2008 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men

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2008 FIBA World Olympic
Qualifying Tournament
For Men
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Tournament details
Host countryFlag of Greece.svg  Greece
Dates14–20 July
Teams 12
Venue(s) 1  (in 1 host city)
Official website
1992
2012
Participating countries in the wildcard tournaments.
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Participating countries in the wildcard tournaments.
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The FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men 2008 was the final qualifying tournament for the 2008 Olympic men's basketball tournament. Organized by FIBA, it took place from 14 to 20 July 2008 at the OAKA Indoor Sports Arena, in Athens, Greece. [1] The draw for the tournament was held on 31 January 2008 at the Divani Caravel hotel in Athens. [2]

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Through this tournament, the final three qualifying berths for the 2008 Olympics men's basketball competition were determined. A total of 12 teams competed in the 2008 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament from the five FIBA regions, and those 12 teams were based on finishes in each of FIBA's five zone qualifying tournaments. The FIBA Africa Zone placed two teams (runner-up and third place), the FIBA Americas Zone placed three teams (third place, fourth place and fifth place), the FIBA Asia Zone placed two teams (runner-up and third place), the FIBA Europe Zone placed four teams (fourth place, fifth place, sixth place and seventh place), and FIBA Oceania Zone placed one team (runner-up).

The 12 teams were divided into four groups of three teams each and played a single round robin. The two best placed teams from each group qualified for the quarterfinals, semifinals, finals and consolation games which determined the first three places and thus the teams that qualified for the Olympics.

The twelve participating teams were: Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Croatia, Germany, Greece, Korea, Lebanon, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, and Slovenia. The three teams that qualified through this tournament—Croatia, Germany and Greece—joined Angola, Argentina, Australia, China, Iran, Lithuania, Russia, Spain and the US in the Beijing Olympics, and had roughly a month to practice and prepare as the Olympic basketball tournament took place on August 9–24.

Participating nations

The teams were divided into three pots, corresponding to their continental zones:

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3

Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde

Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand

Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia

In case a team fails to attend, the next best team from their zone play as their replacements.

Squads

Format

Preliminary round

Qualified for the quarterfinals

Group A

Team Pts. WL PCT PFPADiff
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 4201.000208131+77
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 311.500163143+20
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 202.000116213−97
July 14
22:00
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg11962Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon
Scoring by quarter:32–17, 22–10, 32–14, 33–21
Pts: Tsartsaris 15
Rebs: Diamantidis 6
Asts: Spanoulis 8
Pts: El Khatib 14
Rebs:three players 3
Asts: Khoury 4
July 15
22:00
Lebanon  Flag of Lebanon.svg5494Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 8–27, 13–21, 16–25, 17–21
Pts: Fahed 15
Rebs: Tawbe 6
Asts: Mahmoud 3
Pts: Huertas 17
Rebs: M. Machado 6
Asts: de Assis 6
July 16
22:00
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg6989Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Scoring by quarter: 17–18, 13–22, 20–26, 19–23
Pts: Splitter 20
Rebs: Splitter 7
Asts:three players 1
Pts: Fotsis 18
Rebs: Fotsis 10
Asts: Spanoulis, Diamantidis 4

Group B

Team Pts. WL PCT PFPADiff
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 4201.000193139+54
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 311.500148139+9
Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde 202.000118181−63
July 14
13:00
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg7750Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde
Scoring by quarter:21–4, 21–16, 18–12, 17–18
Pts: Penney 25
Rebs: Horvath 8
Asts: Tait 5
Pts: Xavier 22
Rebs: Mascarenhas 11
Asts: Xavier 4
July 15
15:30
Cape Verde  Flag of Cape Verde.svg68104Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Scoring by quarter: 11–34, 13–25, 16–22, 28–23
Pts: Xavier 21
Rebs: Mascarenhas 8
Asts: Xavier 3
Pts: Nowitzki 16
Rebs: Kaman 10
Asts: Roller 5
July 16
19:30
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg8971Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 23–26, 24–7, 21–24, 21–14
Pts: Nowitzki 35
Rebs: Wysocki 8
Asts: Schultze 4
Pts: Penney 29
Rebs: Bradshaw 8
Asts: Tait 5

Group C

Team Pts. WL PCT PFPADiff
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 4201.000174146+28
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 311.500149163−14
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 202.000153167−14
July 14
15:30
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg7688Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 17–24, 20–29, 21–16, 18–19
Pts: Kim J.-s. 21
Rebs: Yoon H.-y. 4
Asts: Kim J.-s. 4
Pts: Nesterović 26
Rebs: Nesterović 9
Asts: Bečirovič, Dragić 4
July 15
13:00
Slovenia  Flag of Slovenia.svg8670Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Scoring by quarter:27–22, 14–12, 23–15, 22–21
Pts: Lakovič 19
Rebs: Nesterović 9
Asts: Bečirovič, Joksimović 5
Pts: Barrett 16
Rebs: Kendall, Anthony 6
Asts: Anderson, English 2
July 16
13:00
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg7977Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 13–29, 26–15, 20–13
Pts: Barrett 22
Rebs: Kendall 14
Asts: Anderson 3
Pts: Jeon J.-g. 19
Rebs: Oh S.-k., Yoon H.-y. 6
Asts: Joo H.-j. 9

