Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

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2016 FIBA Olympic
Qualifying Tournaments
For Men
Tournament details
Host nationFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Dates4 – 10 July 2016
Teams 18  (from 5 federations)
Venues3 (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.

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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:

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.

TeamQualificationAppearanceBest performance FIBA
World
Rankings
DateAsLastTotalStreak
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 14 September 2014Champions of the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup 2012179th14× gold medalists1
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 9 August 2015Hosts of the 2016 Summer Olympics 2012152nd3× bronze medalists9
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 18 August 2015Champions of the 2015 FIBA Oceania Championship 20121412th4th place11
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 30 August 2015Champions of AfroBasket 2015 201222nd10th place25
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 11 September 2015Champions of the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship 199221st11th place22
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 11 September 2015Finalists of the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship 201274th1× gold medalists4
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 17 September 2015Champions of EuroBasket 2015 2012124th3× silver medalists2
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 18 September 2015Finalists of EuroBasket 2015 201277th3× bronze medalists3
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 3 October 2015Champions of the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship 2012111st5th place14
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 9 July 2016Winner of 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Belgrade 200431st1× silver medalists6
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 9 July 2016Winner of 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Turin 200831st1× silver medalists12
Flag of France.svg  France 10 July 2016Winner of 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Manila 201292nd1× silver medalists5

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.

#TeamW–LQualification
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States 9–0Qualify to the Olympics
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 5–4
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of France.svg  France 6–3
4Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 6–3
5Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 6–1
6Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 5–2
7Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 5–2
8Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 4–3
9Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 5–1
10Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 3–3
11Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 3–3
12Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 3–3
13Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 2–4
14Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2–4
15Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2–4
16Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 2–4
17Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 2–3
18Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2–3
19Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 1–4
20Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 1–4
21Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 1–4
22Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1–4
23Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 0–5
24Flag of Egypt.svg  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.

AfroBasket

#TeamW–LQualification
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 6–1Qualify to the Olympics
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Angola.svg  Angola 5–2Qualify to Final Qualifying Tournament
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 6–1
4Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 5–2
5Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 6–1
6Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 3–4
7Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 3–4
8Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon 1–6
9Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 3–2
10Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cape Verde 3–2
11Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 2–3
12Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 2–3
13Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 1–4
14Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic 1–4
15Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 1–4
16Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  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.

FIBA Americas Championship

#TeamW–LQualification
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 6–4Qualify to the Olympics
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 8–2
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 8–2Qualify to Final Qualifying Tournament
4Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 7–3
5Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 4–4
6Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 2–6
7Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 2–6
8Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 2–6
9Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1–3Qualify as host nation
10Flag of Cuba.svg  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

#TeamW–LQualification
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Iran.svg  Iran 4–1Qualify to the Asian Championship
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 4–1+1 East Asia berth
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 3–2+1 Southeast Asia berth
4Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2–3
5Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 3–2+1 West Asia berth
6Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2–3+1 East Asia berth
7Flag of India.svg  India 1–4
8Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 0–5
8Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 0–5

FIBA Asia Championship

#TeamW–LQualification
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 9–0Qualify to the Olympics
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 7–2Qualify to Final Olympic Qualifying Tournament as host
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Iran.svg  Iran 7–2Qualify to Final Qualifying Tournament
4Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 5–4
5Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 5–4Stripped of qualification to Final Qualifying Tournament
6Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 5–4
7Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 4–5
8Flag of India.svg  India 3–6
9Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 5–3
10Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine 4–4
11Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 2–6
12Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 1–7
13Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 3–2
14Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 1–4
15Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 1–4
16Flag of Malaysia.svg  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

Knockout stage
#TeamW–LQualification
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 2–2Qualify to EuroBasket
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 3–1Advance to second round
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 1–1
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 0–2

Second round

Group G
#TeamW–LQualification
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Italy.svg  Italy 3–1Qualify to EuroBasket
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Russia.svg  Russia 2–2
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 1–3

EuroBasket

#TeamW–LQualification
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Spain.svg  Spain 7–2Qualify to the Olympics
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 7–2
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of France.svg  France 8–1Qualify to Final Qualifying Tournament
4Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 7–2Qualify to Final Olympic Qualifying Tournament as host
5Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 7–1Qualify to Final Qualifying Tournament
6Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 5–3Qualify to Final Olympic Qualifying Tournament as host
7Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 5–4Qualify to Final Qualifying Tournament
8Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 4–5
9Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 3–3
10Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 3–3
11Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 3–3
12Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 3–3
13Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 3–3
14Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 3–3Qualify to Final Qualifying Tournament as replacement team for Lebanon
15Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 2–4
16Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2–4
17Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1–4
18Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1–4
19Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia 1–4
20Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 1–4
21Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1–4
22Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 1–4
23Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–4
24Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 0–5

FIBA Oceania

FIBA Oceania Championship

#TeamW–LQualification
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2–0Qualify to the Olympics
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 0–2Qualify 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 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4Pot 5Pot 6

Flag of France.svg  France (5)
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia (6) (host)
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece (10)

Flag of Italy.svg  Italy (35) (host)
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic (42)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (26)

Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines (28) (host)
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran (17)
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan (48)

Flag of Angola.svg  Angola (15)
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia (23)
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal (31)

Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia (35)
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia (12)
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey (8)

Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico (19)
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico (16)
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (21)

Source: FIBA [3]

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