The basketball qualification for the Summer Olympics men's basketball tournament occurred from 2006–2008; all five FIBA (International Basketball Federation) zones sent in teams. The first qualifying tournament was the 2006 FIBA World Championship in which the champion was guaranteed of a place in the Olympics. Throughout the next two years, several regional tournaments served as qualification for the zonal tournaments, which doubles as intercontinental championships, to determine which teams will participate in the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. Qualification Outright qualification A total of 12 teams will take part in the Olympics, with each NOC sending in one team. The host nation (the People's Republic of China) qualifies automatically as hosts. There are a total of 5 zonal tournaments (doubling as intercontinental championships) that determined the qualifying teams, with a total of 7 teams qualifying outright. Each zone was allocated with the following qualifying berths: FIBA Africa: 1 team (Champion) FIBA Americas: 2 teams (Champion and runner-up) FIBA Asia: 1 team (Champion) FIBA Europe: 2 teams (Champion and runner-up) FIBA Oceania: 1 team (Champion) Furthermore, the current world champion, Spain qualified automatically by winning at the 2006 FIBA World Championship. Qualification via the wildcard tournament The additional three teams will be determined at the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2008, with the best non-qualifying teams participating from teams that did not qualify outright. Each zone is allocated with the following berths: FIBA Africa: 2 teams FIBA Americas: 3 teams FIBA Asia: 2 teams FIBA Europe: 4 teams FIBA Oceania: 1 team Summary These are the final standings of the different Olympic qualifying tournaments. The venues are as follows, with the city of the knockout stage mentioned first: 2006 FIBA World Championship: Saitama, Hiroshima, Hamamatsu, Sapporo, Sendai (Japan) FIBA Africa Championship 2007: Luanda, Benguela, Huambo, Lubango, Cabinda (Angola) FIBA Americas Championship 2007: Las Vegas (United States) FIBA Asia Championship 2007: Tokushima (Japan) EuroBasket 2007: Madrid, Alicante, Granada, Palma, Seville (Spain) FIBA Oceania Championship 2007: Melbourne, Sydney, Boondall (Australia) FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2008: Athens (Greece) FIBA Africa The FIBA Africa Championship 2007 at Angola determined FIBA Africa's only outright representative to the Olympics and two wildcard participants. The tournament is structured into a preliminary round of 16 teams divided into 4 groups; the top two teams from each group advance to the knockout stages (quarterfinals, semifinals and final). Angola won the tournament, beating Cameroon in the final, 86-72. Cape Verde defeated