2008 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women
| 2008 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament |
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| For Women | |
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| Host nation |
 Spain
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| Dates | 9–15 June |
| Teams | 12 (from 5 federations) |
| Venues | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Official website | |
| OQT Spain | |
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| Qualified for the quarterfinals |
The FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2008 for women took place from June 9 to June 15, 2008. On December 9, 2007, FIBA announced that Spain would host the wildcard tournament.
Through this tournament, the final five qualifying berths for the 2008 Olympics women's basketball competition were captured by Spain, Belarus, Latvia, the Czech Republic, and Brazil. The 12 teams that competed in the 2008 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament were based on the finishes in each of FIBA’s five zone qualifying tournaments.
The draw was made on January 14, 2008 in Institute of Training and Studies of the Central Government of Madrid.
The teams were divided into three pots, roughly corresponding to the FIBA World Rankings and to their continental zones (all European teams are in Pot 3):
22. 
Chinese Taipei
17. 
Senegal
42. 
Angola
58. 
Fiji
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