Greeting by the Deputy Minister of Culture competent for Sports issues, Mr. Yiannis Ioannides

The undertaking of the organization of the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men in in the summer of 2008, proves, once again, the trust that the international sports movement places in our country and in the human resources that provide their services in such sector for the undertaking of sports events of worldwide range. Now, we are undoubtedly part of among the big powers of the sector with the know- how for drawing up perfect candidacy folders and we fight for and claim top sports events continuously reinforcing our country’s athletic presence and extroversion. Now, our national team has every opportunity to prepare itself in the best possible way, in order to claim before the people of , one of the three positions that will qualify for the Beijing . I am certain that our country, once more, delivers an impeccable organization both to the athletes as well as to the visitors. I, wholeheartedly, wish the best of luck to our national team.

Yiannis Ioannides Deputy Minister of Culture Competent for Sports Issues

GREETING BY THE PRESIDENT OF HBF ANDREAS MIAOULIS

On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Hellenic Basketball Federation, I welcome to the draw for the games of the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men the representatives of the Athletic Federations whose teams shall participate in such tournament, the representatives of the State, the representatives of FIBA and of the institutional bodies of the sports sector that responded to the invitation sent by our Federation and are present in this international event. The International Federation assigned, once again, to Greece and to the Hellenic Basketball Federation a top international sports event, such as the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament, in which 12 leading teams of the international stage shall participate, out of which 3 shall qualify for the Beijing Olympic Games. The assignment of such tournament to the Hellenic Basketball Federation undoubtedly constitutes a recognition of our Federation’s expertise in the undertaking and successful organisation of top sports events. The athletic importance of the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament demonstrates the increased international interest shown both by the participating National Teams, as well as by the Mass Media and the millions of fans`. The Calendar Draw is included within the framework of the organization of the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament. Such event presents its own particular interest and shall give the opportunity to the Athletic Federations to draw up the Schedule for the preparation of their National Teams. I wish to all National Teams partaking in the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament every success in the fulfillment of their goals in this top international sports event.

The “home” of the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament

The Olympic Athletic of Athens , also known as OAKA, is one of the most complete European athletic complexes. The Main Olympic Stadium was designed in 1979 and inaugurated in 1982 at the 13th European Athletics Championship. The following years a number of other sport facilities surrounded the Main Olympic Stadium: the Olympic Velodrome (inaugurated in 1991), the Olympic Aquatics Center (1991), the Olympic Indoor Sports Center (1995), the Olympic Center (2004), as well as other supplementary sport facilities. The Olympic Athletic Center of Athens hosted the Mediterranean Games in 1991, the World Championship in Athletics in 1997 as well as other important athletic and cultural events, the most significant of which remains the Athens Olympic Games in 2004.

Facts and Figures

Year of construction: 1995 Owned by: General Secretary Athletism Address: Kifisias 37- Olympic Stadium of Athens Phone: 0030-210- 6834060-61, Fax: 210 6834021, e-mail: [email protected] Distance to Arena: From the centre of Athens: 13km-20min. From the airport «Εletherios Venizelos»-15km-20 min.

Indoor Basketball Arena

The Indoor Basketball Arena is constructed in six levels and can be evacuated in 10 minutes. Facts and figures: 40X70m competition area 25.5X44.5m central court floor Capacity: 18,500 spectator seats (of which 2,000 are folding) and 300 media seats 4 electronic boards: 2 scoreboards 1 statistics board 1 audiovisual reproduction board 54 spectator gates, 2 team entrances, 1 VIP entrance and 1 media entrance 2 19X9m indoor gyms Medical center (operational at games time) Doping control room 12 dressing rooms with shower, toilet and massage areas 2 saunas Press center (500m2 main room, 100m2 press conference room, 2 offices) 18 snack bars for spectators, 1 for VIP and 1 for media Closed circuit TV 6 dark rooms All gates of the middle landing are accessible Parking lot for 750 spectator vehicles and 40 VIP vehicles

Highlight Moments: 1995 FIBA Εuropean Championship for Men, 1995 FIBA Under 18 World Championship for Men, 1998 FIBA World Championship for Men, 2007 Final Four.

