London International Basketball Invitational

The competition featured six international teams: Australia, China, Croatia, France, Great Britain and Serbia.

The teams which competed were Australia, China, Croatia, France, hosts Great Britain and Serbia.

[2][5][6] The event was part of the London Prepares series and tested the competition floors, scoreboards, accreditation and catering.

The Boomers without Patty Mills, Joe Ingles, Aleks Marić and Brad Newley who were all rested eased to a 28-point win.

[14] The second match saw Croatia beat rivals Serbia with Simon leading the line with 17 points.

[18] In the final match of the day world number 19 Croatia held on to beat Great Britain by five points.

Žorić top scored with 18 for Croatia who led by 5 at the end of the first quarter only to be 12 down at halftime, a gap that they never recovered from.

Serbian captain, Nenad Krstić netted a game high 21 points as his team won with 2 seconds to spare.

Australia turned a one-point deficit at the start of the final quarter into a nine-point win as they managed a 10-point swing.

[26] On the final day Croatia beat injury deprived China, to finish in third place in the table.

Britain battled back to force overtime, which they led until two free throws in the dying seconds saw the win go down under.

[27] [30] Joanna Sutherland, London 2012 Competition Manager for Basketball was pleased with the volunteers saying that they had been enthusiastic and keen.

[2] FIBA Secretary-General and International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Patrick Baumann, agreed with Sullivan about the venue being temporary, but he also said it was amazing what had happened in this part of London.