2008 FA Cup Final, Background, Pre-match
The FA announced that, before the game, the Welsh national anthem, "Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau", would be played, along with the traditional renditions of the English anthem "God Save the Queen" and "Abide with Me". The Welsh anthem was sung by Katherine Jenkins, while Lesley Garrett sang "God Save the Queen" and the two duetted on "Abide with Me". However both anthems were booed by the respective opposing fans. The referee appointed for the game was Mike Dean of the Cheshire Football Association.


2008 FA Cup Final, Background, Pre-match
He received a fee of £525 for taking charge of the fixture and a souvenir medal from the FA. Referees are traditionally only appointed to one FA Cup final in their careers and Dean had previously been selected for the 2006 FA Cup Final before being stood down when Liverpool reached the final, with Dean hailing from the nearby Wirral. His assistants for the match were Trevor Massey (Manchester) and Martin Yerby (Kent) while Chris Foy (Liverpool) was named as the fourth official.


2008 FA Cup Final, Background, Pre-match
Both sides received 25,000 tickets for the final, 8,000 less than they had been given for their respective semi-final matches. A significant portion of tickets were kept by The FA for its members. Portsmouth won a coin toss to determine the choice of kit colours and chose to wear their blue home kit, leaving Cardiff in their black away kit. Portsmouth were considered clear favourites ahead of the match. They had been given odds of 16–1 to win the competition when they entered in the third round, but were now odds-on favourites at 1–3. Cardiff had been given odds as high as 999–1 when they entered the competition; they entered the final at 5–2.


2008 FA Cup Final, Match summary
The match kicked-off at 3pm in front of nearly 90,000 spectators. In the first minute, Parry chased a long pass forward but was narrowly beaten to the ball by James. The first shot of the game was from Muntari, but his long-range free-kick was comfortably stopped by Cardiff goalkeeper Peter Enckelman. Cardiff had a similar chance to their first moments later as Ledley played in Parry who broke through the opposition defence and advanced towards goal before James was able to push the ball away at his feet.


2008 FA Cup Final, Match summary
The Welsh side attacked frequently in the opening 15 minutes with both Parry and McNaughton having attempts on goal. The BBC's Chris Bevan noted that Cardiff had enjoyed "a decent start  ...  and they certainly don't look nervous". However, moments later, Portsmouth nearly took the lead when Utaka's cross found Kanu in the penalty area. He managed to evade both a defender and the opposition goalkeeper before hitting the outside of the post from a narrow angle.


2008 FA Cup Final, Match summary
The two teams traded off-target attempts at goal midway through the half, both Parry and Roger Johnson failed to hit the target after the ball was played in from a set-piece. For Portsmouth, Kanu shot from long range, but his shot went well over the crossbar, and Enckelman was forced to punch the ball clear from Glen Johnson's cross. Portsmouth opened the scoring in the 39th minute when Utaka crossed the ball close to the goal line from the right.


2008 FA Cup Final, Match summary
Enckelman palmed the ball away but only to the feet of Kanu who was able to scoop the ball into the net to give his side the lead. Cardiff rallied quickly in an attempt to equalise and McNaughton narrowly failed to connect with Parry's cross shortly after. Loovens was also able to force the ball into the goal from a corner minutes before half-time, but his effort was ruled out for handball.


2008 FA Cup Final, Match summary
The second half began more sedately and the first major chance of the half came after ten minutes when Roger Johnson's header hit the side netting. Portsmouth responded quickly as Utaka broke free of the defence and played in Kanu, but his shot was deflected wide by Loovens for a corner. Cardiff made the first substitution of the match shortly after an hour as Ramsey was brought on in place of Whittingham. Portsmouth followed suit soon after as Utaka was replaced by Nugent having sustained an injury minutes earlier.


2008 FA Cup Final, Match summary
Cardiff made a second change ten minutes later as Thompson replaced Hasselbaink, but they struggled to create further opportunities until Loovens again caused problems from a corner. He was able to connect with a diving header but hit his attempt into the ground and the ball bounced over the opposition goal. Bevan noted that Cardiff were "visibly tiring" and Portsmouth's defence had largely contained their attacking threat. Although, Cardiff pressured as the game drew to a close, they struggled to create any clear opportunities and the game ended in a 1–0 victory for Portsmouth.


2008 FA Cup Final, Post-match
After the match, Portsmouth captain Campbell was presented with the trophy by Bobby Robson. Kanu, the scorer of the winning goal, was named man of the match and described the win as the "best moment of my life", while the victory was the first major trophy that manager Harry Redknapp had won during his 25 year managerial career. He described it as "dream come true to win the FA Cup. It has been a good day." The Portsmouth team attended a victory parade in their home city the following day that was attended by around 200,000 people. As winners, Portsmouth also qualified for the 2008 FA Community Shield against Premier League winners Manchester United in August. The two sides played out a goalless draw before United won the tie in a penalty shootout.


2008 FA Cup Final, Post-match
Of the 16 players in Portsmouth's matchday squad, the final was the last match for two, Muntari and Baros, while Mendes appeared in the Community Shield before being sold to Rangers. Redknapp also left the club three months into the new season, taking charge of Tottenham Hotspur. Portsmouth reached the final again in 2010 under Avram Grant, losing 1–0 to Chelsea.


2008 FA Cup Final, Post-match
Jones was pragmatic about his side's defeat, stating "we gave it everything we had and that's all I asked for". Enckelman later recalled his error that lead to the only goal "It was a tough one to deal with, it was wet conditions and the ball just started dropping down, maybe I could have tried to catch it or something but I didn't deal with it well enough." Despite their defeat, a return party was held for the Cardiff team at Roald Dahl Plass in Cardiff Bay in which both Thompson and Fox performed their FA Cup final songs. Several players involved in the match for Cardiff left the club prior to the new season, with veteran trio Hasselbaink and Sinclair retiring and Fowler joining Blackburn Rovers. Loovens, Ramsey and Thompson were also sold during the summer.


2008 FA Cup Final, Post-match
The 2008 final led the FA and the Football League to largely ban the playing of anthems in future matches between English and Welsh sides after jeering from both sets of supporters. The 89,874 attendance for the match remains the largest for a football match at the redeveloped Wembley Stadium since its construction.


2008 FA Trophy Final
The 2008 FA Trophy Final was the 39th final of the Football Association's cup competition for levels 5–8 of the English football league system. It was contested by Ebbsfleet United and Torquay United on 10 May 2008 at Wembley Stadium in London.


2008 FA Trophy Final
Ebbsfleet United won the match 1–0 to win the competition for the first time in their history.


2008 FA Vase Final
The 2008 FA Vase Final was the 34th final of the Football Association Challenge Vase, usually referred to as the FA Vase. The final took place on 14 May 2008 at Wembley Stadium in London in front of 19,537 spectators. The clubs contesting the final were North West Counties League Division Two club Kirkham & Wesham, and Eastern Counties Football League club Lowestoft Town. Both teams were playing in their first FA Vase final.


2008 FA Vase Final
Kirkham & Wesham entered the competition from the beginning in the first qualifying round while Lowestoft Town received a bye to the second round proper. Kirkham & Wesham proceeded through the two qualifying rounds and five proper rounds without needing a replay. They did need a replay in the quarter-finals after a 3–3 draw at home to Coventry Sphinx, they won the replay 1–0 and went on to eliminate Needham Market in the two-legged semi-final 4–2 on aggregate. Lowestoft Town proceeded through all five of their single-legged ties without needing a replay. In the semi-final they eliminated Whitley Bay 4–3 on aggregate.


2008 FA Vase Final
Lowestoft Town went ahead in the 10th minute when Kirkham defender Phil Thompson scored a headed own goal. Kirkham manager, Mike Fuller, subbed on Matt Walwyn in the 79th minute who equalised five minutes later. Walwyn then scored three minutes into stoppage time to give Kirkham & Wesham their first FA Vase in the club's first participation in the competition.


2008 FA Women's Cup Final
The 2008 FA Women's Cup Final was the 38th final of the FA Women's Cup, England's primary cup competition for women's football teams. It was the 15th final to be held under the direct control of the Football Association (FA). The final was contested between Arsenal and Leeds United at the City Ground on 5 May 2008. It was Arsenal's third successive FA Cup triumph, their ninth in total and their 29th major trophy in just 16 years. Leeds made their second final appearance, after losing 5–0 to Arsenal in 2006. The match was attended by a crowd of 24,582.


2008 FA Women's Cup Final, Match, Summary
Having just sealed their fifth successive Premier League title and having suffered only one defeat in more than two years of domestic football, Arsenal came into the game as favourites. Arsenal dominated from start to finish, with Smith and Sanderson both drawing saves from Carly Telford in the opening 10 minutes. Karen Carney was also denied from close range on the quarter-hour mark, while Alex Scott was thwarted by a double save by Telford after Smith had put her through with a defence-splitting pass midway through the first half. Leeds' Amanda Barr scored after 32 minutes, but her lob was ruled out for off-side.


2008 FA Women's Cup Final, Match, Summary
Eight minutes after the restart, striker Kelly Smith scored the opener with a 12-yard shot. Six minutes later, Ludlow poked home a 59th-minute effort from close range and within 60 seconds Lianne Sanderson's deflected effort flew into the net as well. Leeds' right-winger Jessica Clarke scored with 20 minutes remaining, but Arsenal quickly regained the initiative and almost extended their lead on 72 minutes when Ludlow's header was cleared off the line by Amanda Barr, and Julie Fleeting also came close with 10 minutes to go. Smith tapped in her second goal seven minutes from time after Fleeting's shot had rebounded off a post.


2008 FAI Cup
The FAI Cup 2008 was the 88th staging of The Football Association of Ireland Challenge Cup, or FAI Cup for short. This season was the second one sponsored by Ford.


