Preview of Games to be Held on 31st of July and 1st of August – Part II

London will host a number of events to be played on 31^st and 1^st of August at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Water polo, hockey, diving, football, weightlifting, volley ball, judo, boxing, beach volleyball, handball, basketball, badminton, swimming, the triathlon, tennis, table tennis, fencing and archery are some of the games that will be played during these two days.

This year at the London 2012 Summer Olympics, Handball competition will start on July 28^th and end on August 12^th. The Copper Box at the Olympic Park will host the prelims and the quarterfinals for women, while the Basketball Arena, situated at the Park itself, will host the quarter finals for men along with semis and finals from both the groups. 168 men along with the same number of women will be taking part in this event. Objective is to score as many goals possible. A match is made up of two halves of 30 minutes each. The competition will be divided into four stages: qualifiers, quarter-finals, semi-finals and the grand finale.

Basket Ball will be held from July 28^th to August 12^th at the North Greenwich Arena (The O2 Arena) and the newly built basketball arena. The men and women’s team from the United States of America will be defending their gold in basketball at the forthcoming 2012 London Summer Olympics. This year, twelve countries will be participating in the event. They will be divided into two groups with six teams playing in the league stage. The four top teams will qualify to play in the knock out stage.

Badminton event will be held between July 28^th and August 5^th. A group of 172 athletes will compete in this year’s badminton event at the London 2012 Summer Olympics. The event is being hosted at the Wembley arena near London that has a capacity of around 6000 spectators. There are 5 medal events which include men’s and women’s Singles, men’s and women’s Doubles, and Mixed Doubles. There will be four stages during the competition – the preliminary rounds, the quarterfinals, the semifinals and the finals.

Swimming will be held from July 28^th till August 1^st mainly at the Aquatics Center at the Olympic Park. The other venue for the sport is the Hyde Park which will host the 10 kilometer Marathon event. There are 36 medals that will be contested for by 950 swimmers. There are primarily three stages in the race: the heats, the semis and the finals. Apart from swimming, the Aquatics Center will also host Diving, Modern Pentathlon and Synchronized Swimming.

The venue for Equestrian event during the London 2012 Summer Olympics will be the Greenwich Park. Greenwich Park, abode of the Prime Meridian, is the oldest Royal Park in London. The event has been divided into three stages keeping in mind the three events in the game. The Eventing half of the sport will take place between 28^th and 31^st of July.

This year Tennis will be held from July 28^th to August 5^th. The venue for the tennis matches will be the grass laden courts in Wimbledon. There will be 172 tennis players taking part in 5 medal events.

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