The

FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament The FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, abbreviated as FIBA World OQT, and formerly known as the FIBA Pre-Olympic Basketball Tournament, is the last qualifying tournament for the Olympic Basketball Tournament. The best non-champions from th ...

for Men 2008 was the final qualifying tournament for the 2008 Olympic men's basketball tournament. Organized by

FIBA The International Basketball Federation (FIBA ; French language, French: ) is an association of national organizations which governs the sport of basketball worldwide. FIBA defines the rules of basketball, specifies the Basketball equipment ...

, it took place from 14 to 20 July 2008 at the OAKA Indoor Sports Arena, in

Athens Athens ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica (region), Attica region and is the southe ...

Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ...

. The draw for the tournament was held on 31 January 2008 at th
Divani Caravel hotel
in Athens.Κληρώνει την Πέμπτη για το Προολυμπιακό
/ref> 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 FIBA Africa is a zone within the FIBA basketball association which contains all 54 national African FIBA federations. It was founded in 1961. FIBA Africa maintains offices in Cairo and in Abidjan. Zones The 54 federations of FIBA Africa are g ...

Zone placed two teams (runner-up and third place), the

FIBA Americas FIBA Americas (, ) is a continental federation of FIBA (International Basketball Federation). It is one of FIBA's five continental zones. FIBA Americas is responsible for the organization and governance of the major international basketball comp ...

Zone placed three teams (third place, fourth place and fifth place), the

FIBA Asia FIBA Asia is a zone within the FIBA, International Basketball Federation (FIBA) which contains Asian FIBA member associations. Sub-zones 44 member associations in 6 sub-zones: # Central Asia Basketball Association (CABA) – 5 member associati ...

Zone placed two teams (runner-up and third place), the

FIBA Europe FIBA Europe is the administrative body for basketball in Europe, within the FIBA, International Basketball Federation (FIBA), which includes all List of men's national basketball teams#FIBA Europe, 50 national European basketball federations. ...

Zone placed four teams (fourth place, fifth place, sixth place and seventh place), and

FIBA Oceania FIBA Oceania is a zone within FIBA (International Basketball Federation). It is one of FIBA's five continental confederations. FIBA Oceania is responsible for the organization and governance of the major international tournaments in Oceania. It ...

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

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

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout stage

:''Note: Italicized teams qualify for the Olympics.''

Quarterfinals

Semi-finals

3rd place match

Final standings

References

External links

Official Site powered by FIBA
{{DEFAULTSORT:Olympic

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

Qual 2008 in basketball 2008–09 in Greek basketball International basketball competitions hosted by Greece Sports competitions in Athens