2008 FAI Cup
The 2008 FAI Ford Cup officially kicked off in late March, when four clubs from the Intermediate and Junior leagues battled it out in the first round for the opportunity to join 18 A Championship, Intermediate and Junior clubs in the second round.


2008 FAI Cup
The ten winners of those ties were joined in the Third Round by 12 Premier Division and 10 First Division clubs.


2008 FAI Cup
The competition ran until late November, with the final taking place on Sunday, 23 November 2008 at the RDS.


2008 FAI Cup, First round
Fixtures were played on the weekend of Sunday 30 March 2008.


2008 FAI Cup, Second round
Fixtures were played on the weekend of Sunday 20 April 2008.


2008 FAI Cup, Second round
1Played on April 13, 2008 as Corduff FC gave up home advantage in tie due to unavailability of side on April 20.


2008 FAI Cup, Third round
Matches played on the weekend of Sunday, 8 June 2008. The draw took place on Monday, 12 May 2008 and was made by Giovanni Trappatoni and Marco Tardelli, and televised live on RTÉ Two.


2008 FAI Cup, Fourth round
Matches played on the weekend of Sunday, 17 August 2008. The draw place on Monday, 7 July 2008 and televised live on RTÉ Two.


2008 FAI Cup, Quarter-finals
Matches were played on the weekend of Sunday, 14 September 2008. The draw took place on Monday, 25 August 2008 and was made by Turlough O'Connor and David Flood, and televised live on RTÉ Two.


2008 FAI Cup, Semi-finals
Matches were played on the weekend of Sunday, 26 October 2008. The draw took place on Monday, 29 September 2008 and was made by John Ryan and David Flood, and televised live on RTÉ Two.


2008 FAI Cup, Final
The 2008 FAI Cup Final took place on Sunday 23 November 2008 at the RDS, Dublin.


2008 FAI Cup Final
The 2008 FAI Cup Final was a football match held at the RDS, Dublin on 23 November 2008 and was the final match of the 2008 FAI Cup competition. The match was the 85th FAI Cup Final, and the second to be held at the RDS since Lansdowne Road shut for redevelopment. The final was contested by Bohemians and Derry City, with Bohemians winning 4–3 on penalties after extra time had finished 2–2.


2008 FAI Cup Final
It was the first ever FAI Cup Final to be decided by a penalty shoot-out and it was the seventh time Bohemians had won the trophy, the victory granting them a league and cup double for the season. It was the second league and cup double won by Bohemians in the 2000s. Anthony Buttimer was the referee for the match.


2008 FAI Cup Final
The winning team qualified for the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League, the first time this competition will run. The match was broadcast live on RTÉ Two.


2008 FAI Cup Final, Team news
As was the case for much of the season, Bohemians' manager Pat Fenlon had to adjust his defence as Jason McGuinness missed the match through suspension. In McGuinness's absence, Ken Oman partnered Liam Burns in the middle of the defence. Anto Murphy left Fenlon having to choose Jason Byrne, Mindaugas Kalonas or John Paul Kelly as his replacement. Derry City had no injury or suspension concerns in the build-up to the final.


2008 FAW Premier Cup Final
The 2008 FAW Premier Cup Final was the final of the 11th season of the FAW Premier Cup. The final was played at Newport Stadium in Newport on 11 March 2008 and marked the second time the final has been staged at the stadium. The match was contested by Newport County and Llanelli.


2008 FC Bunyodkor season
The 2008 season was Bunyodkor's second season in the Uzbek League in Uzbekistan. Bunyodkor competed in the Uzbek League, the Uzbek Cup and AFC Champions League tournaments.


2008 FC Bunyodkor season, Competitions
Bunyodkor was present in all major competitions: Uzbek League, the AFC Champions League and the Uzbek Cup.


2008 FC Dallas season
The 2008 FC Dallas season was the twelfth season of the Major League Soccer team. The team failed to make the postseason for the first time in four years.


2008 FC Gifu season
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2008 FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok season
The 2008 Luch-Energiya Vladivostok season was the club's 4th season in the Russian Premier League, and their third since 1993. Luch-Energiya Vladivostok finished the season in 16th, being relegated to the First Division for the 2009 season. In the 2008–09 Russian Cup, Luch-Energiya were knocked out at the Round of 32 by Baltika Kaliningrad.


2008 FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok season, Season events
Prior to the start of the season, Zoran Vulić was appointed as the clubs new manager. After Vulić left his role as manager, Semen Altman was appointed as his replacement on 10 October.


2008 FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok season, Season events
In July, Luch-Energiya signed André Alves, Leandro, Josip Lukačević, Andrei Streltsov and Dragan Stojkić after all impressed on trial during Luch-Energiya's training camp in Austria.


2008 FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok season, Season events
On 28 August, goalkeeper Aleksey Polyakov joined Luch-Energiya on loan from Lokomotiv Moscow until the end of the season.


2008 FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok season, Squad, On loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2008 FC Luch-Energiya Vladivostok season, Squad, Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2008 FC Moscow season
The 2008 FC Moscow season was the club's 5th season in existence after taking over the licence of Torpedo-Metallurg in 2004. They finished the season in 9th place, and reached the Round of 16 in the Russian Cup, with the Quarterfinal taking place in the 2009 season.


2008 FC Moscow season, Squad, On loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2008 FC Moscow season, Squad, Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2008 FC Rubin Kazan season
The 2008 FC Rubin Kazan season was the club's 6th season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia. Rubin finished the league season as champions of Russia for the first time in club history and thereby qualified for the UEFA Champions League for the first time ever, entering at the group stage of the competition during the 2009–10 season.


2008 FC Rubin Kazan season, Squad, On loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2008 FC Rubin Kazan season, Squad, Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2008 FC Seoul season, Players, Team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2008 FC Seoul season, Players, Out on loan & military service
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2008 FC Seoul season, Tactics, Starting eleven and formation
This section shows the most used players for each position considering a 4-4-2 formation.


2008 FC Seoul season, Tactics, Starting eleven and formation
Source: Squad stats and Start formations. Only competitive matches. Using the most used start formation. Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).


2008 FC Seoul season, Tactics, Substitutes
Source: Squad stats and Start formations. Only competitive matches. Using the most used start formation. Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).


2008 FC Spartak Moscow season
The 2008 FC Spartak Moscow season was the club's 17th season in the Russian Premier League season. Spartak finished the season in 8th while progressing to the Quarterfinals of the 2008–09 Russian Cup which took place during the 2009 season. In Europe, Spartak were knocked out of the UEFA Champions League by Dynamo Kyiv at the Third Qualifying round before dropping into the 2008–09 UEFA Cup where they finished 4th in their group.


2008 FC Spartak Moscow season, Season events
On 12 September, Spartak announced the appointment of Michael Laudrup as their new manager.


2008 FC Spartak Moscow season, Squad, On loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2008 FC Spartak Moscow season, Squad, Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2008 FC Terek Grozny season
The 2008 Terek Grozny season was the club's first season back in the Russian Premier League, after being relegated at the end of the 2005 season, and their second in their history. Terek finished the season in 10th position and reached the Round of 16 in the 2008–09 Russian Cup, where they were knocked out by reaching the Round of 32 where they were defeated by FC Moscow.


2008 FC Terek Grozny season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2008 FC Terek Grozny season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2008 FC Terek Grozny season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2008 FC Terek Grozny season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2008 FC Tokyo season
The 2008 FC Tokyo season was the team's 10th season as a member of J.League Division 1.


2008 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season
The 2008 Zenit St.Petersburg season was the club's fourteenth season in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia. Domestically, Zenit finished fifth in the Russian Premier League, reached the Fifth round of the 2008–09 Russian Cup and won the Russian Super Cup. In Europe, Zenit won the 2007–08 UEFA Cup and the 2008 UEFA Super Cup before finishing third in their Champions League group.


2008 FC Zenit Saint Petersburg season, Squad, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2008 FEI World Cup Jumping Final
The 2008 FEI World Cup Jumping Final was the 30th final of the FEI World Cup Jumping show jumping series. It was held at the Scandinavium in Gothenburg, Sweden from April 24 to April 27, 2008 for the twelfth time during the 2008 Göteborg Horse Show. Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum of Germany won the event riding Shutterfly. Nobody won.


2008 FEI World Cup Jumping Final, Results, Round 1
Thirty-nine riders competed in the Table C €110,000 opening round of the 2008 FEI World Cup Jumping Final. Michael Whitaker opened the round, and quickly set the pace by completing a clear round in 75.05 seconds. However, his time was quickly surpassed two riders later when Malin Baryard-Johnsson took nearly four seconds off of Whitaker's time while representing the host nation of Sweden. Shortly after Peter Wylde narrowly took the lead from Baryard-Johnsson, Heinrich Hermann Engemann cleared the course in under seventy seconds to set a new standard. Although Steve Guerdat was also able to clear the seventy second mark, Engemann's time held up as he took the €25,300 first place prize. Two-time champion Marcus Ehning was eliminated after his horse refused twice at the eleventh jump.


2008 FEI World Cup Jumping Final, Results, Round 2
Thirty-eight riders returned for the Table A €110,000 second round of the 2008 FEI World Cup Jumping Final, with Marcus Ehning being the lone exception following his opening round elimination.


2008 FF5
2008 FF5 is the asteroid with the second-smallest known perihelion of any known object orbiting the Sun. Its extreme orbital eccentricity brings it within 0.079 AU of the Sun (26% of Mercury's perihelion) and as far as 4.487 AU from the Sun (well beyond the orbit of Mars).


