Athens beat out San Juan, Puerto Rico and will be the hosts for the pre-Olympic qualifying tournament that will be held July 14-20, 2008. The participating teams are the also-rans from this year’s regional championships. The final three Olympic spots will be determined by the three teams that win first, second and third place.

The tournament will feature teams from all around the world that performed well in their regional championships, but did not place high enough. The twelve teams that will be competing for the final three berths are Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Croatia, Germany, Greece, Lebanon, Puerto Rico, New Zealand, Slovenia, and South Korea.

Source: FIBA