China and Serbia are two of the six teams playing in the 2008 FIBA Diamond Ball for Men in Nanjing, China, which begins today or tomorrow, depending what time zone you are in. This event is the final FIBA preparation tournament for the men's national teams before the 2008 Beijing Olympic Basketball Tournament. It will be televised in much of the world. Here is a list of stations carrying the tournament: (In addition to watching on television, apparently you can log on to www.olympicbasketball.fiba.com for the game schedule, live scoring, interviews and reports.) Africa Angola - TPA Americas Argentina - Canal 7, TYC Sports. Brazil - Sport Interactivo Asia China - CCTV Indonesia - First Media Philippines - Solar Entertainment Europe Albania - Eurosport 2 Andorra - Eurosport 2 Armenia - Eurosport 2 Austria - Eurosport 2 Azerbaijan - Eurosport 2 Belarus - Eurosport 2 Belgium - Eurosport 2 Bosnia Herzegovina - Eurosport 2 Bulgaria - Eurosport 2 Croatia - Eurosport 2 Cyprus - Eurosport 2 Czech Republic - Eurosport 2 Denmark - Eurosport 2 England - Eurosport 2 Estonia - Eurosport 2 Finland - Eurosport 2 France & DOMTOM - Eurosport 2 FYROM - Eurosport 2 Georgia - Eurosport 2 Germany - Eurosport 2 Greece - Eurosport 2 Holland - Eurosport 2 Hungary - Eurosport 2 Iceland - Eurosport 2 Ireland - Eurosport 2 Italy - Eurosport 2 Kazakhstan - Eurosport 2 Latvia - Eurosport 2 Liechtenstein - Eurosport 2 Lithuania - Eurosport 2 Luxembourg - Eurosport 2 Malta - Eurosport 2 Moldova - Eurosport 2 Monaco - Eurosport 2 Montenegro - Eurosport 2 Norway - Eurosport 2 Poland - Eurosport 2 Portugal - Eurosport 2 Romania - Eurosport 2 Russia - Eurosport 2 San Marino - Eurosport 2 Scotland - Eurosport 2 Serbia - RTS & Eurosport 2 Slovak Republic - Eurosport 2 Slovenia - Eurosport 2 Spain - Eurosport 2 Sweden - Eurosport 2 Switzerland - Eurosport 2 Turkey - Eurosport 2 Ukraine - Eurosport 2 Vatican State - Eurosport 2 Wales - Eurosport 2 Middle East/North Africa Algeria - Al Jazeera Sport Bahrain - Al Jazeera Sport Chad - Al Jazeera Sport Djibouti - Al Jazeera Sport Egypt - Al Jazeera Sport Iran - Al Jazeera Sport Iraq - Al Jazeera Sport Jordan - Al Jazeera Sport Kuwait - Al Jazeera Sport Lebanon - Al Jazeera Sport Libya - Al Jazeera Sport Mauritania - Al Jazeera Sport Morocco - Al Jazeera Sport Oman - Al Jazeera Sport Palestine, including Gaza Strip - Al Jazeera Sport Qatar - Al Jazeera Sport Saudi Arabia - Al Jazeera Sport Somalia - Al Jazeera Sport Sudan - Al Jazeera Sport Syria - Al Jazeera Sport Tunisia - Al Jazeera Sport United Arab Emirates - Al Jazeera Sport Yemen - Al Jazeera Sport
Good to know, should be interesting to see how they both perform and whether or not it will be any indication to their future as it pertains to the Nets.
This tournament already started. The first two games were Argentina beating Iran, and China beating Angola(the game where Yi scored 11). There are two groups in the tourney, the best team from each group advances to the championship game. If everything goes as planned, China and Argentina will meet in that game. China's next game is against the Andrew Bogut led Aussie team.
