The qualification for the Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament took place between 2006 and 2008; all five FIBA zones sent in teams.
The first qualifying tournament was the 2006 FIBA World Championship for Women in which the champion was guaranteed of a place in the Olympics. Throughout the next two years, several regional tournaments served as qualification for the zonal tournaments, which doubles as continental championships, to determine which teams will participate in the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics.
Qualification
Outright qualification A total of 12 teams will take part in the Olympics, with each NOC sending in one team. The host nation (the People's Republic of China) qualifies automatically as hosts.
There are a total of 5 zonal tournaments (doubling as continental championships) that determined the qualifying teams, with a total of 5 teams qualifying outright. Each zone was allocated with the following qualifying berths: FIBA Africa: 1 team (Champion) FIBA Americas: 1 teams (Champion) FIBA Asia: 1 team (Champion) FIBA Europe: 1 teams (Champion) FIBA Oceania: 1 team (Champion)
Furthermore, the current world champion, Australia qualified automatically by winning at the 2006 FIBA World Championship for Women.
Qualification via the wildcard tournament The additional five teams will be determined at the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women 2008, with the best non-qualifying teams participating from teams that did not qualify outright. Each zone is allocated with the following berths:
FIBA Africa: 2 teams FIBA Americas: 3 teams FIBA Asia: 2 teams FIBA Europe: 4 teams FIBA Oceania: 1 team
Summary Qualified for the Olympics outright Qualified automatically Qualified for the Wildcard TournamentThese are the final standings of the different Olympic qualifying tournaments. The venues are as follows, with the city of the knockout stage mentioned first: 2006 FIBA World Championship for Women: São Paulo and Barueri, Brazil FIBA Africa Championship for Women 2007: Dakar and Thies, Senegal FIBA Americas Championship for Women 2007: Valdivia, Chile FIBA Asia Championship for Women 2007: Incheon, South Korea EuroBasket Women 2007: Chieti, Vasto, Lanciano, and Ortona, Italy FIBA Oceania Championship for Women 2007: Dunedin, New Zealand FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women 2008: Madrid, Spain
Rank World Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania Wildcard1st Ranked 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th Ranked 7th8th 9th Ranked 9th Ranked 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th Ranked 13th 14th 15th 16th
Qualified teams The twelve teams that qualified for Beijing 2008 are:
The italicized teams are the wildcards.
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