2008 FFAS Senior League
The 2008 season of the FFAS Senior League was the twenty eighth season of association football competition in American Samoa. Pago Youth won the championship, their first recorded title, with the winners of the 1998 league competition and a number of previous seasons unknown.


2008 FFAS Senior League, Results
The matrix below contains a record of all the known results for the season.


2008 FFSA season
The Football Federation South Australia 2008 season was the third season under the previous competition format in South Australia. The competition consisted of three divisions across the State of South Australia.


2008 FFSA season, 2008 FFSA Super League
The 2008 South Australian Super League was the third edition of the South Australian Super League, the top level domestic association football competition in South Australia, and was the first season to use a finals system, with the top five teams in the league progressing to the finals. The number of teams relegated to the South Australian Premier League also increased from one to two. The league was won by Adelaide City after they beat the North Eastern MetroStars 2–0 in the Grand Final.


2008 FFSA season, 2008 FFSA Premier League
The 2008 FFSA Premier League was the third edition of the FFSA Premier League as the second level domestic association football competition in South Australia. 10 teams competed, all playing each other twice for a total of 18 rounds, with the top five at the end of the year qualifying for the McIntyre final five finals system to determine 1st to 5th place. The League winners and second placers were promoted to the 2009 FFSA Super League, and the bottom two placed teams relegated to the 2009 FFSA State League.


2008 FFSA season, 2008 FFSA State League
The 2008 FFSA State League was the third edition of the FFSA State League as the third level domestic association football competition in South Australia. 10 teams competed, all playing each other twice for a total of 18 rounds. The League winners and second placers were promoted to the 2009 FFSA Premier League.


2008 FIA Alternative Energies Cup
The 2008 FIA Alternative Energies Cup was a season of the FIA Alternative Energies Cup, a world championship for vehicles with alternative energy propulsion organized by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. The season consisted of seven rallies, beginning on 30 March, and ended on 12 October. Italy's Giuliano Mazzoni (Opel Corsa) won his second Drivers championship, and Toyota secured their second Manufacturers' title.


2008 FIA GT Adria 2 Hours
The 2008 FIA GT Adria 2 Hours was the third round of the 2008 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at Adria International Raceway, Italy, on June 21, 2008, and was held under night conditions for the second year in a row.


2008 FIA GT Adria 2 Hours
In post-race technical inspection, the three Porsches of Prospeed Competition and Trackspeed Racing were found to be using parts which did not match the parts used in the Porsche 997 GT3-RSR's homologation. The three Porsche entries were disqualified from the race even though the FIA admitted that the fault was caused by the manufacturer, not the teams. Prospeed Competition has appealed the disqualification of their two cars.


2008 FIA GT Adria 2 Hours, Provisional race results
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC). Cars with a C under their class are running in the Citation Cup, with the winner marked in bold italics.


2008 FIA GT Brno 2 Hours
The 2008 FIA GT Brno 2 Hours was the seventh round of the 2008 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at the Brno Circuit, Czech Republic, on 14 September 2008.


2008 FIA GT Brno 2 Hours, Race results
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC). Cars with a C under their class are running in the Citation Cup, with the winner marked in bold italics.


2008 FIA GT Bucharest 2 Hours
The 2008 Bucharest City Challenge was the sixth round of the 2008 FIA GT Championship season and was organised by City Challenge GmbH. It took place at the Bucharest Ring temporary street circuit in Bucharest, Romania, on 23 — 24 August 2008.


2008 FIA GT Bucharest 2 Hours, Format
Unlike the previous running at Bucharest in 2007, the 2008 event introduced a new event format that involved two races. After qualification, a one-hour race was held and entries were awarded half of the standard FIA points for their finishing positions. On Sunday, a second one-hour race was held, with the starting grid being determined by the finishing order of the first race. Half points were again rewarded based on finishing order.


2008 FIA GT Bucharest 2 Hours, Race results
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).


2008 FIA GT Bucharest 2 Hours, Race results, Saturday
Phoenix Carsport lead the field as the #5 Corvette of Swiss drivers Marcel Fässler and Jean-Denis Délétraz earned victory from pole position over the team's second car. In the GT2 category, CR Scuderia earned their first ever victory in the FIA GT Championship, just ahead of defending class champions AF Corse.


2008 FIA GT Bucharest 2 Hours, Race results, Sunday
Phoenix Carsport continued their victorious run on Sunday as the #5 car once again led the field to the checkered flag, although the team's second Corvette failed to make the finish after hitting a wall with ten laps remaining. CR Scuderia also won for the second time, Andrew Kirkaldy and Rob Bell's Ferrari overtaking the AF Corse Ferrari in the closing laps.


2008 FIA GT Championship
The 2008 FIA GT Championship season was the twelfth season of the FIA GT Championship. It featured a series for Grand Touring style cars broken into two classes based on power and manufacturer involvement, called GT1 and GT2. Invitational G2 and G3 classes were also allowed to participate but cars in these classes were not eligible to score points. The Championship began on 20 April 2008 and ended on 23 November 2008 after 10 rounds.


2008 FIA GT Championship, Schedule
The official 2008 calendar was released by the FIA on 24 October 2007. All races were two hours, with exception of the Spa 24 Hours and the Bucharest City Challenge, the latter being a combination of two one-hour races, each awarding half points. The Adria round remained as a night event and the Argentinian finale was the first South American race in FIA GT Championship history.


2008 FIA GT Championship, Entries, GT1
A † symbol and gray background denotes an entry and driver competing in the Citation Cup.


2008 FIA GT Championship, Teams championships
Points were awarded to the top 8 finishers in the order of 10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 except at the Spa 24 Hours, where half points were also granted for the leaders after 6 and 12 hours. Both cars scored points towards the championship regardless of finishing position. The G2 class did not have a championship.


2008 FIA GT Championship, Drivers championships
Points were awarded to the top 8 finishers in the order of 10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 except at the Spa 24 Hours. Drivers who did not drive the car for a minimum of 35 minutes did not score points.


2008 FIA GT Championship, Drivers championships, Citation Cup standings
The Citation Cup, which was limited to non-professional drivers competing in GT1 cars, did not include the Spa 24 Hours (Round 6) and the San Luis 2 Hours (Round 10).


2008 FIA GT Monza 2 Hours
The 2008 FIA GT Monza 2 Hours was the second round of the 2008 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Italy, on May 18, 2008.


2008 FIA GT Monza 2 Hours
The #61 Prospeed Competition Porsche was initially disqualified after winning the GT2 class due to a refueling infraction. The team however appealed and their victory was reinstated.


2008 FIA GT Monza 2 Hours, Race results
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC). Cars with a C under their class are running in the Citation Cup, with the winner marked in bold italics.


2008 FIA GT Nogaro 2 Hours
The 2008 FIA GT Nogaro 2 Hours was the eighth round of the 2008 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at the Circuit Paul Armagnac, France, on 5 October 2008.


2008 FIA GT Nogaro 2 Hours, Race results
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).


2008 FIA GT Nogaro 2 Hours, Race results
† – #51 AF Corse was given a 30-second time penalty after the race, the equivalent of a drive-through penalty.


2008 FIA GT Oschersleben 2 Hours
The 2008 FIA GT Oschersleben 2 Hours was the fourth round of the 2008 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Germany, on June 6, 2008.


2008 FIA GT Oschersleben 2 Hours, Race results
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC). Cars with a C under their class are running in the Citation Cup, with the winner marked in bold italics.


2008 FIA GT San Luis 2 Hours
The 2008 FIA GT San Luis 2 Hours was the tenth and final round of the 2008 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at the new Potrero de los Funes Circuit in Argentina on 23 November 2008. It is the first time in FIA GT Championship history that an event has been held in South America.


2008 FIA GT San Luis 2 Hours, Race results
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).


2008 FIA GT Tourist Trophy
The 2008 FIA GT Tourist Trophy was the opening round of the 2008 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at Silverstone Circuit, Great Britain, on 20 April 2008.


2008 FIA GT Tourist Trophy, Race results
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC). Cars with a C under their class are running in the Citation Cup, with the winner marked in bold italics.


2008 FIA GT Tourist Trophy, Race results
† – #61 Prospeed Competition was disqualified after the race for failing technical inspection. The car was found to be below the minimum ride height.


2008 FIA GT Zolder 2 Hours
The 2008 FIA GT Zolder 2 Hours was the ninth round of the 2008 FIA GT Championship season. It took place at the Circuit Zolder, Belgium, on 19 October 2008.


2008 FIA GT Zolder 2 Hours, Race results
Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).


2008 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil
The 2008 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil was the opening round of the 2008 World Touring Car Championship season and the third running of the FIA WTCC Race of Brazil. It took place on 2 March at the Autodromo Internacional de Curitiba in Pinhais, Brazil.


2008 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil
Both races were won by SEAT Sport with Yvan Muller winning race one and Gabriele Tarquini winning race two.


2008 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil, Background
Having run their diesel engine in three of their cars towards the end of 2007, SEAT Sport entered five cars powered by their TDI engine for 2008 as they looked to challenge BMW.


2008 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil, Report, Testing and free practice
Augusto Farfus was quickest in the Friday test session, Sergio Hernández in 14th was the best placed independent driver.


2008 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil, Report, Testing and free practice
Fellow BMW driver Jörg Müller topped the first free practice session on Saturday morning which took place on a drying track.


2008 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil, Report, Testing and free practice
SUNRED Engineering's Tom Coronel was quickest in the second practice session, just 0.002 seconds quicker than the BMW of Farfus.


