Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

2016 FIBA Olympic
Qualifying Tournaments
For Men
Tournament details
Host country Italy
 Philippines
 Serbia
Dates4 – 10 July 2016
Teams18
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
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The basketball qualification for the Summer Olympics men's basketball tournament occurred from 2014 to 2016; all five FIBA (International Basketball Federation) zones sent in teams.

The first qualifying tournament was the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup in which the champion was guaranteed of a place in the Olympics. Throughout the next two years, several regional tournaments served as qualification for the zonal tournaments, which doubled as intercontinental championships, to determine which teams would participate in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics.

Method

Qualification via continental championships and World Cup

A total of 12 teams will take part in the Olympics, with each NOC sending in one team.

There were a total of 5 zonal tournaments (doubling as intercontinental championships) that determined the qualifying teams, with a total of 7 teams qualifying outright. Each zone was allocated with the following qualifying berths:

  • FIBA Africa: 1 team (Champion)
  • FIBA Americas: 2 teams (Champion and runner-up)
  • FIBA Asia: 1 team (Champion)
  • FIBA Europe: 2 teams (Champion and runner-up)
  • FIBA Oceania: 1 team (Champion)

Furthermore, the current world champion, the United States qualified automatically by winning at the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup.

Qualification via hosting the Olympics

The host nation (Brazil) qualified after FIBA voted to allow them to qualify as hosts in a meeting at Tokyo in August 2015.

Qualification via the wild card tournament

The additional three teams will be determined at the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men, with the best non-qualifying teams participating from teams that did not qualify outright. Each zone was allocated with the following berths:

There would be three tournaments, with the winners in each tournament winning a berth to the Olympics. All teams that are participating in the continental championships are allowed to bid as hosts. If the host team already qualified outright, the next best team from its continent would be invited to participate instead of them.

Qualified teams

Teams are arranged by time of qualification.

Team Qualification Appearance Best performance FIBA
World
Rankings
Date As Last Total Streak
 United States 14 September 2014 Champions of the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup 2012 17 9th 14× gold medalists 1
 Brazil 9 August 2015 Hosts of the 2016 Summer Olympics 2012 15 2nd 3× bronze medalists 9
 Australia 18 August 2015 Champions of the 2015 FIBA Oceania Championship 2012 14 12th 4th place 11
 Nigeria 30 August 2015 Champions of AfroBasket 2015 2012 2 2nd 10th place 25
 Venezuela 11 September 2015 Champions of the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship 1992 2 1st 11th place 22
 Argentina 11 September 2015 Finalists of the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship 2012 7 4th 1× gold medalists 4
 Spain 17 September 2015 Champions of EuroBasket 2015 2012 12 4th 3× silver medalists 2
 Lithuania 18 September 2015 Finalists of EuroBasket 2015 2012 7 7th 3× bronze medalists 3
 China 3 October 2015 Champions of the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship 2012 11 1st 5th place 14
 Serbia 9 July 2016 Winner of 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Belgrade 2004 3 1st 1× silver medalists 6
 Croatia 9 July 2016 Winner of 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Turin 2008 3 1st 1× silver medalists 12
 France 10 July 2016 Winner of 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Manila 2012 9 2nd 1× silver medalists 5

2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup

As winners of the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, the USA automatically qualified for the 2016 Olympics, and chose not to participate in the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship.

# Team W–L Qualification
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States 9–0 Qualify to the Olympics
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Serbia 5–4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  France 6–3
4  Lithuania 6–3
5  Spain 6–1
6  Brazil 5–2
7  Slovenia 5–2
8  Turkey 4–3
9  Greece 5–1
10  Croatia 3–3
11  Argentina 3–3
12  Australia 3–3
13  Dominican Republic 2–4
14  Mexico 2–4
15  New Zealand 2–4
16  Senegal 2–4
17  Angola 2–3
18  Ukraine 2–3
19  Puerto Rico 1–4
20  Iran 1–4
21  Philippines 1–4
22  Finland 1–4
23  South Korea 0–5
24  Egypt 0–5

FIBA Africa

AfroBasket qualification

Hosts Tunisia and defending champions Angola qualified automatically. The other berths were disputed per each FIBA Africa zone, with three wild card berths awarded to complete the 16-team roster.

