GENEVA, Switzerland – FIBA has announced the launch of http://www.olympicbasketball.fiba.com, a website designed to provide fans and the media with extensive and unprecedented coverage of the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments for Men and Women and of both Beijing 2008 Olympic Basketball Tournaments.

www.olympicbasketball.fiba.com offers exclusive websites, available in English, Chinese, Spanish and Greek languages, for each of the following six events marking this Olympic year: The FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women (Madrid, Spain, from 9th to 15th June 2008), FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men (Athens, Greece, from 14th to 20th July 2008), 3rd FIBA Diamond Ball for Men (Nanjing City, China, from 29th July to 1st August 2008),Olympic Basketball Tournament for Women (Beijing, China, from 9th to 23rd August 2008),Olympic Basketball Tournament for Men (Beijing, China, from 10th to 24th August 2008).

All six event websites will offer live results and statistics, game reports and previews, complete player profiles and biographies, hundreds of action photos, interviews and blogs from experts and fans, in addition to a variety of ‘behind the scenes’ features and videos.

www.olympicbasketball.fiba.com represents the perfect tool for any sports fan and media representative wanting to stay tuned with the latest news on Olympic basketball and with the qualification and preparation phases leading up to the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.