2016 FIBA WORLD OLYMPIC QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT � BELGRADE

2016 FIBA World Olympic
Qualifying Tournament for Men
Belgrade, Serbia
Tournament details
Host country	Serbia
Dates	4–9 July
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Serbia
Tournament statistics
MVP	Nikola Jokić
Top scorer	Bogdan Bogdanović; Nikola Jokić (17.8)
Top rebounds	Nikola Jokić (7.5)
Top assists	Tomáš Satoranský (7.3)
Official website
	OQT Serbia

The 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Belgrade was one of three 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournaments for Men. The tournament was held at the Kombank Arena in Belgrade, Serbia, from 4 to 9 July 2016. The national teams of hosts Serbia, Angola, Puerto Rico, Japan, the Czech Republic, and Latvia were drawn into tournament. The winner qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Teams

Team	Qualification	Date of qualification	FIBA World Ranking
Serbia^[1]^{[note 1]}	Hosts, EuroBasket 2015 4th place	19 January 2016	6
Angola^[2]	AfroBasket 2015 runner-up	30 August 2015	15
Puerto Rico^[3]	2015 FIBA Americas Championship 5th place	9 September 2015	16
Japan^[4]	2015 FIBA Asia Championship 4th place	3 October 2015	48
Czech Republic^[5]	EuroBasket 2015 7th place	18 September 2015	42
Latvia^[6]^{[note 2]}	EuroBasket 2015 8th place	18 September 2015	T-35

Venue

The Kombank Arena was chosen as the main venue for the tournament. The arena's location is in New Belgrade, but the host city will be designated as "Belgrade", since it is one of the city municipalities of the Serbian capital. The arena hosted the EuroBasket 2005.

Belgrade	Belgrade 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Belgrade (Serbia)
Kombank Arena
Capacity: 25,000

Referees

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

Michael Weiland
Joseph Bissang
Carmelo Paternico
Samir Abaakil
Fernando Rocha
Daniel Hierrezuelo
Emin Moğulkoç
Anthony Jordan

Preliminary round

All times are local ( UTC+2).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia (H)	2	2	0	170	141	+29	4	Semifinals
2	Puerto Rico	2	1	1	172	168	+4	3	Semifinals
3	Angola	2	0	2	141	174	−33	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

Serbia	87–81	Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 20–9, 28–20, 18–30
Pts: Nedović 14 Rebs: Jokić 8 Asts: Teodosić 6		Pts: Holland 21 Rebs: Ramos 7 Asts: Barea 3

Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 13,872
Referees: Daniel Hierrezuelo (ESP), Joseph Bissang (FRA), Michael Weiland (CAN)

5 July 2016
18:00

Boxscore

Puerto Rico	91–81	Angola
Scoring by quarter: 20–18, 26–15, 33–19, 12–29
Pts: Arroyo, Barea 18 Rebs: three players 5 Asts: Barea 7		Pts: Morais 21 Rebs: Ambrósio, Moore 6 Asts: four players 2

Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 483
Referees: Daniel Hierrezuelo (ESP), Emin Moğulkoç (TUR), Michael Weiland (CAN)

6 July 2016
18:00

Boxscore

Angola	60–83	Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 23–30, 15–17, 13–22, 9–14
Pts: Moore 10 Rebs: Fernandes 6 Asts: Domingos, Santos 2		Pts: Jokić 17 Rebs: Jokić 6 Asts: Bogdanović 8

Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 10,422
Referees: Joseph Bissang (FRA), Carmelo Paternico (ITA), Fernando Rocha (POR)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Latvia	2	2	0	159	107	+52	4	Semifinals
2	Czech Republic	2	1	1	146	142	+4	3	Semifinals
3	Japan	2	0	2	119	175	−56	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

Japan	48–88	Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 11–26, 12–20, 15–18, 10–24
Pts: K. Takeuchi 12 Rebs: four players 4 Asts: Tabuse 4		Pts: Bertāns 20 Rebs: J. Bērziņš 8 Asts: J. Bērziņš 6

Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 1,352
Referees: Fernando Rocha (POR), Samir Abaakil (MAR), Emin Moğulkoç (TUR)

5 July 2016
21:00

Boxscore

Latvia	71–59	Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 13–20, 18–10, 20–15, 20–14
Pts: Bertāns 18 Rebs: four players 5 Asts: Strēlnieks 5		Pts: Schilb, Veselý 10 Rebs: Satoranský 8 Asts: Satoranský 8

Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 1,473
Referees: Joseph Bissang (FRA), Fernando Rocha (POR), Carmelo Paternico (ITA)

6 July 2016
21:00

Boxscore

Czech Republic	87–71	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 23–14, 25–21, 21–16, 18–20
Pts: Palyza 22 Rebs: Auda 6 Asts: Satoranský 7		Pts: Tsuji 18 Rebs: J. Takeuchi, Watanabe 7 Asts: Tabuse 6

Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 627
Referees: Daniel Hierrezuelo (ESP), Samir Abaakil (MAR), Michael Weiland (CAN)

Knockout phase

Semifinals		Final

8 July

Serbia	96
		9 July
Czech Republic	72
		Serbia	108
8 July
		Puerto Rico	77
Latvia	70

Puerto Rico	77

Semifinals

8 July 2016
18:00

Boxscore

Latvia	70–77	Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 13–17, 17–16, 20–18, 20–26
Pts: Timma 16 Rebs: Pasečņiks 9 Asts: Bertāns 7		Pts: Holland 15 Rebs: Balkman 10 Asts: Arroyo, Barea 5

Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 2,739
Referees: Joseph Bissang (FRA), Michael Weiland (CAN), Carmelo Paternico (ITA)

8 July 2016
21:00

Boxscore

Serbia	96–72	Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 26–17, 19–19, 28–22, 23–14
Pts: Bogdanović 21 Rebs: Bogdanović, Jokić 8 Asts: Raduljica, Teodosić 6		Pts: Satoranský 14 Rebs: Satoranský 7 Asts: Satoranský 7

Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 12,793
Referees: Daniel Hierrezuelo (ESP), Fernando Rocha (POR), Emin Moğulkoç (TUR)

Final

9 July 2016
21:00

Boxscore

Serbia	108–77	Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 37–11, 23–16, 22–29, 26–21
Pts: Bogdanović 26 Rebs: Jokić 8 Asts: Bogdanović 8		Pts: Barea 22 Rebs: Huertas, Vassallo 4 Asts: Arroyo 6

Kombank Arena, Belgrade
Attendance: 17,123
Referees: Daniel Hierrezuelo (ESP), Joseph Bissang (FRA), Michael Weiland (CAN)

Final rankings

#	Team	W–L	Qualification
	Serbia	4–0	Qualified for the Olympics
	Puerto Rico	2–2
	Latvia	2–1
4	Czech Republic	1–2
5	Angola	0–2
6	Japan	0–2

Statistical leaders

Players

Points^[8]

Pos.	Name	PPG
1	Bogdan Bogdanović	17.8
1	Nikola Jokić	17.8
3	Dairis Bertāns	16.3
4	Jose Juan Barea	16.0
5	Naoto Tsuji	14.5

Rebounds

Pos.	Name	RPG
1	Nikola Jokić	7.5
2	Tomáš Satoranský	6.3
3	Anžejs Pasečņiks	5.7
3	Jānis Timma	5.7
5	Joji Takeuchi	5.5

Assists

Pos.	Name	APG
1	Tomáš Satoranský	7.3
2	Bogdan Bogdanović	6.0
3	Miloš Teodosić	5.5
4	Yuta Tabuse	5.0
5	Carlos Arroyo	4.5

Steals

Pos.	Name	SPG
1	Carlos Morais	2.5
2	John Holland	2.3
3	Stefan Jović	1.8
3	Nikola Kalinić	1.8
5	Yuta Watanabe	1.5

Blocks

Pos.	Name	BPG
1	Yuta Watanabe	1.5
2	Anžejs Pasečņiks	1.3
2	Jan Veselý	1.3
4	Renaldo Balkman	1.0
	Ojārs Siliņš	1.0
	Jānis Timma	1.0

Other statistical leaders

Stat	Name	Avg.
Field goal percentage	Nikola Jokić	69.0%
3-point FG percentage	Carlos Arroyo	66.7%
Free throw percentage	John Holland	93.8%
Turnovers	Carlos Morais	5.0
Fouls	Ricky Sánchez	4.0

Teams

Points^[9]

Pos.	Name	PPG
1	Serbia	93.5
2	Puerto Rico	81.5
3	Latvia	76.3
4	Czech Republic	72.7
5	Angola	70.5

Rebounds

Pos.	Name	RPG
1	Latvia	44.0
2	Angola	39.5
3	Puerto Rico	37.5
4	Czech Republic	37.3
5	Serbia	34.5

