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Tournament details | |
Host country | Greece |
Dates | 14–20 July |
Teams | 12 |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Official website | |
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]
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.
The teams were divided into three pots, corresponding to their continental zones:
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 |
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In case a team fails to attend, the next best team from their zone play as their replacements.
Qualified for the quarterfinals |
Team | Pts. | W | L | PCT | PF | PA | Diff |
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Greece | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 208 | 131 | +77 |
Brazil | 3 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 163 | 143 | +20 |
Lebanon | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 116 | 213 | −97 |
July 14 22:00 |
Greece | 119–62 | 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 |
Team | Pts. | W | L | PCT | PF | PA | Diff |
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Germany | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 193 | 139 | +54 |
New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 148 | 139 | +9 |
Cape Verde | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 118 | 181 | −63 |
July 14 13:00 |
New Zealand | 77–50 | 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 | 68–104 | 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 |
Team | Pts. | W | L | PCT | PF | PA | Diff |
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Slovenia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 174 | 146 | +28 |
Canada | 3 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 149 | 163 | −14 |
South Korea | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 153 | 167 | −14 |
July 14 15:30 |
South Korea | 76–88 | 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 | 86–70 | 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 | 79–77 | 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 |
Team | Pts. | W | L | PCT | PF | PA | Diff |
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Croatia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 188 | 160 | +28 |
Puerto Rico | 3 | 1 | 1 | .500 | 162 | 167 | −5 |
Cameroon | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 151 | 174 | −23 |
July 14 19:30 |
Croatia | 93–79 | 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 | 72–81 | 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 |
Quarterfinals July 18 | Semifinals July 19 | ||||||||||||
A1 | Greece | 75 | |||||||||||
B2 | New Zealand | 48 | |||||||||||
Greece | 88 | ||||||||||||
Puerto Rico | 63 | ||||||||||||
C1 | Slovenia | 70 | |||||||||||
D2 | Puerto Rico | 81 | |||||||||||
B1 | Germany | 78 | |||||||||||
A2 | Brazil | 65 | |||||||||||
Germany | 70 | Third place | |||||||||||
Croatia | 76 | ||||||||||||
D1 | Croatia | 83 | |||||||||||
Puerto Rico | 82 | ||||||||||||
C2 | Canada | 62 | |||||||||||
Germany | 96 | ||||||||||||
July 18 13:00 |
Croatia | 83–62 | 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 | 70–81 | 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 | 78–65 | 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 | 75–48 | 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 |
July 19 19:00 |
Germany | 70–76 | 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 | 88–63 | 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 |
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