Participating countries in the wildcard tournaments.
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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.
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.
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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 2008 FIBA World OlympicQualifying TournamentFor MenTournament detailsHost country GreeceDates14 20 JulyTeams12Venue s 1 in 1 host city Official websiteGreece 19922012 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 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 Contents 1 Participating nations 2 Squads 3 Format 4 Preliminary round 4 1 Group A 4 2 Group B 4 3 Group C 4 4 Group D 5 Knockout stage 5 1 Quarterfinals 5 2 Semi finals 5 3 3rd place match 6 Final standings 7 References 8 External linksParticipating nations editThe teams were divided into three pots corresponding to their continental zones Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 nbsp Cameroon nbsp Lebanon nbsp South Korea nbsp Cape Verde nbsp Brazil nbsp Puerto Rico nbsp Canada nbsp New Zealand nbsp Greece nbsp Germany nbsp Croatia nbsp Slovenia In case a team fails to attend the next best team from their zone play as their replacements Squads editMain article FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2008 squadsFormat editThe 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 editQualified for the quarterfinals Group A edit Team Pts W L PCT PF PA Diff nbsp Greece 4 2 0 1 000 208 131 77 nbsp Brazil 3 1 1 500 163 143 20 nbsp Lebanon 2 0 2 000 116 213 97 July 1422 00 Greece nbsp 119 62 nbsp Lebanon Scoring by quarter 32 17 22 10 32 14 33 21Pts Tsartsaris 15Rebs Diamantidis 6Asts Spanoulis 8 Pts El Khatib 14Rebs three players 3Asts Khoury 4 Olympic Indoor Hall Athens July 1522 00 Lebanon nbsp 54 94 nbsp Brazil Scoring by quarter 8 27 13 21 16 25 17 21Pts Fahed 15Rebs Tawbe 6Asts Mahmoud 3 Pts Huertas 17Rebs M Machado 6Asts de Assis 6 Olympic Indoor Hall Athens July 1622 00 Brazil nbsp 69 89 nbsp Greece Scoring by quarter 17 18 13 22 20 26 19 23Pts Splitter 20Rebs Splitter 7Asts three players 1 Pts Fotsis 18Rebs Fotsis 10Asts Spanoulis Diamantidis 4 Olympic Indoor Hall Athens Group B edit Team Pts W L PCT PF PA Diff nbsp Germany 4 2 0 1 000 193 139 54 nbsp New Zealand 3 1 1 500 148 139 9 nbsp Cape Verde 2 0 2 000 118 181 63 July 1413 00 New Zealand nbsp 77 50 nbsp Cape Verde Scoring by quarter 21 4 21 16 18 12 17 18Pts Penney 25Rebs Horvath 8Asts Tait 5 Pts Xavier 22Rebs Mascarenhas 11Asts Xavier 4 Olympic Indoor Hall Athens July 1515 30 Cape Verde nbsp 68 104 nbsp Germany Scoring by quarter 11 34 13 25 16 22 28 23Pts Xavier 21Rebs Mascarenhas 8Asts Xavier 3 Pts Nowitzki 16Rebs Kaman 10Asts Roller 5 Olympic Indoor Hall Athens July 1619 30 Germany nbsp 89 71 nbsp New Zealand Scoring by quarter 23 26 24 7 21 24 21 14Pts Nowitzki 35Rebs Wysocki 8Asts Schultze 4 Pts Penney 29Rebs Bradshaw 8Asts Tait 5 Olympic Indoor Hall Athens Group C edit Team Pts W L PCT PF PA Diff nbsp Slovenia 4 2 0 1 000 174 146 28 nbsp Canada 3 1 1 500 149 163 14 nbsp South Korea 2 0 2 000 153 167 14 July 1415 30 South Korea nbsp 76 88 nbsp Slovenia Scoring by quarter 17 24 20 29 21 16 18 19Pts Kim J s 21Rebs Yoon H y 4Asts Kim J s 4 Pts Nesterovic 26Rebs Nesterovic 9Asts Becirovic Dragic 4 Olympic Indoor Hall Athens July 1513 00 Slovenia nbsp 86 70 nbsp Canada Scoring by quarter 27 22 14 12 23 15 22 21Pts Lakovic 19Rebs Nesterovic 9Asts Becirovic Joksimovic 5 Pts Barrett 16Rebs Kendall Anthony 6Asts Anderson English 2 Olympic Indoor Hall Athens July 1613 00 Canada nbsp 79 77 nbsp South Korea Scoring by quarter 20 20 13 29 26 15 20 13Pts Barrett 22Rebs Kendall 14Asts Anderson 3 Pts Jeon J g 19Rebs Oh S k Yoon H y 6Asts Joo H j 9 Olympic Indoor Hall Athens Group D edit Team Pts W L PCT PF PA Diff nbsp Croatia 4 2 0 1 000 188 160 28 nbsp