2008 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women

2008 FIBA World OlympicQualifying Tournament For Women World 2008 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women 2008 logo.png 85 9–15 June 12 5 1 1 OQT Spain 2012 The FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2008 for women took place from June 9 to June 15, 2008.Fiba2006brazil.com https://web.archive.org/web/20070914145901/http://www.fiba2006brazil.com/noticias.asp?l=en&n=194 2007-09-14 On December 9, 2007, FIBA announced that Spain would host the wildcard tournament.PR N°58 - Meeting of the FIBA Central Board in Chicago FIBA.com Through this tournament, the final five qualifying berths for the 2008 Olympics women's basketball competition were captured by Spain, Belarus, Latvia, the Czech Republic, and Brazil. The 12 teams that competed in the 2008 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament were based on the finishes in each of FIBA’s five zone qualifying tournaments. Participating nations thumb|250px|Participating countries in the wildcard tournaments. Blue Men Purple Men and women Magenta Women The draw was made on January 14, 2008 in Institute of Training and Studies of the Central Government of Madrid.Women’s FIBA Pre-Olympic Tournament drawing to be held on Monday in Madrid The teams were divided into three pots, roughly corresponding to the FIBA World Rankings and to their continental zones (all European teams are in Pot 3): Pot 1Pot 2Pot 322. Chinese Taipei 17. Senegal 42. Angola 58. Fiji8. Cuba 4. Brazil 12. Argentina 15. Japan5. Spain 30. Belarus 26.Latvia 9. Czech Republic Format The 12 participating teams were divided into four groups (A, B, C and D) of three teams each. Each team played all the other teams in its own group. The teams placed 1st and 2nd in each group played in the Quarter-Finals, with the four winners of the Quarter-Finals qualifying for the Olympic Games. The four losers played in the Semi-Finals and Finals for one remaining qualifying place. Squads FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women 2008 squads Preliminary round Qualified for the quarterfinals Times given below are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+2). Group A Team Pts. W L PCT PF PA Diff LAT 4201.000177103+74 JPN 3110.500140152-12 SEN 2020.000103165-62 #eee June 9 Madrid Arena, Madrid 17:45 LAT 94 SEN 34 29-5 15-10 28-11 22-8 June 10 Madrid Arena, Madrid 15:00 SEN 69 JPN 71 19-22 8-17 20-20 22-12 #eee June 11 Madrid Arena, Madrid 15:00 JPN 69 LAT 83 19-20 18-21 24-17 8-25 Group B Team Pts. W L PCT PF PA Diff CZE 4201.000163109+54 ANG 3110.500113144-31 ARG 2020.000113136-23 #eee June 9 Madrid Arena, Madrid 20:00 CZE 77 ARG 55 18-25 20-10 24-11 15-9 June 10 Madrid Arena, Madrid 19:30 ARG 58 ANG 59 17-7 9-16 11-15 21-21 #eee June 11 Madrid Arena, Madrid 19:30 ANG 54 CZE 86 9-24 21-14 10-21 14-27 Group C Team Pts. W L PCT PF PA Diff BRA 4201.000196113+83 ESP 3110.500181113+68 FIJ 2020.00087238-151 #eee June 9 Madrid Arena, Madrid 12:45 ESP 113 FIJ 42 33-9 27-3 27-10 26-20 June 10 Madrid Arena, Madrid 17:15 FIJ 45 BRA 125 12-29 12-31 17-36 4-29 #eee June 11 Madrid Arena, Madrid 12:45 BRA 71 ESP 68 23-24 17-11 13-14 18-19 Group D Team Pts. W L PCT PF PA Diff CUB 4201.000164137+27 BLR 3110.500139133+6 TPE 2020.000144177-33 #eee June 9 Madrid Arena, Madrid 15:30 TPE 79 CUB 96 21-19 18-24 16-21 24-32 June 10 Madrid Arena, Madrid 12:45 CUB 68 BLR 58 14-13 17-15 20-12 17-18 #eee June 11 Madrid Arena, Madrid 17:15 BLR 81 TPE 65 13-14 20-13 20-15 28-23 Knockout stage Note: Italicized teams qualify for the Olympics. QuarterfinalsJune 13 Semifinals (quarterfinal losers)June 14 Final game June 15 A1 LAT 84 B2 ANG 26 C1 BRA 79 D2 BLR (OT) 86 B1 CZE 76 A2 JPN 64 D1 CUB 68 C2 ESP 82 B2 ANG 58 C1 BRA 75 A2 JPN 58 D1 CUB 66 C1 BRA 72 D1 CUB 67 Quarterfinals #eee June 13 Madrid Arena, Madrid 12:45 CUB 68 ESP 82 17-16 18-23 15-20 18-23 June 13 Madrid Arena, Madrid 15:00 CZE 76 JPN 64 16-21 11-5 23-15 26-23 #eee June 13 Madrid Arena, Madrid 17:15 LAT 84 ANG 26 23-9 16-5 23-6 22-6 June 13 Madrid Arena, Madrid 19:30 BRA 79 BLR 86 22-22 6-13 22-16 22-21 7-14 Semifinals #eee June 14 Madrid Arena, Madrid 17:15 CUB 66 JPN 58 21-18 16-8 16-17 13-15 June 14 Madrid Arena, Madrid 19:30 ANG 58 BRA 75 8-28 12-15 14-16 24-16 Final game #eee June 15 Madrid Arena, Madrid 19:25 CUB 67 BRA 72 16-19 18-15 13-11 20-27 References Official Website in English and Spanish https://web.archive.org/web/20160710094910/http://www.madrid2008.fiba.com/ 2016-07-10 Video of the Draw @ fiba.com Category:FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments Qualifying Tournament Category:2007–08 in Spanish women's basketball Category:2008 in women's basketball Category:Women's international basketball competitions hosted by Spain Category:Basketball competitions in Madrid