2000 FIBA Diamond Ball

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2000 FIBA Diamond Ball
Tournament details
Arena
FR Yugoslavia
Third place Italy
Fourth place Canada
Awards and statistics
Top scorer(s)Canada Steve Nash
(22.0 points per game) [1]

The 2000 FIBA Diamond Ball was a

FR Yugoslavia
.

Participating teams

Group A Group B

 Canada
 China

FR Yugoslavia

 Australia
 Angola
 Italy

  •  Angola – African champions
  •  Australia – Olympics hosts (New Zealand were Oceania champions)
  •  Canada – Americas runners-up (USA were Olympic & Americas champions)
  •  China – Asian champions
  •  Italy – European champions
  • FR Yugoslavia
    – World champions

Preliminary round

Qualified for the finals

Group A

*All times are

UTC+8
).

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
FR Yugoslavia
2 2 0 178 153 +25 4
 Canada 2 1 1 175 167 +8 3
 China 2 0 2 137 170 −33 2
September 2
15:00
China  64–84
FR Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 35-52, 29-32
September 3
15:00
Canada  86–73  China
Scoring by half: 33-38, 53-35
September 4
18:30
FR Yugoslavia Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
94–89  Canada
Scoring by half: 50-50, 44-39

Group B

*All times are

UTC+8
).

Qualified for the finals
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Australia 2 2 0 196 135 +61 4
 Italy 2 1 1 159 162 −3 3
 Angola 2 0 2 114 172 −58 2
September 2
17:00
Angola  61–77  Italy
Scoring by half: 43-41, 18-36
September 3
17:00
Australia  95–53  Angola
Scoring by half: 46-34, 49-19
September 4
20:30
Italy  82–101  Australia
Scoring by half: 43-56, 39-45

Final round

*All times are

UTC+8
).

5th place

September 6
17:00
China  69–61  Angola
Scoring by half: 30-29, 39-32

Third place

September 6
19:00
Canada  74–82  Italy
Scoring by half: 42-45, 32-37

Final

September 6
21:00
FR Yugoslavia Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
71–78  Australia
Scoring by half: 44-37, 27-41

Final standings

The final standings per FIBA official website:

See also

References

  1. ^ Player Leaders
  2. ^ http://www.fiba.basketball/en/events FIBA's official events by year

External links