Zone 1

# Team W–L Qualification
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Morocco 2–1 Qualify to the AfroBasket
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Algeria 2–1 Selected as a wild card
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Libya 0–2 Withdrew

Zone 2

Group B
# Team W–L Qualification
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Mali 2–0 Qualify to the AfroBasket
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Senegal 0–2 Selected as a wild card
Group C
# Team W–L Qualification
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Cape Verde 2–0 Qualify to the AfroBasket
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Guinea 0–2

Zone 3

Group D
# Team W–L Qualification
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Ivory Coast 2–0 Qualify to the AfroBasket
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Benin 0–2
Group E
# Team W–L Qualification
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Nigeria 2–0 Qualify to the AfroBasket
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Burkina Faso 0–2

Zone 4

Group F
# Team W–L Qualification
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Cameroon 2–0 Qualify to the AfroBasket
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Congo 0–2
Group G
# Team W–L Qualification
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Gabon 3–1 Qualify to the AfroBasket
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Central African Republic 2–2 Selected as a wild card
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Chad 1–3

Zone 5

# Team W–L Qualification
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Egypt 4–0 Qualify to the AfroBasket
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Uganda 3–1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Rwanda 2–2
4  Kenya 1–3
5  Somalia 0–4

Zone 6

Group I
# Team W–L Qualification
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Zimbabwe 3–1 Qualify to the AfroBasket
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  South Africa 2–2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Seychelles 1–3
Group J
# Team W–L Qualification
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Mozambique 2–0 Qualify to the AfroBasket
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Botswana 0–2

AfroBasket

# Team W–L Qualification
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Nigeria 6–1 Qualify to the Olympics
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Angola 5–2 Qualify to Final Qualifying Tournament
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Tunisia 6–1
4  Senegal 5–2
5  Egypt 6–1
6  Algeria 3–4
7  Mali 3–4
8  Gabon 1–6
9  Cameroon 3–2
10  Cape Verde 3–2
11  Mozambique 2–3
12  Ivory Coast 2–3
13  Morocco 1–4
14  Central African Republic 1–4
15  Uganda 1–4
16  Zimbabwe 0–5

FIBA Americas

FIBA Americas Championship qualification

Qualification in the FIBA Americas was first via the Central American and Caribbean championships, where the top three teams in each tournament advance to the Centrobasket, where four FiBA Americas Championship berths were up for grabs. Four berths were disputed in the South American Championship. Mexico, which had already qualified, were awarded hosting duties. Canada and the USA are automatic entrants, but world champions USA chose to skip the tournament as they had already qualified via the World Cup.

Central America

# Team W–L Qualification
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Mexico 3–0 Qualify to the Centrobasket
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  El Salvador 2–1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Costa Rica 1–2
4  Honduras 0–3

Caribbean

# Team W–L Qualification
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Bahamas 4–1 Qualify to the Centrobasket
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Cuba 3–2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Virgin Islands 4–1
4  British Virgin Islands 2–3
5  Guyana 2–3
6  Barbados 2–3
7  Antigua and Barbuda 2–3
8  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1–4

Central America and Caribbean

# Team W–L Qualification
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Mexico 6–0 Qualify to the Americas Championship
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Puerto Rico 4–2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Dominican Republic 5–1
4  Cuba 3–3
5  Panama 2–2
6  Virgin Islands 2–2
7  Bahamas 1–3
8  Jamaica 1–3
9  Costa Rica 0–4
10  El Salvador 0–4

South America

# Team W–L Qualification
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Venezuela 4–1 Qualify to the Americas Championship
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Argentina 4–1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Brazil 3–2
4  Uruguay 2–3
5  Paraguay 3–2
6  Chile 2–3
7  Ecuador 1–4
8  Peru 0–5

FIBA Americas Championship

# Team W–L Qualification
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Venezuela 6–4 Qualify to the Olympics
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Argentina 8–2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Canada 8–2 Qualify to Final Qualifying Tournament
4  Mexico 7–3
5  Puerto Rico 4–4
6  Dominican Republic 2–6
7  Panama 2–6
8  Uruguay 2–6
9  Brazil 1–3 Qualify as host nation
10  Cuba 0–4

FIBA Asia

FIBA Asia Championship qualification

Qualification in FIBA Asia was done in two stages. First, on the FIBA Asia Cup, the winner qualifies to the FIBA Asia Championship, while the second to fifth-ranked team get additional berths for their respective FIBA Asia subzones. The second stage was via the subzones. The East Asia subzone chose to award its berths based on the FIBA World Rankings, as no country was willing to host the championship.