2008 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil, Report, Qualifying
Yvan Muller led a SEAT front row with Rickard Rydell second. Farfus was third for BMW having had two of his fast laps interrupted, the first when the red flags came out for Chevrolet's Alain Menu who crashed at the final corner and the second time when he had to avoid a spinning Jörg Müller. Tarquini had the engine in his car changed prior to qualifying and ended the session fourth fastest while Nicola Larini was the best of the Chevrolets in fifth. His teammate Robert Huff was caught out by the red flag and started eighth for race one. Jordi Gené was ninth having suffered brake problems and Coronel behind him was the best–placed petrol–powered SEAT. Exagon Engineering's Pierre-Yves Corthals was the independents' pole sitter in 15th.


2008 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil, Report, Qualifying
Menu escaped without injury from accident but was transferred to hospital shortly after for precautionary scans. He was later cleared to race having qualified 11th.


2008 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil, Report, Warm-Up
Farfus led a BMW 1–2–3 in the Sunday morning warm–up session, pole sitter Yvan Muller was ninth.


2008 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil, Report, Race One
Yvan Muller held first place at the start ahead of Rydell, Tarquini ran first in the early stages of the race before being passed by Farfus. Farfus was closing in second–placed Rydell but was unable to make a move having had to defend from teammate Jörg Müller on the last lap. Andy Priaulx had started 12th and climbed up the order to finish 5th, passing Tarquini and Gené in the final laps. Yvan Muller and Rydell successfully converted their front row starts into a SEAT 1–2, Coronel finished eighth to take pole position for race two. Corthals was the victor in the independents' trophy.


2008 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil, Report, Race One
Gené and Corthals were both later given 30–second penalties after the race for driving infringements, Corthals' penalty handed victory in the independents' trophy to Olivier Tielemans. It was also discovered that the BMW of Farfus did not comply with the technical regulations and he was excluded from the race.


2008 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil, Report, Race Two
Coronel started on pole position, a bad start saw him drop well down the order. Porteiro assumed the lead which was then taken by Tarquini further around the first lap. On lap nine a charging Priaulx passed Félix Porteiro to take second place on lap nine and by the end of the race was on the tail of Tarquini. Tarquini finished first to take the second win of the weekend for SEAT, Priaulx was second and Porteiro third. Jörg Müller ended up fourth ahead of Yvan Muller after an intense battle between the pair. Coronel ended up outside the points in ninth. Tielemans was the independents' victor again.


2008 FIA WTCC Race of France
The 2008 FIA WTCC Race of France was the fourth round of the 2008 World Touring Car Championship season and the fourth running of the FIA WTCC Race of France. It was held on 1 June 2008 at the temporary Circuit de Pau street circuit in Pau, France. It was the headline event of the 2008 Pau Grand Prix. The first race was won by Augusto Farfus, whilst the second race was won by Andy Priaulx.


2008 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup
The 2008 FIBA Africa Basketball Club Championship (23rd edition), was an international basketball tournament  held in Sousse and Hammam, Tunisia, from December 12 to 21, 2008. The tournament, organized by FIBA Africa, and hosted by Étoile Sportive du Sahel, was contested by 12 teams split into 2 groups of 6, the first four of which qualifying for the knock-out stage, quarter, semifinals and final.


2008 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup
The tournament was won by Primeiro de Agosto from Angola, thus successfully retaining its title.


2008 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup, Draw
Al Shabab BACK BC Onatra Primeiro de Agosto Stade Nabeulien Union Bank


2008 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup, Final standings
Primeiro de Agosto rosterMayzer Alexandre, Armando Costa, Adilson Baza, Olímpio Cipriano, Joaquim Gomes, Felizardo Ambrósio, Vladimir Ricardino, Francisco Jordão, Simão João, Carlos Almeida, Miguel Lutonda, Rodrigo Mascarenhas Coach: Luís Magalhães


2008 FIBA Africa Clubs Champions Cup squads
This article displays the rosters for the participating teams at the 2006 FIBA Africa Club Championship.


2008 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship
The 2008 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Men (alternatively the Afrobasket U18) was the 16th edition, organized by FIBA Africa and played under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the basketball sport governing body and the African zone thereof. The tournament was held from October 17–26 in Alexandria, Egypt and won by Egypt.


2008 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship
The tournament qualified both the winner and the runner-up for the 2009 Under-19 World Cup.


2008 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship, Final standings
Egypt rosterAdham Elsayed, Aly Mohamed, Amr Abdelkader, Amr Gendy, Hady Elbeltagy, Moamen Mobarak, Mohamed Desouky, Motaz Okasha, Moustafa Hany, Omar Oraby, Ramy Hosny, Zyad Mohamed Coach:


2008 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women
The 2008 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Men (alternatively the Afrobasket U18) was the 10th FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women, organized by FIBA Africa and played under the auspices of the Fédération Internationale de Basketball, the basketball sport governing body and the African zone thereof and qualified for the 2009 World Cup. The tournament was held from October 3–12 in Rades and Ezzahra, Tunisia and won by Mali.


2008 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women
The tournament qualified both the winner and the runner-up for the 2009 Under-19 Women's World Cup.


2008 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women, Final standings
Mali rosterAdama Sissoko, Aissata Djibo, Aissata Traoré, Aminata Mariko, Astan Dabo, Djenebou Sacko, Fatoumata Traoré, Kankou Coulibaly, Laoudy Maiga, Nassira Traore, Ouleymatou Coulibaly, Sega Bah Coach:


2008 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women squads
This article displays the rosters for the participating teams at the 2008 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship for Women.


2008 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship squads
This article displays the rosters for the participating teams at the 2008 FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship.


2008 FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup
The 2008 FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup (14th edition), was an international basketball tournament held in Nairobi, Kenya, from November 20 to 29, 2008. The tournament, organized by FIBA Africa and hosted by Kenya Ports Authority, was contested by 12 clubs split into 2 groups of 6, the first four of which qualifying for the knock-out stage.


2008 FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup
The tournament was won by Desportivo de Maputo from Mozambique.


2008 FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup, Draw
Abidjan Basket Club Djoliba Eagle Wings First Bank Primeiro de Agosto Radi


2008 FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup, Draw
APR Club Sportif d'Abidjan Desportivo de Maputo KCCA Leopards Kenya Ports Authority Vita Club


2008 FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup squads
This article displays the rosters for the participating teams at the 2008 FIBA Africa Club Championship for Women.


2008 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
The FIBA Asia Champions Cup 2008 was the 19th staging of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, the basketball club tournament of FIBA Asia. The tournament was held in Kuwait City, Kuwait between May 8, 2008 and May 19. The tournament was scheduled to end on May 16 but the schedule changed due to the death of the former Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah. The committee decided to call off the play-off matches to decide the 5–10 positions.


2008 FIBA Asia Stanković Cup
The FIBA Asia Stanković Cup 2008 served as the qualifying tournament for the 2009 FIBA Asia Championship. This competition is distinct from the Stanković Cup intercontinental tournament attended by teams outside the FIBA Asia zone.


2008 FIBA Asia Stanković Cup, Qualification
According to the FIBA Asia rules, each zone had one place, and the hosts (Kuwait) and Asian champion (Iran) were automatically qualified. The other three places are allocated to the zones according to performance in the 2007 FIBA Asia Championship.


2008 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship
The FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship 2008 is the 2008 edition of the FIBA Asia's youth championship for basketball. The games are held at Tehran, Iran


2008 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship
The top 3 teams qualified for the FIBA Under-19 World Championship 2009.


2008 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship, Qualification
According to the FIBA Asia rules, each zone had two places, and the hosts (Iran) and holders (China) were automatically qualified. The other four places are allocated to the zones according to performance in the 2006 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship.


2008 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship, Draw
* Uzbekistan withdrew from the tournament; their replacements, Kyrgyzstan, withdrew too after the plane carrying their team crashed, killing half of their team.


2008 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship for Women
FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship for Women 2008 is FIBA Asia's basketball championship for females under 18 years old. The games were held at Medan, Indonesia.


2008 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship for Women
The championship is divided into two levels: Level I and Level II. The top three teams of Level I at the end of the tournament qualifies for the World U-19 Championship for Women. The two lowest finishers of Level I meets the top two finishers to determine which teams qualify for Level for 2010's championship. The losers are relegated to Level II.


2008 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship for Women, Qualifying round
Winners are promoted to Level I for the 2010 championships.


2008 FIBA Diamond Ball
The 2008 FIBA Diamond Ball was an official basketball tournament held in Nanjing, China, from July 29 until August 1, 2008. The FIBA Diamond Ball was an official international basketball tournament organised by FIBA, held every Olympic year prior to the Olympics. It was the 3rd edition of the FIBA Diamond Ball. The six participating teams were Angola, Argentina, Australia, host China, Iran and Serbia.


2008 FIBA Diamond Ball for Women
The 2008 FIBA Diamond Ball was a basketball tournament held in Nanjing, China, from August 2 until August 5, 2008. The FIBA Diamond Ball was an official international basketball tournament organised by FIBA, held every Olympic year prior to the Olympics. It was the 2nd edition of the FIBA Diamond Ball. The six participating teams were Australia, host China, Latvia, Mali, Russia and United States.


2008 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
The 2008 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship was the 22nd edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The city of Chieti, in Italy, hosted the tournament. Lithuania won the trophy for the first time. Hungary and Georgia were relegated to Division B.


2008 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship Division B
The 2008 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship Division B was an international basketball competition held in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2008.


2008 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship Division C
The 2008 FIBA U16 European Championship Division C was held in Gibraltar, from 26 June to 1 July 2008. Eight teams participated in the competition.


2008 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women Division C
The 2008 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women Division C was the fifth edition of the Division C of the FIBA U16 Women's European Championship, the third tier of the European women's under-16 basketball championship. It was played in Monaco from 14 to 19 July 2008. Iceland women's national under-16 basketball team won the tournament.


