The 2008 FIBA Diamond Ball was an official
basketball
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tournament held in
Nanjing
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,
China
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, from July 29 until August 1, 2008. The
FIBA Diamond Ball
The FIBA Diamond Ball competition was an official international basketball tournament organised by FIBA,http://www.fiba.basketball/en/events FIBA´s official events by year held every Olympic year prior to the Summer Olympics. The first tournamen ...
was an official international basketball tournament organised by
FIBA
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,
[http://www.fiba.basketball/en/events FIBA's official events by year] held every Olympic year prior to the
Olympics
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. It was the 3rd edition of the FIBA Diamond Ball. The six participating teams were
Angola
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Argentina
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,
Australia
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, host
China
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,
Iran
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and
Serbia
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.
Participating teams
* – African champions
* – Olympic champions & Americas runners-up (USA were Americas champions)
* – Oceania champions
* – Olympics hosts
* – Asian champions
* – 2004 FIBA Diamond Ball winners (as
Serbia and Montenegro
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; Spain were World champions; Russia was European champions)
Preliminary round
Group A
''*All times are
China Standard Time
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(
UTC+8
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With an estimated population of 1.708 billion living within the time zone, roughly 24% of the world population, it is the most populous time zone in the world, as well as a ...
).''
Group B
''*All times are
China Standard Time
The time in China follows a single standard time offset of UTC+08:00 (eight hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time), even though the country spans almost five geographical time zones. The official national standard time is called ''Beijing Tim ...
(
UTC+8
UTC+08:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +08:00.
With an estimated population of 1.708 billion living within the time zone, roughly 24% of the world population, it is the most populous time zone in the world, as well as a ...
).''
Final round
''*All times are
China Standard Time
The time in China follows a single standard time offset of UTC+08:00 (eight hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time), even though the country spans almost five geographical time zones. The official national standard time is called ''Beijing Tim ...
(
UTC+8
UTC+08:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +08:00.
With an estimated population of 1.708 billion living within the time zone, roughly 24% of the world population, it is the most populous time zone in the world, as well as a ...
).''
5th place
Third place
Final
Final standings
The final standings per FIBA official website:
See also
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Acropolis Tournament
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*
Basketball at the Summer Olympics
Basketball at the Summer Olympics has been a sport for men consistently since 1936.
Prior to its inclusion as a medal sport, basketball was held as a demonstration event in 1904. Women's basketball made its debut in the Summer Olympics in 197 ...
*
FIBA Basketball World Cup
The FIBA Basketball World Cup, also known as the FIBA World Cup of Basketball or simply the FIBA World Cup, between 1950 and 2010 known as the FIBA World Championship, is an international basketball competition contested by the senior men's nat ...
*
FIBA Asia Cup
The FIBA Asia Cup (formerly the FIBA Asia Championship and ABC Championship) is an international basketball tournament which takes place every four years between the men's national teams of Asia and Oceania.
Through the 2015 edition, the tourn ...
*
Adecco Cup
The Adecco Cup ( sl, Pokal Adecco), also known as the Adecco Ex-Yu Cup in 2011 and 2012, is an international basketball friendly competition.Marchand Continental Championship Cup The Jenaro "Tuto" Marchand Continental Championship Cup, or simply the Marchand Continental Cup, or Tuto Marchand Cup, is a warm-up friendly tournament for the FIBA Americas regional zone senior men's basketball championship, the FIBA Americas Cham ...
*
Belgrade Trophy
*
Stanković Cup
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*
William Jones Cup
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It was named in honor of basketball promoter ...
References
External links
2008 FIBA Diamond Ball Archive
{{Basketball at the Summer Olympics
Diamond Ball
Recurring sporting events established in 2008