2000 FIBA Diamond Ball explained

Tourney Name:	FIBA Diamond Ball
Year:	2000
City:	Hong Kong
Country:	China
Dates:	September 2 – September 6
Champion:	(1st title)
Second:	FR Yugoslavia
Top Scorer:	Steve Nash (22.0 points per game) ^[1]
Nextseason:	2004

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

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FR Yugoslavia

•  - African champions
•  - Olympics hosts (New Zealand were Oceania champions)
•  - Americas runners-up (USA were Olympic & Americas champions)
•  - Asian champions
•  - European champions
• FR Yugoslavia  - World champions

Preliminary round

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Qualified for the finals

Group A

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

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Group B

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

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Qualified for the finals

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Final round

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

Final

Final standings

The final standings per FIBA official website:

See also

• Acropolis Tournament
• Basketball at the Summer Olympics
• FIBA Basketball World Cup
• FIBA Asia Cup
• Adecco Cup
• Marchand Continental Championship Cup
• Belgrade Trophy
• Stanković Cup
• William Jones Cup

External links

• 2000 FIBA Diamond Ball Archive

Notes and References

1. https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/statistics/p/cid/HKD/sid/2758/_/2000_FIBA_Diamond_Ball_Tournament_for_Men/player-leaders.html Player Leaders
2. http://www.fiba.basketball/en/events FIBA's official events by year