2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournaments for Men

2016 FIBA World Olympic
Qualifying Tournaments
For Men
	File:FIBA OQT 2016 logo.png
Tournament details
Host countries	Serbia; Philippines; Italy
Dates	4–10 July
Teams	18 (6 per host nation)
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Tournament statistics
MVP	Nikola Jokić (OQT Belgrade); Nando de Colo (OQT Manila); Dario Šarić (OQT Turin)
Top scorer	Andray Blatche (25.5)
Top rebounds	Maurice Ndour (10.5)
Top assists	Tomáš Satoranský (7.3)
PPG (Team)	Serbia (93.5)
RPG (Team)	Senegal (52)
APG (Team)	Serbia (28.5)
Official website
	Serbia; Philippines; Italy;
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The 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament were three international men's basketball tournaments, each producing a team which qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics. They were held on 4–10 July 2016 in Italy, the Philippines and Serbia.^[1] Serbia, Croatia and France qualified for the Olympics as a result of these tournaments.

The format consisted of 18 national teams divided into three tournaments of six teams each, with the winning team from each event qualifying for the Olympics.

Hosts selection

On 12 November 2015, the day after bidding deadline, FIBA announced six candidates to co-host the 3 men's qualification tournaments:^[2]

Czech Republic (Prague)^[3]
Germany (Berlin)^[4]
Italy (Turin)^[5]

Philippines (Pasay)^[6]
Serbia (Belgrade)^[7]
Turkey (Istanbul)^{[failed verification]}^[8]

An evaluation of all bids took place,^[2] and Italy, the Philippines, and Serbia were announced as hosts of the three Olympic qualifiers on 19 January 2016.^[9]

Qualification

Competition	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nations^{[note 1]}	3 teams	Serbia Philippines Italy
EuroBasket 2015	6 teams	France Greece Czech Republic Latvia Croatia Turkey^{[note 2]}
2015 FIBA Americas Championship	3 teams	Canada Mexico Puerto Rico
AfroBasket 2015	3 teams	Angola Tunisia Senegal
2015 FIBA Asia Championship	2 teams	Iran Japan ~~Lebanon~~^{[note 2]}
2015 FIBA Oceania Championship	1 team	New Zealand

Draw

The draw for the Olympic qualifiers took place at The House of Basketball in Mies, Switzerland on 26 January 2016.^[9] The teams were divided into six pots. The draw had three parts. The first part determined in which of the three qualifying tournaments would each team participate, except for the host countries. The second part determined the grouping of each team (Group A or Group B) and the third part determined their position from 1 to 3, which would be used to determine the fixtures.^[11]

The teams' FIBA World Rankings on the day of the draw are shown in brackets.^[12]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
France (5) Serbia (6) (host) Greece (10)	Italy (35) (host) Czech Republic (42) Canada (26)	Philippines (28) (host) Iran (17) Japan (48)	Angola (15) Tunisia (23) Senegal (31)	Latvia (35) Croatia (12) Turkey (8)	Mexico (19) Puerto Rico (16) New Zealand (21)
Source: FIBA ^[11]

Venues

Belgrade	Pasay^{[note 3]}	Turin
Kombank Arena	Mall of Asia Arena	Pala Alpitour
Capacity: 18,300	Capacity: 15,000	Capacity: 16,600
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Squads

Olympic Qualifying Tournaments

OQT Belgrade (Serbia)

Matches were played at Kombank Arena in Belgrade.

Preliminary Round

Group A

Template:2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament – OQT Belgrade Group A table

Group B

Template:2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament – OQT Belgrade Group B table

Knockout phase

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia (H)	2	2	0	170	141	+29	4	Semifinals
2	Puerto Rico	2	1	1	172	168	+4	3	Semifinals
3	Angola	2	0	2	141	174	−33	2

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Latvia	2	2	0	159	107	+52	4	Semifinals
2	Czech Republic	2	1	1	146	142	+4	3	Semifinals
3	Japan	2	0	2	119	175	−56	2

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Semifinals		Final

8 July

Serbia	96
		9 July
Czech Republic	72
		Serbia	108
8 July
		Puerto Rico	77
Latvia	70

Puerto Rico	77

OQT Manila (Philippines)

Matches were played at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay.^{[note 3]}

Preliminary Round

Group A

Template:2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament – OQT Manila Group A table

Group B

Template:2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament – OQT Manila Group B table

Knockout phase

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	2	2	0	135	124	+11	4	Semifinals
2	Turkey	2	1	1	137	139	−2	3	Semifinals
3	Senegal	2	0	2	117	126	−9	2

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	2	2	0	159	143	+16	4	Semifinals
2	New Zealand	2	1	1	148	146	+2	3	Semifinals
3	Philippines (H)	2	0	2	164	182	−18	2

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts

Semifinals		Final

9 July

Canada	78
		10 July
New Zealand	72
		Canada	74
9 July
		France	83
France	75

Turkey	63

OQT Turin (Italy)

Matches were played at Pala Alpitour in Turin.

