Beijing China Basketball Olympics 2008

Since 1891, when basketball is played in Springfield, Massachusetts, has become a global sport that has dominated the industry. The NBA in the U.S. alone attracts the world's best players and millions of fans each year. The Committee of the NBA and all participating teams earn millions of dollars each game that makes this sport is not just a pastime but also a worthy and very high paying job.

In the coming 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, which will run from August 9-24 2008 at Wukesong Indoor Stadium in Beijing, basketball will be one of the highlights. In several countries competing for gold, basketball Beijing 2008 Olympic Games will surely be an act of capture. The question now would be to take home the gold this year. Would it be a winner streak for the United States again? Or another country snatch gold at home?

Basketball is a sport that has captured the imagination of billions of people around the world. And this sport will be one of the sports that will be watched closely for the duration of the games. Basketball in the Beijing Olympic Games will be held from August 9 to August 24 and the competition will be hosted at the Wukesong Indoor Stadium in Beijing, China.

Organizers of the sport two sets of medals awarded to the winner of basketball for men and women's basketball. The qualification for the event is tight. Based on the rules, a national Olympic Committee may send 1 men's team with 12 players and one women's team consisting of 12 players.

The queen and world champions China will have an automatic ticket to the games. And the others with automatic entry for the event are the winners of the five continental championships. For those countries that do not have an automatic entry to basketball event for the Olympics, these countries must participate in qualifying tournaments around the world. These tournaments are FIB World Championship classification or FIB Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women. The winners of these titles will be added to the list of teams that will compete in the games.

Already included in the Olympic Games of Beijing 2008 basketball line are Angola, Argentina, Australia, China, Iran, Lithuania, Russia, Spain and USA. The remaining three slots have yet to be decided by the IFF Olympic qualification tournament for men in Athens, Greece, which began last July 14. The teams included in the tournament are Brazil, Canada, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Lebanon, Puerto Rico, the Republic of Korea, Germany, Greece, Slovenia, Croatia and New Zealand.

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