Beijing Olympics 2008 - FIBA - Which Teams to watch...

[j_tan168]

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The Qualifying tournament will be held a month before the Olympics, that will be on July, 2008, the venue is still being discussed. This is actually a new format FIBA has employed, and I think its fair enough, so at least, low tier teams would be limited in the Olympics and thus more powerhouse teams will be included, unlike in the last Olympics wherein a lot of low tier teams qualified, giving us a lot of blow out games. But I don't think its gonna happen next year in Beijing...


Pre-Olympic Qualifying Tourney Team ( To be held July 2008 )
1. 2007 FIBA Africa 2nd place Cameroon
2. 2007 FIBA Africa 3rd place Cape Verde
3. 2007 FIBA Americas 3rd place Puerto Rico
4. 2007 FIBA Americas 4th place Brazil
5. 2007 FIBA Americas 5th place Canada
6. 2007 FIBA Asia 2nd place Lebanon
7. 2007 FIBA Asia 3rd place Korea
8. 2007 FIBA Oceania 2nd place New Zealand
9. Eurobasket 2007 4th place* Greece
10. Eurobasket 2007 5th place* Croatia
11. Eurobasket 2007 6th place* Germany
12. Eurobasket 2007 7th place* Slovenia

Only three teams out of these twelve will qualify for Beijing 2008...

[clarkhkent]

when ang next qualifying tornament?

murag july/august/september 2008 pa man to...

[thadzonline]

hahayz....maglaway na lang diay ta ani ato team Pinas not even qualified to play in the 2008 pre-olympic tournament

[yokam]

I hope Steve Nash will play for Canada.

[thadzonline]

I guess Nash will, Canada needs his superb playmaking and shooting skills

[theodore23]

murag bisag naa c nash kay wa kaayoy support, mag lisud ghapon ang canada..for me best back court next to usa is spain, navaro and calderon.

[thadzonline]

but at least Nash can really change the way Canada plays when he is on the court..the Argentinian backcourt is alos no pushover, Manu at 2 and either Pepe Sanchez or Alejandro Montecchia at point

[j_tan168]

I hope Steve Nash will play for Canada.

Nash already retired from the Canadian National Team, so I think its really unlikely that he's coming back.
And looking at Canada's lineup, they're not that strong, they can't even beat Argentina's Team B...