2008 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship
The 2008 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship was an international basketball  competition held in Greece from July 25, 2008 until August 3. The hosts, Greeks, emerged as the champions after beating the Lithuanians in the final, 57–50 to clinch their first European Under-18 championship. The tournament served as the European Qualifiers for the 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Championship.


2008 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, Squads
At the start of tournament, all 16 participating countries will have 12 players on their roster.


2008 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, Preliminary round
Teams are divided equally in 4 groups of four teams each and they will play in a single round-robin format. The top three teams in each group qualified for the second round while the last teams in each group were eliminated. All times are local, UTC+3.


2008 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, Final standings
The top 5 teams qualified for the 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Championship.


2008 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Division B
In 2008, Division B of the FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship basketball tournament was played in Hungary. The Slovenian team finished top of the table.


2008 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Division B, Squads
At the start of tournament, all 20 participating countries will have 12 players on their roster.


2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
The 2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship was the eleventh edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The city of Riga, in Latvia, hosted the tournament. Serbia won their second title.


2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, Preliminary round
The sixteen teams were allocated in four groups of four teams each.


2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, Qualifying round
The twelve teams were allocated in two groups of six teams each. The results of the games between the teams from the same group in the Preliminary Round were taken into account for the ranking in this round.


2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, Final standings
Mladen Jeremić, Stefan Sinovec, Petar Despotović, Nikola Koprivica, Marko Kešelj, Dušan Katnić, Stefan Stojačić, Bojan Radetić, Boban Marjanović, Miroslav Raduljica, Marko Čakarević, and Milan Mačvan. Head Coach: Slobodan Klipa.


2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B
The 2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B was the fourth edition of the Division B of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, the second-tier level of European Under-20 basketball. The city of Târgu Mureș, in Romania, hosted the tournament. Germany won their first title.


2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B, Preliminary round
The nineteen teams were allocated in four groups (three groups of five teams and one groups of four). The two top teams of each group advanced to the Qualifying Round. The third and fourth of each group to the Classification round. The last three teams in the five-team groups advanced to another group to determine the positions 17th to 19th.


2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B, Qualifying round
The eight top teams were allocated in two groups of four teams each. Teams coming from the same initial group didn't play again vs. each other, but "carried" the results of the matches played between them for the first round.


2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B, Classification round
The third and fourth team of each of the preliminary round groups were allocated in two groups of four teams each. Teams coming from the same initial group didn't play again vs. each other, but "carried" the results of the matches played between them for the first round.


2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship Division B, Classification round for 17th to 19th place
The last three teams of the five-team groups of the preliminary round were allocated in one group.


2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women
The 2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women was the seventh edition of the Women's European basketball championship for national under-20 teams. It was held in Chieti, Sulmona and Pescara, Italy, from 11 to 20 July 2008. Russia women's national under-20 basketball team won the tournament and became the European champions for the fourth time.


2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women, First round
In the first round, the teams were drawn into four groups of four. The first three teams from each group advance to the quarterfinal round, the last teams will play in the classification round for 13th–16th place.


2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women, Quarterfinal round
In this round, the teams play in two groups of six. The first two teams from each group advance to the semifinals, the third and fourth teams advance to the 5th–8th place playoffs, the other teams will play in the 9th–12th place playoffs.


2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women Division B
The 2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women Division B was the fourth edition of the Division B of the Women's European basketball championship for national under-20 teams. It was held in Poznań, Poland, from 11 to 20 July 2008. Sweden women's national under-20 basketball team won the tournament.


2008 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women Division B, First round
In the first round, the teams were drawn into two groups of five. The first four teams from each group advance to the quarterfinals, the last teams will play for the 9th place.


2008 FIBA Stanković Continental Champions' Cup
The 2008 FIBA Stanković Continental Champions' Cup, or 2008 FIBA Mini World Cup, was the fourth edition of the FIBA Stanković Continental Champions' Cup tournament. It was held in Hangzhou, from July 17 to July 21.


2008 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men
The FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men 2008 was the final qualifying tournament for the 2008 Olympic men's basketball tournament. Organized by FIBA, it took place from 14 to 20 July 2008 at the OAKA Indoor Sports Arena, in Athens, Greece. The draw for the tournament was held on 31 January 2008 at the  in Athens.


2008 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men
Through this tournament, the final three qualifying berths for the 2008 Olympics men's basketball competition were determined. A total of 12 teams competed in the 2008 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament from the five FIBA regions, and those 12 teams were based on finishes in each of FIBA's five zone qualifying tournaments.


2008 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men
The FIBA Africa Zone placed two teams (runner-up and third place), the FIBA Americas Zone placed three teams (third place, fourth place and fifth place), the FIBA Asia Zone placed two teams (runner-up and third place), the FIBA Europe Zone placed four teams (fourth place, fifth place, sixth place and seventh place), and FIBA Oceania Zone placed one team (runner-up).


2008 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men
The 12 teams were divided into four groups of three teams each and played a single round robin. The two best placed teams from each group qualified for the quarterfinals, semifinals, finals and consolation games which determined the first three places and thus the teams that qualified for the Olympics.


2008 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men
The twelve participating teams were: Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Croatia, Germany, Greece, Korea, Lebanon, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, and Slovenia. The three teams that qualified through this tournament—Croatia, Germany and Greece—joined Angola, Argentina, Australia, China, Iran, Lithuania, Russia, Spain and the US in the Beijing Olympics, and had roughly a month to practice and prepare as the Olympic basketball tournament took place on August 9–24.


2008 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men, Participating nations
The teams were divided into three pots, corresponding to their continental zones:


2008 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men, Participating nations
In case a team fails to attend, the next best team from their zone play as their replacements.


2008 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women
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.


2008 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women
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.


2008 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women, Participating nations
The draw was made on January 14, 2008 in Institute of Training and Studies of the Central Government of Madrid.


2008 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women, Participating nations
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):


2008 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women, Format
The 12 participating teams were divided into four groups (A, B, C and D) of three teams each. Each team played all the other teams in its own group. The teams placed 1st and 2nd in each group played in the Quarter-Finals, with the four winners of the Quarter-Finals qualifying for the Olympic Games. The four losers played in the Semi-Finals and Finals for one remaining qualifying place.


2008 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women squads
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2008 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women squads
Below is a list of squads at the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women 2008:


2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
The 2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was the fourth edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, governed by FIFA. Overall, this was the 14th edition of a world cup in beach soccer since the establishment of the Beach Soccer World Championships which ran from 1995–2004 but was not governed by FIFA. It took place in Marseille, France, in the Plages du Prado from 17 to 27 July 2008. It was the first tournament to take place outside Brazil.


2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
The winners of the tournament were Brazil, who won their third consecutive FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup title and their twelfth title overall.


2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Qualifying rounds, Africa
The qualifiers to determine the two African nations who would play in the World Cup took place in Durban, South Africa for the third year running between March 25 and March 30. Eight nations took part in the competition, all of whom participated in the 2007 Championship, which eventually saw Senegal claim their first title, qualifying for the second successive World Cup and which saw Cameroon finish in second place, also qualifying for the second time.


2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Qualifying rounds, Asia
The Asian qualifiers took place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, for the third time, between May 6 and May 10. The hosts, the United Arab Emirates qualified for the second time after beating Japan in the final of the championship, 4-3, for the second consecutive year. Iran beat China in the third place play off to claim the third berth at the World Cup for the third year in a row.


2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Qualifying rounds, Europe
For the first time since the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers began in 2006, due to the large interest of European nations in beach soccer, UEFA held a tournament dedicated to World Cup qualification in Benidorm, Spain, between, May 11 and May 18, instead of allowing European nations to qualify to the World Cup through the Euro Beach Soccer League. Hosts Spain won the championship, with neighbours Portugal finishing second. Russia beat Italy in the third place play off, but regardless of the result, both teams qualified to the World Cup, along with the finalists.


2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Qualifying rounds, North, Central American and Caribbean Zone
The North, Central America and the Caribbean Zone qualifiers took place between April 17 and April 19 in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Mexico and El Salvador were the two finalists, meaning they both qualified for the World Cup; Mexico for the second time and El Salvador for the first. Mexico defeated El Salvador in the final to win their first title.


2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Qualifying rounds, South America
The South American qualifiers took place between April 23 and April 27, in the Argentinean capital, Buenos Aires. Brazil and hosts Argentina were the two finalists, meaning they both qualified for the World Cup. Brazil defeated Argentina in the final to win the title. Uruguay and Venezuela were knocked out in the semi finals and played each other in the third place play off. Uruguay beat Venezuela to claim the third berth at the World Cup.


2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Qualifying rounds, Oceania
For the first and to date only time, no Oceanian qualifiers were held. The Oceania Football Confederation nominated the Solomon Islands as their representative in the World Cup, based on their results over the past two years, which showed that they were by far the strongest team in the confederation.


2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Teams
These are the teams that qualified to the World Cup:


2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Venue
A stadium on the Plage du Prado in southern Marseille was used known as the Stade du Prado or the Stadium of the Beach in English. The stadium hosted all 32 matches.


2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, Group stage
The 16 teams present at the finals in Brazil were split into 4 groups of 4 teams. Each team played the other 3 teams in its group in a round-robin format, with the top two teams advancing to the quarter finals. The quarter finals, semi finals and the final itself was played in the form of a knockout tournament.


2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final
The 2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final took place between Italy and Brazil on 27 July 2008 at the Plage du Prado. Brazil were the winners, winning by five goals to three. Brazil have beaten fifteen other teams to be crowned FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2008 Winners. It was Brazil's third title in a row.


