Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

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The basketball qualification for the Summer Olympics men's basketball tournament occurred from 2010 to 2012; all five FIBA (International Basketball Federation) zones sent in teams.

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The first qualifying tournament was the 2010 FIBA World Championship in which the champion was guaranteed of a place in the Olympics. Throughout the next two years, several regional tournaments served as qualification for the zonal tournaments, which doubled as intercontinental championships, to determine which teams would participate in the 2012 London Summer Olympics.

Qualification

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Current qualifying situation.

Outright qualification

A total of 12 teams took part in the Olympics, with each NOC sending in one team. The host nation (Great Britain) qualified automatically as hosts.

There were a total of 5 zonal tournaments (doubling as intercontinental championships) that determined the qualifying teams, with a total of 7 teams qualifying outright. Each zone was allocated with the following qualifying berths:

Furthermore, the current world champion, United States qualified automatically by winning at the 2010 FIBA World Championship.

Qualification via the wild card tournament

The additional three teams were determined at the 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men, with the best non-qualifying teams participating from teams that did not qualify outright. Each zone was allocated with the following berths:

Summary

Qualified for the Olympics outright
Qualified automatically
Qualified for the wild card tournament

These are the final standings of the different Olympic qualifying tournaments. The venues are as follows, with the city of the knockout stage mentioned first:

Rank World Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania Wild card
1stFlag of the United States.svg  United States Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Ranked 1st
2ndFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Flag of Angola.svg  Angola Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan Flag of France.svg  France Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
3rdFlag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
4thFlag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic
5thFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Ranked 5th
6thFlag of Spain.svg  Spain Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  C.A.R. Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
7thFlag of Russia.svg  Russia Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
8thFlag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco Flag of Panama.svg  Panama Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
9thFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Flag of Mali.svg  Mali Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay Flag of Syria (2025-).svg  Syria Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Ranked 9th		Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Ranked 9th
10thFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
11thFlag of Greece.svg  Greece Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia
Ranked 11th
12thFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
13thFlag of France.svg  France Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Ranked 13th
14thFlag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Flag of India.svg  India
15thFlag of Angola.svg  Angola Flag of Chad.svg  Chad Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain
16thFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Flag of Togo (3-2).svg  Togo Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
17thFlag of Germany.svg  Germany Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Ranked 17th
18thFlag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
19thFlag of Iran.svg  Iran
20thFlag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon
21stFlag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal
Ranked 21st
22ndFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
23rdFlag of Jordan.svg  Jordan
24thFlag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia

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