Puerto Rico 3 1 1 500 162 167 5 nbsp Cameroon 2 0 2 000 151 174 23 July 1419 30 Croatia nbsp 93 79 nbsp Cameroon Scoring by quarter 19 16 26 9 20 28 28 26Pts Tomas 22Rebs Prkacin 6Asts Kus 6 Pts Nana 24Rebs Boumtje Boumtje 10Asts Bitee 6 Olympic Indoor Hall Athens July 1519 30 Cameroon nbsp 72 81 nbsp Puerto Rico Scoring by quarter 7 22 22 24 19 15 24 20Pts Nana 22Rebs Nana 14Asts Ekanga Ehawa 3 Pts Sanchez 17Rebs Sanchez 9Asts Rivera 4 Olympic Indoor Hall Athens July 1615 30 Puerto Rico nbsp 81 95 nbsp Croatia Scoring by quarter 26 14 14 29 18 27 23 25Pts Ayuso 22Rebs Ramos 6Asts Arroyo 4 Pts Kus Tomas 15Rebs Ukic Banic 6Asts Ukic 5 Olympic Indoor Hall AthensKnockout stage editNote Italicized teams qualify for the Olympics QuarterfinalsJuly 18SemifinalsJuly 19A1 nbsp Greece75B2 nbsp New Zealand48 nbsp Greece88 nbsp Puerto Rico63C1 nbsp Slovenia70D2 nbsp Puerto Rico81B1 nbsp Germany78A2 nbsp Brazil65 nbsp Germany70Third place nbsp Croatia76D1 nbsp Croatia83 nbsp Puerto Rico82C2 nbsp Canada62 nbsp Germany96 Quarterfinals edit July 1813 00 Croatia nbsp 83 62 nbsp Canada Scoring by quarter 18 16 18 13 26 13 21 20Pts Popovic 17Rebs Nicevic 6Asts Planinic 3 Pts Famutimi 14Rebs Anthony 11Asts Anderson 2 Olympic Indoor Hall Athens July 1815 30 Slovenia nbsp 70 81 nbsp Puerto Rico Scoring by quarter 15 21 19 13 18 25 18 22Pts Slokar 16Rebs Nesterovic 11Asts Lakovic Becirovic 3 Pts Arroyo 17Rebs Mojica 7Asts Arroyo 5 Olympic Indoor Hall Athens July 1819 30 Germany nbsp 78 65 nbsp Brazil Scoring by quarter 14 13 31 13 17 13 16 26Pts Nowitzki 20Rebs Kaman 14Asts Nowitzki 5 Pts Splitter 16Rebs Batista Splitter 6Asts E Machado 4 Olympic Indoor Hall Athens July 1822 00 Greece nbsp 75 48 nbsp New Zealand Scoring by quarter 22 12 15 8 18 16 20 12Pts Spanoulis 14Rebs Diamantidis 8Asts Diamantidis 2 Pts Tait 9Rebs Bradshaw 10Asts Vukona 3 Olympic Indoor Hall Athens Semi finals edit July 1919 00 Germany nbsp 70 76 nbsp Croatia Scoring by quarter 14 24 17 12 17 11 22 29Pts Nowitzki 30Rebs Nowitzki 13Asts Jagla 2 Pts Tomas 21Rebs Barac 7Asts Popovic 6 Olympic Indoor Hall Athens July 1921 30 Greece nbsp 88 63 nbsp Puerto Rico Scoring by quarter 19 11 29 24 20 15 20 13Pts Diamantidis 15Rebs Vasilopoulos Fotsis 7Asts Papaloukas 10 Pts Barea 16Rebs Falcon 8Asts Arroyo 3 Olympic Indoor Hall Athens 3rd place match edit July 2019 30 Germany nbsp 96 82 nbsp Puerto Rico Scoring by quarter 22 23 26 16 26 19 22 24Pts Nowitzki 32Rebs Kaman 12Asts Hamann Roller 4 Pts Barea 18Rebs Ramos 9Asts Barea 4 Olympic Indoor Hall AthensFinal standings editPosition Team Games Won Games Lost Points Scored Points Against Point Differential Qualification nbsp nbsp Greece 4 0 371 242 129 Qualified to 2008 Summer Olympics nbsp nbsp Croatia 4 0 347 292 55 Qualified to 2008 Summer Olympics nbsp nbsp Germany 4 1 437 362 75 Qualified to 2008 Summer Olympics 4th nbsp Puerto Rico 2 3 388 416 28 Did not qualify to 2008 Summer Olympics 5th nbsp Slovenia 2 1 244 227 17 Did not qualify to 2008 Summer Olympics 6th nbsp Brazil 1 2 228 221 7 Did not qualify to 2008 Summer Olympics 7th nbsp New Zealand 1 2 196 214 18 Did not qualify to 2008 Summer Olympics 8th nbsp Canada 1 2 211 240 29 Did not qualify to 2008 Summer Olympics 9th nbsp South Korea 0 2 153 167 14 Did not qualify to 2008 Summer Olympics 10th nbsp Cameroon 0 2 151 174 23 Did not qualify to 2008 Summer Olympics 11th nbsp Cape Verde 0 2 118 181 63 Did not qualify to 2008 Summer Olympics 12th nbsp Lebanon 0 2 116 213 97 Did not qualify to 2008 Summer OlympicsReferences edit PR N 58 Meeting of the FIBA Central Board in Chicago FIBA com Klhrwnei thn Pempth gia to Proolympiako in Greek External links editOfficial Site powered by FIBA Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2008 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men amp oldid 1179791164, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
