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2020 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments – Belgrade

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2020 FIBA World Olympic
Qualifying Tournament for Men
Belgrade, Serbia
Tournament details
Host country Serbia
Dates29 June – 4 July 2021
Teams5[1]
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Italy
Tournament statistics
MVPItaly Achille Polonara
Top scorerPuerto Rico Gian Clavell (20.5)
Top reboundsItaly Achille Polonara (9.3)
Top assistsPuerto Rico Gary Browne (13.0)
PPG (Team) Serbia (93.5)
RPG (Team) Italy (38.3)
APG (Team) Serbia (25.0)
Official website
WOQT Serbia

The 2020 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Belgrade was one of four 2020 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments. The tournament was held in Belgrade, Serbia.[2] It was originally scheduled to take place from 23 to 28 June 2020 but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, to 29 June to 4 July 2021.[3]

Following the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, it was the second consecutive men's Olympic qualifying tournament held in Belgrade, Serbia.

Teams

See also: 2020 Serbia men's OQT basketball team and 2020 Italy men's OQT basketball team

New Zealand initially qualified for the Olympic Qualifying Tournament by virtue of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup. On 26 February 2021, Basketball New Zealand announced that they would pull out of the tournament. On the same day, FIBA announced that they would be replaced by the Philippines as the next-best team from the Asia-Oceania region in FIBA World Rankings.[4][5]

Senegal had been initially included in the Belgrade Tournament, but it has been forced to withdraw before the start due to several COVID-19 positive cases, and not being replaced by any team, lowering the number of participants to 5.[6]

Team Qualification Date of qualification FIBA World Ranking
 Serbia 5th at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup 15 September 2019 5th
 Italy 9th at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup 15 September 2019 10th
 Puerto Rico 15th at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup 15 September 2019 18th
 Dominican Republic 16th at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup 15 September 2019 19th
 Senegal[1] Wild card 19 September 2019 35th
 Philippines Wild card 26 February 2021 31st

Venue

Belgrade
2020 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments – Belgrade is located in Serbia
Belgrade
Belgrade
2020 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments – Belgrade (Serbia)
Aleksandar Nikolić Hall
Capacity: 8,000

Squads

Main article: 2020 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments squads

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).[7]

Group A

Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Serbia (H) 2 2 0 177 152 +25 4 Semi-finals
2  Dominican Republic 2 1 1 170 161 +9 3
3  Philippines 2 0 2 143 177 −34 2
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head points difference; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
29 June 2021
20:15
Dominican Republic  76–94  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 23–31, 24–16, 19–20, 10–27
Pts: Liz, Torres 16
Rebs: Liz 9
Asts: Solano, Torres 4		 Pts: Marjanović 18
Rebs: Marjanović 10
Asts: Teodosić 6
Aleksandar Nikolić Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 1,078
Referees: Guilherme Locatelli (BRA), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Georgios Poursanidis (GRE)
30 June 2021
20:15
Serbia  83–76  Philippines
Scoring by quarter: 22–16, 23–18, 22–28, 16–14
Pts: Marjanović 25
Rebs: Marjanović 10
Asts: Teodosić 6		 Pts: Kouame 17
Rebs: Kouame 7
Asts: Belangel 6
Aleksandar Nikolić Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 1,256
Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Omar Bermúdez (MEX), James Boyer (AUS)
1 July 2021
20:30
Philippines  67–94  Dominican Republic
Scoring by quarter: 22–23, 19–16, 10–26, 16–29
Pts: Heading 16
Rebs: Kouame 6
Asts: Belangel 10		 Pts: Liz 23
Rebs: Araújo 7
Asts: Torres 6
Aleksandar Nikolić Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 200
Referees: Guilherme Locatelli (BRA), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Kingsley Ojeaburu (NGA)

Group B

Senegal did not participate in the Qualifying Tournament. On 28 June, they informed FIBA about COVID-19 related disruptions to their preparations in Germany. Afterwards, their scheduled games with Puerto Rico and Italy did not take place.[8]

