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

Spain

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 would host the wildcard tournament.

Through this tournament, the final five qualifying berths for the 2008 Olympics women's basketball competition

Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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 were captured by Spain

Spain women's national basketball team

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, Belarus, Latvia

Latvia women's national basketball team

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, the Czech Republic, and Brazil

Brazil women's national basketball team

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. 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

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 and to their continental zones (all European teams are in Pot 3):

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
22. 17. 42. 58.	8. 4. 12. 15.	5. 30. 26. 9.

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

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 (UTC+2

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).

Group A

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Team	| Pts.	| W	| L	PCT	| PF	| PA	| Diff
	4	2	0	1.000	177	103
	3	1	1	0.500	140	152
	2	0	2	0.000	103	165

Group B

54

Team	| Pts.	| W	| L	PCT	| PF	| PA	| Diff
	4	2	0	1.000	163	109
	3	1	1	0.500	113	144
	2	0	2	0.000	113	136

Group C

83

68

Team	| Pts.	| W	| L	PCT	| PF	| PA	| Diff
	4	2	0	1.000	196	113
	3	1	1	0.500	181	113
	2	0	2	0.000	87	238

Group D

27

6

Team	| Pts.	| W	| L	PCT	| PF	| PA	| Diff
	4	2	0	1.000	164	137
	3	1	1	0.500	139	133
	2	0	2	0.000	144	177

Knockout stage

Note: Italicized teams qualify for the Olympics.

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final game