2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final, Roads to the final, Italy
Italy started their campaign in group B, with a good opening game against the Solomon Islands, winning 7-4. Italy confirmed their place in the quarter-finals, beating El Salvador 4-1 and taking themselves up to 6 points. In Italy's final game they went down 3-0 to Portugal. Italy battled back and took it into extra time at 4-4. It looked to be heading for penalties but a last minute goal by Madjer meant Portugal won the game and the group.


2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final, Roads to the final, Italy
As Italy were the runners-up of group B, they met the winners of group A, France in the quarter-finals. As France were the hosts they were the favorites to reach the semi-finals. Surprisingly, Italy went up 5-0. France did all they could to get back into the game but Italy held out. With the final score at 5-2 they moved into the semi-finals against Spain. The semi-final was a different battle. Italy were 1-0 down after just 2 minutes. However 2 goals in 2 minutes meant Italy went ahead for the first time.


2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final, Roads to the final, Italy
Again Spain looked threatening bringing it back to 2-2 and 10 minutes later, 3-2. The scoreline continued to change and by the end of normal time the score was 4-4. Extra time was uneventful which meant penalties. Amarelle stepped up and hit the post which meant it was all down to Massimiliano Esposito to finish the job. His first attempt was saved but it had to be re-taken. Esposito hit the ball down the center and sent Italy into the final to face Brazil.


2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final, Roads to the final, Brazil
Brazil started their world cup campaign as defending champions, in group D, coming from behind to win by 3 goals to 2 against Spain. Brazil continued to perform with an 8-1 win against Japan and finished the group on top with 9 points after beating Mexico comfortably 7-1.


2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Final, Roads to the final, Brazil
In the quarter-finals, Brazil played the runners-up of group C, Russia. They went down 3 times to Russia but with a helpful hat-trick from Daniel, Brazil came back to win 6-4. In the semi-finals Brazil met Portugal, who had the 2 top scorers on their side. It was an epic semi-final, although Brazil were always finding themselves having to come from behind. In the 34th minute, Bruno hit a long range shot finding the back of the net sending Brazil into the final. Portugal failed to come back in the final 2 minutes leaving Brazil to win 5-4.


2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA)
The 2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers for (UEFA) was the first FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification championship for Europe, held in May 2008, in Benidorm, Spain. Hosts Spain won the championship, with Portugal finishing second and Russia winning the third place play of to finish third, beating Italy who finished fourth. The four nations moved on to play in the 2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Marseille, France from July 17 - July 27. France qualified as the fifth European nation, being the hosts of the world cup.


2008 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (UEFA), Group stage
The 24 teams were drawn into 6 groups of 4 teams.


2008 FIFA Club World Cup
The 2008 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2008 presented by Toyota for sponsorship reasons) was the fifth FIFA Club World Cup, a football tournament for the champion clubs from each of FIFA's six continental confederations. The tournament was held in Japan from 11 to 21 December 2008.


2008 FIFA Club World Cup
Milan were the defending champions, but could not defend their title after being eliminated in the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League round of 16.


2008 FIFA Club World Cup
Manchester United defeated LDU Quito 1–0 in the final at the International Stadium in Yokohama on 21 December, to become the first British team to win the competition. It was United's second world title, following the 1999 Intercontinental Cup, which was also held in Japan and as well as being the only Intercontinental Cup to be won by a British club.


2008 FIFA Club World Cup
The fifth-place match, dropped for the 2007 tournament, was reintroduced for 2008, with the total prize money being increased by US$500,000 to US$16.5 million. The winners took away US$5 million, the losing finalists US$4 million, the third-placed team US$2.5 million, the fourth-placed team US$2 million, the fifth-placed team US$1.5 million, the sixth-placed team US$1 million and the seventh-placed team US$500,000.


2008 FIFA Club World Cup, Qualified teams
* – As Gamba Osaka won the AFC Champions League, the host's spot was taken by Adelaide United as the highest-placed non-Japanese team in the AFC CL.


2008 FIFA Club World Cup, Venues
Tokyo, Yokohama and Toyota were the three cities to serve as venues for the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup.


2008 FIFA Club World Cup Final
The 2008 FIFA Club World Cup Final was the final match of the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup, an association football tournament for the champion clubs from each of FIFA's six continental confederations. The match took place at the International Stadium Yokohama, Japan, on 21 December 2008, and pitted LDU Quito of Ecuador, the CONMEBOL club champions, and Manchester United of England, the UEFA club champions. Despite going down to ten men early in the second half, Manchester United won the match 1–0 thanks to a 73rd-minute goal from Wayne Rooney.


2008 FIFA Club World Cup Final, Road to final
Both Manchester United and LDU Quito qualified for the competition at the semi-final stage, after winning their respective continental competition, the 2007–08 UEFA Champions League and the 2008 Copa Libertadores.


2008 FIFA Club World Cup Final, Road to final
LDU Quito's opening game was against Mexican side Pachuca, who had defeated Egyptian club Al Ahly 4–2 in the quarter-finals after extra time. Their semi-final match was played at the National Stadium in Tokyo on 17 December 2008. LDU Quito scored two goals in the first 26 minutes, through Claudio Bieler and Luis Bolaños, securing a place in the Club World Cup final.


2008 FIFA Club World Cup Final, Road to final
Manchester United's semi-final opponents were Gamba Osaka, who had previously defeated Australian A-League premiers and Asian Champions League runners-up Adelaide United (1–0) to move into the second semi-final on 18 December. Nemanja Vidić and Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring in the first half, putting Manchester United ahead by two goals at half time. Masato Yamazaki was the next to score, in the 74th minute, to bring Gamba back into the competition, but Wayne Rooney scored twice and Darren Fletcher once within the next five minutes to extend United's lead. Yasuhito Endō converted an 85th-minute penalty kick and Hideo Hashimoto got a third for Gamba just minutes before the final whistle. The result was 5–3, taking Manchester United to the final.


2008 FIFA Club World Cup Final, Match, Details
Assistant referees: Abdukhamidullo Rasulov (Uzbekistan) Bahadyr Kochkorov (Kyrgyzstan)Fourth official: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)


2008 FIFA Club World Cup squads
The 2008 FIFA Club World Cup was played in Japan from 11 December to 21 December 2008. Each team involved in the competition had to submit a provisional squad of 30 players by 5 November 2008, with the list to be narrowed down to a final squad of 23 players by 27 November.


2008 FIFA Club World Cup squads, Adelaide United
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2008 FIFA Club World Cup squads, Al Ahly
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2008 FIFA Club World Cup squads, Gamba Osaka
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2008 FIFA Club World Cup squads, LDU Quito
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2008 FIFA Club World Cup squads, Manchester United
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2008 FIFA Club World Cup squads, Pachuca
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2008 FIFA Club World Cup squads, Waitakere United
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup
The 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup was the sixth edition of the FIFA Futsal World Cup, the quadrennial international futsal championship contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It was the first tournament to use the term "World Cup". It was held between 30 September and 19 October 2008 in Brazil. It was the only Futsal World Cup to feature 20 teams.


2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup
Brazil won the tournament for the fourth time. It was their first title since 1996.


2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup, Squads
Each nation submitted a squad of 14 players, including two goalkeepers.


2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup, First round, Draw
The 20 teams were divided in four groups, each group with five teams. The draw was held on 10 July 2008 in Brasília, Brazil


2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup, First round, Tie break rule
In case two or more teams are equal on points, their ranking is determined by the results of matches between the tied teams only. If there is still a tie after this, the ranking is determined by goals difference in all group matches.


2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup, Top goalscorers
The top 10 scorers from the 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup are as follows:


2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup, Final tournament rankings
Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-out are counted as draws.


2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification, Africa (CAF)
Took place in Tripoli, Libya from 21 March to 30 March 2008.


2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification, Europe (UEFA)
Took place in many countries and cities from 23 February to 16 April 2008.


2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification, North America, Central America and Caribbean (CONCACAF)
Took place in Guatemala City, Guatemala from 2 June to 8 June 2008.


2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification, Oceania (OFC)
Took place in Suva, Fiji from 8 June to 14 June 2008.


2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification, South America (CONMEBOL)
Took place in Montevideo, Uruguay from 23 June to 28 June 2008.


2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification, South America (CONMEBOL)
* Qualified to World Cup since Brazil qualified as the host of the championship


2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification (UEFA)
Listed below are the dates and results for the 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification rounds for UEFA teams. A total of 38 teams took part, divided in 10 Groups - eight groups of 4 teams each and two groups of 3 teams each - competing for 6 places in the World Cup.


2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification (UEFA), Qualifying First Round, Group 3
Was held in Pabellón Multiusos Ciudad de Cáceres - Cáceres, Spain


2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification (UEFA), Qualifying First Round, Group 4
Was held in Gyöngyösi Városi Sport es Rendezvény Csarnok - Gyöngyös, Hungary


2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification (UEFA), Qualifying First Round, Group 7
Was held in Hibernians Pavillon - Corradino - Paola, Malta


2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification (UEFA), Qualifying First Round, Group 9
Was held in Ugur Inan Spor Salonu - Aydin, Turkey


2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification (UEFA), Qualifying First Round, Group 10
Was held in Palace of Culture and Sports - Varna, Bulgaria


2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup team squads
This article lists the confirmed national futsal squads for the 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup tournament held in Brazil, between 30 September and 19 October 2008.


2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup – Final Round
The 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup – Final Round took place from 16 October to 19 October 2008.


2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup – First Round
The 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup–First Round took place from 30 September to 9 October 2008.


2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup – Second Round
The 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup – Second Round took place from 11 October to 14 October 2008.


2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
The 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup is the first women's football U-17 World Cup in FIFA history. It was held in New Zealand from 28 October to 16 November 2008. It is the officially recognized world championship for women's under-17 national football teams. This was the first women's world youth championship organized by FIFA with the age limit of 17.


