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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 12745281" data-attributes="member: 92282"><img src="http://www.london2012.com/imgml/mascot/sports/160x139/basketball.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://www.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article87866.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/london-2012-basketball-arena-pic-getty-213198594.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />The women’s tournament will tip-off at the Basketball Arena on  Saturday 28 July, with Great Britain v Australia among the games on the  first day. The men’s tournament begins the following day, when defending  Olympic champions USA take on France.  Competition formatTeams have been drawn into two groups for the preliminary rounds and  will play each other in their respective groups, before the top four  teams from each group move on to the quarter-final stage.London 2012 Organising Commitee Director of Sport Debbie Jevans said:  'The Olympic Basketball tournament is sure to be one of the big hits of  the summer with some of the biggest basketball stars in the world coming  to London to compete for gold.  'With the competition schedule  now confirmed, teams and fans alike can start to get ready for the  exciting encounters, world-class players and top teams we’ll see in  action this summer.'  Final places up for grabsNine teams have already qualified for the men’s competition, with the  remaining three places to be decided at an qualifying tournament in  Venezuela in July. The final five places for the women's competition  will be decided at a qualification tournament in Turkey, which gets  underway on 25 June. Olympic men’s tournament: Group AArgentinaFrance TunisiaUSA*Two remaining qualifiers Group BAustraliaBrazilChinaGreat BritainSpain*One remaining qualifier Olympic women’s tournament: Group AAngolaChinaUSA*Three remaining qualifiers Group BAustraliaBrazilGreat BritainRussia*Two remaining qualifiers<a href="http://www.london2012.com/mm/Document/Documents/General/01/25/62/78/OlympicBasketballschedule_Neutral.pdf" target="_blank">click here for full schedule (PDF)</a></blockquote>

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