2020 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments

Host country

Canada

Croatia

Lithuania

Serbia

Dates29 June – 4 July 2021

Teams23^[1] (from 4 federations)

Venues4 (in 4 host cities)

2020 FIBA Olympic
Qualifying Tournaments
For Men
Tournament details
Host country	Canada Croatia Lithuania Serbia
Dates	29 June – 4 July 2021
Teams	23^[1] (from 4 federations)
Venues	4 (in 4 host cities)
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The 2020 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments involved four basketball tournaments contested by 23 national teams, and the top teams earned a place in the 2020 Summer Olympics basketball tournament. They were originally scheduled to take place from 23 to 28 June 2020 but were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, to 29 June to 4 July 2021.^[2]

The cities of Victoria, Split, Kaunas and Belgrade hosted the tournaments.^[3]

Format

There were four qualifying tournaments, each producing a team which was qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics. The format consisted of 24 national teams divided into four tournaments of six teams each, with the winning team from each event qualifying for the Olympics.

Teams

The FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments included the 16 best-placed non-qualified teams from the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup and the two highest-ranked countries per region in the FIBA World Ranking. On 19 September 2019, FIBA announced those teams, which are Angola and Senegal (Africa), Mexico and Uruguay (Americas), China and Korea (Asia-Oceania), and Croatia and Slovenia (Europe).

New Zealand initially qualified for the Olympic Qualifying Tournament by virtue of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup. On 26 February 2021, Basketball New Zealand announced that they would pull out of the tournament. On the same day, FIBA announced that they would be replaced by the Philippines as the next-best team from the Asia-Oceania region in the FIBA World Rankings.^[4]^[5]

Senegal had been initially included in the Belgrade Tournament, but it was forced to withdraw before the start due to several COVID-19 positive cases, and not being replaced by any team, lowering the number of participants to 23.^[6]

FIBA Africa	FIBA Americas	FIBA Europe	FIBA Asia and FIBA Oceania
Tunisia	Brazil	Serbia	~~New Zealand~~
Angola (WC)	Venezuela	Czech Republic	South Korea (WC)
~~Senegal~~ (WC)	Puerto Rico	Poland	China (WC)
	Dominican Republic	Lithuania	Philippines (WC)
	Canada	Italy
	Mexico (WC)	Greece
	Uruguay (WC)	Russia
		Germany
		Turkey
		Croatia (WC)
		Slovenia (WC)

Draw

The draw for the Olympic qualifiers took place at The House of Basketball in Mies, Switzerland on 27 November 2019.^[7]^[8]

Seeding

The latest ranking before the draw served as the basis to determine the pots for the draw (seeding in brackets). In each tournament, group A consists of one team each from pots 1, 4 and 5, while group B consists of one team each from pots 2, 3 and 6.^[9]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
Serbia (6) Greece (7) Lithuania (8) Russia (9)	Czech Republic (10) Brazil (11) Italy (12) Poland (13)	Croatia (14) Turkey (15) Slovenia (16) Puerto Rico (17)	Germany (18) Dominican Republic (19) Venezuela (20) Canada (21)	Mexico (25) China (26) South Korea (30) Philippines (31)	Angola (32) Tunisia (33) Senegal (35) Uruguay (43)

Squads

Qualifying tournaments

Victoria

The tournament was held in Victoria, Canada.

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada (H)	2	2	0	206	170	+36	4	Semi-finals
2	Greece	2	1	1	196	177	+19	3	Semi-finals
3	China	2	0	2	159	214	−55	2

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

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Turkey	2	2	0	182	156	+26	4	Semi-finals
2	Czech Republic	2	1	1	150	166	−16	3	Semi-finals
3	Uruguay	2	0	2	165	175	−10	2

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.

Final round

Semi-finals		Final

3 July

Canada	101
		4 July
Czech Republic (OT)	103
		Czech Republic	97
3 July
		Greece	72
Turkey	63

Greece	81

Final ranking

#	Team	W–L	Qualification
1	Czech Republic	3–1	Qualified for the Olympics
2	Greece	2–2
3	Canada	2–1
4	Turkey	2–1
5	Uruguay	0–2
6	China	0–2

Split

The tournament was held in Split, Croatia.

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	2	2	0	151	143	+8	4	Semi-finals
2	Mexico	2	1	1	148	146	+2	3	Semi-finals
3	Russia	2	0	2	131	141	−10	2

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.

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil	2	2	0	177	124	+53	4	Semi-finals
2	Croatia (H)	2	1	1	142	164	−22	3	Semi-finals
3	Tunisia	2	0	2	127	158	−31	2

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

Final round

Semi-finals		Final

3 July

Germany	86
		4 July
Croatia	76
		Germany	75
3 July
		Brazil	64
Brazil	102

Mexico	74

Final ranking

#	Team	W–L	Qualification
1	Germany	4–0	Qualified for the Olympics
2	Brazil	3–1
3	Mexico	1–2
4	Croatia	1–2
5	Russia	0–2
6	Tunisia	0–2

Kaunas

The tournament was held in Kaunas, Lithuania.

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lithuania (H)	2	2	0	172	122	+50	4	Semi-finals
2	Venezuela	2	1	1	159	156	+3	3	Semi-finals
3	South Korea	2	0	2	137	190	−53	2

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

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovenia	2	2	0	230	145	+85	4	Semi-finals
2	Poland	2	1	1	160	176	−16	3	Semi-finals
3	Angola	2	0	2	132	201	−69	2

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.

Final round

Semi-finals		Final

3 July

Lithuania	88
		4 July
Poland	69
		Lithuania	85
3 July
		Slovenia	96
Slovenia	98

Venezuela	70

Final ranking

#	Team	W–L	Qualification
1	Slovenia	4–0	Qualified for the Olympics
2	Lithuania	3–1
3	Venezuela	1–2
4	Poland	1–2
5	South Korea	0–2
6	Angola	0–2

Belgrade

The tournament was held in Belgrade, Serbia.

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Serbia (H)	2	2	0	177	152	+25	4	Semi-finals
2	Dominican Republic	2	1	1	170	161	+9	3	Semi-finals
3	Philippines	2	0	2	143	177	−34	2

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

Group B

FIBA did not publish any standings. Both teams qualified to the final round, with the winner playing Group A's runner-up.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Italy	90–83	Puerto Rico

Final round

Semi-finals		Final

3 July

Serbia	102
		4 July
Puerto Rico	84
		Serbia	95
3 July
		Italy	102
Italy	79

Dominican Republic	59

Final ranking

#	Team	W–L	Qualification
1	Italy	3–0	Qualified for the Olympics
2	Serbia	3–1
3	Puerto Rico	0–2
4	Dominican Republic	1–2
5	Philippines	0–2

v t e Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Rosters
Teams	Argentina Australia Czech Republic France Germany Iran Italy Japan Nigeria Slovenia Spain United States
Qualification	2019 Basketball World Cup Qualifying tournaments Victoria / Split / Kaunas / 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)

2020 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments

Format

Teams

Draw

Seeding

Squads

Qualifying tournaments

Victoria

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Final round

Final ranking

Split

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Final round

Final ranking

Kaunas

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Final round

Final ranking

Belgrade

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Final round

Final ranking

See also

References

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