2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, Host cities
Pool matches were spread evenly among these cities. The host nation, New Zealand, was based mostly in Auckland but played one pool match in Wellington.


2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, Goalscorers
Dzsenifer Marozsán of Germany won the Golden Shoe award for scoring six goals. In total, 113 goals were scored by 69 different players, with two of them credited as own goals.


2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup squads
The following is a list of squads for each nation competing at the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in New Zealand. The tournament started on 28 October and the final took place in Auckland on 16 November 2008.


2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup squads
Each nation had to submit a squad of 21 players, three of which had to be goalkeepers, for the tournament.


2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
The 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was the 4th edition of the tournament. It was held in Chile between November 19 and December 7, 2008. Sixteen teams, comprising representatives from all six confederations, took part in the final competition, in which Chile had a guaranteed place as the host nation.


2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, Background
On September 15, 2006 FIFA officially announced Chile as the host country. It was the third time Chile organized a football world cup, after the 1962 FIFA World Cup and the 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship, but the first in the women's competition. The decision came as a surprise to Chile, as it had bid in August 2006 to host the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, which was finally granted to New Zealand (Ecuador was unsuccessful in both bids). Chile previously hosted the South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship and the first edition for Under 17s in January 2008.


2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, Venues
Four different cities were selected as venues in an open bidding process. Changes to the stadiums to comply with FIFA standards were carried out between December 2007 and September 2008. The selected venues were:


2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, Qualified teams
The places were allocated as follows to confederations: AFC (3), CAF (2), CONCACAF (3), CONMEBOL (2), OFC (1), UEFA (4), plus the host country.


2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, Group stage
The opening phase of the tournament comprised four groups of four teams, with the top two sides in each section advancing to the quarter-finals. The final draw to determine the groups took place in Santiago, Chile on September 13, 2008 at 20:30 UTC.


2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, Awards, All star team
Pak Kuk-hui  Wendie Renard  Bianca Schmidt  Katharina Baunach  Ingrid Ryland


2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, Awards, All star team
Natsuko Hara  Nicole Banecki  Ri Ye-gyong  Kim Kulig  Toni Duggan  Keelin Winters


2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, Awards, All star team
Érika  Marie-Laure Delie  Asano Nagasato  Sydney Leroux  Ra Un-sim  Eugénie Le Sommer  Alex Morgan


2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup squads
This article lists the team squads of the  2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.


2008 FIFA World Player of the Year
The 2008 FIFA World Player of the Year awards took place on 560 January 2009 at the Zurich Opera House, Zürich, Switzerland, with Cristiano Ronaldo of Manchester United and Portugal taking the men's award, and Marta of Umeå IK (now of Los Angeles Sol) and Brazil taking the women's award for the third year in a row.


2008 FIFA World Player of the Year
Other awards included the FIFA Development Award, which went to the Palestinian Football Federation for keeping its organisation and national team active; Federation President Jibril Al Rajoub, captain of the men's team Ahmad Kashkash, and women's team captain Honey Thaljiyeh were presented with the award. The Palestinian FA carried out a major refurbishment of the Al-Husseini Stadium, meaning that it met the standards to host an international match, becoming the first stadium in Palestinian territories to achieve this honour.


2008 FIFA World Player of the Year
Women's football received the FIFA Presidential Award, with the US team presented with the award (for their achievements), and player Heather O'Reilly collecting it. The FIFA Fair Play Award went to the representatives of the Turkish and Armenian national teams. Prior to a European World Cup qualifying match, the Presidents of the two FAs, Mahmut Özgener (Turkey) and Ruben Hayrapetyan (Armenia) shook hands, which was significant as the countries shared a long history of hostility towards each other.


2008 FIFA World Player of the Year
Shortlists of 23 men and 10 women were announced on 29 October 2008, before being reduced to five men and five women by 12 December 2008. The male nominees were Kaká, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Fernando Torres and Xavi, and the female nominees were Nadine Angerer, Cristiane, Marta, Birgit Prinz and Kelly Smith.


2008 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup Final
The 2008 Artistic Gymnastics World Cup Final was held in Madrid, Spain in December 2008. This was the last Artistic Gymnastics World Cup in which a Final event was held.


2008 FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup Final
The 2008 FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup Final was the eighth edition of the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup Final, held from October 4 to October 6, 2008 in Benidorm, Spain. The competition was officially organized by the International Gymnastics Federation as the last stage of a series of competitions through the 2007–2008 season.


2008 FIIC Intercrosse Men's World Championships
The 2008 FIIC Intercrosse Men's World Championships was the ninth Intercrosse World Championship. The championship was played in Switzerland from 15-20 July 2008. The Czech Republic defended their title.


2008 FIM Motocross World Championship
The 2008 FIM Motocross World Championship was the 52nd F.I.M. Motocross Racing World Championship season.


2008 FINA Diving World Cup
The 2008 FINA Diving World Cup was held in Beijing, China and was a test event for the new Beijing Aquatics Center (Water Cube), as well as a qualifying event for 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.


2008 FINA Men's Water Polo World League
The 2008 FINA Men's Water Polo World League was the seventh edition of the annual event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA. After five preliminary rounds the Super Final was held in Genoa, Italy from June 16 to June 22, 2008.


2008 FINA Swimming World Cup
The FINA/ ARENA Swimming World Cup 2008 was held in October and November 2008. The meet scheduling matched that of the 2007 series, with all meets held short course metres (25 m) format.


2008 FINA Swimming World Cup
The series winners were Cameron van der Burgh of South Africa and Marieke Guehrer of Australia.


2008 FINA Swimming World Cup, Venues
The 2008 World Cup was staged at seven venues on five continents, with each meet following a heats and finals format for all events, with the exception of the 800 m and 1500 m freestyle and 400 m individual medley events which were heat-declared winners. The Brazil meet at Belo Horizonte was held as a three-day meet with evening heats and finals the following morning, with the remaining six meets being held over two days with morning heats and evening finals on each day. The order of events at each meet was the same.


2008 FINA Swimming World Cup, Results, Overall World Cup
At each meet of the World Cup circuit in 2008, the FINA Points Table was used to rank all swim performances at the meet. The top 10 men and top 10 women were then be awarded World Cup points. Bonus points were awarded for a world record broken (20 points) or equalled (10 points). The number of World Cup points awarded were doubled for the final meet of the World Cup in Berlin.


2008 FINA Swimming World Cup, Results, Overall World Cup
The final rankings are shown below. Bonus points were awarded to eight swimmers for each of the twelve new world record standards set during the meets.


2008 FINA Swimming World Cup, Results, Event winners, 400 m individual medley
Legend: WR – World record; (WR) – World record when swum (earning bonus World Cup points); WC – World Cup record; (WC) – World Cup record when swum


2008 FINA Synchronised Swimming World Trophy
The 3rd FINA Synchronised Swimming World Trophy was held December 5–7, 2008 in Madrid, Spain. It featured swimmers from 8 nations, swimming in four events: Duet Free, Duet Thematic, Team Free and Free Combination.


2008 FINA Women's Water Polo World League
The 2008 FINA Women's Water Polo World League was the fifth edition of the event, organised by the world's governing body in aquatics, the FINA. After three preliminary rounds the Super Final was held in Santa Cruz del Tenerife, Spain from June 10 to June 15, 2008.


2008 FINA World Junior Synchronised Swimming Championships
The 11th FINA World Junior Synchronised Swimming Championships was held July 8–13, 2010 in St. Petersburg, Russia. The synchronised swimmers are aged between 15 and 18 years old, from 26 nations, swimming in four events: Solo, Duet, Team and Free combination.


2008 FINA World Junior Synchronised Swimming Championships, Participating nations
26 nations swam at the 2008 World Junior Championships were:


2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships
The 5th FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships were held May 3–8, 2008 in Seville, Spain. The races were held on a 2.5-kilometer loop-course in the Guadalquivir river in the city center.


2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships
A total of 165 swimmers (81 females, 84 males) were entered into the 6 races at the 2008 Open Water Worlds:


2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships
The 10K races served as the initial qualifier for the 10K race at the 2008 Olympics.


2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships, Team standings
The Championship Trophy point standing for the 2008 Open Water Worlds is:


2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships, Team standings
The following 17 countries are listed in a tie for 22nd, with zero (0) points:


2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Men's 10K
The Men's 10K race at the 2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships was swum on Sunday, May 4, 2008 in Seville, Spain. It was the second event of the 2008 Open Water Worlds, following the Women's 10K the previous day.


2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Men's 10K
The race began at 10:00 a.m., and was swum in the Guadalquivir River in the city center. 55 men swam the event.


2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Men's 10K
The 10 kilometer distance of the race was reached by completed 4 laps of the 2.5-kilometer course set up for the championships.


2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Men's 10K, 2008 Olympics qualifying
The Men's 10K was one of two races at the 2008 Open Water Worlds that served as a qualifier for the 2008 Olympics (the other qualifying race was the Women's 10K, the previous day).


2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Men's 10K, 2008 Olympics qualifying
The top-10 finishers and the next top finisher from each Continent (5) qualified for the 2008 Olympics (this comprised 15 of the 25 spots for the event at the 2008 Olympics). However, the 5 continental qualifiers could not be from a country that had someone in the top-10 (i.e. the second qualifier from a country couldn't be a continental qualifier).


2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Men's 25K
The Men's 25K race at the 2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships was swum on Thursday, May 8, 2008 in Seville, Spain. It was the fifth of six events at the 2008 Open Water Worlds.


2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Men's 25K
The 5-6 hour race began at 9:00 a.m., 15 minutes before the start of the Women's 25K race. The race was swum in the Guadalquivir River in the city center. 23 men swam the event, 18 f which finished.