FIBA Asia Cup

# Team W–L Qualification
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Iran 4–1 Qualify to the Asian Championship
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Chinese Taipei 4–1 +1 East Asia berth
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Philippines 3–2 +1 Southeast Asia berth
4  China 2–3
5  Jordan 3–2 +1 West Asia berth
6  Japan 2–3 +1 East Asia berth
7  India 1–4
8  Singapore 0–5
8  Indonesia 0–5

Central Asia

# Team W–L Qualification
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Kazakhstan 1–0 Qualify to the Asian Championship
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Kyrgyzstan 0–1

East Asia

Team Rank Qualification
 China 14 Qualify to the Asian Championship
 South Korea 28
 Chinese Taipei 44
 Japan 47
 Hong Kong 69

Persian Gulf

# Team W–L Qualification
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Qatar 5–0 Qualify to the Asian Championship
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Kuwait 4–1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Bahrain 3–2
4  Saudi Arabia 2–3
5  United Arab Emirates 1–4
6  Oman 0–5

South Asia

# Team W–L Qualification
1st place, gold medalist(s)  India 5–0 Qualify to the Asian Championship
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Sri Lanka 4–1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)    Nepal 2–3
4  Bangladesh 2–3
5  Maldives 2–3
6  Bhutan 0–5

Southeast Asia

# Team W–L Qualification
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Philippines 5–0 Qualify to the Asian Championship
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Malaysia 4–1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Singapore 3–2
4  Indonesia 2–3
5  Laos 1–4
6  Brunei 0–5

West Asia

# Team W–L Qualification
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Lebanon 4–0 Qualify to the Asian Championship
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Jordan 3–1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Palestine 2–2
4  Syria 1–3
5  Iraq 0–4

FIBA Asia Championship

# Team W–L Qualification
1st place, gold medalist(s)  China 9–0 Qualify to the Olympics
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Philippines 7–2 Qualify to Final Olympic Qualifying Tournament as host
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Iran 7–2 Qualify to Final Qualifying Tournament
4  Japan 5–4
5  Lebanon 5–4 Stripped of qualification to Final Qualifying Tournament
6  South Korea 5–4
7  Qatar 4–5
8  India 3–6
9  Jordan 5–3
10  Palestine 4–4
11  Kazakhstan 2–6
12  Hong Kong 1–7
13  Chinese Taipei 3–2
14  Kuwait 1–4
15  Singapore 1–4
16  Malaysia 0–5

FIBA Europe

EuroBasket qualification

There were two rounds of qualification for EuroBasket. On the first round, the group winners qualify to a knockout stage; the winner qualifies to the championship, all other teams, including those eliminated in the group stages, participate in the second round, where the group winners and the runners-up, except for the team with worst record, qualifies to the final tournament. European teams that participated in the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup also Qualify to the final tournament. Hosts Ukraine were stripped of the hosting duties, but still were retained by virtue of participating in the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup; instead hosting rights were awarded to four countries: Croatia, France, Germany and Latvia, each hosting a preliminary round group, with France hosting the final round.

First round

Group A
# Team W–L Qualification
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Bulgaria 3–0 Advance to knockout stage
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Iceland 2–2 Advance to second round
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Romania 1–3
Group B
# Team W–L Qualification
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Estonia 3–1 Advance to knockout stage
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Portugal 2–2 Advance to second round
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Netherlands 1–3
Group C
# Team W–L Qualification
1st place, gold medalist(s)   Switzerland 5–1 Advance to knockout stage
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Austria 5–1 Advance to second round
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Denmark 2–4
4  Luxembourg 0–6
Group D
# Team W–L Qualification
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Belarus 3–1 Advance to knockout stage
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Slovakia 2–2 Advance to second round
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Hungary 1–3
Knockout stage
# Team W–L Qualification
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Estonia 2–2 Qualify to EuroBasket
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Bulgaria 3–1 Advance to second round
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Belarus 1–1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)   Switzerland 0–2

