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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)
← 2004

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, 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
Boxscore
China  83–74  Angola
Scoring by quarter: 20–22, 20–15, 22–15, 21–22
Nanjing, China
July 30
16:00
Boxscore
Australia  67–55  China
Scoring by quarter: 20–16, 18–12, 17–17, 12–10
Nanjing, China
July 31
16:00
Boxscore
Angola  78–81  Australia
Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 19–25, 24–17, 19–22
Nanjing, China

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
Boxscore
Argentina  81–71  Iran
Scoring by quarter: 24–24, 18–11, 20–17, 19–19
Nanjing, China
July 30
19:00
Boxscore
Iran  72–70  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 17–16, 19–17, 18–18
Nanjing, China
July 31
19:00
Boxscore
Serbia  60–75  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 18–21, 16–14, 9–20, 17–20
Nanjing, China

Final round

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

5th place

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

Third place

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

Final

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

Final standings

The final standings per FIBA official website:

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Argentina 3 3 0 251 222 +29 6
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Australia 3 2 1 239 228 +11 5
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  China 3 2 1 213 187 +26 5
4  Iran 3 1 2 189 226 −37 4
5  Serbia 3 1 2 229 209 +20 4
6  Angola 3 0 3 214 263 −49 3
Source: FIBA
 2008 FIBA Diamond Ball winners 

Argentina
First title

See also

References

  1. Player Leaders
  2. http://www.fiba.basketball/en/events FIBA's official events by year

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