2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Men's 25K
The race was held on a 5-kilometer course, which the swimmers looped through five times to reach the 25-kilometer distance of the race.


2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Men's 5K
The Men's 5K race at the 2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships was swum on Tuesday, May 6, 2008 in Seville, Spain. It was the fourth event of the 2008 Open Water Worlds, and second of two events on May 6 (the other being the Women's 5K race).


2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Men's 5K
The race began at 12:30 p.m., and was swum in the Guadalquivir River in the city center. 38 males were entered in the event, of which 33 swam.


2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Men's 5K
The 5-kilometer distance of the race was reached by completed 2 laps of the 2.5-kilometer course set up for the championships.


2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Women's 10K
The Women's 10K race at the 2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships was swum on Saturday, May 3, 2008 in Seville, Spain. It was the first event of the 2008 Open Water Worlds.


2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Women's 10K
The race began at 10:00 a.m., and was swum in the Guadalquivir River in the city center. 51 women swam the event.


2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Women's 10K
The 10 kilometer distance of the race was reached by completed 4 laps of the 2.5-kilometer course set up for the championships.


2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Women's 10K, 2008 Olympics qualifying
The Women's 10K was one of two races at the 2008 Open Water Worlds that served as a qualifier for the 2008 Olympics (the other qualifying race was the men's 10K, the next day).


2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Women's 10K, 2008 Olympics qualifying
The top-10 finishers and the next top finisher from each Continent (5) qualified for the 2008 Olympics (this comprised 15 of the 25 spots for the event at the 2008 Olympics). However, the 5 continental qualifiers could not be from a country that had someone in the top-10 (i.e. the second qualifier from a country couldn't be a continental qualifier). As Africa only had entrants from South Africa, and Natalie du Toit qualified via the top-10, the Africa Continental spot was re-allocated to the second qualify event later in 2008.


2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Women's 10K, 2008 Olympics qualifying
Also of note on du Toit: she became the first Paralympic athlete to qualify for an Olympics with her fourth-place finish in the race. She would go on to swim at both the 2008 Olympics and 2008 Paralympics.


2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Women's 25K
The Women's 25K race at the 2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships was swum on Thursday, May 8, 2008 in Seville, Spain. It was the sixth and final of the 2008 Open Water Worlds.


2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Women's 25K
The 5-6 hour race began at 9:15 a.m., 15 minutes after the start of the Men's 25K race. The race was swum in the Guadalquivir River in the city center. 17 women swam the event.


2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Women's 25K
The race was held on a 5 kilometer course, which the swimmers looped through five times to reach the 25 kilometer distance of the race.


2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Women's 5K
The Women's 5K swimming race at the 2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships was held on Tuesday, May 6, 2008 in Seville, Spain. It was the third event of the 2008 Open Water Worlds, and one of two events on May 6 (the other being the men's 5K race).


2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Women's 5K
The race began at 10:00 a.m., and was swum in the Guadalquivir River in the city center. 39 women swam the event.


2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Women's 5K
The 5-kilometer distance of the race was reached by completed 2 laps of the 2.5-kilometer course set up for the championships.


2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Women's 5K, Results
Note: Ninth and tenth place finishers, France's Cathy Dietrich and Spain's Xenia Lopez, are both listed with the same time (1:00:20.6); however, they are not listed as tied in the results. Dietrich is listed as 9th, Lopez as 10th. Likewise, the 28th and 29th place finishers, Venezuela's Yanel Pinto and Portugal's Daniela Inacio, are similarly both listed at 1:01:41.3, but not tied. This is different from the two 4th place finishers, who are both listed as fourth.


2008 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
The 9th FINA Swimming World Championships (25 m) were held at the Manchester Arena, in Manchester, United Kingdom 9–13 April 2008.


2008 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
The United States topped the medal table with 10 gold medals, though host team Great Britain took home the most medals (24).


2008 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 50 metre freestyle
The men's 50 metre freestyle competition of the 2008 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was held on 10 and 11 April 2008 at the Manchester Arena.


2008 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 50 metre freestyle
The event was won by the defending champion Croatian Duje Draganja in a new world record time of 20.81 seconds, breaking the previous mark set by Sweden's Stefan Nystrand six months earlier by 0.12 seconds. Swimming in lane 1 in the final, Draganja also broke the championship record of 21.31 set by Cullen Jones of the United States in Shanghai in 2006.


2008 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 50 metre freestyle
Great Britain's Mark Foster won the silver medal, finishing a half a second behind Draganja while Gerhard Zandberg of South Africa finished third in 21.33.


2008 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) – Men's 50 metre freestyle, Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world and championship records were as follows.


2008 FINA Youth World Swimming Championships
The 2nd FINA World Youth Swimming Championships, or 2008 Youth Worlds, were held on July 8–13, 2008, in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.


2008 FINA Youth World Swimming Championships
The Championships were held at the Aquatics Center of the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (Centro Acuático Olímpico Universitario). In May 2008, this same pool hosted the swimming portion of the 2008 Mexican National Olympiad, which served as the country's selection meet for Mexico's teams to the 2008 Olympics.


2008 FINA Youth World Swimming Championships
The male participants had to be 18 years or younger on the 31 December 2008 (i.e. born 1990 or later). The female participants had to be 17 years or younger on the 31 December 2008 (i.e. born 1991 or later).


2008 FIRA Women's European Championship
The 2008 FIRA Women's European Championship was the 11th rugby union women's European championship organised by FIRA - AER.


2008 FIRA Women's European Championship
It took place in the Netherlands from 17 to 24 May 2008; for the first time since 2004 both the A and B championships were held simultaneously in the same host country.


2008 FIRA Women's European Championship
Eight national teams took part to the Pool A: the four Home Nations plus France, Spain and the Netherlands; as for Italy they withdrew and were replaced by Sweden. Amongst the contestants in the Pool B were also the "France Défense XV", the French Army women's rugby union squad.


2008 FIRA Women's European Championship
England won the Pool A title against Wales in the final. There were no tries in the match, which effectively amounted to a kicking duel, with each team dominating one half. Non Evans scored two penalties for the Welsh in the first half and Katy McLean scored four for England in the second half. The English took the title with a final score of 12 to 6. Both teams produced good play during the tournament; however, in this particular match the defence stole the lead over the attack and the precision and discipline of the English won the day.


2008 FIRA Women's European Championship
The new Champions of Europe succeeded France, who only managed to attain fourth place - despite the final score, 22-22, in the play-off against Ireland the last place on the podium went to their opponents as they scored more tries. A surprise placing for the Scottish who came in fifth, winning 27 -25 against Spain in an incredible match (8 tries), probably one of the best of the Championship with Spain just losing out in injury time. In the match for seventh place, the Netherlands beat Sweden 7 to 6.


2008 FIRA Women's European Championship
It was an easy win for Russia in the Group B final against the French Military team. Faster and more organized, the Russian players took control of the match very early on when their full-back and team captain, Anastasiya Mukharyamova launched a counterattack from the 22 metre line and a few passes later, Anna Gottseva finished between the posts. Throughout the tournament Russia produced some splendid clean, creative and collective play. The speed and agility of their backs meant that they emerged as the team with the best attacking play.


2008 FIRA Women's European Championship
Their players took major risks and didn’t hesitate in launching counterattacks from anywhere on the pitch. It was no surprise when they won this afternoon in Amsterdam. Congratulations also to the Russian full-back Natalia Selyvtina, a very impressive “sidestepper”, who succeeded in scoring eleven tries during her team's five games. An incredible turnabout took place in the match for third place. Ten minutes from the end of the match, the Belgians were leading 15 to 7 and were expecting victory. However, they hadn’t counted on the courage of the Germans who scored two late tries, taking the lead in the last minute and eventually winning the match 19 to 15. In the match for fifth place, Romanian won 12 – 5 against Finland.


2008 FIRA Women's European Championship
FIRA-AER officials also selected the best players of the Championship. The jury, made up of Technical Directors and Match Commissioners selected:


2008 FIRS Intercontinental Cup
The 2008 FIRS Intercontinental Cup was the eleventh edition of the roller hockey tournament known as the Intercontinental Cup, played on September 29, 2008 at Molins de Rei, Spain. FC Barcelona won the cup, defeating Concepción PC.


2008 FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships
The FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships XIV is held in Germany between July 6 and July 12, 2008. It is the 14th such event hosted by the International Roller Sports Federation. Teams representing 17 countries will participate in four pools. The competition will also serve as qualifications for the 2009 competition as well as selection of the five top placing teams for the 2009 World Games.


2008 FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships, Rules
If teams are tied in a standing based on points, the following tie-breakers are applied:1) The most points earned in direct games involving tied teams. 2) The best goal differential in direct games involving tied teams. 3) The most goal scored in direct games involving tied teams. 4) Follow steps 1, 2 and 3 with games involving the highest non-tied team in the same group. 5) Repeat step 4 with games involving the second highest non-tied team in the same group. 6) Continue this process with all non-tied team games.


2008 FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships, Group 1
The top eight inline hockey nations were placed in the following two pools. After playing a round robin, the top three teams in each pool advance to the World Championship while the last team in each pool are relegated to the National Team World Cup.


2008 FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships, Group 2
The remaining inline hockey nations were placed in the following two pools. After playing a round robin, the top team in each pool advance to the World Championship while the rest of the teams in each pool are relegated to the National Team World Cup.


2008 FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships, Ranking and statistics, Scoring leaders
List shows the top 10 skaters sorted by points, then goals. If the list exceeds 10 skaters because of a tie in points, all of the tied skaters are left out.


2008 FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championships, Ranking and statistics, Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes; POS = Position