Group D

Team Pts. WL PCT PFPADiff
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 4201.000188160+28
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 311.500162167−5
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 202.000151174−23
July 14
19:30
Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg9379Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
Scoring by quarter:19–16, 26–9, 20–28, 28–26
Pts: Tomas 22
Rebs: Prkačin 6
Asts: Kus 6
Pts: Nana 24
Rebs: Boumtje-Boumtje 10
Asts: Bitee 6
July 15
19:30
Cameroon  Flag of Cameroon.svg7281Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 7–22, 22–24, 19–15, 24–20
Pts: Nana 22
Rebs: Nana 14
Asts: Ekanga-Ehawa 3
Pts: Sánchez 17
Rebs: Sánchez 9
Asts: Rivera 4
July 16
15:30
Puerto Rico  Flag of Puerto Rico.svg8195Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Scoring by quarter:26–14, 14–29, 18–27, 23–25
Pts: Ayuso 22
Rebs: Ramos 6
Asts: Arroyo 4
Pts: Kus, Tomas 15
Rebs: Ukić, Banić 6
Asts: Ukić 5

Knockout stage

Note: Italicized teams qualify for the Olympics.
Quarterfinals
July 18
Semifinals
July 19
A1Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 75
B2Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 48
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 88
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 63
C1Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 70
D2Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 81
B1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 78
A2Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 65
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 70Third place
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 76
D1Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 83
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 82
C2Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 62
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 96

Quarterfinals

July 18
13:00
Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg8362Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Scoring by quarter:18–16, 18–13, 26–13, 21–20
Pts: Popović 17
Rebs: Nicević 6
Asts: Planinić 3
Pts: Famutimi 14
Rebs: Anthony 11
Asts: Anderson 2
July 18
15:30
Slovenia  Flag of Slovenia.svg7081Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 15–21, 19–13, 18–25, 18–22
Pts: Slokar 16
Rebs: Nesterović 11
Asts: Lakovič, Bečirovič 3
Pts: Arroyo 17
Rebs: Mojica 7
Asts: Arroyo 5
July 18
19:30
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg7865Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Scoring by quarter:14–13, 31–13, 17–13, 16–26
Pts: Nowitzki 20
Rebs: Kaman 14
Asts: Nowitzki 5
Pts: Splitter 16
Rebs: Batista, Splitter 6
Asts: E. Machado 4
July 18
22:00
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg7548Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Scoring by quarter:22–12, 15–8, 18–16, 20–12
Pts: Spanoulis 14
Rebs: Diamantidis 8
Asts: Diamantidis 2
Pts: Tait 9
Rebs: Bradshaw 10
Asts: Vukona 3

Semi-finals

July 19
19:00
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg7076Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 14–24, 17–12, 17–11, 22–29
Pts: Nowitzki 30
Rebs: Nowitzki 13
Asts: Jagla 2
Pts: Tomas 21
Rebs: Barać 7
Asts: Popović 6
July 19
21:30
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg8863Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter:19–11, 29–24, 20–15, 20–13
Pts: Diamantidis 15
Rebs: Vasilopoulos, Fotsis 7
Asts: Papaloukas 10
Pts: Barea 16
Rebs: Falcon 8
Asts: Arroyo 3

3rd place match

July 20
19:30
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg9682Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 22–23, 26–16, 26–19, 22–24
Pts: Nowitzki 32
Rebs: Kaman 12
Asts: Hamann, Roller 4
Pts: Barea 18
Rebs: Ramos 9
Asts: Barea 4

Final standings

PositionTeamGames WonGames LostPoints ScoredPoints AgainstPoint DifferentialQualification
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 40371242+129Qualified to 2008 Summer Olympics
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 40347292+55Qualified to 2008 Summer Olympics
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 41437362+75Qualified to 2008 Summer Olympics
4thFlag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 23388416−28Did not qualify to 2008 Summer Olympics
5thFlag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 21244227+17Did not qualify to 2008 Summer Olympics
6thFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 12228221+7Did not qualify to 2008 Summer Olympics
7thFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 12196214−18Did not qualify to 2008 Summer Olympics
8thFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 12211240−29Did not qualify to 2008 Summer Olympics
9thFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 02153167−14Did not qualify to 2008 Summer Olympics
10thFlag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 02151174−23Did not qualify to 2008 Summer Olympics
11thFlag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde 02118181−63Did not qualify to 2008 Summer Olympics
12thFlag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 02116213−97Did not qualify to 2008 Summer Olympics

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