2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Turin

2016 FIBA World Olympic
Qualifying Tournament for Men
Turin, Italy
Tournament details
Host country Italy
Dates4–9 July
Teams6
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Croatia
Tournament statistics
MVPCroatia Dario Šarić
Top scorerCroatia Bojan Bogdanović (24.3)
Top reboundsCroatia Dario Šarić (10.0)
Top assistsGreece Nick Calathes (5.3)
Official website
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The 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Turin was one of three 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournaments for Men. The tournament was held at the Pala Alpitour in Turin, Italy, from 4 to 9 July 2016. The national teams of Greece, Mexico, Iran, Tunisia, Croatia, and hosts Italy were drawn into the tournament. Croatia qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics after defeating hosts Italy in the final.

Teams

Team Qualification Date of qualification FIBA World Ranking
 Greece[1] EuroBasket 2015 5th place 15 September 2015 10
 Mexico[2] 2015 FIBA Americas Championship 4th place 12 September 2015 19
 Iran[3] 2015 FIBA Asia Championship 3rd place 3 October 2015 17
 Tunisia[4] AfroBasket 2015 3rd place 30 August 2015 23
 Croatia[5][note 1] EuroBasket 2015 9th place 18 August 2015 12
 Italy[6][note 2] Hosts, EuroBasket 2015 6th place 19 January 2016 T-35

Venue

The Pala Alpitour was chosen as the main venue for the tournament. The arena hosted the ice hockey events at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Turin
2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Turin is located in Italy
Turin
Turin
2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Turin (Italy)
Pala Alpitour
Capacity: 16,600

Referees

The following referees were selected for the tournament.[7]

  • Cameroon Arnaud Kom Njilo
  • Kazakhstan Yevgeniy Mikheyev
  • Lithuania Jurgis Laurinavičius
  • Puerto Rico Jorge Vázquez
  • Slovenia Matej Boltauzer
  • Spain Emilio Pérez
  • Serbia Milivoje Jovčić
  • Ukraine Borys Shulga

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

Pos Team 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
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.
4 July 2016
18:00
Boxscore
Greece  78–53  Iran
Scoring by quarter: 27–21, 21–10, 18–16, 12–6
Pts: G. Antetokounmpo 16
Rebs: Papapetrou 6
Asts: Calathes 6		 Pts: Haddadi 16
Rebs: Sahakian 8
Asts: Jamshidi 5
Pala Alpitour, Turin
Attendance: 7,500
Referees: Jorge Vázquez (PUR), Emilio Pérez (ESP), Borys Shulga (UKR)
5 July 2016
18:00
Boxscore
Iran  70–75  Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 14–17, 12–19, 21–17, 23–22
Pts: Yakhchali 20
Rebs: Kazemi 9
Asts: four players 3		 Pts: Cruz 18
Rebs: Hernández 8
Asts: Stoll 4
Pala Alpitour, Turin
Attendance: 7,150
Referees: Matej Boltauzer (SLO), Jurgis Laurinavičius (LTU), Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ)
6 July 2016
18:00
Boxscore
Mexico  70–86  Greece
Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 19–18, 13–27, 22–26
Pts: Cruz 19
Rebs: I. Gutiérrez 11
Asts: Méndez 5		 Pts: G. Antetokounmpo 21
Rebs: Bourousis 9
Asts: Calathes 7
Pala Alpitour, Turin
Attendance: 1,728
Referees: Jorge Vázquez (PUR), Milivoje Jovčić (SRB), Borys Shulga (UKR)

Group B

Pos Team 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
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
4 July 2016
21:00
Boxscore
Tunisia  41–68  Italy
Scoring by quarter: 12–19, 15–13, 2–22, 12–14
Pts: El Mabrouk 11
Rebs: Braa 9
Asts: Roll 5		 Pts: Bargnani 15
Rebs: Gallinari 9
Asts: Cusin, Melli 3
Pala Alpitour, Turin
Attendance: 9,834
Referees: Matej Boltauzer (SLO), Milivoje Jovčić (SRB), Arnaud Kom Njilo (CMR)
5 July 2016
21:00
Boxscore
Italy  67–60  Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 21–23, 12–12, 21–12, 13–13
Pts: Belinelli 19
Rebs: Gallinari, Hackett 8
Asts: Gentile 4		 Pts: Bogdanović 26
Rebs: Šarić 10
Asts: Šarić, Ukić 3
Pala Alpitour, Turin
Attendance: 11,872
Referees: Emilio Pérez (ESP), Milivoje Jovčić (SRB), Jorge Vázquez (PUR)
6 July 2016
21:00
Boxscore
Croatia  72–52  Tunisia
Scoring by quarter: 12–12, 17–12, 22–12, 21–16
Pts: Bogdanović 25
Rebs: Šarić 9
Asts: three players 3		 Pts: Roll 21
Rebs: Ben Romdhane 9
Asts: Roll 5
Pala Alpitour, Turin
Attendance: 3,682
Referees: Matej Boltauzer (SLO), Jurgis Laurinavičius (LTU), Emilio Pérez (ESP)

