2008 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men

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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 1420 July 2008 at the OAKA Indoor Sports Arena, in Athens, Greece.[1] The draw for the tournament was held on 31 January 2008 at the Divani Caravel hotel in Athens.[2]

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 tournamentCroatia, Germany and Greecejoined Angola, Argentina, Australia, China, Iran, Lithuania, Russia, Spain and the USA 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 1 Pot 2 Pot 3

 Cameroon
 Lebanon
 South Korea
 Cape Verde

 Brazil
 Puerto Rico
 Canada
 New Zealand

 Greece
 Germany
 Croatia
 Slovenia

In case a team fails to attend, the next best team from their zone play as their replacements.

Squads

Format

Preliminary round

Qualified for the quarterfinals

Group A

Team Pts. W L PCT PF PA Diff
 Greece 4 2 0 1.000 208 131 +77
 Brazil 3 1 1 .500 163 143 +20
 Lebanon 2 0 2 .000 116 213 -97
July 14
22:00
Greece  11962  Lebanon
Scoring by quarter: 32-17, 22-10, 32-14, 33-21
July 15
22:00
Lebanon  5494  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 8-27, 13-21, 16-25, 17-21
July 16
22:00
Brazil  6989  Greece
Scoring by quarter: 17-18, 13-22, 20-26, 19-23

Group B

Team Pts. W L PCT PF PA Diff
 Germany 4 2 0 1.000 193 139 +54
 New Zealand 3 1 1 .500 148 139 +9
 Cape Verde 2 0 2 .000 118 181 -63
July 14
13:00
New Zealand  7750  Cape Verde
Scoring by quarter: 21-4, 21-16, 18-12, 17-18
July 15
15:30
Cape Verde  68104  Germany
Scoring by quarter: 11-34, 13-25, 16-22, 28-23
July 16
19:30
Germany  8971  New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 23-26, 24-7, 21-24, 21-14

Group C

Team Pts. W L PCT PF PA Diff
 Slovenia 4 2 0 1.000 174 146 +28
 Canada 3 1 1 .500 149 163 -14
 South Korea 2 0 2 .000 153 167 -14
July 14
15:30
South Korea  7688  Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 17-24, 20-29, 21-16, 18-19
July 15
13:00
Slovenia  8670  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 27-22, 14-12, 23-15, 22-21
July 16
13:00
Canada  7977  South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 20-20, 13-29, 26-15, 20-13

Group D

Team Pts. W L PCT PF PA Diff
 Croatia 4 2 0 1.000 188 160 +28
 Puerto Rico 3 1 1 .500 162 167 -5
 Cameroon 2 0 2 .000 151 174 -23
July 14
19:30
Croatia  9379  Cameroon
Scoring by quarter: 19-16, 26-9, 20-28, 28-26
July 15
19:30
Cameroon  7281  Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 7-22, 22-24, 19-15, 24-20
July 16
15:30
Puerto Rico  8195  Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 26-14, 14-29, 18-27, 23-25

Knockout stage

Note: Italicized teams qualify for the Olympics.
  Quarterfinals
July 18
Semifinals
July 19
                             
  A1   Greece 75  
B2   New Zealand 48  
  A1   Greece 88  
 
  D2   Puerto Rico 63  
C1   Slovenia 70
  D2   Puerto Rico 81  
      No final semifinal winners
qualify for the Olympics.
 
  B1   Germany 78  
A2   Brazil 65  
  B1   Germany 70 Third Place Game - July 20
 
  D1   Croatia 76  
D1   Croatia 83   D2   Puerto Rico 82
  C2   Canada 62     B1   Germany 96

Quarterfinals

July 18
13:00
Croatia  8362  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 18-16, 18-13, 26-13, 21-20
July 18
15:30
Slovenia  7081  Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 15-21, 19-13, 18-25, 18-22
July 18
19:30
Germany  7865  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 14-13, 31-13, 17-13, 16-26
July 18
22:00
Greece  7548  New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 22-12, 15-8, 18-16, 20-12

Semi-finals

July 19
19:00
Germany  7076  Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 14-24, 17-12, 17-11, 22-29
July 19
21:30
Greece  8863  Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 19-11, 29-24, 20-15, 20-13

3rd place match

July 20
19:30
Germany  9682  Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 22-23, 26-16, 26-19, 22-24

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