Basketball at the 2008 Olympic Games: First Round, Group A

Group A information, schedule, scores, and standings.

FIBA Basketball at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games

Host City:
Beijing 2008 Basketball World Championships Logo
Beijing 2008
Medals:
Gold Medal United States
Silver Medal Spain
Bronze Medal Argentina
Gold: USA

2008 Olympic Games:
Summary and Information - Rosters - Jerseys

First Round:
Full Schedule
Group A - Group B

Final Round:
Fixture and All the Scores

Statistics:
Final Standings
Leaders: Points - Assists - Rebounds - Steals

Here you have all the information about the National Teams on the group A of the first round of the Basketball Competition at the 2008 Olympic Games, including schedule, scores and standings.

2008 Olympic Games - First Round - Group A

National Teams:

Argentina Flag
Argentina
(America)
Australia Flag
Australia
(Oceania)
Iran Flag
Iran
(Asia)
Lithuania Flag
Lithuania
(Europe)
Russia Flag
Russia

(Europe)
Croatia Flag
Croatia
(Europe)

Group A Standings:

  Games Points
Pos. Teams Pts Wins Losses Scored Agst. Diff.
1. Lithuania 9 4 1 425 400 25
2. Argentina 9 4 1 425 361 64
3. Croatia 8 3 2 399 380 19
4. Australia 8 3 2 457 405 52
5. Russia 6 1 4 387 406 -19
6. Iran 5 - 5 323 464 -141

- The tie-breaker for teams with the same points is the game played between them.
- The first 4 national teams advanced to the knockout stage.

Schedule and scores:

Games 1   Team Result Team   Time / Boxscore
9 August 2008
A/1 Iran Flag Iran 49 - 71 Russia Russia Flag boxscore
10 August 2008
A/2 Lithuania Flag Lithuania 79 - 75 Argentina boxscore
A/3 Croatia Flag Croatia   97 - 82 Australia Australia Flag boxscore
Games 2   Team Result Team   Time / Boxscore
11 August 2008
A/4 Iran Flag Iran 67 - 99 Lithuania Lithuania Flag boxscore
A/5 Croatia Flag Croatia 85 - 78 Russia Russia Flag boxscore
12 August 2008
A/6 Argentina Flag Argentina 85 - 68 Australia Australia Flag boxscore
Games 3   Team Result Team   Time / Boxscore
13 August 2008
A/7 Iran Flag Iran 68 - 106 Australia Australia Flag boxscore
14 August 2008
A/8 Lithuania Flag Lithuania 86 - 79 Russia Russia Flag boxscore
A/9 Croatia Flag Croatia 53 - 77 Argentina boxscore
Games 4   Team Result Team   Time / Boxscore
15 August 2008
A/10 Russia Flag Russia 80 - 95 Australia Australia Flag boxscore
16 August 2008
A/11 Croatia Flag Croatia 73 - 86 Lithuania Lithuania Flag boxscore
A/12 Iran Flag Iran 82 - 97 Argentina boxscore
Games 5   Team Result Team   Time / Boxscore
17 August 2008
A/13 Croatia Flag Croatia 91 - 57 Iran Iran Flag boxscore
A/14 Lithuania Flag Lithuania 75 - 106 Australia Australia Flag boxscore
18 August 2008
A/15 Argentina Flag Argentina 91 - 79 Russia Russia Flag boxscore

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