Preliminary Round

Group A

Template:2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament – OQT Turin Group A table

Group B

Template:2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament – OQT Turin Group B table

Knockout phase

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Greece	2	2	0	164	123	+41	4	Semifinals
2	Mexico	2	1	1	145	156	−11	3	Semifinals
3	Iran	2	0	2	123	153	−30	2

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy (H)	2	2	0	135	101	+34	4	Semifinals
2	Croatia	2	1	1	132	119	+13	3	Semifinals
3	Tunisia	2	0	2	93	140	−47	2

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts

Semifinals		Final

8 July

Greece	61
		9 July
Croatia	66
		Croatia (OT)	84
8 July
		Italy	78
Italy	79

Mexico	54

Final results

OQT Belgrade (Serbia)

#	Team	W–L	Qualification
	Serbia	4–0	Qualified for the Olympics
	Puerto Rico	2–2
	Latvia	2–1
4	Czech Republic	1–2
5	Angola	0–2
6	Japan	0–2

OQT Manila (Philippines)

#	Team	W–L	Qualification
	France	4–0	Qualified for the Olympics
	Canada	3–1
	New Zealand	1–2
4	Turkey	1–2
5	Senegal	0–2
6	Philippines	0–2

OQT Turin (Italy)

#	Team	W–L	Qualification
	Croatia	3–1	Qualified for the Olympics
	Italy	3–1
	Greece	2–1
4	Mexico	1–2
5	Iran	0–2
6	Tunisia	0–2

Statistical leaders

Player tournament averages

Points

Pos.	Name	PPG
1	Andray Blatche	25.5
2	Bojan Bogdanovic	24.3
3	Corey Webster	21.7
4	Cory Joseph	19.3
5	Francisco Cruz	19.0
6	Bogdan Bogdanovic	17.8
6	Nikola Jokic	17.8
8	Nando De Colo	17.3
9	Tai Webster	16.3
9	Dairis Bertans	16.3

Rebounds

Pos.	Name	RPG
1	Maurice Ndour	10.5
2	Dario Saric	10.0
3	Tai Webster	9.7
4	Semih Erden	8.7
5	Tristan Thompson	8.3
6	Mika Vukona	7.7
7	Nikola Jokic	7.5
7	Andray Blatche	7.5
9	Danilo Gallinari	7.3
10	Arsalan Kazemi	7.0
10	Troy Rosario	7.0

Assists

Pos.	Name	APG
1	Tomáš Satoranský	7.3
2	Bogdan Bogdanovic	6.0
3	Milos Teodosic	5.5
4	Nick Calathes	5.3
5	Yuta Tabuse	5.0
5	Michael Roll	5.0
7	Carlos Arroyo	4.5
8	Dairis Bertans	4.3
	José Juan Barea
	Cory Joseph

Steals

Pos.	Name	SPG
1	Carlos Morais	2.5
2	John Holland	2.3
	Nando De Colo
	Jorge Gutiérrez
5	Paul Stoll	2.0
	Hamdi Braa
	Adnan Doraghi
8	Stefan Jovic	1.8
8	Nikola Kalinic	1.8
10	Nick Calathes	1.7
10	Semih Erden	1.7

Blocks

Pos.	Name	BPG
1	Maurice Ndour	2.5
2	Giannis Antetokounmpo	2.0
2	Cheikh Mbodj	2.0
4	Yuta Watanabe	1.5
4	Mokhtar Ghyaza	1.5
6	Anzejs Pasecniks	1.3
	Jan Vesely
	Thanasis Antetokounmpo
9	Marco Cusin	1.0
	Renaldo Balkman
	Nicolo Melli
	Melvin Ejim
	Khem Birch
	Lorenzo Mata
	Ojars Silins
	Janis Timma
	Thomas Abercrombie
	Riccardo Cervi
	Andray Blatche

