Before the 2008 Olympics, teams from which country caused a scandal by posing for a pre-Olympic newspaper advertisement pulling back the skin on either side of their eyes, to mimic the typical Asian?
Spain at the 2008 Summer Olympics qualified for the Olympics as the reigning world champion in the 2006 FIBA World Championship. On the other hand, the women's team finished second at the EuroBasket Women 2007, and qualified for the final five Olympic spots at the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women 2008. Both men and women 2008 Summer Olympics Spanish basketball teams were a part of the 'slanty-eye' gesture photo incident that took place before the Beijing Olympics. The photo was a feature ad as a newspaper spread in Spain, showing all players using their fingers to apparently make their eyes look more Chinese (Epicanthic
Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers The Asian Football Confederation's Pre-Olympic Tournament was held from 7 February to 21 November 2007. Twenty-four teams entered the qualification for the three allocated spots for the 2008 Summer Olympics Football tournament in Beijing. The qualification saw Australia, Korea Republic, and Japan winning their final round groups and qualifying to the Olympics. Asian berths for the final is 3 plus the host China PR (automatically qualified). The first legs were played on 7 February and the second legs on 14 February 2007. The aggregate winners advanced to the second round.