Therefore, in Group B only one match has been played between Puerto Rico and Italy: the winner of this game finished first of group B and faced the second placed team of Group A, the other team finished second of Group B and faced the first placed team of group A, in the semi-finals. In fact, FIBA did not considered Senegal as a participant and did not applied the Rule 20.2.1, which could have awarded Senegal's opponents the game with score as 20 to 0 (Article 20 discusses the games lost by forfeit). FIBA indeed did not drew up any standings.[9]


1 July 2021
16:30
Italy  90–83  Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 18–24, 19–20, 27–14, 26–25
Pts: three players 21
Rebs: Polonara 11
Asts: Mannion 6		 Pts: Clavell 24
Rebs: Browne 9
Asts: Browne 16
Aleksandar Nikolić Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 200
Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Omar Bermúdez (MEX), Yener Yılmaz (TUR)

Final round

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
3 July
 
 
 Serbia102
 
4 July
 
 Puerto Rico84
 
 Serbia95
 
3 July
 
 Italy102
 
 Italy79
 
 
 Dominican Republic59
 

Semi-finals

3 July 2021
13:00
Italy  79–59  Dominican Republic
Scoring by quarter: 22–14, 20–16, 24–8, 13–21
Pts: Fontecchio 17
Rebs: three players 5
Asts: four players 3		 Pts: Francis 12
Rebs: Santos 7
Asts: Mendoza, Solano 4
Aleksandar Nikolić Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 502
Referees: Guilherme Locatelli (BRA), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Georgios Poursanidis (GRE)
3 July 2021
16:00
Serbia  102–84  Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 28–26, 23–14, 28–28, 23–16
Pts: Micić 21
Rebs: Petrušev 8
Asts: Teodosić 10		 Pts: Piñeiro 23
Rebs: Browne 5
Asts: Browne 10
Aleksandar Nikolić Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 2,388
Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Omar Bermúdez (MEX), Yener Yılmaz (TUR)

Final

4 July 2021
20:30
Serbia  95–102  Italy
Scoring by quarter: 22–28, 23–29, 18–23, 32–22
Pts: Anđušić 27
Rebs: Kalinić 6
Asts: Kalinić, Teodosić 5		 Pts: Mannion 24
Rebs: Polonara 12
Asts: Pajola 6
Aleksandar Nikolić Hall, Belgrade
Attendance: 3,728
Referees: Guilherme Locatelli (BRA), Yohan Rosso (FRA), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT)

Final ranking

# Team W–L Qualification
1  Italy 3–0 Qualified for the Olympics
2  Serbia 3–1
3  Puerto Rico 0–2
3  Dominican Republic 1–2
5  Philippines 0–2

See also

References

  1. ^ a b 6 teams were originally planned. Senegal has been forced to withdraw before the start of the Tournament due to numerous COVID-19 positive cases, and not being replaced by any team. See: "FIBA OQT. Ecco i 12 di Meo. Il Senegal non giocherà il Preolimpico e gli Azzurri (già in semifinale) esordiranno il 1º luglio contro il Portorico". fip.it (in Italian). Italian Basketball Federation. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  2. ^ "FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments hosts announced for 2020". FIBA. 15 November 2019.
  3. ^ "FIBA's Executive Committee confirms global calendar update". FIBA. 9 April 2020.
  4. ^ "BBNZ board prioritises Asia Cup, World Cup and 2024 Olympics, but withdraws from 2021 OQTs". nz.basketball. 26 February 2021.
  5. ^ "FIBA statement on New Zealand's withdrawal from FIBA competitions". FIBA. 26 February 2021.
  6. ^ "FIBA OQT. Ecco i 12 di Meo. Il Senegal non giocherà il Preolimpico e gli Azzurri (già in semifinale) esordiranno il 1º luglio contro il Portorico". fip.it (in Italian). Italian Basketball Federation. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Tip-off times confirmed for FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments". FIBA. 19 February 2020.
  8. ^ "Rosters confirmed ahead of tip-off at FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  9. ^ "FIBA 2020 Olympic Qualifying Tournaments - Serbia: Final standings". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
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