Other statistical leaders

Stat	Name	Avg.
Field goal percentage	Nikola Jokic	69.0%
3-point FG percentage	Carlos Arroyo	66.7%
Free throw percentage	Corey Webster Giannis Antetokounmpo Michael Roll	100.0%
Turnovers	Mohammad Jamshidi	5.5
Fouls	Mika Vukona	5.0

Team tournament averages

Points

Pos.	Name	PPG
1	Serbia	93.5
2	Philippines	82.0
3	Puerto Rico	81.5
4	France	79.3
5	Latvia	76.3

Rebounds

Pos.	Name	RPG
1	Senegal	52.0
2	Latvia	44.0
3	Italy	42.8
4	Croatia	42.5
5	New Zealand	41.7

Assists

Pos.	Name	APG
1	Serbia	28.5
2	Czech Republic	23.7
3	Latvia	18.3
4	Greece	17.0
5	Italy	16.3

Steals

Pos.	Name	SPG
1	Serbia	9.0
2	France	8.5
2	Puerto Rico	8.5
4	Greece	8.3
4	Mexico	8.3

Blocks

Pos.	Name	BPG
1	Greece	6.0
2	Senegal	5.0
3	Latvia	4.7
4	Czech Republic	4.3
5	Italy	3.8

Other statistical leaders

Stat	Name	Avg.
Field goal percentage	Serbia	54.6%
3-point FG percentage	Iran	42.5%
Free throw percentage	France	83.1%
Turnovers	Iran	23.5
Fouls	Senegal	26.5

Broadcasting

FIBA announced that French broadcaster Canal+ would be the official French broadcaster of the tournament.^[13] They also announced that Filipino broadcaster TV5 would be broadcasting the tournament in the Philippines.^[14] TSN also broadcast the tournament in Canada.^[15] Sport Klub broadcast the tournament in Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Macedonia. Šport TV (Slovenia) broadcast the tournament in Slovenia. RTS broadcast the tournament in Serbia. Only the Serbian matches were broadcast.

Notes

^ If the tournament is hosted by a team that has already qualified, the next-best team from the host country's federation will also qualify.^[10]
^ ^a ^b Lebanon qualified as fifth placers at the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship with the Philippines named as one of the hosts of the Olympic qualifying tournaments. However, FIBA stated that Lebanon is not "in good standing" or behind in payments with FIBA Asia and the FIBA Executive decided to invite Turkey as replacement taking its FIBA World Ranking and final standings at the 2015 EuroBasket in consideration.^[8]^[9]
^ ^a ^b The venue of the qualifying tournament, the Mall of Asia Arena is in Pasay which is part of Metro Manila.^[6] For marketing purposes the host city of the Philippine qualifiers is designated as "Manila"

References

^ Dy, Adrian (19 January 2016). "FIBA awards Philippines, Italy, Serbia, hosting rights to Olympic Qualifiers". Slam. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
^ ^a ^b PR N°71 - Eight countries bidding to host the 2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments
^ "Basketbalová federace chce v Praze hostit olympijskou kvalifikaci" (in Czech). sport.cz. 11 November 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
^ "DBB-Präsident Weiss: "Werden mit Berlin in die Runde gehen"" (in German). Handelsblatt. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
^ "Preolimpico in Italia, è pronta Torino" (in Italian). Corriere dello Sport. 16 September 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Basketball FIBA SBP has 'positive expectations' as Fiba names hosts of Olympic wildcard qualifiers". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
^ "Borba za Rio u Beogradu? Teško, ali..." (in Serbian). mondo. 26 October 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
^ ^a ^b Feldman, Dan (20 January 2016). "Turkey, not Lebanon, keeps its Olympic basketball dream alive". NBC Sports. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Italy, Philippines and Serbia to host Olympic Qualifying Tournaments; France to stage Women's Tournament". FIBA. 19 January 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
^ "Road to Rio - 2016 Men's Olympic Basketball Tournament". Mexico 2015 FIBA Americas Championship Official Website. FIBA. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Procedures for Official Draws of the 2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments for Men and Women to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games". FIBA. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
^ "FIBA World Ranking for Men". FIBA. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
^ "FIBA and French broadcaster Canal+ strike up exclusive deal for 2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments". FIBA. 21 January 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
^ "TV5 to serve as the official national broadcast partner of 2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament - Philippines". FIBA. 8 February 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
^ "Canadian broadcaster TSN to showcase Team Canada's Road to Rio 2016". FIBA. 18 June 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2016.

