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2008 FIBA Diamond Ball
Tournament details
Arena
Haining, China
DatesAugust 2 – August 5
Final positions
Champions United States (1st title)
Runners-up Australia
Third place China
Fourth place Latvia
Awards and statistics
Top scorer(s)Latvia Anete Jēkabsone-Žogota
(22.3 points per game)
2004

The 2008 FIBA Diamond Ball was a basketball tournament held in Nanjing, China, from August 2 until August 5, 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 2nd edition of the FIBA Diamond Ball. The six participating teams were Australia, host China, Latvia, Mali, Russia and United States.

Participating teams

Group A Group B

 Australia
 China
 Mali

 Latvia
 Russia
 United States

  •  Mali – African champions
  •  United States – Olympic & Americas champions
  •  Australia – 2004 FIBA Diamond Ball winners (also Oceania & World champions)
  •  China – Olympics hosts
  •  Japan – Asia Cup 3rd place (South Korea were Asia Cup champions) → replaced by  Latvia
  •  Russia – 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 0 196 113 +83 4
 China 2 1 1 161 151 +10 3
 Mali 2 0 2 110 203 −93 2
August 2
19:30
Boxscore
Mali  67–91  China
Scoring by quarter: 18–20, 14–15, 18–26, 17–30
Haining, China
August 3
15:30
Boxscore
China  70–84  Australia
Scoring by quarter: 16–23, 17–26, 17–19, 20–16
Haining, China
August 4
15:30
Boxscore
Australia  112–43  Mali
Scoring by quarter: 21–19, 30–5, 30–15, 31–4
Haining, China

Group B

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

Qualified for the finals
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 United States 2 2 0 177 132 +45 4
 Latvia 2 1 1 149 153 −4 3
 Russia 2 0 2 127 168 −41 2
August 2
15:30
Boxscore
Russia  69–75  Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 14–12, 15–24, 21–15, 19–24
Haining, China
August 3
19:30
Boxscore
Latvia  74–84  United States
Scoring by quarter: 18–31, 20–16, 19–18, 17–19
Haining, China
August 4
19:30
Boxscore
United States  93–58  Russia
Scoring by quarter: 17–10, 26–9, 24–21, 26–18
Haining, China

Final round

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

5th place

August 5
14:00
Boxscore
Mali  52–79  Russia
Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 11–16, 10–26, 16–18
Haining, China

Third place

August 5
16:00
Boxscore
China  63–51  Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 19–11, 15–10, 14–16, 15–14
Haining, China

Final

August 5
19:30
Boxscore
Australia  67–71  United States
Scoring by quarter: 15–16, 14–19, 21–21, 17–15
Haining, China

Final standings

The final standings per FIBA official website:

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States 3 3 0 248 199 +49 6
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Australia 3 2 1 263 184 +79 5
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  China 3 2 1 224 202 +22 5
4  Latvia 3 1 2 200 216 −16 4
5  Russia 3 1 2 206 220 −14 4
6  Mali 3 0 3 162 282 −120 3
Source: FIBA
 2008 FIBA Diamond Ball for Women winners 

United States
First title

References

  1. Player Leaders
  2. http://www.fiba.basketball/en/events FIBA's official events by year
  3. Latvia-women-replace-Japan-in-Diamond-Ball

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