Assists

Pos.	Name	APG
1	Serbia	28.5
2	Czech Republic	23.7
3	Latvia	18.3
4	Puerto Rico	15.3
5	Japan	12.0

Steals

Pos.	Name	SPG
1	Serbia	9.0
2	Puerto Rico	8.5
3	Latvia	7.3
4	Angola	6.5
5	Czech Republic	5.3

Blocks

Pos.	Name	BPG
1	Latvia	4.7
2	Czech Republic	4.3
3	Puerto Rico	2.0
3	Japan	2.0
5	Serbia	1.8

Other statistical leaders

Stat	Name	Avg.
Field goal percentage	Serbia	54.6%
3-point FG percentage	Serbia	42.4%
Free throw percentage	Japan	79.2%
Turnovers	Angola	18.5
Fouls	Angola	26.0

Broadcasting

Below are the broadcasters of the participating teams

Country	Broadcaster
Angola	Canal + Sport SuperSport
Czech Republic	Czech TV
Japan	Fuji TV
Latvia	TV6
Puerto Rico	Telemundo
Serbia	Sport Klub RTS

Notes

^ Serbia also qualified by virtue of being the 4th placers at EuroBasket 2015.
^ Latvia later qualified for the tournament, together with Croatia, when Italy and Serbia were announced as two of the Olympic qualifying tournament hosts.

References

^ "2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men - Serbia". FIBA. Archived from the original on February 4, 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
^ "2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men - Angola". FIBA. Archived from the original on February 15, 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
^ "2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men - Puerto Rico". FIBA. Archived from the original on February 15, 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
^ "2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men - Japan". FIBA. Archived from the original on February 15, 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
^ "2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men - Czech Republic". FIBA. Archived from the original on February 15, 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
^ "2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men - Latvia". FIBA. Archived from the original on February 4, 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
^ Referees
^ Player statistics
^ Team statistics

External links

Official website

[2] Serbia also qualified by virtue of being the 4th placers at EuroBasket 2015.

[8] Latvia later qualified for the tournament, together with Croatia, when Italy and Serbia were announced as two of the Olympic qualifying tournament hosts.

[1] "2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men - Serbia". FIBA. Archived from the original on February 4, 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2016.

[3] "2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men - Angola". FIBA. Archived from the original on February 15, 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2016.

[4] "2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men - Puerto Rico". FIBA. Archived from the original on February 15, 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2016.

[5] "2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men - Japan". FIBA. Archived from the original on February 15, 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2016.

[6] "2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men - Czech Republic". FIBA. Archived from the original on February 15, 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2016.

[7] "2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men - Latvia". FIBA. Archived from the original on February 4, 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2016.

[9] Referees

[10] Player statistics

[11] Team statistics

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Women's tournaments	Hamilton 1976 Varna 1980 Santiago 1984 Malaysia 1988 Vigo 1992 Madrid 2008 Ankara 2012 Nantes 2016 2020 Ostend Bourges Belgrade – Group A Belgrade – Group B 2024 Xi'an Antwerp Belém Sopron
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Teams	Argentina Australia Brazil China Croatia France Lithuania Nigeria Serbia Spain United States Venezuela
Qualification	2014 Basketball World Cup Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania Qualifying tournaments Turin / Manila / Belgrade squads

v t e FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Men's tournaments	Bologna 1960 Yokohama 1964 Monterrey 1968 Augsburg 1972 Hamilton 1976 Netherlands 1988 Spain 1992 Athens 2008 Caracas 2012 2016 Turin Manila Belgrade 2020 Victoria Split Kaunas Belgrade 2024 Pre-qualifying Valencia Riga Piraeus San Juan
Women's tournaments	Hamilton 1976 Varna 1980 Santiago 1984 Malaysia 1988 Vigo 1992 Madrid 2008 Ankara 2012 Nantes 2016 2020 Ostend Bourges Belgrade – Group A Belgrade – Group B 2024 Xi'an Antwerp Belém Sopron
Formerly: pre-Olympic basketball tournament (1960–1992)

v t e Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Rosters
Teams	Argentina Australia Brazil China Croatia France Lithuania Nigeria Serbia Spain United States Venezuela
Qualification	2014 Basketball World Cup Africa Americas Asia Europe Oceania Qualifying tournaments Turin / Manila / Belgrade squads

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