There were 12 nations for the men's teams and 12 for the women's Basketball teams. United States, Great Britain, Australia, Brazil, & France had both teams and 14 nations had only a single team. There were 19 Countries with at least a team in one of the 2 Basketball events
America
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The ammount of countries taking part in basketball in the 2012 Summer Olypics is 69. The answer is 69. Signed, Tesicles.
i think its only America
i would say 99% of countries have a basketball league, and probably 60 % of those are pro.
because basketball is an awsome international sport
Basketball
In the nba they play for their countries. For ABA basketball they play for their clubs
Basketball is played in most countries professionally. The United States, most of Europe, China, Japan, and most other countries have professional basketball teams.
All of them
Yeah, they have it.
Mongolia
The US won the Olympics in men's basketball in the year of 2008. They are the best in basketball.