The official schedule of competition for the Olympic Basketball Tournaments (for Men and Women) at the 2012 London Games has been confirmed.
The schedule reveals the order of play and all tip-off times for games in the Preliminary Round as well as the Final Round.
The men and women play their games on alternate days throughout the period of competition (28 July-12 August).
The Women's Olympic Basketball Tournament gets underway at 9am local time on Saturday 28 July with Asia champions China taking on a team that will have qualified through the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament (OQT) for Women.
The USA, winners of the gold medal in the women's tournament at the last four Olympics, will open their title defense against a yet-to-be named opponent, who will be among the five teams to book a place for London via the OQT in Ankara, Turkey (25 June-1 July).
Great Britain's women will make their Olympic debut against the mighty Opals from Australia in the last game of the day, which tips off at 10:15pm.
On Sunday 29 July, African champions Tunisia get the Men's Olympic Tournament started when they take on one of the three qualifiers from the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament (OQT) in Caracas, Venezuela (2-8 July).
At 2:30pm, the USA - gold medallists in Beijing in 2008 - kickstart their campaign with a clash against EuroBasket 2011 runner-ups France, who return to the Olympics for the first time in 12 years.
Great Britain's men face one of the other qualifiers from the OQT in their tournament opener at 8pm.
You can find the official schedule for the Olympic Basketball Tournaments for Men and Women here.
The full schedule of competition comes after the draw for the Olympic Basketball Tournaments for Men and Women took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as part of FIBA's Central Board at the end of April.
The qualified teams for both the Men and Women’s tournaments were divided into two groups of six teams each.
Both the men's and women's tournaments see teams play the five others in their respective groups in the Preliminary Round.
The top four classified teams from each group will then move on to the Quarter-Finals of a standard knock-out tournament.
Nine men’s national teams (Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China, France, Great Britain, Spain, Tunisia and USA) have already qualified for the Olympics. Click here for the Men's Preliminary Round groups. The last three teams will qualify via the 12-team OQT in Caracas.
Seven women’s national teams (Angola, Australia, Brazil, China, Great Britain, Russia and USA) have booked their places for London. Click here for the Women's Preliminary Round groups. The last five teams will secure their places via the 12-team OQT for Women in Ankara.
For more information about the Olympic Basketball Tournaments, go to the Olympic Basketball tab on london2012.fiba.com.
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