ATHENS: ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE

Athens International Airport “Eleftherios Venizelos” is one of the most modern, functional and safest airports in the world. Thanks to its advantageous geographical location, state-of-the-art technological infrastructure and high level of services, it has earned international recognition and the trust of air travellers, which is the most important. Today, it constitutes the largest hub of air travel in southeastern and forms a strong pole of financial and social development in the Attica. In 2007 more than 16.500.000 travelers passed through the Athens International Airport. The connection with the city of Athens or Piraeus is more than easy since you have a variety of means. You can access Athens International Airport (AIA) from the centre of Athens or the Attica ports via public transport that operates on a 24-hour basis, ensuring efficient transportation to key areas of the Attica basin and tourist attractions. The main access road to Athens International Airport (AIA) is Attiki Odos. For more information you can address to www.aia.gr. Bus Services: Six bus routes directly connect the greater area of Athens and Piraeus to the airport. All buses disembark passengers at the Departures Level and depart from the Arrivals Level, between Exits 4 and 5. (www.isap.gr) Metro: The airport is accessible via Metro Line 3. (www.ametro.gr) Suburban Rail: Athens International Airport is connected to Athens Central Railway Station (Larissis Station) and the port of Pireaus via the Suburban Rail. (www.proastiakos.gr)

BRAZIL Date of Affiliation to FIBA: 1935 Rank on FIBA Ranking (Men): 18 6720 Registered Clubs 36000 Licensed Female Players 96000 Licensed Male Players Website: www.cbb.com.br

FIBA CHAMPIONSHIP 2007 (Ranked 4th)

Brazil-Canada 75-67 Brazil-Venezuela 101-75 Brazil-Virgin Islands 93-89 Brazil-USA 76-113 Brazil- 75-97 Brazil- 104-90 Brazil- 79-86 Brazil-Uruguay 96-62 Brazil-Argentina 80-91 Brazil-Puerto Rico 107-111

STATISTICS FIBA AMERICAS CHAMPIONSHIP 2007

Name G Min 2P FG % 3P FG % FT % RO RD RT Ast Pf T St Bs Pts Avg 10 320 49/100 49 23/61 37.7 51/64 79.7 4 11 15 28 21 23 10 1 218 21.8 Beims 10 257 50/95 52.6 1/1 100 21/33 63.6 31 49 80 16 32 20 5 13 124 12.4 Marcelo Mag. Machado 10 250 11/30 36.7 26/70 37.1 17/20 85 8 29 37 32 23 16 17 0 117 11.7 Maybner Hilario 9 193 29/51 56.9 0/0 0 18/32 56.3 17 40 57 14 21 17 8 6 76 8.4 Valter Silva 10 288 14/24 58.3 10/17 58.8 13/14 92.9 6 20 26 46 16 21 14 0 71 7.1 Alex Ribeiro Garcia 10 196 19/35 54.3 7/25 28 11/18 61.1 6 21 27 18 36 13 12 1 70 7 Da Rosa 9 135 28/46 60.9 0/2 0 4/7 57.1 17 21 38 2 22 6 3 2 60 6.7 7 100 9/19 47.4 5/12 41.7 12/15 80 4 9 13 12 12 5 6 0 45 6.4 Joa Lopez Batista 10 101 21/31 67.7 0/0 0 12/15 80 8 15 23 4 20 11 0 1 54 5.4 Welington Dos Santos 5 43 2/4 50 3/6 50 3/7 42.9 2 0 2 5 9 5 1 0 16 3.2 9 97 7/12 58.3 4/8 50 0/0 0 3 9 12 13 10 11 4 0 26 2.9 Marcus Vieira Souza 5 46 4/7 57.1 0/6 0 1/2 50 2 9 11 6 0 6 3 0 9 1.8 TEAM 10 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 13 13 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brazil 2026 243/454 53.5 79/208 38 163/227 71.8 121 246 367 196 222 154 83 24 886

CAMEROON Date of Affiliation to FIBA: 1965 Rank on FIBA Ranking (Men): 50 48 Registered Clubs 200 Licensed Female Players 470 Licensed Male Players Website: -

FIBA CHAMPIONSHIP 2007 (Ranked 2nd)

Cameroon – 66-54 Cameroon – 89-59 Cameroon – 75-70 Cameroon – Côte d’Ivoire 76-56 Cameroon – 58-52 Cameroon – 72-86

