2008 FIBA Diamond Ball
Tournament details
Arena
Nanjing, China
DatesJuly 29 – August 1
Final positions
Champions Argentina (1st title)
Runners-up Australia
Third place China
Fourth place Iran
Awards and statistics
Top scorer(s)Argentina Luis Scola
(20.0 points per game) [1]

The 2008 FIBA Diamond Ball was an official basketball tournament held in Nanjing, China, from July 29 until August 1, 2008. The FIBA Diamond Ball was an official international basketball tournament organised by FIBA,[2] held every Olympic year prior to the Olympics. It was the 3rd edition of the FIBA Diamond Ball. The six participating teams were Angola, Argentina, Australia, host China, Iran and Serbia.

Participating teams

Group A Group B

 Angola
 Australia
 China

 Argentina
 Iran
 Serbia

  •  Angola – African champions
  •  Argentina – Olympic champions & Americas runners-up (USA were Americas champions)
  •  Australia – Oceania champions
  •  China – Olympics hosts
  •  Iran – Asian champions
  •  Serbia – 2004 FIBA Diamond Ball winners (as Serbia and Montenegro; Spain were World champions; Russia was European champions)

Preliminary round

Qualified for the finals

Group A

*All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8).

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Australia 2 2 0 148 133+15 4
 China 2 1 1 138 141−3 3
 Angola 2 0 2 152 164−12 2
July 29
19:30
China  83–74  Angola
Scoring by quarter: 20–22, 20–15, 22–15, 21–22
July 30
16:00
Australia  67–55  China
Scoring by quarter: 20–16, 18–12, 17–17, 12–10
July 31
16:00
Angola  78–81  Australia
Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 19–25, 24–17, 19–22

Group B

*All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8).

Qualified for the finals
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Argentina 2 2 0 156 131+25 4
 Iran 2 1 1 143 151−8 3
 Serbia 2 0 2 130 147−17 2
July 29
16:00
Argentina  81–71  Iran
Scoring by quarter: 24–24, 18–11, 20–17, 19–19
July 30
19:00
Iran  72–70  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 17–16, 19–17, 18–18
July 31
19:00
Serbia  60–75  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 18–21, 16–14, 9–20, 17–20

Final round

*All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8).

5th place

August 1
14:00
Angola  62–99  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 14–24, 19–21, 20–22, 19–32

Third place

August 1
16:00
China  75–46  Iran
Scoring by quarter: 19–11, 18–10, 16–6, 22–19

Final

August 1
19:30
Australia  91–95  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 25–24, 22–11, 22–27, 22–33

Final standings

The final standings per FIBA official website:

See also

References

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