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, 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 AGroup B
Canada China Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FR YugoslaviaAustralia Angola Italy

Preliminary round

Qualified for the finals

Group A

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

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia220178153+254
Canada211175167+83
China202137170−332
September 2 15:00
China64–84Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 35-52, 29-32
Hong Kong, China
September 3 15:00
Canada86–73China
Scoring by half: 33-38, 53-35
Hong Kong, China
September 4 18:30
FR Yugoslavia Federal Republic of Yugoslavia94–89Canada
Scoring by half: 50-50, 44-39
Hong Kong, China

Group B

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

Qualified for the finals
TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Australia220196135+614
Italy211159162−33
Angola202114172−582
September 2 17:00
Angola61–77Italy
Scoring by half: 43-41, 18-36
Hong Kong, China
September 3 17:00
Australia95–53Angola
Scoring by half: 46-34, 49-19
Hong Kong, China
September 4 20:30
Italy82–101Australia
Scoring by half: 43-56, 39-45
Hong Kong, China

Final round

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

5th place

September 6 17:00
China69–61Angola
Scoring by half: 30-29, 39-32
Hong Kong, China

Third place

September 6 19:00
Canada74–82Italy
Scoring by half: 42-45, 32-37
Hong Kong, China

Final

September 6 21:00
FR Yugoslavia Federal Republic of Yugoslavia71–78Australia
Scoring by half: 44-37, 27-41
Hong Kong, China

Final standings

The final standings per FIBA official website:

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Australia 3 3 0 274 206 +68 6 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia 3 2 1 249 231 +18 5 Italy 3 2 1 241 236 +5 5 4 Canada 3 1 2 249 249 0 4 5 China 3 1 2 206 231 −25 4 6 Angola 3 0 3 175 241 −66 3Source:2000 FIBA Diamond Ball winners Australia First title
Australia330274206+686
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia321249231+185
Italy321241236+55
4Canada31224924904
5China312206231−254
6Angola303175241−663
2000 FIBA Diamond Ball winners
Australia First title

See also

External links

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