STATISTICS FIBA AFRICA CHAMPIONSHIP 2007

Name G Min 2P FG % 3P FG % FT % RO RD RT Ast Pf TO St Bs Pts Avg Luc Mbah a Moute 5 152 18/37 48.6 3/10 30 21/33 63.6 13 21 34 16 10 18 15 4 66 13.2 Brice Vounang Nanfah 6 164 28/53 52.8 0/0 0 18/27 66.7 23 19 42 7 17 16 11 1 74 12.3 Gaston Essengué 6 145 24/42 57.1 0/2 0 15/17 88.2 10 17 27 6 16 8 15 7 63 10.5 Joachim Ekanga Ehawa 6 143 3/8 37.5 12/37 32.4 16/19 84.2 3 14 17 8 15 14 7 0 58 9.7 Patrick Bouli Elandi 5 112 5/8 62.5 9/17 52.9 9/13 69.2 2 9 11 10 15 13 10 0 46 9.2 Christian Bayang 10 191 9/45 20 9/27 33.3 42/59 71.2 7 18 25 7 16 13 7 1 87 8.7 Cyrille Tato 4 65 11/21 52.4 0/4 0 8/17 47.1 3 4 7 4 8 12 1 1 30 7.5 Saint-Yves Iroung a Abah 4 102 9/25 36 0/2 0 11/13 84.6 4 10 14 0 13 10 4 1 29 7.3 Delf Fotue Fossuo 4 53 4/7 57.1 6/13 46.2 1/2 50 0 3 3 1 5 3 2 1 27 6.8 Hervé Mendzana 4 75 5/15 33.3 0/2 0 17/20 85 11 8 19 1 14 4 3 0 27 6.8 Gabriel Yeumo Tchupou 4 88 8/23 34.8 0/0 0 10/18 55.6 2 16 18 1 11 8 2 1 26 6.5 Georges Man. Ey. Ebangue 4 106 9/36 25 0/2 0 5/21 23.8 3 15 18 0 14 10 8 4 23 5.8 Chris Kuete Lontchi 4 52 7/15 46.7 0/2 0 8/10 80 2 4 6 2 9 3 1 0 22 5.5 Joseph Owona 6 111 10/20 50 0/0 0 9/17 52.9 21 17 38 1 20 11 4 7 29 4.8 Parfait Bitee Moto 6 109 6/10 60 2/13 15.4 7/14 50 3 7 10 10 14 12 4 0 25 4.2 Jean Ellong Ebongue 8 103 6/20 30 2/11 18.2 12/19 63.2 4 10 14 6 16 10 10 1 30 3.8 Alexandre N'Kembe 3 34 4/7 57.1 0/1 0 3/4 75 0 5 5 2 2 3 0 1 11 3.7 Serge Manga. Mangamba 3 32 3/6 50 1/4 25 1/2 50 1 1 2 0 5 1 0 0 10 3.3 Serge Ngambet kouebo 2 20 0/2 0 1/1 100 3/3 100 2 2 4 2 1 3 0 0 6 3 Franck Ndongo 6 76 4/9 44.4 2/9 22.2 4/14 28.6 4 6 10 2 11 8 4 0 18 3 William Adeng 4 51 4/6 66.7 0/0 0 3/5 60 2 6 8 3 7 8 0 3 11 2.8 Romeo Tatchoum 3 16 1/4 25 0/1 0 0/0 0 0 2 2 0 4 1 1 0 2 0.7 TEAM 6 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 7 4 11 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 Cameroon 2000 178/419 42.5 47/158 29.7 223/347 64.3 127 218 345 89 243 193 109 33 720

CANADA Date of Affiliation to FIBA: 1936 Rank on FIBA Ranking (Men): 17 Website: www.basketball.ca

FIBA AMERICAS CHAMPIONSHIP 2007 (Ranked 5th)

Canada – Brazil 67-75 Canada – Venezuela 80-73 Canada - Virgin Islands 93-83 Canada – USA 63-113 Canada – Uruguay 95-88 Canada - Argentina 70-85 Canada – Mexico 97-80 Canada - Puerto Rico 66-72

STATISTICS FIBA AMERICAS CHAMPIONSHIP 2007

Name G Min 2P FG % 3P FG % FT % RO RD RT Ast Pf TO St Bs Pts Avg Samuel Dalembert 8 205 32/65 49.2 1/3 33.3 18/29 62.1 18 57 75 5 23 18 5 19 85 10.6 Carl English 8 204 13/32 40.6 13/48 27.1 16/24 66.7 3 17 20 25 21 19 8 0 81 10.1 Jermaine Anderson 8 228 11/23 47.8 15/38 39.5 6/6 100 8 19 27 32 11 7 5 0 73 9.1 Juan Mendez 8 128 20/38 52.6 6/24 25 13/25 52 13 20 33 3 17 7 3 3 71 8.9 David Thomas 8 158 17/31 54.8 8/12 66.7 8/10 80 12 19 31 12 20 10 2 1 66 8.3 Levon Kendall 8 136 22/50 44 0/2 0 18/22 81.8 18 23 41 8 18 14 6 2 62 7.8 Jesse Young 8 136 22/47 46.8 2/4 50 11/17 64.7 13 6 19 2 18 7 2 1 61 7.6 Olumuyiwa Famutimi 8 152 16/39 41 6/13 46.2 11/14 78.6 7 19 26 6 9 14 5 1 61 7.6 Denham Brown 8 133 17/50 34 2/5 40 5/11 45.5 8 20 28 8 7 13 5 2 45 5.6 Vladimir Kuljanin 4 33 8/13 61.5 0/0 0 3/5 60 4 6 10 0 10 3 0 1 19 4.8 Ryan Bell 8 85 1/2 50 0/0 0 5/6 83.3 0 8 8 9 6 4 3 1 7 0.9 Andrew Rautins 1 2 0/0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 TEAM 8 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 10 12 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Canada 1600 179/390 45.9 53/149 35.6 114/169 67.5 114 226 340 110 161 116 44 31 631

