# 2008 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women

The FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2008 for women took place from June 9 to June 15, 2008. On December 9, 2007, FIBA announced that Spain would host the wildcard tournament.
Through this tournament, the final five qualifying berths for the 2008 Olympics women's basketball competition were captured by Spain, Belarus, Latvia, the Czech Republic, and Brazil. The 12 teams that competed in the 2008 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament were based on the finishes in each of FIBA’s five zone qualifying tournaments.

## Participating nations

The draw was made on January 14, 2008 in Institute of Training and Studies of the Central Government of Madrid.
The teams were divided into three pots, roughly corresponding to the FIBA World Rankings and to their continental zones (all European teams are in Pot 3):
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 |
| 22. Chinese Taipei 17. Senegal 42. Angola 58. Fiji | 8. Cuba 4. Brazil 12. Argentina 15. Japan | 5. Spain 30. Belarus 26. Latvia 9. Czech Republic |

## Format

The 12 participating teams were divided into four groups (A, B, C and D) of three teams each. Each team played all the other teams in its own group. The teams placed 1st and 2nd in each group played in the Quarter-Finals, with the four winners of the Quarter-Finals qualifying for the Olympic Games. The four losers played in the Semi-Finals and Finals for one remaining qualifying place.

## Preliminary round

* Qualified for the quarterfinals
    Times given below are in Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).

### Group A

| Team | Pts. | W | L | PCT | PF | PA | Diff |
| Latvia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 177 | 103 | +74 |
| Japan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0.500 | 140 | 152 | -12 |
| Senegal | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 103 | 165 | -62 |
* June 9 17:45
| Latvia | 94–34 | Senegal |
| Scoring by quarter: 29-5, 15-10, 28-11, 22-8 |||
* Madrid Arena, Madrid
* June 10 15:00
| Senegal | 69–71 | Japan |
| Scoring by quarter: 19-22, 8-17, 20-20, 22-12 |||
* Madrid Arena, Madrid
* June 11 15:00
| Japan | 69–83 | Latvia |
| Scoring by quarter: 19-20, 18-21, 24-17, 8-25 |||
* Madrid Arena, Madrid

### Group B

| Team | Pts. | W | L | PCT | PF | PA | Diff |
| Czech Republic | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 163 | 109 | +54 |
| Angola | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0.500 | 113 | 144 | -31 |
| Argentina | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 113 | 136 | -23 |
* June 9 20:00
| Czech Republic | 77–55 | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter: 18-25, 20-10, 24-11, 15-9 |||
* Madrid Arena, Madrid
* June 10 19:30
| Argentina | 58–59 | Angola |
| Scoring by quarter: 17-7, 9-16, 11-15, 21-21 |||
* Madrid Arena, Madrid
* June 11 19:30
| Angola | 54–86 | Czech Republic |
| Scoring by quarter: 9-24, 21-14, 10-21, 14-27 |||
* Madrid Arena, Madrid

### Group C

| Team | Pts. | W | L | PCT | PF | PA | Diff |
| Brazil | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 196 | 113 | +83 |
| Spain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0.500 | 181 | 113 | +68 |
| Fiji | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 87 | 238 | -151 |
* June 9 12:45
| Spain | 113–42 | Fiji |
| Scoring by quarter: 33-9, 27-3, 27-10, 26-20 |||
* Madrid Arena, Madrid
* June 10 17:15
| Fiji | 45–125 | Brazil |
| Scoring by quarter: 12-29, 12-31, 17-36, 4-29 |||
* Madrid Arena, Madrid
* June 11 12:45
| Brazil | 71–68 | Spain |
| Scoring by quarter: 23-24, 17-11, 13-14, 18-19 |||
* Madrid Arena, Madrid

### Group D

| Team | Pts. | W | L | PCT | PF | PA | Diff |
| Cuba | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 164 | 137 | +27 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0.500 | 139 | 133 | +6 |
| Chinese Taipei | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 144 | 177 | -33 |
* June 9 15:30
| Chinese Taipei | 79–96 | Cuba |
| Scoring by quarter: 21-19, 18-24, 16-21, 24-32 |||
* Madrid Arena, Madrid
* June 10 12:45
| Cuba | 68–58 | Belarus |
| Scoring by quarter: 14-13, 17-15, 20-12, 17-18 |||
* Madrid Arena, Madrid
* June 11 17:15
| Belarus | 81–65 | Chinese Taipei |
| Scoring by quarter: 13-14, 20-13, 20-15, 28-23 |||
* Madrid Arena, Madrid

## Knockout stage

    Note: Italicized teams qualify for the Olympics.
| Quarterfinals June 13 | Quarterfinals June 13 | Quarterfinals June 13 | Semifinals (quarterfinal losers) June 14 | Semifinals (quarterfinal losers) June 14 | Semifinals (quarterfinal losers) June 14 | Final game June 15 | Final game June 15 | Final game June 15 |
| A1 | Latvia | 84 | | | | | | |
| B2 | Angola | 26 | | | | | | |
| B2 | Angola | 26 | B2 | Angola | 58 | | | |
| | | | C1 | Brazil | 75 | | | |
| C1 | Brazil | 79 | C1 | Brazil | 75 | | | |
| D2 | Belarus (OT) | 86 | | | | | | |
| D2 | Belarus (OT) | 86 | | | | C1 | Brazil | 72 |
| | | | | | | D1 | Cuba | 67 |
| B1 | Czech Republic | 76 | | | | | | | D1 | Cuba | 67 |
| A2 | Japan | 64 | | | | | | |
| A2 | Japan | 64 | A2 | Japan | 58 | | | |
| | | | D1 | Cuba | 66 | | | |
| D1 | Cuba | 68 | D1 | Cuba | 66 | | | |
| C2 | Spain | 82 | | | | | | |

### Quarterfinals

* June 13 12:45
| Cuba | 68–82 | Spain |
| Scoring by quarter: 17-16, 18-23, 15-20, 18-23 |||
* Madrid Arena, Madrid
* June 13 15:00
| Czech Republic | 76–64 | Japan |
| Scoring by quarter: 16-21, 11-5, 23-15, 26-23 |||
* Madrid Arena, Madrid
* June 13 17:15
| Latvia | 84–26 | Angola |
| Scoring by quarter: 23-9, 16-5, 23-6, 22-6 |||
* Madrid Arena, Madrid
* June 13 19:30
| Brazil | 79–86 (OT) | Belarus |
| Scoring by quarter: 22-22, 6-13, 22-16, 22-21, Overtime: 7-14 |||
* Madrid Arena, Madrid

### Semifinals

* June 14 17:15
| Cuba | 66–58 | Japan |
| Scoring by quarter: 21-18, 16-8, 16-17, 13-15 |||
* Madrid Arena, Madrid
* June 14 19:30
| Angola | 58–75 | Brazil |
| Scoring by quarter: 8-28, 12-15, 14-16, 24-16 |||
* Madrid Arena, Madrid

### Final game

* June 15 19:25
| Cuba | 67–72 | Brazil |
| Scoring by quarter: 16-19, 18-15, 13-11, 20-27 |||
* Madrid Arena, Madrid