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2008 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women

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2008 FIBA World Olympic
Qualifying Tournament
For Women
FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women 2008 logo.png
Tournament details
Host nation Spain
Dates9–15 June
Teams12
(from 5 federations)
Venues1 
(in 1 host city)
Official website
2012 >

The FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2008 for women took place from June 9 to June 15, 2008.[1] On December 9, 2007, FIBA announced that Spain would host the wildcard tournament.[2]

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

Participating countries in the wildcard tournaments.
 Men
 Men and women
 Women

The draw was made on January 14, 2008 in Institute of Training and Studies of the Central Government of Madrid.[3]

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 1 Pot 2 Pot 3

22. Chinese Taipei
17. Senegal
42. Angola
58. Fiji

8. Cuba
4. Brazil
12. Argentina
15. Japan

5. 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

Main article: 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
Latvia 4 2 0 1.000 177 103 +74
Japan 3 1 1 0.500 140 152 -12
Senegal 2 0 2 0.000 103 165 -62
June 9
17:45
Latvia 94–34 Senegal
Scoring by quarter: 29-5, 15-10, 28-11, 22-8
June 10
15:00
Senegal 69–71 Japan
Scoring by quarter: 19-22, 8-17, 20-20, 22-12
June 11
15:00
Japan 69–83 Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 19-20, 18-21, 24-17, 8-25

Group B

Team Pts. W L PCT PF PA Diff
Czech Republic 4 2 0 1.000 163 109 +54
Angola 3 1 1 0.500 113 144 -31
Argentina 2 0 2 0.000 113 136 -23
June 9
20:00
Czech Republic 77–55 Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 18-25, 20-10, 24-11, 15-9
June 10
19:30
Argentina 58–59 Angola
Scoring by quarter: 17-7, 9-16, 11-15, 21-21
June 11
19:30
Angola 54–86 Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 9-24, 21-14, 10-21, 14-27

Group C

Team Pts. W L PCT PF PA Diff
Brazil 4 2 0 1.000 196 113 +83
Spain 3 1 1 0.500 181 113 +68
Fiji 2 0 2 0.000 87 238 -151
June 9
12:45
Spain 113–42 Fiji
Scoring by quarter: 33-9, 27-3, 27-10, 26-20
June 10
17:15
Fiji 45–125 Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 12-29, 12-31, 17-36, 4-29
June 11
12:45
Brazil 71–68 Spain
Scoring by quarter: 23-24, 17-11, 13-14, 18-19

Group D

Team Pts. W L PCT PF PA Diff
Cuba 4 2 0 1.000 164 137 +27
Belarus 3 1 1 0.500 139 133 +6
Chinese Taipei 2 0 2 0.000 144 177 -33
June 9
15:30
Chinese Taipei 79–96 Cuba
Scoring by quarter: 21-19, 18-24, 16-21, 24-32
June 10
12:45
Cuba 68–58 Belarus
Scoring by quarter: 14-13, 17-15, 20-12, 17-18
June 11
17:15
Belarus 81–65 Chinese Taipei
Scoring by quarter: 13-14, 20-13, 20-15, 28-23

Knockout stage

Note: Italicized teams qualify for the Olympics.
Quarterfinals
June 13 		Semifinals
(quarterfinal losers)
June 14 		Final game
June 15
A1 Latvia 84
B2 Angola 26
B2 Angola 58
C1 Brazil 75
C1 Brazil 79
D2 Belarus (OT) 86
C1 Brazil 72
D1 Cuba 67
B1 Czech Republic 76
A2 Japan 64
A2 Japan 58
D1 Cuba 66
D1 Cuba 68
C2 Spain 82

Quarterfinals

June 13
12:45
Cuba 68–82 Spain
Scoring by quarter: 17-16, 18-23, 15-20, 18-23
June 13
15:00
Czech Republic 76–64 Japan
Scoring by quarter: 16-21, 11-5, 23-15, 26-23
June 13
17:15
Latvia 84–26 Angola
Scoring by quarter: 23-9, 16-5, 23-6, 22-6
June 13
19:30
Brazil 79–86 (OT) Belarus
Scoring by quarter: 22-22, 6-13, 22-16, 22-21, Overtime: 7-14

Semifinals

June 14
17:15
Cuba 66–58 Japan
Scoring by quarter: 21-18, 16-8, 16-17, 13-15
June 14
19:30
Angola 58–75 Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 8-28, 12-15, 14-16, 24-16

Final game

June 15
19:25
Cuba 67–72 Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 16-19, 18-15, 13-11, 20-27

References

  1. ^ Fiba2006brazil.com Archived 2007-09-14 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ PR N°58 - Meeting of the FIBA Central Board in Chicago FIBA.com
  3. ^ Women’s FIBA Pre-Olympic Tournament drawing to be held on Monday in Madrid
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