2008 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women

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2008 FIBA World Olympic
Qualifying Tournament
For Women
FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women 2008 logo.png
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of Spain.svg  Spain
Dates9–15 June
Teams 12
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Official website
OQT Spain
2012

The FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2008 for women took place from June 9 to June 15, 2008. [1] On December 9, 2007, FIBA announced that Spain would host the wildcard tournament. [2]

Contents

Through this tournament, the final five qualifying berths for the 2008 Olympics women's basketball competition were captured by Spain, Belarus, Latvia, the Czech Republic, and Brazil. The 12 teams that competed in the 2008 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament were based on the finishes in each of FIBA’s five zone qualifying tournaments.

Participating nations

Participating countries in the wildcard tournaments.
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Men
Men and women
Women FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2008.PNG
Participating countries in the wildcard tournaments.
  Men
  Men and women
  Women

The draw was made on January 14, 2008 in Institute of Training and Studies of the Central Government of Madrid. [3]

The teams were divided into three pots, roughly corresponding to the FIBA World Rankings and to their continental zones (all European teams are in Pot 3):

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3

22. Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
17. Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
42. Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
58. Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji

8. Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
4. Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
12. Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
15. Flag of Japan.svg  Japan

5. Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
30. Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
26.Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
9. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic

Format

The 12 participating teams were divided into four groups (A, B, C and D) of three teams each. Each team played all the other teams in its own group. The teams placed 1st and 2nd in each group played in the Quarter-Finals, with the four winners of the Quarter-Finals qualifying for the Olympic Games. The four losers played in the Semi-Finals and Finals for one remaining qualifying place.

Squads

Preliminary round

Qualified for the quarterfinals
Times given below are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).

Group A

TeamPts.WLPCTPFPADiff
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 4201.000177103+74
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 3110.500140152-12
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 2020.000103165-62
June 9
17:45
Latvia  Flag of Latvia.svg9434Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
Scoring by quarter:29-5, 15-10, 28-11, 22-8
June 10
15:00
Senegal  Flag of Senegal.svg6971Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 19-22, 8-17, 20-20, 22-12
June 11
15:00
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg6983Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 19-20, 18-21, 24-17, 8-25

Group B

TeamPts.WLPCTPFPADiff
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 4201.000163109+54
Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 3110.500113144-31
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 2020.000113136-23
June 9
20:00
Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg7755Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 18-25, 20-10, 24-11, 15-9
June 10
19:30
Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg5859Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
Scoring by quarter:17-7, 9-16, 11-15, 21-21
June 11
19:30
Angola  Flag of Angola.svg5486Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 9-24, 21-14, 10-21, 14-27

Group C

TeamPts.WLPCTPFPADiff
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 4201.000196113+83
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 3110.500181113+68
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 2020.00087238-151
June 9
12:45
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg11342Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
Scoring by quarter:33-9, 27-3, 27-10, 26-20
June 10
17:15
Fiji  Flag of Fiji.svg45125Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 12-29, 12-31, 17-36, 4-29
June 11
12:45
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg7168Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 23-24, 17-11, 13-14, 18-19

Group D

TeamPts.WLPCTPFPADiff
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 4201.000164137+27
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 3110.500139133+6
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 2020.000144177-33
June 9
15:30
Chinese Taipei  Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg7996Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba
Scoring by quarter:21-19, 18-24, 16-21, 24-32
June 10
12:45
Cuba  Flag of Cuba.svg6858Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
Scoring by quarter:14-13, 17-15, 20-12, 17-18
June 11
17:15
Belarus  Flag of Belarus.svg8165Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by quarter: 13-14, 20-13, 20-15, 28-23

Knockout stage

Note: Italicized teams qualify for the Olympics.
Quarterfinals
June 13
Semifinals
(quarterfinal losers)
June 14
Final game
June 15
         
A1 Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 84
B2 Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 26
B2 Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 58
C1 Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 75
C1 Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 79
D2 Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus (OT) 86
C1 Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 72
D1 Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 67
B1 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 76
A2 Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 64
A2 Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 58
D1 Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 66
D1 Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 68
C2 Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 82

Quarterfinals

June 13
12:45
Cuba  Flag of Cuba.svg6882Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Scoring by quarter:17-16, 18-23, 15-20, 18-23
June 13
15:00
Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg7664Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 16-21, 11-5, 23-15, 26-23
June 13
17:15
Latvia  Flag of Latvia.svg8426Flag of Angola.svg  Angola
Scoring by quarter:23-9, 16-5, 23-6, 22-6
June 13
19:30
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svg7986 (OT)Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
Scoring by quarter: 22-22, 6-13, 22-16, 22-21,  Overtime: 7-14

Semifinals

June 14
17:15
Cuba  Flag of Cuba.svg6658Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Scoring by quarter:21-18, 16-8, 16-17, 13-15
June 14
19:30
Angola  Flag of Angola.svg5875Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 8-28, 12-15, 14-16, 24-16

Final game

June 15
19:25
Cuba  Flag of Cuba.svg6772Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 16-19, 18-15, 13-11, 20-27

References