2020 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments – Victoria

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2020 FIBA World Olympic
Qualifying Tournament for Men
Victoria, Canada
Tournament details
Host nationFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Dates29 June – 4 July 2021
Teams 6  (from 3 federations)
Venues 1  (in 1 host city)
ChampionsFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
MVP Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomas Satoransky
Tournament leaders
PlayersTeams
Points Flag of Uruguay.svg Jayson Granger (23.5)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (102.3)
Rebounds Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Ondrej Balvin (11.0)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (43.0)
Assists Flag of Uruguay.svg Jayson Granger (8.5)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (22.0)
Official website
WOQT Canada

The 2020 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Victoria was one of four 2020 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments. The tournament was held in Victoria, Canada. [1] 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. [2]

Contents

The tournament was played behind closed doors due to the pandemic.

Teams

TeamQualificationDate of qualification FIBA World Ranking
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 21st at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup 15 September 201921st
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 11th at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup 15 September 20196th
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 6th at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup 15 September 201912th
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 20th at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup 15 September 201915th
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Wild card 19 September 201929th
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay Wild card 19 September 201945th

Venue

Victoria
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Victoria
2020 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments – Victoria (Canada)
Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
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Capacity: 7,400

Squads

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC−7). [3]

Group A

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (H)220206170+364 Semi-finals
2Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 211196177+193
3Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 202159214552
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
16:05
Greece  Flag of Greece.svg9197Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Scoring by quarter:23–19, 27–27, 21–28, 20–23
Pts: Mitoglou 14
Rebs: Mitoglou 10
Asts: Calathes 9
Pts: Wiggins 23
Rebs: Powell 7
Asts: Joseph 6
Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre, Victoria
Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Steven Anderson (USA), Luis Castillo (ESP)

30 June 2021
16:05
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg10979Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Scoring by quarter:27–19, 32–27, 20–19, 30–14
Pts: Wiggins 20
Rebs: Powell 9
Asts: Joseph 7
Pts: Hu 24
Rebs: Shen 8
Asts: Zhao 5
Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre, Victoria
Referees: Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Leandro Lezcano (ARG), Luis Castillo (ESP)

1 July 2021
16:05
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg80105Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Scoring by quarter: 14–28, 18–24, 27–24, 21–29
Pts: Hu 16
Rebs: Zhou Q. 10
Asts: Hu 5
Pts: Larentzakis 21
Rebs: Mitoglou 7
Asts: Calathes 8
Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre, Victoria
Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Luis Castillo (ESP), Ahmed Al-Shuwaili (IRQ)

Group B

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 220182156+264 Semi-finals
2Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 211150166163
3Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 202165175102
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.
29 June 2021
19:35
Uruguay  Flag of Uruguay.svg8695Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 22–27, 15–16, 26–18, 23–34
Pts: Granger 25
Rebs: Calfani 8
Asts: Granger 10
Pts: Osman 27
Rebs: Osman 9
Asts: Tuncer 5
Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre, Victoria
Referees: Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Leandro Lezcano (ARG), Ahmed Al-Shuwaili (IRQ)

30 June 2021
19:35
Turkey  Flag of Turkey.svg8770Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter:17–14, 28–24, 18–16, 24–16
Pts: Korkmaz 20
Rebs: Şengün, Yurtseven 7
Asts: Osman 6
Pts: Satoranský 15
Rebs: Veselý 11
Asts: Satoranský 6
Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre, Victoria
Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Steven Anderson (USA), Boris Krejić (SLO)

1 July 2021
19:35
Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg8079Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 26–17, 22–20, 13–22
Pts: Satoranský 19
Rebs: Balvín 11
Asts: Satoranský 8
Pts: Fitipaldo, Granger 22
Rebs: Granger 7
Asts: Granger 7
Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre, Victoria
Referees: Steven Anderson (USA), Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Boris Krejić (SLO)

Final round

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
3 July
 
 
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 101
 
4 July
 
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic (OT)103
 
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 97
 
3 July
 
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 72
 
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 63
 
 
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 81
 

Semi-finals

3 July 2021
13:05
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg101103 (OT)Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 27–29, 17–23, 16–15, 34–27,  Overtime: 7–9
Pts: Barrett 23
Rebs: Lyles 11
Asts: Barrett 6
Pts: Schilb 31
Rebs: Balvín 19
Asts: Schilb 7
Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre, Victoria
Referees: Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Leandro Lezcano (ARG), Luis Castillo (ESP)

3 July 2021
16:35
Turkey  Flag of Turkey.svg6381Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Scoring by quarter:22–8, 12–19, 13–24, 16–30
Pts: Korkmaz 20
Rebs: Osman 7
Asts: Osman 3
Pts: Calathes 18
Rebs: Papagiannis 13
Asts: Sloukas 9
Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre, Victoria
Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Steven Anderson (USA), Boris Krejić (SLO)

Final

4 July 2021
16:05
Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg9772Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Scoring by quarter:32–22, 18–21, 31–11, 16–18
Pts: Auda 20
Rebs: Balvín, Veselý 8
Asts: Šiřina 6
Pts: Papagiannis 14
Rebs: Mitoglou, Rogkavopoulos 4
Asts: Calathes, Katsivelis 3
Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre, Victoria
Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Steven Anderson (USA), Boris Krejić (SLO)

Final ranking

#TeamW–LQualification
1Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 3–1Qualified for the Olympics
2Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 2–2
3Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2–1
4Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 2–1
5Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 0–2
6Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 0–2

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