2008 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men

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2008 FIBA World Olympic
Qualifying Tournament
For Men
File:FIBAoc08 logo.png
Tournament details
Host countryFile:Flag of Greece.svg Greece
Dates14–20 July
Teams12
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Official website
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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] 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 1 Pot 2 Pot 3

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

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

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

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

Squads

Main article: FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2008 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

Qualified for the quarterfinals

Group A

Team Pts. W L PCT PF PA Diff
File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece 4 2 0 1.000 208 131 +77
File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 3 1 1 .500 163 143 +20
File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon 2 0 2 .000 116 213 −97
July 14
22:00
Greece File:Flag of Greece.svg 119–62 File:Flag 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 File:Flag of Lebanon.svg 54–94 File:Flag 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 File:Flag of Brazil.svg 69–89 File:Flag 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. W L PCT PF PA Diff
File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 4 2 0 1.000 193 139 +54
File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 3 1 1 .500 148 139 +9
File:Flag of Cape Verde.svg Cape Verde 2 0 2 .000 118 181 −63
July 14
13:00
New Zealand File:Flag of New Zealand.svg 77–50 File:Flag 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 File:Flag of Cape Verde.svg 68–104 File:Flag 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 File:Flag of Germany.svg 89–71 File:Flag 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. W L PCT PF PA Diff
File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia 4 2 0 1.000 174 146 +28
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 3 1 1 .500 149 163 −14
File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 2 0 2 .000 153 167 −14
July 14
15:30
South Korea File:Flag of South Korea.svg 76–88 File:Flag 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 File:Flag of Slovenia.svg 86–70 File:Flag 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 File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg 79–77 File:Flag 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. W L PCT PF PA Diff
File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 4 2 0 1.000 188 160 +28
File:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico 3 1 1 .500 162 167 −5
File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon 2 0 2 .000 151 174 −23
July 14
19:30
Croatia File:Flag of Croatia.svg 93–79 File:Flag 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 File:Flag of Cameroon.svg 72–81 File:Flag 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 File:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg 81–95 File:Flag 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
13:00
Croatia File:Flag of Croatia.svg 83–62 File:Flag 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 File:Flag of Slovenia.svg 70–81 File:Flag 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 File:Flag of Germany.svg 78–65 File:Flag 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 File:Flag of Greece.svg 75–48 File:Flag 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 File:Flag of Germany.svg 70–76 File:Flag 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 File:Flag of Greece.svg 88–63 File:Flag 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 File:Flag of Germany.svg 96–82 File:Flag 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

Position Team Games Won Games Lost Points Scored Points Against Point Differential Qualification
File:Gold medal icon.svg File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece 4 0 371 242 +129 Qualified to 2008 Summer Olympics
File:Silver medal icon.svg File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 4 0 347 292 +55 Qualified to 2008 Summer Olympics
File:Bronze medal icon.svg File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 4 1 437 362 +75 Qualified to 2008 Summer Olympics
4th File:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico 2 3 388 416 −28 Did not qualify to 2008 Summer Olympics
5th File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia 2 1 244 227 +17 Did not qualify to 2008 Summer Olympics
6th File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 1 2 228 221 +7 Did not qualify to 2008 Summer Olympics
7th File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 1 2 196 214 −18 Did not qualify to 2008 Summer Olympics
8th File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 1 2 211 240 −29 Did not qualify to 2008 Summer Olympics
9th File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 0 2 153 167 −14 Did not qualify to 2008 Summer Olympics
10th File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon 0 2 151 174 −23 Did not qualify to 2008 Summer Olympics
11th File:Flag of Cape Verde.svg Cape Verde 0 2 118 181 −63 Did not qualify to 2008 Summer Olympics
12th File:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon 0 2 116 213 −97 Did not qualify to 2008 Summer Olympics

References

  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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