France Beats Canada In 2016 FIBAOQT - Manila Leg Finals (Scores and Highlights)

[11] If the tournament is hosted by a team that has already qualified, the next-best team from the host country's federation will also qualify.^[10]

[TURLIB-12] Lebanon qualified as fifth placers at the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship with the Philippines named as one of the hosts of the Olympic qualifying tournaments. However, FIBA stated that Lebanon is not "in good standing" or behind in payments with FIBA Asia and the FIBA Executive decided to invite Turkey as replacement taking its FIBA World Ranking and final standings at the 2015 EuroBasket in consideration.^[8]^[9]

[pasaynotmanila-15] The venue of the qualifying tournament, the Mall of Asia Arena is in Pasay which is part of Metro Manila.^[6] For marketing purposes the host city of the Philippine qualifiers is designated as "Manila"

[1] Dy, Adrian (19 January 2016). "FIBA awards Philippines, Italy, Serbia, hosting rights to Olympic Qualifiers". Slam. Retrieved 20 January 2016.

[FIBA_12/11/2015-2] PR N°71 - Eight countries bidding to host the 2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments

[3] "Basketbalová federace chce v Praze hostit olympijskou kvalifikaci" (in Czech). sport.cz. 11 November 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2015.

[4] "DBB-Präsident Weiss: "Werden mit Berlin in die Runde gehen"" (in German). Handelsblatt. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2016.

[5] "Preolimpico in Italia, è pronta Torino" (in Italian). Corriere dello Sport. 16 September 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2015.

[ph-6] "Basketball FIBA SBP has 'positive expectations' as Fiba names hosts of Olympic wildcard qualifiers". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2016.

[7] "Borba za Rio u Beogradu? Teško, ali..." (in Serbian). mondo. 26 October 2015. Retrieved 13 December 2015.

[tr-8] Feldman, Dan (20 January 2016). "Turkey, not Lebanon, keeps its Olympic basketball dream alive". NBC Sports. Retrieved 21 January 2016.

[bidwinners-9] "Italy, Philippines and Serbia to host Olympic Qualifying Tournaments; France to stage Women's Tournament". FIBA. 19 January 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2016.

[10] "Road to Rio - 2016 Men's Olympic Basketball Tournament". Mexico 2015 FIBA Americas Championship Official Website. FIBA. Retrieved 24 September 2015.

[draw-13] "Procedures for Official Draws of the 2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments for Men and Women to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games". FIBA. 25 January 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.

[14] "FIBA World Ranking for Men". FIBA. Retrieved 26 January 2016.

[16] "FIBA and French broadcaster Canal+ strike up exclusive deal for 2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments". FIBA. 21 January 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.

[17] "TV5 to serve as the official national broadcast partner of 2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament - Philippines". FIBA. 8 February 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2016.

[18] "Canadian broadcaster TSN to showcase Team Canada's Road to Rio 2016". FIBA. 18 June 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2016.

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v t e Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Rosters
Teams	Argentina Australia Brazil China Croatia France Lithuania Nigeria Serbia Spain United States Venezuela
Qualification	2014 Basketball World Cup Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania Qualifying tournaments Turin / Manila / Belgrade squads

v t e FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Men's tournaments	Bologna 1960 Yokohama 1964 Monterrey 1968 Augsburg 1972 Hamilton 1976 Netherlands 1988 Spain 1992 Athens 2008 Caracas 2012 2016 Turin Manila Belgrade 2020 Victoria Split Kaunas Belgrade 2024 Pre-qualifying Valencia Riga Piraeus San Juan
Women's tournaments	Hamilton 1976 Varna 1980 Santiago 1984 Malaysia 1988 Vigo 1992 Madrid 2008 Ankara 2012 Nantes 2016 2020 Ostend Bourges Belgrade – Group A Belgrade – Group B 2024 Xi'an Antwerp Belém Sopron
Formerly: pre-Olympic basketball tournament (1960–1992)

v t e Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Rosters
Teams	Argentina Australia Brazil China Croatia France Lithuania Nigeria Serbia Spain United States Venezuela
Qualification	2014 Basketball World Cup Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania Qualifying tournaments Turin / Manila / Belgrade squads

Hosts selection

Qualification

Draw

Venues

Squads

Olympic Qualifying Tournaments

OQT Belgrade (Serbia)

Preliminary Round

Knockout phase

OQT Manila (Philippines)

Preliminary Round

Knockout phase

OQT Turin (Italy)

Preliminary Round

Knockout phase

Final results

Statistical leaders

Player tournament averages

Team tournament averages

Broadcasting

See also

Notes

References