2008 FIBA Diamond Ball
# 2008 FIBA Diamond Ball

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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 251 | 222 | +29 | 6 |
| | Australia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 239 | 228 | +11 | 5 |
| | 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 |

* 2008 FIBA Diamond Ball winners
* Argentina First title
