Olympic Basketball Tournament for Men

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Official website of the tournament:
http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/08/olym/men/olympic_basketball_men.asp

The 12 participating teams will be divided into two groups (A&B) of 6 teams each. In the Preliminary Round each team will play with the other 5 teams in its own group. The 4 highest ranked teams in each group will qualify for the Quarter-Finals.

GROUP A:
Argentina
Lithuania
Russia
Croatia
Australia
Iran

GROUP B:
USA
Spain
Greece
Germany
Angola
China

Preliminary Round:
10th August 2008:
Russia vs. Iran
Germany vs. Angola
Spain vs. Greece
Lithuania vs. Argentina
Australia vs. Croatia
USA vs. China
12th August 2008:
Iran vs. Lithuania
Croatia vs. Russia
Greece vs. Germany
China vs. Spain
USA vs. Angola
Argentina vs. Australia
14th August 2008:
Germany vs. Spain
Australia vs. Iran
Angola vs. China
Lithuania vs. Russia
USA vs. Greece
Argentina vs. Croatia
16th August 2008:
Greece vs. Angola
Russia vs. Australia
Croatia vs. Lithuania
Iran vs. Argentina
China vs. Germany
USA vs. Spain
18th August 2008:
Iran vs. Croatia
Australia vs. Lithuania
Greece vs. China
Angola vs. Spain
USA vs. Germany
Argentina vs. Russia


Quarter-Finals:
20th August 2008:
Game 1: A2 vs. B3
Game 2: B1 vs. A4
Game 3: B2 vs. A3
Game 4: A1 vs. B4

Semi-Finals: 22nd August 2008:
Winner of Game 1 vs. Winner of Game 2
Winner of Game 3 vs. Winner of Game 4

Finals: 24th August 2008

[The Franchise]

I'm looking forward to the matchup against Greece. Kobe will finally get to rape someone and I can actually cheer for it.

[magic.]

I'm looking forward to the matchup against Greece. Kobe will finally get to rape someone and I can actually cheer for it.

Kobe can’t win without Shaq