CAPE VERDE Date of Affiliation to FIBA: 1988 Rank on FIBA Ranking (Men): 56 43 Registered Clubs 558 Licensed Female Players 1620 Licensed Male Players Website: www.gov.cv/fcbb

FIBA AFRICA CHAMPIONSHIP 2007 (Ranked 2nd)

Cape Verde – 85-80 Cape Verde – Angola 44-100 Cape Verde – 71-62 Cape Verde – 62-53 Cape Verde – Angola 93-60 Cape Verde – Egypt 53-51

STATISTICS FIBA AFRICA CHAMPIONSHIP 2007

Name G Min 2P FG % 3P FG % FT % RO RD RT Ast Pf TO St Bs Pts Avg Rodrigo Sal. Mascarenhas 6 187 29/50 58 1/6 16.7 21/30 70 22 27 49 11 21 18 15 3 82 13.7 Marques Houtman 6 178 19/38 50 9/33 27.3 6/12 50 7 17 24 14 16 26 11 0 71 11.8 Mario Ludgero Correia 6 188 6/16 37.5 14/42 33.3 14/17 82.4 2 21 23 16 16 25 8 1 68 11.3 Tony Barros 6 132 4/15 26.7 13/37 35.1 12/14 85.7 6 10 16 4 15 8 8 1 59 9.8 Aldevino Silva Lima 4 94 6/17 35.3 3/14 21.4 2/2 100 5 8 13 4 14 9 2 0 23 5.8 Waldir Lima Santos Soares 2 38 3/6 50 1/6 16.7 0/0 0 4 4 8 2 7 2 1 1 9 4.5 Felix Monteiro Robalo 5 44 6/9 66.7 0/0 0 3/4 75 4 6 10 1 6 3 0 0 15 3 Mario Ramos Neves 6 124 6/11 54.5 0/0 0 4/9 44.4 7 11 18 10 19 7 5 0 16 2.7 Antonio Moreno Moreira 6 98 5/13 38.5 0/4 0 5/12 41.7 4 5 9 6 18 10 2 1 15 2.5 Aquiles Tavares Semedo 4 32 2/2 100 0/0 0 1/2 50 0 3 3 2 3 5 1 0 5 1.3 Odair Ferreira Sanches 6 62 2/5 40 0/2 0 2/4 50 2 8 10 1 7 14 3 0 6 1 Vitor Vera Cruz Fortes 6 46 2/4 50 0/6 0 2/4 50 0 2 2 3 12 5 3 0 6 1 Agildo De Diniz Cabral 1 2 0/0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TEAM 6 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 7 5 12 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 Cape Verde 1225 90/186 48.4 41/150 27.3 72/110 65.5 70 127 197 74 154 134 59 7 375

CROATIA Date of Affiliation to FIBA: 1992 Rank on FIBA Ranking (Men): 20 137 Registered Clubs 1542 Licensed Female Players 11024 Licensed Male Players Website: www.hks-cbf.hr

EUROBASKET 2007 (Ranked 6th)

Croatia – 77-85 Croatia – 90-68 Croatia – 85-84 Croatia – 75-80 Croatia – Greece 78-81 Croatia – 70-83 Croatia – 72-74 Croatia – 86-69 – Croatia 80-71

STATISTICS EUROBASKET 2007

Name G Min 2P FG % 3P FG % FT % RO RD RT Ast Pf TO St Bs Pts Avg Marko Popovic 13 330 24/42 57.1 40/90 44.4 26/35 74.3 4 23 27 29 32 13 11 0 194 14.9 12 228 52/88 59.1 0/1 0 31/34 91.2 34 34 68 3 43 23 7 2 135 11.3 Zoran Planinic 14 310 36/71 50.7 10/31 32.3 35/62 56.5 8 43 51 42 39 31 21 3 137 9.8 Marko Banic 15 326 60/86 69.8 0/2 0 19/23 82.6 27 31 58 13 35 18 3 2 139 9.3 Branimir Longin 5 72 7/10 70 7/15 46.7 0/0 0 2 16 18 6 7 3 1 0 35 7 Davor Kus 15 357 8/25 32 21/49 42.9 20/25 80 4 19 23 25 37 17 6 0 99 6.6 Roko-Leni Ukic 13 246 28/53 52.8 6/30 20 9/15 60 7 17 24 30 17 18 10 4 83 6.4 15 322 14/34 41.2 17/48 35.4 15/26 57.7 14 17 31 17 39 7 7 1 94 6.3 14 255 16/29 55.2 11/38 28.9 19/25 76 14 36 50 16 27 12 11 1 84 6 Hrvoje Peric 4 43 10/17 58.8 0/2 0 3/4 75 3 3 6 3 4 4 1 1 23 5.8 Stanko Barac 7 103 16/31 51.6 0/2 0 6/8 75 11 18 29 3 21 7 2 3 38 5.4 Nikola Prkacin 12 148 22/35 62.9 0/0 0 20/27 74.1 8 22 30 13 32 11 4 1 64 5.3 Marin Rozic 7 121 7/9 77.8 5/15 33.3 8/8 100 7 18 25 5 19 8 2 0 37 5.3 Luksa Andric 4 56 7/14 50 0/1 0 6/9 66.7 3 6 9 1 14 5 4 2 20 5 Damir Miljkovic 4 44 3/4 75 1/6 16.7 1/2 50 0 2 2 3 6 3 5 0 10 2.5 Drago Pasalic 3 9 2/9 22.2 0/0 0 2/3 66.7 5 4 9 1 0 0 0 1 6 2 Mario Stojic 4 24 0/3 0 1/4 25 1/2 50 2 2 4 1 3 2 0 0 4 1 TEAM 13 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 24 25 49 0 1 8 0 0 0 0 Croatia 2994 312/560 55.7 119/334 35.6 221/308 71.8 177 336 513 211 376 190 95 21 1202

