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.
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 edit
Outright qualification edit
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:
- FIBA Africa: 1 team (Champion)
- FIBA Americas: 2 teams (Champion and runner-up)
- FIBA Asia: 1 team (Champion)
- FIBA Europe: 2 teams (Champion and runner-up)
- FIBA Oceania: 1 team (Champion)
Furthermore, the current world champion, United States qualified automatically by winning at the 2010 FIBA World Championship.
Qualification via the wild card tournament edit
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:
- FIBA Africa: 2 teams
- FIBA Americas: 3 teams
- FIBA Asia: 2 teams
- FIBA Europe: 4 teams
- FIBA Oceania: 1 team
Summary edit
| 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:
- 2010 FIBA World Championship: Turkey
- 2011 FIBA Africa Championship: Madagascar
- 2011 FIBA Americas Championship: Argentina
- 2011 FIBA Asia Championship: China
- FIBA EuroBasket 2011: Lithuania
- 2011 FIBA Oceania Championship: Australia
- 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men: Venezuela
