Basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
The women's basketball tournament at the 2012 Olympic Games in London began on 28 July and ended on 11 August.Twelve qualified nations were drawn into two groups, each consisting of six teams.Each game result merits a corresponding point: *The team has less than two players available to play on the court.**A team cannot present five players at the start of the game, or its actions prevent play from being resumed.In case teams are tied on points, the tiebreaking criteria are, in order of first application:[4] The teams with the four best records qualified for the knockout stage, which was a single-elimination tournament.