GERMANY Date of Affiliation to FIBA: 1934 Rank on FIBA Ranking (Men): 9 2000 Registered Clubs 52284 Licensed Female Players 145133 Licensed Male Players Website: www.basketball-bund.de

EUROBASKET 2007 (Ranked 5th)

Germany – 83-78 o.t (74-74) Germany – 79-49 Germany – Lithuania 80-84 Germany – France 66-78 Germany – 47-77 Germany – 67-58 Germany – Spain 55-83 Germany – Slovenia 69-65 Germany – Croatia 80-71

STATISTICS EUROBASKET 2007

Name G Min 2P FG % 3P FG % FT % RO RD RT Ast Pf TO St Bs Pts Avg 9 305 55/109 50.5 21/67 31.3 43/50 86 12 66 78 14 19 12 8 8 216 24 9 233 18/43 41.9 10/23 43.5 11/20 55 21 41 62 5 14 15 6 0 77 8.6 Jan-Hendrik Jagla 9 128 11/29 37.9 8/14 57.1 10/12 83.3 18 26 44 1 28 9 8 4 56 6.2 Demond Greene 9 225 7/16 43.8 9/29 31 13/13 100 3 15 18 3 20 4 6 0 54 6 9 196 20/45 44.4 0/7 0 6/11 54.5 3 12 15 21 19 12 5 0 46 5.1 Johannes Herber 9 159 12/27 44.4 7/16 43.8 0/2 0 5 10 15 6 24 6 2 0 45 5 9 124 9/12 75 3/17 17.6 17/24 70.8 1 10 11 8 15 17 5 0 44 4.9 9 148 15/28 53.6 0/0 0 5/10 50 11 13 24 5 18 9 5 6 35 3.9 Robert Garrett 8 148 5/15 33.3 3/12 25 6/7 85.7 2 9 11 7 10 6 3 0 25 3.1 9 70 3/7 42.9 3/11 27.3 4/4 100 2 4 6 5 11 7 1 0 19 2.1 Guido Grunheid 4 29 1/3 33.3 0/3 0 2/4 50 4 7 11 0 8 5 0 1 4 1 8 56 2/9 22.2 0/2 0 1/2 50 5 9 14 1 11 4 0 2 5 0.6 TEAM 9 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 20 12 32 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 F. R. of Germany 1821 158/343 46.1 64/201 31.8 118/159 74.2 107 234 341 76 198 107 49 21 626

GREECE Date of Affiliation to FIBA: 1932 Rank on FIBA Ranking (Men): 6 1350 Registered Clubs 70000 Licensed Female Players 272000 Licensed Male Players Website: www.basket.gr

EUROBASKET 2007 (Ranked 4th)

Greece – Israel 76-66 Greece – 68-67 o.t (56-56) Greece – Russia 53-61 Greece – Spain 58-76 Greece – Croatia 81-78 Greece – Portugal 85-67 Greece – Slovenia 63-62 Greece – Spain 77-82 Greece – Lithuania 69-78