Knockout phase

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
8 July
 
 
 Greece61
 
9 July
 
 Croatia66
 
 Croatia (OT)84
 
8 July
 
 Italy78
 
 Italy79
 
 
 Mexico54
 

Semifinals

8 July 2016
16:30
Boxscore
Greece  61–66  Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 13–31, 21–13, 15–8, 12–14
Pts: Perperoglou 13
Rebs: G. Antetokounmpo 9
Asts: G. Antetokounmpo 4		 Pts: Bogdanović 20
Rebs: Šarić, Simon 8
Asts: Ukić 5
Pala Alpitour, Turin
Attendance: 5,618
Referees: Matej Boltauzer (SLO), Emilio Pérez (ESP), Borys Shulga (UKR)
8 July 2016
21:00
Boxscore
Italy  79–54  Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 19–13, 19–15, 20–13, 21–13
Pts: Gallinari 15
Rebs: Melli 6
Asts: Belinelli 4		 Pts: Cruz 20
Rebs: Cruz 7
Asts: J. Gutiérrez 4
Pala Alpitour, Turin
Attendance: 10,083
Referees: Jorge Vázquez (PUR), Milivoje Jovčić (SRB), Jurgis Laurinavičius (LTU)

Final

9 July 2016
21:00
Boxscore
Croatia  84–78 (OT)  Italy
Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 20–22, 15–18, 16–18, Overtime: 14–8
Pts: Bogdanović 26
Rebs: Šarić 13
Asts: Hezonja 4		 Pts: Belinelli 18
Rebs: Gallinari, Melli 8
Asts: three players 4
Pala Alpitour, Turin
Attendance: 12,074
Referees: Matej Boltauzer (SLO), Emilio Pérez (ESP), Jorge Vázquez (PUR)

Final rankings

# Team W–L Qualification
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Croatia 3–1 Qualified for the Olympics
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Italy 3–1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Greece 2–1
4  Mexico 1–2
5  Iran 0–2
6  Tunisia 0–2

Statistical leaders

Players

Points[8]
Pos. Name PPG
1 Croatia Bojan Bogdanović 23.7
2 Mexico Francisco Cruz 19.0
3 Iran Behnam Yakhchali 16.0
4 Greece Giannis Antetokounmpo 15.3
5 Tunisia Michael Roll 15.0
Rebounds
Pos. Name RPG
1 Croatia Dario Šarić 9.0
2 Italy Danilo Gallinari 7.0
Iran Arsalan Kazemi 7.0
4 Greece Ioannis Bourousis 6.7
Mexico Héctor Hernández 6.7
Assists
Pos. Name APG
1 Greece Nick Calathes 5.3
2 Tunisia Michael Roll 5.0
3 Mexico Paul Stoll 3.7
Croatia Roko Ukić 3.7
5 Iran Mohammad Jamshidi 3.5

Steals
Pos. Name SPG
1 Mexico Jorge Gutiérrez 2.3
2 Mexico Paul Stoll 2.0
Tunisia Hamdi Braa 2.0
Iran Adnan Doraghi 2.0
5 Greece Nick Calathes 1.7
Blocks
Pos. Name BPG
1 Greece Giannis Antetokounmpo 2.0
2 Tunisia Mokhtar Ghyaza 1.5
3 Greece Thanasis Antetokounmpo 1.3
4 Mexico Lorenzo Mata 1.0
Italy Riccardo Cervi 1.0
Other statistical leaders
Stat Name Avg.
Field goal percentage Mexico Francisco Cruz 55.0%
3-point FG percentage Italy Pietro Aradori 83.3%
Free throw percentage Greece Giannis Antetokounmpo
Tunisia Michael Roll		 100.0%
Turnovers Iran Mohammad Jamshidi 5.5
Fouls Tunisia Mehdi Seyeh 4.0

Teams

Points[9]
Pos. Name PPG
1  Greece 75.0
2  Italy 71.3
3  Mexico 66.3
4  Croatia 66.0
5  Iran 61.5
Rebounds
Pos. Name RPG
1  Italy 44.0
2  Croatia 41.3
3  Greece 37.3
4  Mexico 33.7
5  Iran 33.0
Assists
Pos. Name APG
1  Greece 17.0
2  Italy 16.0
3  Iran 15.0
4  Mexico 14.0
5  Croatia 13.3

Steals
Pos. Name SPG
1  Greece 8.3
 Mexico 8.3
3  Tunisia 7.5
4  Italy 7.3
5  Iran 4.5
Blocks
Pos. Name BPG
1  Greece 6.0
2  Mexico 3.0
3  Italy 2.7
4  Iran 2.0
 Tunisia 2.0
Other statistical leaders
Stat Name Avg.
Field goal percentage  Greece 43.1%
3-point FG percentage  Iran 42.5%
Free throw percentage  Italy
 Greece		 73.8%
Turnovers  Iran 23.5
Fouls  Mexico 24.7

Sponsors

Sponsors of the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Turin
Presenting Partner
Global Sponsors

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Croatia later qualified for the tournament, together with Latvia, when Italy and Serbia were announced as two of the Olympic qualifying tournament hosts.
  2. ^ Italy also qualified by virtue of being the 6th placers at EuroBasket 2015.

References

  1. ^ "2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men - Greece". FIBA. Archived from the original on August 21, 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  2. ^ "2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men - Mexico". FIBA. Archived from the original on August 16, 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  3. ^ "2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men - Iran". FIBA. Archived from the original on July 24, 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  4. ^ "2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men - Tunisia". FIBA. Archived from the original on July 24, 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  5. ^ "2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men - Croatia". FIBA. Archived from the original on February 28, 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  6. ^ "2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men - Italy". FIBA. Archived from the original on August 31, 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  7. ^ Referees
  8. ^ Player statistics
  9. ^ Team statistics

External links

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