Qualifications 2008.

Tournament was held in Greece from 14th till 20th july of 2008.
This was last qualification chance for Olympic Games in Beijing 2008.
Twelve countries which qualified for participation on this tournament
were chasing one of first three positions that lead to Beijing.

Place on olympics already secured these teams:

Angola, Argentina, Australia, China, Iran, Lithuania, Russia, Spain and USA.

For last three places that lead to Olympics competition was beetwen:

Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, CroatiaGermany, Greece, South Korea, Lebanon, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, and Slovenia.

Teams were divided by draw into four groups, Croatia was in group D.

Group D

team points victory defeat % scored recieved diff.
 Croatia 4 2 0 1.000 188 160 +28
 Puerto Rico 3 1 1 .500 162 167 -5
 Cameroon 2 0 2 .000 151 174 -23
14.07. 19:30 Croatia  93–79  Cameroon 19-16, 26-9, 20-2828-26
15.07. 19:30 Cameroon  72–81  Puerto Rico 7-22, 22-2419-15, 24-20
16.07. 15:30 Puerto Rico  81–95  Croatia 26-14, 14-29, 18-27, 23-25

quarter-finals

18.07. 13:00 Croatia  83–62  Canada 18-16, 18-13, 26-13, 21-20
18.07. 15:30 Slovenia  70–81  Puerto Rico 15-2119-13, 18-25, 18-22
18.07. 19:30 Germany  78–65  Brazil 14-13, 31-13, 17-13, 16-26
18.07. 22:00 Greece  75–48  New Zealand 22-12, 15-8, 18-16, 20-12

semi-finals

19.07. 19:00 Germany  70–76  Croatia 14-2417-12, 17-11, 22-29
19.07. 21:30 Greece  88–63  Puerto Rico 19-11, 29-24, 20-15, 20-13

for third place

20.07. 19:30 Germany  96–82  Puerto Rico 22-2326-16, 26-19, 22-24

Teams that won aperance on Olympic games in Beijing 2008.
Croatia , Greece and Germany .

Arena, br. 2328/2005,
"ekonomist na košarkaškom tronu",
"economist on basketball throne"

ekonomist na košarkaškom tronu ekonomist na košarkaškom tronu ekonomist na košarkaškom tronu ekonomist na košarkaškom tronu ekonomist na košarkaškom tronu
Nacional, 28/06,
"nisam talentiran ali u europi nema upornijeg",
"i am not talented but there is no one more persistant in Europe"

nisam talentiran ali u europi nema upornijeg nisam talentiran ali u europi nema upornijeg

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