2000 FIBA Diamond Ball
Tournament details
Arena
Hong Kong, China
DatesSeptember 2 – September 6
Final positions
Champions Australia (1st title)
Runners-upFederal Republic of Yugoslavia 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 basketball tournament held in Hong Kong, China, from September 2 until September 6, 2000. The FIBA Diamond Ball was an official international basketball tournament organised by FIBA,[2] held every Olympic year prior to the Olympics. It was the 1st edition of the FIBA Diamond Ball. The six participating teams were Angola, Argentina, Australia, host China, Canada and FR Yugoslavia.

Participating teams

Group A Group B

 Canada
 China
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 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
  • Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia – World champions

Preliminary round

Qualified for the finals

Group A

*All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8).

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 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 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 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 China Standard Time (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 China Standard Time (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

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