2008 FIBA Diamond Ball

FIBA Diamond Ball 2008 Nanjing China July 29 – August 1 ARG (1st title) AUS CHN IRI ARG Luis Scola (20.0 points per game) Player Leaders 2004 The 2008 FIBA Diamond Ball was an official basketball tournament held in Nanjing, China, from July 29 until August 1, 2008. The FIBA Diamond Ball was an official international basketball tournament organised by FIBA,http://www.fiba.basketball/en/events FIBA's official events by year held every Olympic year prior to the Olympics. It was the 3rd edition of the FIBA Diamond Ball. The six participating teams were Angola, Argentina, Australia, host China, Iran and Serbia. Participating teams Group A Group BANG AUS CHNARG IRI SRB 2004 Angola – African champions Argentina – Olympic champions & Americas runners-up (USA were Americas champions) Australia – Oceania champions China – Olympics hosts Iran – Asian champions Serbia 2004 – 2004 FIBA Diamond Ball winners (as Serbia and Montenegro; Spain were World champions; Russia was European champions) Preliminary round Qualified for the finals Group A *All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8). Australia 2 0 148 133 #ccffcc China 1 1 138 141 Angola 0 2 152 164 |} #eee July 29 Nanjing, China 19:30 Boxscore CHN 83 20–22 20–15 22–15 21–22 74 ANG #eee July 30 Nanjing, China 16:00 Boxscore AUS 67 20–16 18–12 17–17 12–10 55 CHN #eee July 31 Nanjing, China 16:00 Boxscore ANG 78 16–17 19–25 24–17 19–22 81 AUS Group B *All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8). Qualified for the finals Argentina 2 0 156 131 #ccffcc Iran 1 1 143 151 Serbia 0 2 130 147 |} #eee July 29 Nanjing, China 16:00 Boxscore ARG 81 24–24 18–11 20–17 19–19 71 IRI #eee July 30 Nanjing, China 19:00 BoxscoreApril 2025 medicmedic IRI 72 18–19 17–16 19–17 18–18 70 SRB #eee July 31 Nanjing, China 19:00 Boxscore SRB 60 18–21 16–14 9–20 17–20 75 ARG Final round *All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8). 5th place #eee August 1 Nanjing, China 14:00 BoxscoreApril 2025 medicmedic ANG 62 14–24 19–21 20–22 19–32 99 SRB Third place #fdb August 1 Nanjing, China 16:00 Boxscore CHN 75 19–11 18–10 16–6 22–19 46 IRI Final #ffffd0 August 1 Nanjing, China 19:30 Boxscore AUS 91 25–24 22–11 22–27 22–33 95 ARG Final standings The final standings per FIBA official website: main WL complete points yes yes yes yes yes FIBA ARG 3 0 251 222 ARG AUS 2 1 239 228 AUS CHN 2 1 213 187 CHN IRI 1 2 189 226 IRI SRB 1 2 229 209 SRB ANG 0 3 214 263 ANG bk 2008 FIBA Diamond Ball winners ARG First See also Acropolis Tournament Basketball at the Summer Olympics FIBA Basketball World Cup FIBA Asia Cup Adecco Cup Marchand Continental Championship Cup Belgrade Trophy Stanković Cup William Jones Cup References External links 2008 FIBA Diamond Ball Archive Category:FIBA Diamond Ball Category:2008–09 in Chinese basketball Category:International basketball competitions hosted by China Category:Sport in Nanjing Category:July 2008 sports events in Asia Category:August 2008 sports events in Asia