STATISTICS EUROBASKET 2007

Name G Min 2P FG % 3P FG % FT % RO RD RT Ast Pf TO St Bs Pts Avg Vasileios Spanoulis 9 235 28/58 48.3 10/33 30.3 19/33 57.6 1 15 16 18 17 12 10 0 105 11.7 Dimosthenis Ntikoudis 9 190 27/42 64.3 6/17 35.3 16/26 61.5 13 32 45 3 22 7 2 2 88 9.8 Dimitrios Diamantidis 9 295 7/18 38.9 14/40 35 24/26 92.3 7 38 45 19 19 17 12 9 80 8.9 9 239 18/35 51.4 7/22 31.8 21/26 80.8 7 21 28 19 20 19 10 1 78 8.7 Nikolaos Zisis 9 121 9/19 47.4 8/15 53.3 16/19 84.2 3 6 9 6 19 7 4 0 58 6.4 9 162 26/57 45.6 0/0 0 5/17 29.4 12 15 27 4 17 11 7 2 57 6.3 Konstantinos Tsartsaris 9 199 7/22 31.8 9/16 56.3 13/21 61.9 12 25 37 10 23 9 8 4 54 6 Michail Kakiouzis 9 106 14/21 66.7 2/14 14.3 2/2 100 2 11 13 2 7 2 4 1 36 4 Panagiotis Vasilopoulos 9 83 2/10 20 7/11 63.6 6/8 75 2 10 12 1 13 4 4 4 31 3.4 Nikolaos Chatzivrettas 9 88 3/12 25 2/11 18.2 10/12 83.3 2 6 8 1 10 2 6 1 22 2.4 7 75 6/12 50 0/7 0 4/6 66.7 1 11 12 2 11 1 3 2 16 2.3 Michail Pelekanos 7 36 1/3 33.3 1/4 25 0/0 0 1 1 2 1 6 2 1 0 5 0.7 TEAM 9 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 20 15 35 0 1 8 0 0 0 0 Greece 1829 148/309 47.9 66/190 34.7 136/196 69.4 83 206 289 86 185 101 71 26 630

KOREA Date of Affiliation to FIBA: 1955 Rank on FIBA Ranking (Men): 25 23 Registered Clubs 897 Licensed Female Players 1748 Licensed Male Players Website: www.koreabasketball.or.kr

FIBA Basketball Championship (Ranked 3rd)

Korea – Hong Kong 107-67 Korea – Chinese 85-70 Korea – Syria 89-79 Korea – Jordan 70-65 Korea – Japan 93-83 Korea – 73-75 Korea – 74-76 Korea – Kazakhstan 80-76

STATISTICS FIBA ASIA CHAMPIONSHIP 2007

Name G Min 2P FG % 3P FG % FT % RO RD RT Ast Pf TO St Bs Pts Avg Seung-Jin Ha 8 225 57/83 68.7 0/0 0 24/40 60 29 44 73 5 23 18 4 8 138 17.3 Joo-Sung Kim 8 207 45/80 56.3 1/2 50 31/40 77.5 8 29 37 7 30 19 1 4 124 15.5 Dong-Geun Yang 8 230 27/36 75 4/24 16.7 17/21 81 3 18 21 23 17 12 12 0 83 10.4 Dong-Woo Kim 7 147 2/9 22.2 16/48 33.3 11/13 84.6 1 13 14 1 18 8 4 1 63 9 Seung Kim 8 177 7/13 53.8 10/27 37 16/21 76.2 4 26 30 23 18 18 8 0 60 7.5 Daniel Sandrin 6 80 17/21 81 0/0 0 7/9 77.8 11 16 27 3 17 6 1 1 41 6.8 Hee-Jong Yang 7 148 13/22 59.1 3/18 16.7 7/9 77.8 8 7 15 8 11 7 4 0 42 6 Jae-Young Cha 5 88 3/7 42.9 6/22 27.3 5/8 62.5 6 7 13 4 13 6 3 1 29 5.8 Ki-Sung Shin 8 132 3/9 33.3 10/19 52.6 7/8 87.5 2 17 19 13 7 7 4 0 43 5.4 ByungHyun Kang 7 90 9/15 60 2/9 22.2 1/5 20 3 9 12 2 5 5 3 1 25 3.6 Ho-Young Yun 4 30 3/7 42.9 2/5 40 0/2 0 2 3 5 1 6 2 0 0 12 3 Minsoo Kim 4 50 5/11 45.5 0/2 0 1/4 25 4 6 10 2 10 2 2 0 11 2.8 TEAM 1 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 Korea 1604 191/313 61 54/176 30.7 127/180 70.6 82 197 279 92 175 110 48 16 671

LEBANON Date of Affiliation to FIBA: 1947 Rank on FIBA Ranking (Men): 23 207 Registered Clubs 3200 Licensed Female Players 11500 Licensed Male Players Website: www.flbb.com

FIBA Asia Basketball Championship (Ranked 2nd)

Lebanon – Kuwait 104-59 Lebanon – Japan 67-77 Lebanon – United Arab Emirates 106-64 Lebanon – Qatar 90-68 Lebanon – Chinese Taipei 95-64 Lebanon – Iran 82-60 Lebanon – Korea 76-74 Lebanon – Iran 69-74

