FIBA Diamond Ball
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The FIBA Diamond Ball is an official international basketball tournament organised by FIBA, held every Olympic year prior to the Olympics. The first tournament was held in 2000 for men's teams only; starting in 2004, tournaments have been held for both men and women.
The competing teams are the host country, the host country of that year's Olympics and the reigning world and intercontinental champions, minus the United States men's team (if they are the Americas champions). The United States women's team did not participate in the 2004 event even though it was the then-reigning world champion; however, it did compete in the 2008 event as FIBA Americas champion.
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Men's results [edit]
| Year | Host | Final | Third Place Match | ||||||
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| Champion | Score | Second Place | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place | ||||
| 2000 Details |
 Hong Kong |
 Australia |
78–71 |  FR Yugoslavia |
 Italy |
82–74 |  Canada |
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| 2004 Details |
 Belgrade |
 Serbia and Montenegro |
93–80 |  Lithuania |
 Argentina |
84–74 |  China |
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| 2008 Details |
 Nanjing |
Argentina |
95–91 | Australia |
China |
75–46 |  Iran |
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2000 teams [edit]
Angola – African champions
Australia – Olympics hosts
Canada – Americas runners-up (USA was Americas champions)
China – Asian champions
Italy – European champions
FR Yugoslavia – world champions
2004 teams [edit]
- Angola – African champions
Argentina – Americas runners-up (USA was Americas champions)- Australia – Oceanian champions
- China – Asian champions
Lithuania – European champions
Serbia and Montenegro – world champions
2008 teams [edit]
- Angola – African champions
- Argentina – Americas runners-up (USA was Americas champions)
- Australia – Oceania champions
- China – Olympics host
Iran – Asian champions
Serbia – Diamond Ball 2004 winners (Russia was Europe champions)
Participation Details [edit]
| Team | 2000 |
2004 |
2008 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Angola |
6th | 6th | 6th | 3 |
 Argentina |
3rd | 1st | 2 | |
 Australia |
1st | 5th | 2nd | 3 |
 Canada |
4th | 1 | ||
| China |
5th | 4th | 3rd | 3 |
 Iran |
4th | 1 | ||
 Italy |
3rd | 1 | ||
 Lithuania |
2nd | 1 | ||
 Serbia |
2nd | 1st | 5th | 3 |
Women's results [edit]
| Year | Host | Final | Third Place Match | ||||||
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| Champion | Score | Second Place | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place | ||||
| 2004 Details |
 Heraklion |
Australia |
74–70 | China |
 Brazil |
73–70 |  Greece |
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| 2008 Details |
Haining |
 United States |
71–67 | Australia |
China |
63–51 |  Latvia |
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Participation Details [edit]
| Team | 2004 |
2008 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia |
1st | 2nd | 2 |
 Brazil |
3rd | 1 | |
| China |
2nd | 3rd | 2 |
| Greece |
4th | 1 | |
 Korea |
5th | 1 | |
 Latvia |
4th | 1 | |
 Mali |
6th | 1 | |
 Nigeria |
6th | 1 | |
 Russia |
5th | 1 | |
 United States |
1st | 1 |
See also [edit]
- Acropolis Tournament
- Adecco Ex-Yu Cup
- Basketball at the Summer Olympics
- Basketball World Cup (Turkey)
- FIBA Asia Cup
- FIBA Basketball World Cup
- Marchand Continental Championship Cup
- Stanković Cup
- William Jones Cup
External links [edit]
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