2008 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men

2008 FIBA World OlympicQualifying Tournament For Men World 2008 FIBAoc08 logo.png 113 14–20 July 12 5 1 1 Greece 1992 2012 thumb|250px|Participating countries in the wildcard tournaments. Blue Men Purple Men and women Magenta Women 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.PR N°58 – Meeting of the FIBA Central Board in Chicago FIBA.com The draw for the tournament was held on 31 January 2008 at the Divani Caravel hotel in Athens.Κληρώνει την Πέμπτη για το Προολυμπιακό https://web.archive.org/web/20080514000436/http://www.sport24.gr/html/ent/307/ent.217307.asp 2008-05-14 el 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 1Pot 2Pot 3Cameroon Lebanon South Korea Cape VerdeBrazil Puerto Rico Canada New ZealandGreece Germany Croatia Slovenia In case a team fails to attend, the next best team from their zone play as their replacements. Squads 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 GRE 4 2 0 1.000 208 131 +77 BRA 3 1 1 .500 163 143 +20 LIB 2 0 2 .000 116 213 −97 22:00 #eee Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens July 14 GRE LIB 119 62 32–17 22–10 32–14 33–21 Tsartsaris 15 Diamantidis 6 Spanoulis 8 El Khatib 14 three players 3 Khoury 4 22:00 Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens July 15 LIB BRA 54 94 8–27 13–21 16–25 17–21 Fahed 15 Tawbe 6 Mahmoud 3 Huertas 17 M. Machado 6 de Assis 6 22:00 #eee Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens July 16 BRA GRE 69 89 17–18 13–22 20–26 19–23 Splitter 20 Splitter 7 three players 1 Fotsis 18 Fotsis 10 Spanoulis, Diamantidis 4 Group B Team Pts. W L PCT PF PA Diff GER 4 2 0 1.000 193 139 +54 NZL 3 1 1 .500 148 139 +9 CPV 2 0 2 .000 118 181 −63 13:00 #eee Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens July 14 NZL CPV 77 50 21–4 21–16 18–12 17–18 Penney 25 Horvath 8 Tait 5 Xavier 22 Mascarenhas 11 Xavier 4 15:30 Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens July 15 CPV GER 68 104 11–34 13–25 16–22 28–23 Xavier 21 Mascarenhas 8 Xavier 3 Nowitzki 16 Kaman 10 Roller 5 19:30 #eee Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens July 16 GER NZL 89 71 23–26 24–7 21–24 21–14 Nowitzki 35 Wysocki 8 Schultze 4 Penney 29 Bradshaw 8 Tait 5 Group C Team Pts. W L PCT PF PA Diff SLO 4 2 0 1.000 174 146 +28 CAN 3 1 1 .500 149 163 −14 KOR 2 0 2 .000 153 167 −14 15:30 #eee Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens July 14 KOR SLO 76 88 17–24 20–29 21–16 18–19 Kim J.-s. 21 Yoon H.-y. 4 Kim J.-s. 4 Nesterović 26 Nesterović 9 Bečirovič, Dragić 4 13:00 Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens July 15 SLO CAN 86 70 27–22 14–12 23–15 22–21 Lakovič 19 Nesterović 9 Bečirovič, Joksimović 5 Barrett 16 Kendall, Anthony 6 Anderson, English 2 13:00 #eee Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens July 16 CAN KOR 79 77 20–20 13–29 26–15 20–13 Barrett 22 Kendall 14 Anderson 3 Jeon J.-g. 19 Oh S.-k., Yoon H.-y. 6 Joo H.