STATISTICS FIBA ASIA CHAMPIONSHIP 2007

Name G Min 2P FG % 3P FG % FT % RO RD RT Ast Pf TO St Bs Pts Avg Fadi El-Khatib 8 300 58/105 55.2 14/39 35.9 60/70 85.7 13 36 49 18 22 20 10 1 218 27.3 Joseph Vogel 8 277 41/59 69.5 14/41 34.1 15/21 71.4 23 48 71 11 23 15 4 8 139 17.4 Rony Fahed 7 159 12/19 63.2 10/30 33.3 7/13 53.8 5 5 10 11 11 7 3 0 61 8.7 Brian Feghali 8 186 20/40 50 5/20 25 10/11 90.9 10 33 43 2 22 7 2 2 65 8.1 Ali Mahmoud 7 178 11/24 45.8 5/15 33.3 14/19 73.7 8 16 24 14 22 9 8 0 51 7.3 Omar El Turk 8 152 3/5 60 13/29 44.8 6/7 85.7 2 13 15 3 14 2 6 0 51 6.4 Jean Abd El Nour 8 136 16/23 69.6 0/2 0 9/17 52.9 11 20 31 1 8 6 0 1 41 5.1 Ali Fakhreddine 5 27 5/7 71.4 0/0 0 5/6 83.3 2 5 7 1 2 3 0 0 15 3 Bassem Balaa 8 97 7/11 63.6 1/5 20 4/10 40 14 7 21 2 17 4 3 0 21 2.6 Roy Samaha 7 59 6/7 85.7 0/0 0 3/10 30 5 16 21 1 5 4 2 0 15 2.1 Mazen Mneimneh 6 29 4/6 66.7 1/3 33.3 1/5 20 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 12 2 Lebanon 1600 183/306 59.8 63/184 34.2 134/189 70.9 93 200 293 65 148 79 39 13 689

NEW ZEALAND Date of Affiliation to FIBA: 1951 Rank on FIBA Ranking (Men): 13 19975 Registered Clubs 11441 Licensed Female Players 17162 Licensed Male Players Website: www.basketball.org.nz

FIBA Championship (Ranked 2nd)

New Zealand – 67-79 New Zealand – Australia 67-93 New Zealand – Australia 67-58

STATISTICS FIBA OCEANIA CHAMPIONSHIP 2007

Name G Min 2P FG % 3P FG % FT % RO RD RT Ast Pf TO St Bs Pts Avg 3 99 9/20 45 7/21 33.3 10/15 66.7 1 12 13 4 4 8 1 0 49 16.3 Sean Cameron 3 90 8/12 66.7 4/17 23.5 6/9 66.7 5 14 19 14 11 4 0 1 34 11.3 Craig Bradshaw 3 79 13/21 61.9 0/6 0 7/8 87.5 2 8 10 0 8 1 0 1 33 11 Phillip Jones 3 68 8/15 53.3 4/13 30.8 1/5 20 3 16 19 4 7 3 0 0 29 9.7 3 53 6/9 66.7 1/2 50 4/9 44.4 2 4 6 4 12 7 0 1 19 6.3 3 50 2/4 50 2/5 40 4/7 57.1 1 7 8 1 7 12 0 0 14 4.7 3 56 4/10 40 0/1 0 0/0 0 4 9 13 1 10 8 3 1 8 2.7 3 34 3/6 50 0/3 0 2/7 28.6 5 7 12 1 6 5 0 3 8 2.7 Paul Winitana 2 6 0/0 0 0/2 0 2/2 100 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 3 19 0/1 0 0/2 0 2/4 50 1 3 4 0 5 2 0 0 2 0.7 3 22 1/1 100 0/1 0 0/0 0 2 2 4 0 3 2 0 1 2 0.7 3 21 0/2 0 0/2 0 1/2 50 2 6 8 2 3 4 0 0 1 0.3 New Zealand 597 54/101 53.5 18/75 24 39/68 57.4 28 88 116 31 77 56 4 8 201

PUERTO RICO

Date of Affiliation to FIBA: 1957 Rank on FIBA Ranking (Men): 12 Website: www.fbpur.com

FIBA Americas Championship 2007 (Ranked 3rd)

Puerto Rico – Mexico 89-100 Puerto Rico – Panama 108-67 Puerto Rico – Argentina 75-87 Puerto Rico – Uruguay 79-82 Puerto Rico – Brazil 97-75 Puerto Rico – USA 78-117 Puerto Rico – Venezuela 92-63 Puerto Rico – Canada 72-66 Puerto Rico – USA 91-135 Puerto Rico – Brazil 111-107

