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2008 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men

Field	Value
title	2008 FIBA World Olympic
Qualifying Tournament
subtitle	For Men
continent	World
year	2008
logo	FIBAoc08 logo.png
size	113
host
dates	14–20 July
teams	12
federations	5
venues	1
cities	1
website	{{Flatlist
prevseason	[1992](1992-pre-olympic-basketball-tournament)
nextseason	[2012](2012-fiba-world-olympic-qualifying-tournament-for-men)

Qualifying Tournament

Greece

Participating countries in the wildcard tournaments.

]] 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 14 to 20 July 2008 at the OAKA Indoor Sports Arena, in Athens, Greece. The draw for the tournament was held on 31 January 2008 at the Divani Caravel hotel in Athens.

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 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:

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3

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

Squads

Main article: FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2008 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

	Qualified for the quarterfinals

Group A

Pts.	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	Diff
4	2	0	1.000	208	131	+77
3	1	1	.500	163	143	+20
2	0	2	.000	116	213	−97

Group B

Pts.	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	Diff
4	2	0	1.000	193	139	+54
3	1	1	.500	148	139	+9
2	0	2	.000	118	181	−63

Group C

Pts.	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	Diff
4	2	0	1.000	174	146	+28
3	1	1	.500	149	163	−14
2	0	2	.000	153	167	−14

Group D

Pts.	W	L	PCT	PF	PA	Diff
4	2	0	1.000	188	160	+28
3	1	1	.500	162	167	−5
2	0	2	.000	151	174	−23

Knockout stage

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Quarterfinals

Semi-finals

3rd place match

Final standings

Position	Games Won	Games Lost	Points Scored	Points Against	Point Differential	Qualification
[[Image:Gold medal icon.svg]]	4	0	371	242	+129	Qualified to 2008 Summer Olympics
[[Image:Silver medal icon.svg]]	4	0	347	292	+55	Qualified to 2008 Summer Olympics
[[Image:Bronze medal icon.svg]]	4	1	437	362	+75	Qualified to 2008 Summer Olympics
4th	2	3	388	416	−28	Did not qualify to 2008 Summer Olympics
5th	2	1	244	227	+17	Did not qualify to 2008 Summer Olympics
6th	1	2	228	221	+7	Did not qualify to 2008 Summer Olympics
7th	1	2	196	214	−18	Did not qualify to 2008 Summer Olympics
8th	1	2	211	240	−29	Did not qualify to 2008 Summer Olympics
9th	0	2	153	167	−14	Did not qualify to 2008 Summer Olympics
10th	0	2	151	174	−23	Did not qualify to 2008 Summer Olympics
11th	0	2	118	181	−63	Did not qualify to 2008 Summer Olympics
12th	0	2	116	213	−97	Did not qualify to 2008 Summer Olympics

References

[https://web.archive.org/web/20071212053345/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/lateNews/p/langid/1/newsid/22889/arti.html PR N°58 – Meeting of the FIBA Central Board in Chicago] FIBA.com
[http://www.sport24.gr/html/ent/307/ent.217307.asp Κληρώνει την Πέμπτη για το Προολυμπιακό]{{in lang. el

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