2000 FIBA Diamond Ball

1st edition of the FIBA Diamond Ball Tournament held in Hong Kong, China FIBA Diamond Ball 2000 Hong Kong China September 2 – September 6 AUS (1st title) FR Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia ITA CAN CAN Steve Nash (22.0 points per game) Player Leaders 2004 The 2000 FIBA Diamond Ball was a basketball tournament held in Hong Kong, China, from September 2 until September 6, 2000. 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 1st edition of the FIBA Diamond Ball. The six participating teams were Angola, Argentina, Australia, host China, Canada and FR Yugoslavia. Participating teams Group A Group BCAN CHN FR Yugoslavia FR YugoslaviaAUS ANG ITA Angola – African champions Australia – Olympics hosts (New Zealand were Oceania champions) Canada – Americas runners-up (USA were Olympic & Americas champions) China – Asian champions Italy – European champions FR Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia – World champions Preliminary round Qualified for the finals Group A *All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8). FR Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia 2 0 178 153 #ccffcc Canada 1 1 175 167 China 0 2 137 170 |} #eee September 2 Hong Kong, China 15:00 Boxscore CHN 64 35-52 29-32 84 FR Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia #eee September 3 Hong Kong, China 15:00 Boxscore CAN 86 33-38 53-35 73 CHN #eee September 4 Hong Kong, China 18:30 Boxscore FR Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia 94 50-50 44-39 89 CAN Group B *All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8). Qualified for the finals Australia 2 0 196 135 #ccffcc Italy 1 1 159 162 Angola 0 2 114 172 |} #eee September 2 Hong Kong, China 17:00 Boxscore ANG 61 43-41 18-36 77 ITA #eee September 3 Hong Kong, China 17:00 Boxscore AUS 95 46-34 49-19 53 ANG #eee September 4 Hong Kong, China 20:30 Boxscore ITA 82 43-56 39-45 101 AUS Final round *All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8). 5th place #eee September 6 Hong Kong, China 17:00 Boxscore CHN 69 30-29 39-32 61 ANG Third place #fdb September 6 Hong Kong, China 19:00 Boxscore CAN 74 42-45 32-37 82 ITA Final #ffffd0 September 6 Hong Kong, China 21:00 Boxscore FR Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia 71 44-37 27-41 78 AUS Final standings The final standings per FIBA official website: main WL complete points yes yes yes yes yes FIBA AUS 3 0 274 206 AUS SCG 2 1 249 231 FR Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia ITA 2 1 241 236 ITA CAN 1 2 249 249 CAN CHN 1 2 206 231 CHN ANG 0 3 175 241 ANG bk 2000 FIBA Diamond Ball winners AUS 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 2000 FIBA Diamond Ball ArchiveApril 2025 medicmedic Category:FIBA Diamond Ball Category:2000–01 in Chinese basketball Category:2000 in basketball Category:International basketball competitions hosted by Hong Kong Category:September 2000 sports events in Asia