STATISTICS FIBA AMERICAS CHAMPIONSHIP 2007

Name G Min 2P FG % 3P FG % FT % RO RD RT Ast Pf TO St Bs Pts Avg Elias Ayuso 10 280 22/51 43.1 37/83 44.6 36/41 87.8 2 8 10 17 24 30 9 0 191 19.1 Bermudez 10 281 37/76 48.7 21/52 40.4 26/31 83.9 5 28 33 46 24 28 10 0 163 16.3 Angelo Reyes 10 257 40/72 55.6 3/10 30 13/20 65 34 61 95 5 33 13 2 0 102 10.2 Peter Ramos Fuentes 10 246 39/69 56.5 0/0 0 8/15 53.3 25 46 71 8 41 21 3 15 86 8.6 Jose Barea Mora 8 119 17/35 48.6 5/21 23.8 11/16 68.8 0 11 11 18 15 19 4 0 60 7.5 Rick Apodaca 9 160 11/30 36.7 9/26 34.6 11/11 100 7 10 17 15 12 15 7 1 60 6.7 Angel Figueroa Sepulveda 7 76 13/20 65 3/12 25 5/9 55.6 9 11 20 2 5 3 4 0 40 5.7 Ricardo Sanchez Rosa 10 156 7/14 50 12/34 35.3 6/10 60 3 29 32 6 29 6 5 5 56 5.6 Carmelo Lee 10 216 7/18 38.9 12/34 35.3 5/5 100 13 21 34 15 25 5 9 7 55 5.5 Filiberto Rivera Isaac 10 122 12/21 57.1 4/14 28.6 12/14 85.7 6 12 18 15 6 6 7 0 48 4.8 Alexander Falcon 9 55 6/14 42.9 1/2 50 6/12 50 11 10 21 3 11 3 1 0 21 2.3 Hector Valenz. Hernandez 7 32 5/14 35.7 0/0 0 0/0 0 4 3 7 1 5 2 0 0 10 1.4 TEAM 10 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 16 21 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Puerto Rico 2000 216/434 49.8 107/288 37.2 139/184 75.5 135 271 406 151 230 151 61 28 892

SLOVENIA Date of Affiliation to FIBA: 1992 Rank on FIBA Ranking (Men): 19 120 Registered Clubs 1210 Licensed Female Players 5656 Licensed Male Players Website: www.kzs-zveza.si

EUROBASKET 2007 (Ranked 7th)

Slovenia – Italy 69-68 Slovenia – 70-52 Slovenia – France 67-66 Slovenia – Turkey 66-51 Slovenia – Germany 77-47 Slovenia – Lithuania 61-80 Slovenia – Greece 62-63 Slovenia – Germany 65-69 Slovenia – France 88-74

STATISTICS EUROBASKET 2007

Name G Min 2P FG % 3P FG % FT % RO RD RT Ast Pf TO St Bs Pts Avg Matjaz Smodis 9 207 25/36 69.4 12/23 52.2 35/42 83.3 5 21 26 15 23 10 5 4 121 13.4 Jaka Lakovic 9 309 13/31 41.9 21/59 35.6 27/34 79.4 2 32 34 39 18 24 13 0 116 12.9 Radoslav Nesterovic 9 229 50/95 52.6 0/4 0 7/15 46.7 23 45 68 4 23 8 2 17 107 11.9 Uros Slokar 9 124 13/29 44.8 7/12 58.3 12/15 80 5 11 16 4 26 3 2 0 59 6.6 9 145 16/35 45.7 5/14 35.7 11/13 84.6 5 25 30 5 15 8 4 5 58 6.4 Domen Lorbek 9 261 16/21 76.2 3/26 11.5 16/20 80 4 15 19 17 22 8 2 0 57 6.3 Goran Dragic 9 229 14/29 48.3 4/10 40 9/20 45 11 23 34 19 20 22 8 0 49 5.4 9 236 8/19 42.1 5/26 19.2 14/16 87.5 7 36 43 6 29 12 6 1 45 5 Aleksandar Capin 1 8 2/3 66.7 0/0 0 0/0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 4 4 Gasper Vidmar 3 13 1/4 25 0/0 0 3/6 50 1 3 4 0 2 3 0 0 5 1.7 Sandi Cebular 2 9 0/0 0 0/2 0 2/2 100 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 Jaka Klobucar 5 29 0/1 0 0/2 0 2/4 50 0 5 5 2 6 1 2 1 2 0.4 TEAM 9 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0 11 18 29 0 3 8 0 0 0 0 Slovenia 1799 158/303 52.1 57/178 32 138/187 73.8 74 236 310 111 191 108 46 28 625

The system of competition for the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men will be as follows:

Preliminary Round:

The 12 participating teams will be divided into four groups (A, B, C and D) of three teams each. Each team will play all the other teams in its own group. The teams placed 1st and 2nd in each group will play in the Quarter-Finals; the teams placed 3rd in each group will go home. A total of 12 games will be played in the Preliminary Round.

Quarter-Finals:

Game 13: A1 vs. B2 Game 14: B1 vs. A2 Game 15: C1 vs. D2 Game 16: D1 vs. C2

Semi-Finals:

Game 17: Winner 13 vs. Winner 15 Game 18: Winner 14 vs. Winner 16

The two winners will qualify for the Olympic Games. The two losers will play in the Finals the game for the 3rd place (Game 19 below) for one remaining qualifying place.

Finals:

Game 19: Loser 17 vs. Loser 18