The London 2012 Olympic Basketball schedule has been released, with both the Great Britain men and women’s teams avoiding early starts, with all tip offs scheduled for 4:45pm or later.

The men have also done so well as to avoid the late tip off time, with all games being in either the 4:45pm or 8pm tip off slots. They will open up on Sunday July 29 against a qualifier, before facing Brazil, followed by Spain, Australia then China.

The women open up against Australia in the late night slot (10.15pm) on Saturday July 28, before taking on a qualifer, followed by Russia, the second qualifier, and finishing the first round against Brazil.

The full Olympic basketball schedule for the preliminary round can be found below – all times local London time:

London 2012 Olympic Basketball – Preliminary Round Schedule

Men

Sunday July 29

9.00am – A6 vs Tunisia
11.15am – Brazil vs Australia
2.30pm – USA vs France
4.45pm – Spain vs China
8.00pm – Great Britain vs B6
10.15pm – Argentina vs A5

Tuesday July 31

9.00am – China vs B6
11.15am – Australia vs Spain
2.30pm – A5 vs A6
4.45pm – Great Britain vs Brazil
8.00pm – France vs Argentina
10.15pm – Tunisia vs USA

Thursday August 2

9.00am – France vs A5
11.15am – Australia vs China
2.30pm – Argentina vs Tunisia
4.45pm – Brazil vs B6
8.00pm – Spain vs Great Britain
10.15pm – USA vs A6

Saturday August 4

9.00am – Tunisia vs France
11.15am – B6 vs Spain
2.30pm – A5 vs USA
4.45pm – China vs Brazil
8.00pm – Great Britain vs Australia
10.15pm – A6 vs Argentina

Monday August 6

9.00am – Australia vs B6
11.15am – Tunisia vs A5
2.30pm – France vs A6
4.45pm – Great Britain vs China
8.00pm – Spain vs Brazil
10.15pm – Argentina vs USA

The men’s Quarter Finals will then be played on Wednesday August 8. You can find more information on FIBA’s official London 2012 site.

Women

Saturday July 28

9.00am – China vs A4
11.15am – B5 vs Russia
2.30pm – A6 vs Angola
4.45pm – USA vs A5
8.00pm – Brazil vs B6
10.15pm – Australia vs Great Britain

Monday July 30

09.00am – A5 vs China
11.15am – A4 vs A6
2.30pm – B6 vs Australia
4.45pm – Russia vs Brazil
8.00pm – Great Britain vs B5
10.15pm – Angola vs USA

Wednesday August 1

09.00am – B5 vs B6
11.15am – China vs Angola
2.30pm – Australia vs Brazil
4.45pm – A5 vs A4
8.00pm – Great Britain vs Russia
10.15pm – USA vs A6

Friday August 3

09.00am – Angola vs A5
11.15am – Russia vs Australia
2.30pm – Brazil vs B5
4.45pm – A6 vs China
8.00pm – B6 vs Great Britain
10.15pm – A4 vs USA

Sunday August 5

9.00am – B6 vs Russia
11.15am – Angola vs A4
2.30pm – B5 vs Australia
4.45pm – China vs USA
8.00pm – A5 vs A6
10.15pm – Great Britain vs Brazil

The women’s quarter finals will take place on Tuesday August 7. More information can be found on FIBA’s official London 2012 site.

What do you think about the opening round schedule? Good or bad for GB? Which games have you got tickets for?!

All schedules taken from London2012.fiba.com