #526 Jul 13:00TCH 83 – 61SWE
Match #626 Jul 18:00POL 101 – 74AUS
Match #727 Jul 11:00SWE 119 – 63IND
Match #827 Jul 13:00AUS 95 – 64SEN
Match #927 Jul 18:00POL 88 – 84TCH
Match #1028 Jul 11:00AUS 93 – 75IND
Match #1128 Jul 13:00TCH 88 – 72SEN
Match #1228 Jul 20:15SWE 70 – 67POL

Semi-Finals (25 – 29 July 1980)

Round-robin pools.

PosNOCWLPtsPoints
1YUG5010506–442
2ITA326419–438
3URS326505–468
4ESP234488–485
5BRA234448–477
6CUB050434–490

Match #125 Jul 11:00BRA 94 – 93CUB
Match #225 Jul 18:00URS 119 – 102ESP
Match #325 Jul 20:15YUG 102 – 81ITA
Match #426 Jul 11:00ESP 110 – 81BRA
Match #526 Jul 13:00YUG 112 – 84CUB
Match #626 Jul 20:15ITA 87 – 85URS
Match #727 Jul 11:00ESP 96 – 95
AET
CUB
Match #827 Jul 18:00YUG 101 – 91
AET
URS
Match #927 Jul 20:15BRA 90 – 77ITA
Match #1029 Jul 11:00ITA 95 – 89ESP
Match #1129 Jul 18:00URS 109 – 90CUB
Match #1229 Jul 20:15YUG 96 – 95BRA

Final Round (30 July 1980)

Medal round.

Match 1/230 Jul 20:15YUG 86 – 77ITA
Match 3/430 Jul 13:00URS 117 – 94ESP

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