Second round

Group A
# Team W–L Qualification
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Bosnia and Herzegovina 4–0 Qualify to EuroBasket
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Iceland 2–2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Great Britain 0–4
Group B
# Team W–L Qualification
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Israel 4–2 Qualify to EuroBasket
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Netherlands 4–2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Montenegro 3–3
4  Bulgaria 1–5
Group C
# Team W–L Qualification
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Poland 5–1 Qualify to EuroBasket
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Germany 4–2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Austria 3–3
4  Luxembourg 0–6
Group D
# Team W–L Qualification
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Belgium 5–1 Qualify to EuroBasket
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  North Macedonia 5–1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Belarus 2–4
4  Denmark 0–6
Group E
# Team W–L Qualification
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Georgia 4–2 Qualify to EuroBasket
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Czech Republic 4–2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Hungary 4–2
4  Portugal 0–6
Group F
# Team W–L Qualification
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Latvia 6–0 Qualify to EuroBasket
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Romania 4–2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Sweden 2–4
4  Slovakia 0–6
Group G
# Team W–L Qualification
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Italy 3–1 Qualify to EuroBasket
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Russia 2–2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)   Switzerland 1–3

EuroBasket

# Team W–L Qualification
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Spain 7–2 Qualify to the Olympics
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Lithuania 7–2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  France 8–1 Qualify to Final Qualifying Tournament
4  Serbia 7–2 Qualify to Final Olympic Qualifying Tournament as host
5  Greece 7–1 Qualify to Final Qualifying Tournament
6  Italy 5–3 Qualify to Final Olympic Qualifying Tournament as host
7  Czech Republic 5–4 Qualify to Final Qualifying Tournament
8  Latvia 4–5
9  Croatia 3–3
10  Israel 3–3
11  Poland 3–3
12  Slovenia 3–3
13  Belgium 3–3
14  Turkey 3–3 Qualify to Final Qualifying Tournament as replacement team for Lebanon
15  Georgia 2–4
16  Finland 2–4
17  Russia 1–4
18  Germany 1–4
19  North Macedonia 1–4
20  Estonia 1–4
21  Netherlands 1–4
22  Ukraine 1–4
23  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–4
24  Iceland 0–5

FIBA Oceania

FIBA Oceania Championship

# Team W–L Qualification
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Australia 2–0 Qualify to the Olympics
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  New Zealand 0–2 Qualify to Final Qualifying Tournament

FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournaments

Draw

In 2016 three qualifying tournaments, each producing a team which qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics. They were held on 4–10 July 2016 in Turin, Manila and Belgrade.[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. The draw for the Olympic qualifiers took place at The House of Basketball in Mies, Switzerland on 26 January 2016.[2] 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.[3]

The teams' FIBA World Rankings on the day of the draw are shown in brackets.[4]

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 [3]

Turin

The tournament was held in Turin, Italy.

# Team W–L Qualification
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Croatia 3–1 Qualify to 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

Manila

The tournament was held in Manila, Philippines.

# Team W–L Qualification
1st place, gold medalist(s)  France 4–0 Qualify to the Olympics
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Canada 3–1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  New Zealand 1–2
4  Turkey 1–2
5  Senegal 0–2
6  Philippines 0–2

Belgrade

The tournament was held in Belgrade, Serbia.

# Team W–L Qualification
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Serbia 4–0 Qualify to the Olympics
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Puerto Rico 2–2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Latvia 2–1
4  Czech Republic 1–2
5  Angola 0–2
6  Japan 0–2

References

  1. ^ Dy, Adrian (19 January 2016). "FIBA awards Philippines, Italy, Serbia, hosting rights to Olympic Qualifiers". Slam. Archived from the original on 24 April 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Italy, Philippines and Serbia to host Olympic Qualifying Tournaments; France to stage Women's Tournament". FIBA. 19 January 2016. Archived from the original on January 20, 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  3. ^ 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. Archived from the original on January 26, 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  4. ^ "FIBA World Ranking for Men". FIBA. Archived from the original on July 8, 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
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