2008 Beijing Olympic Womens Basketball Qualifiers

Seven out of 12 teams have already qualified for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. During the last two months FIBA World games have been taking place to decide each countries fate in their quest for a ticket to the Olympics. Results

Eurobasket Women 2007 - Italy

Russia - Gold
Spain - Silver
Belarus - Bronze

FIBA Americas Women 2007 - Chile

USA - Gold
Silver - Cuba
Bronze - Brazil

Seven Beijing Olympic 2008 Qualifiers

FIBA Americas - United States

FIBA Africa - Mali

FIBA Asia - Republic of Korea

FIBA Europe - Russia Federation

FIBA Oceanic - New Zealand

Automatic Berth - China (Olympic Host Team)

Automatic Berth - Australia (FIBA World Champions 2006)



2008 World Olympic Qualifying Tournament

When: June 9-15 2008

Participants

Africa (Angola,Senegal)
Americas (Argentina, Brazil, Cuba)
Asia (Japan,Chinese Taipei)
Europe (Belarus, Spain, Latvia, Czech Republic)
Oceania (Fiji)

The system of competition for the World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women will be as follows:

Preliminary Round

The 12 participating teams will be divided into four groups (A, B, C and D) of three teams each. Each team will play all the other teams in its own group. The teams placed 1st and 2nd in each group will play in the Quarter-Finals; the teams placed 3rd in each group will go home. A total of 12 games will be played in the Preliminary Round.

Quarter-Finals:

Game 13: A1 vs. B2
Game 14: B1 vs. A2
Game 15: C1 vs. D2
Game 16: D1 vs. C2

The four winners will qualify for the Olympic Games. The four losers will play in the Semi-Finals and Finals for one remaining qualifying place.

Semi-Finals:

Game 17: Loser 13 vs. Loser 15
Game 18: Loser 14 vs. Loser 16

Finals:

Game 19: Winner 17 vs. Winner 18