-j. 9 Group D Team Pts. W L PCT PF PA Diff CRO 4 2 0 1.000 188 160 +28 PUR 3 1 1 .500 162 167 −5 CMR 2 0 2 .000 151 174 −23 19:30 #eee Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens July 14 CRO CMR 93 79 19–16 26–9 20–28 28–26 Tomas 22 Prkačin 6 Kus 6 Nana 24 Boumtje-Boumtje 10 Bitee 6 19:30 Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens July 15 CMR PUR 72 81 7–22 22–24 19–15 24–20 Nana 22 Nana 14 Ekanga-Ehawa 3 Sánchez 17 Sánchez 9 Rivera 4 15:30 #eee Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens July 16 PUR CRO 81 95 26–14 14–29 18–27 23–25 Ayuso 22 Ramos 6 Arroyo 4 Kus, Tomas 15 Ukić, Banić 6 Ukić 5 Knockout stage Note: Italicized teams qualify for the Olympics. y QuarterfinalsJuly 18 SemifinalsJuly 19 No final – semifinal winners qualify for the Olympics. Third place game – July 20 A1 GRE 75 B2 NZL 48 C1 SLO 70 D2 PUR 81 B1 GER 78 A2 BRA 65 D1 CRO 83 C2 CAN 62 GRE 88 PUR 63 GER 70 CRO 76 PUR 82 GER 96 Quarterfinals 13:00 #eee Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens July 18 CRO CAN 83 62 18–16 18–13 26–13 21–20 Popović 17 Nicević 6 Planinić 3 Famutimi 14 Anthony 11 Anderson 2 15:30 Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens July 18 SLO PUR 70 81 15–21 19–13 18–25 18–22 Slokar 16 Nesterović 11 Lakovič, Bečirovič 3 Arroyo 17 Mojica 7 Arroyo 5 19:30 #eee Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens July 18 GER BRA 78 65 14–13 31–13 17–13 16–26 Nowitzki 20 Kaman 14 Nowitzki 5 Splitter 16 Batista, Splitter 6 E. Machado 4 22:00 Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens July 18 GRE NZL 75 48 22–12 15–8 18–16 20–12 Spanoulis 14 Diamantidis 8 Diamantidis 2 Tait 9 Bradshaw 10 Vukona 3 Semi-finals 19:00 #eee Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens July 19 GER CRO 70 76 14–24 17–12 17–11 22–29 Tomas 21 Barać 7 Popović 6 Nowitzki 30 Nowitzki 13 Jagla 2 21:30 Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens July 19 GRE PUR 88 63 19–11 29–24 20–15 20–13 Diamantidis 15 Vasilopoulos, Fotsis 7 Papaloukas 10 Barea 16 Falcon 8 Arroyo 3 3rd place match #eee 19:30 Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens July 20 GER PUR 96 82 22–23 26–16 26–19 22–24 Nowitzki 32 Kaman 12 Hamann, Roller 4 Barea 18 Ramos 9 Barea 4 Final standings PositionTeamGames WonGames LostPoints ScoredPoints AgainstPoint DifferentialQualification Image:Gold medal icon.svg Greece 4 0 371 242 +129 Qualified to 2008 Summer Olympics Image:Silver medal icon.svg Croatia 4 0 347 292 +55 Qualified to 2008 Summer Olympics Image:Bronze medal icon.svg Germany 4 1 437 362 +75 Qualified to 2008 Summer Olympics 4th Puerto Rico 2 3 388 416 −28 Did not qualify to 2008 Summer Olympics 5th Slovenia 2 1 244 227 +17 Did not qualify to 2008 Summer Olympics 6th Brazil 1 2 228 221 +7 Did not qualify to 2008 Summer Olympics 7th New Zealand 1 2 196 214 −18 Did not qualify to 2008 Summer Olympics 8th Canada 1 2 211 240 −29 Did not qualify to 2008 Summer Olympics 9th South Korea 0 2 153 167 −14 Did not qualify to 2008 Summer Olympics 10th Cameroon 0 2 151 174 −23 Did not qualify to 2008 Summer Olympics 11th Cape Verde 0 2 118 181 −63 Did not qualify to 2008 Summer Olympics 12th Lebanon 0 2 116 213 −97 Did not qualify to 2008 Summer Olympics References External links Official Site powered by FIBA 2008 Qual Category:2008 in basketball Category:2008–09 in Greek basketball Category:International basketball competitions hosted by Greece Category:Basketball competitions in Athens