2008 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men

2008 FIBA World Olympic; Qualifying Tournament
	For Men
Tournament details
Host nation	Greece
Dates	14–20 July
Teams	12 (from 5 federations)
Venues	1 (in 1 host city)
Official website
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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 14–20 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]

Participating countries in the wildcard tournaments.

Men

Men and women

Women

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 USA 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 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
Cameroon Lebanon South Korea Cape Verde	Brazil Puerto Rico Canada New Zealand	Greece Germany Croatia Slovenia

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

Squads

Format

The teams were divided into four groups (Groups A-D) for the preliminary round.
Round robin for the preliminary round; the top two teams from each group advanced to the quarterfinals. The last-placed team in each group was eliminated.
A single-elimination tournament was then held; the quarterfinals pairings were:
- A1 vs. B2
- B1 vs. A2
- C1 vs. D2
- D1 vs. C2
The semifinal pairings were A1/B2 vs. C1/D2 and B1/A2 vs. D1/C2. The semifinal winners qualified for the Olympics. No championship game was held.
The semifinal losers played for the last Olympic qualifying berth.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pts.	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	Diff
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

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens

July 15
22:00

Lebanon	54–94	Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 8–27, 13–21, 16–25, 17–21

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens

July 16
22:00

Brazil	69–89	Greece
Scoring by quarter: 17–18, 13–22, 20–26, 19–23

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens

Group B

Team	Pts.	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	Diff
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

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens

July 15
15:30

Cape Verde	68–104	Germany
Scoring by quarter: 11–34, 13–25, 16–22, 28–23

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens

July 16
19:30

Germany	89–71	New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 23–26, 24–7, 21–24, 21–14

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens

Group C

Team	Pts.	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	Diff
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

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens

July 15
13:00

Slovenia	86–70	Canada
Scoring by quarter: 27–22, 14–12, 23–15, 22–21

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens

July 16
13:00

Canada	79–77	South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 13–29, 26–15, 20–13

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens

Group D

Team	Pts.	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	Diff
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

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens

July 15
19:30

Cameroon	72–81	Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 7–22, 22–24, 19–15, 24–20

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens

July 16
15:30

Puerto Rico	81–95	Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 26–14, 14–29, 18–27, 23–25

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens

Knockout stage

Note: Italicized teams qualify for the Olympics.

Quarterfinals
July 18

Semifinals
July 19

A1

Greece

75

B2

New Zealand

48

A1

Greece

88

D2

Puerto Rico

63

C1

Slovenia

70

D2

Puerto Rico

81

No final – semifinal winners
qualify for the Olympics.

B1

Germany

78

A2

Brazil

65

B1

Germany

70

Third Place Game – July 20

D1

Croatia

76

D1

Croatia

83

D2

Puerto Rico

82

C2

Canada

62

B1

Germany

96

Quarterfinals

July 18
13:00

Croatia	83–62	Canada
Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 18–13, 26–13, 21–20

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens

July 18
15:30

Slovenia	70–81	Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 15–21, 19–13, 18–25, 18–22

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens

July 18
19:30

Germany	78–65	Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 14–13, 31–13, 17–13, 16–26

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens

July 18
22:00

Greece	75–48	New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 22–12, 15–8, 18–16, 20–12

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens

Semi-finals

July 19
19:00

Germany	70–76	Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 14–24, 17–12, 17–11, 22–29

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens

July 19
21:30

Greece	88–63	Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 19–11, 29–24, 20–15, 20–13

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens

3rd place match

July 20
19:30

Germany	96–82	Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 22–23, 26–16, 26–19, 22–24

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens

References

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[1] PR N°58 – Meeting of the FIBA Central Board in Chicago FIBA.com

[2] Κληρώνει την Πέμπτη για το Προολυμπιακό(in Greek)

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