Germany booked their place at the Beijing Olympics with a 96-82 win over Puerto Rico in the final game of the qualifying tournament.









Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki again led the way for the Germans with 32 points although Los Angeles Clippers centre Chris Kaman who was only given his German passport the week before the tournament also made a telling contribution with ten points and 12 rebounds.
Nowitzki's Dallas teammate Juan Jose Barea had an outstanding game for Puerto Rico acting as playmaker and scoring 18 points.
Germany and Greece will play in Group B which already includes Angola hosts China world champions Spain and a U.S. team eager to regain the top Olympic spot after winning bronze four years ago.
Croatia the who qualified on Saturday was drawn in Group A alongside 2004 Olympic champions Argentina Australia Iran Lithuania and European champions Russia.
"I had no preference as to what group we would be drawn in" Greece coach Panagiotis Giannakis said after the draw in Athens.
"There are seven to eight teams that could all win a medal and we want to play the best and leave our own mark in the Olympic tournament."
Greece tipped by many as a potential medal-winning team qualified with ease winning all their group and knock-out matches by a margin of at least 20 points.
"When you come up against such strong teams you have also the opportunity to understand your own team better and that is good and we want that at Olympics" he said.
Germany coach Dirk Bauermann said his team was not aiming high despite possessing two NBA players in Dirk Nowitzki and Chris Kaman.
"We have no expectations. We are just happy to be part of the elite of the world's best teams" he said .
The top four teams from each group go through to the quarter-finals.
The men's competition starts on August 10 two days after the Games open and ends on Aug. 24 the final day of the Games.
Group A: Croatia Argentina Australia Iran Lithuania Russia
Group B: Germany Greece Angola China Spain USA