2008 FIBA Diamond Ball for Women

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2008 FIBA Diamond Ball
Tournament details
Arena
Haining, China
DatesAugust 2 – August 5
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of the United States.svg  United States (1st title)
Runners-upFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Third placeFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Fourth placeFlag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
Awards and statistics
Top scorer(s) Flag of Latvia.svg Anete Jēkabsone-Žogota
(22.3 points per game) [1]
← 2004

The 2008 FIBA Diamond Ball was a basketball tournament held in Nanjing, China, from August 2 until August 5, 2008. The FIBA Diamond Ball was an official international basketball tournament organised by FIBA, [2] held every Olympic year prior to the Olympics. It was the 2nd edition of the FIBA Diamond Ball. The six participating teams were Australia, host China, Latvia, Mali, Russia and United States.

Contents

Participating teams

Group AGroup B

Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali

Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Flag of the United States.svg  United States

Preliminary round

Qualified for the finals

Group A

*All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8).

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 220196113+834
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 211161151+103
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 202110203−932
August 2
19:30
Mali  Flag of Mali.svg67–91Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Scoring by quarter: 18–20, 14–15, 18–26, 17–30
August 3
15:30
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg70–84Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Scoring by quarter: 16–23, 17–26, 17–19, 20–16
August 4
15:30
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg112–43Flag of Mali.svg  Mali
Scoring by quarter:21–19, 30–5, 30–15, 31–4

Group B

*All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8).

Qualified for the finals
TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 220177132+454
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 211149153−43
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 202127168−412
August 2
15:30
Russia  Flag of Russia.svg69–75Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
Scoring by quarter:14–12, 15–24, 21–15, 19–24
August 3
19:30
Latvia  Flag of Latvia.svg74–84Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Scoring by quarter: 18–31, 20–16, 19–18, 17–19
August 4
19:30
United States  Flag of the United States.svg93–58Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Scoring by quarter:17–10, 26–9, 24–21, 26–18

Final round

*All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8).

5th place

August 5
14:00
Mali  Flag of Mali.svg52–79Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 11–16, 10–26, 16–18

Third place

August 5
16:00
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg63–51Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
Scoring by quarter:19–11, 15–10, 14–16, 15–14

Final

August 5
19:30
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg67–71Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Scoring by quarter: 15–16, 14–19, 21–21, 17–15

Final standings

The final standings per FIBA official website:

References

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