Dates 4–10 July Venues 3 (in 3 host cities) | Teams 18 (6 per host nation) Points Andray Blatche (25.5) | |
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Host nations Serbia
Philippines
Italy MVP Nikola Jokić (OQT Belgrade)
Nando de Colo (OQT Manila)
Dario Šarić (OQT Turin) | ||
The 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament were three international men's basketball tournaments, each producing a team which qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics. They were held on 4–10 July 2016 in Italy, the Philippines and Serbia. Serbia, Croatia and France qualified for the Olympics as a result of these tournaments.
Contents
- Hosts selection
- Draw
- OQT Belgrade Serbia
- Preliminary Round
- OQT Manila Philippines
- OQT Turin Italy
- Broadcasting
- References
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.
Hosts selection
On 12 November 2015, the day after bidding deadline, FIBA announced six candidates to co-host the 3 men's qualification tournaments:
An evaluation of all bids took place, and Italy, the Philippines, and Serbia were announced as hosts of the three Olympic qualifiers on 19 January 2016.
Draw
The draw for the Olympic qualifiers took place at The House of Basketball in Mies, Switzerland on 26 January 2016. 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.
The teams' FIBA World Rankings on the day of the draw are shown in brackets.
OQT Belgrade (Serbia)
Matches were played at Kombank Arena in Belgrade.
Preliminary Round
OQT Manila (Philippines)
Matches were played at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay.
Preliminary Round
OQT Turin (Italy)
Matches were played at Pala Alpitour in Turin.
Preliminary Round
Broadcasting
FIBA announced that French broadcaster Canal+ would be the official French broadcaster of the tournament. They also announced that Filipino broadcaster TV5 would be broadcasting the tournament in the Philippines. TSN also broadcast the tournament in Canada. Sport Klub broadcast the tournament in Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Macedonia. Šport TV (Slovenia) broadcast the tournament in Slovenia. RTS broadcast the tournament in Serbia. Only the Serbian matches were broadcast.