2008 FIBA Diamond Ball for Women

FIBA Diamond Ball 2008 Haining China August 2 – August 5 USA (1st title) AUS CHN LAT LAT Anete Jēkabsone-Žogota (22.3 points per game) Player Leaders 2004 The 2008 FIBA Diamond Ball was a basketball tournament held in Nanjing, China, from August 2 until August 5, 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 2nd edition of the FIBA Diamond Ball. The six participating teams were Australia, host China, Latvia, Mali, Russia and United States. Participating teams Group A Group BAUS CHN MLILAT RUS USA Mali – African champions United States – Olympic & Americas champions Australia – 2004 FIBA Diamond Ball winners (also Oceania & World champions) China – Olympics hosts Japan – Asia Cup 3rd place (South Korea were Asia Cup champions) → replaced by Latvia Latvia-women-replace-Japan-in-Diamond-Ball Russia – European champions Preliminary round Qualified for the finals Group A *All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8). Australia 2 0 196 113 #ccffcc China 1 1 161 151 Mali 0 2 110 203 |} #eee August 2 Haining, China 19:30 https://archive.today/20130124030039/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/1/grid/A/rid/6389/sid/4003/_/2008_FIBA_Diamond_Ball_Tournament_for_Women/statistic.html Boxscore MLI 67 18–20 14–15 18–26 17–30 91 CHN #eee August 3 Haining, China 15:30 Boxscore CHN 70 16–23 17–26 17–19 20–16 84 AUS #eee August 4 Haining, China 15:30 https://archive.today/20130123023050/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/3/grid/A/rid/6389/sid/4003/_/2008_FIBA_Diamond_Ball_Tournament_for_Women/statistic.html Boxscore AUS 112 21–19 30–5 30–15 31–4 43 MLI Group B *All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8). Qualified for the finals United States 2 0 177 132 #ccffcc Latvia 1 1 149 153 Russia 0 2 127 168 |} #eee August 2 Haining, China 15:30 Boxscore RUS 69 14–12 15–24 21–15 19–24 75 LAT #eee August 3 Haining, China 19:30 Boxscore LAT 74 18–31 20–16 19–18 17–19 84 USA #eee August 4 Haining, China 19:30 Boxscore USA 93 17–10 26–9 24–21 26–18 58 RUS Final round *All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8). 5th place #eee August 5 Haining, China 14:00 https://archive.today/20130123042926/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/A/grid/7/rid/6390/sid/4003/_/2008_FIBA_Diamond_Ball_Tournament_for_Women/statistic.html Boxscore MLI 52 15–19 11–16 10–26 16–18 79 RUS Third place #fdb August 5 Haining, China 16:00 https://archive.today/20130122194410/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/A/grid/8/rid/6390/sid/4003/_/2008_FIBA_Diamond_Ball_Tournament_for_Women/statistic.html Boxscore CHN 63 19–11 15–10 14–16 15–14 51 LAT Final #ffffd0 August 5 Haining, China 19:30 https://archive.today/20130122221910/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/A/grid/9/rid/6390/sid/4003/_/2008_FIBA_Diamond_Ball_Tournament_for_Women/statistic.html Boxscore AUS 67 15–16 14–19 21–21 17–15 71 USA Final standings The final standings per FIBA official website: main WL complete points yes yes yes yes yes FIBA USA 3 0 248 199 USA AUS 2 1 263 184 AUS CHN 2 1 224 202 CHN LAT 1 2 200 216 LAT RUS 1 2 206 220 RUS MLI 0 3 162 282 MLI bk 2008 FIBA Diamond Ball for Women winners USA First References External links 2008 FIBA Diamond Ball Archive Category:FIBA Diamond Ball Category:2008–09 in Chinese basketball Category:2008 in women's basketball Category:2008 in Chinese women's sport Category:Women's international basketball competitions hosted by China Category:Sport in Haining Category:August 2008 sports events in China