2008 in basketball

Tournaments include international (FIBA), professional (club) and amateur and collegiate levels.

Events

Tournaments

Men's tournaments

Olympics

*FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2008 at Athens
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*2008 Olympics at Beijing
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*:sica bk|ESP
*:brca bk|ARG

Other tournaments

*EuroBasket 2009 qualification

Women's tournaments

Olympics

*FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women 2008 at Madrid
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*2008 Olympics at Beijing
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*:sica bkw|AUS
*:brca bkw|RUS

Other tournaments

Youth tournaments

Club championships

Intercontinental championships

*Euroleague: flagicon|RUS CSKA Moscow def. flagicon|ISR Maccabi Tel Aviv 91-77 at the Madrid Sports Palace, Madrid.
**ULEB Cup: flagicon|ESP DKV Joventut def. flagicon|ESP Akasvayu Girona 79-54 at Palavela, Turin.
*Asia Champions Cup: flagicon|IRI Saba Battery def. flagicon|QAT Al-Rayyan 82-75 at Kuwait City.
*Liga Sudamericana: Best-of-5 finals in a home-and-away series.

National championships

Men:
*flagicon|USAflagicon|CAN NBA
**Season:
***Western Conference: Los Angeles Lakers (57-25)
***Eastern Conference and League: Boston Celtics (66-16)
***Other Division champions: Detroit Pistons, New Orleans Hornets, Utah Jazz, Orlando Magic
**Finals: The Boston Celtics defeat the Los Angeles Lakers 4-2 in the best-of-seven NBA Finals. Finals MVP: Paul Pierce
*flagicon|AUS National Basketball League, 2007-08 season: The Melbourne Tigers defeat the Sydney Kings 3-2 in the best-of-five grand finals.
*flagicon|CHN Chinese Basketball Association, 2007-08 season: The Guangdong Southern Tigers defeat the Liaoning Hunters 4-1 in the best-of-seven finals.
*flagicon|CRO Croatian League:
*flagicon|FRA French League: Nancy crush defending champions Chorale Roanne 84–53 in the one-off final.
*flagicon|GER German Bundesliga:
*flagicon|GRC Greek League: Panathinaikos defeat Olympiacos 3–2 in the best-of-five final.
*flagicon|ISR Israel Super League: Hapoel Holon defeat Maccabi Tel Aviv, the 14-time defending champions, 73–72 in the one-off final.
*flagicon|ITA Italian Serie A: Montepaschi Siena defeat Lottomatica Roma 4-1 in the best-of-seven final.
*flagicon|LTU Lithuanian LKL: Žalgiris defeat Lietuvos Rytas 4-1 in the best-of-seven final.
*flagicon|MNE Montenegro League:
*flagicon|PHL Philippine Basketball Association, 2007-08 season:
**Philippine Cup: The Sta. Lucia Realtors defeat the Purefoods Tender Juicy Giants 4-3 in the best-of-seven finals. Finals MVP: Dennis Espino
**Fiesta Conference:
*flagicon|POL Polish League:
*flagicon|RUS Russian Super League, 2007-08 season: CSKA Moscow sweep Dynamo Moscow 3–0 in the best-of-five final.
*flagicon|SRB Serbia Super League:
*flagicon|SVN Slovenian League: Union Olimpija defeat Helios Domžale 3-1 in the best-of-five finals.
*flagicon|ESP Spanish ACB:
**Season: Real Madrid
**Playoffs: TAU Cerámica sweep AXA FC Barcelona 3–0 in the best-of-five final.
*flagicon|TUR Turkish Basketball League:
*flagicon|GBR British Basketball League, 2007-08:
**Season:
**Playoffs:
*flagicon|BIHflagicon|CROflagicon|MNEflagicon|SRBflagicon|SVN Adriatic League:

Women:
*flagicon|USA 2008 WNBA Finals:
*EuroLeague Women 2007-08: flagicon|RUS Spartak Moscow Region

College

Men:
*flagicon|USA NCAA
**Division I: Kansas 75, Memphis 68 OT
***Most Outstanding Player: Mario Chalmers, Kansas
**National Invitation Tournament:
**Division II: Winona State (MN) 87, Augusta State (GA) 76
**Division III: Washington (MO) 90, Amherst 68
*flagicon|USA NAIA
**NAIA Division I: Oklahoma City 75, Mountain State (WV) 72
**NAIA Division II: Oregon Tech 63, Bellevue (NE) 56
*flagicon|USA NJCAA
**Division I: South Plains College 67, Salt Lake CC 56
**Division II: Mott Community College 83,Columb State Community College 73
**Division III: North Lake College TX 73, Joliet Junior College IL 70
*flagicon|PHL UAAP Men's: Ateneo de Manila University def. De La Salle University, 2-0 in the finals series
*flagicon|PHL NCAA (Philippines) Seniors':

Women:
*flagicon|USA NCAA
**Division I: Tennessee 64, Stanford 48
***Most Outstanding Player: Candace Parker, Tennessee
**WNIT: Marquette 81, Michigan State 66
**Division II:Northern Kentucky 63, South Dakota State 58
**Division III: Howard Payne (TX) 68, Messiah (PA) 54
*flagicon|USA NAIA
**NAIA Division I: Vanguard (CA) 72, Trevecca Nazarene (TN) 59
**NAIA Division II: Northwestern College 82, College of the Ozarks MO 75
*flagicon|USA NJCAA
**Division I: Gulf Coast 62, Central Arizona 61
**Division II: Kirkwood 78 vs Kankakee 53 (Final)
**Division III: Monroe CC NY 79, Mohawk Valley CC 48
*flagicon|PHL UAAP Women's: Far Eastern University def. University of the Philippines, 2-0 in the finals series

Prep

*flagicon|USA USA Today Boys Basketball Ranking #1:
*flagicon|USA USA Today Girls Basketball Ranking #1:
*flagicon|PHL NCAA (Philippines) Juniors: San Sebastian College-Recoletos def. Colegio de San Juan de Letran, 2-0 in the finals series
*flagicon|PHL UAAP Juniors: Ateneo High School def. De La Salle Zobel, 2-0 in the finals series

Awards and Honors

Professional

*Men
**NBA Most Valuable Player Award: Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers
**NBA Rookie of the Year Award: Kevin Durant, Seattle SuperSonics
**NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award: Kevin Garnett, Boston Celtics
**NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award: Manu Ginóbili, San Antonio Spurs
**NBA Most Improved Player Award: Hedo Turkoglu, Orlando Magic
**NBA Coach of the Year Award: Byron Scott, New Orleans Hornets
*Women
**WNBA Most Valuable Player Award:
**WNBA Defensive Player of the Year Award:
**WNBA Rookie of the Year Award:
**WNBA Coach of the Year Award:

Collegiate

*John R. Wooden Award
** Men: Tyler Hansbrough, North Carolina
** Women: Candace Parker, Tennessee
*Naismith College Coach of the Year
** Men: John Calipari, Memphis
** Women: Geno Auriemma, Connecticut
*Naismith College Player of the Year
** Men: Tyler Hansbrough, North Carolina
** Women: Candace Parker, Tennessee
*Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball
** Men:
** Women:
*Women's awards:
**Wade Trophy:
**Nancy Lieberman Award:

Movies

Deaths