2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Belgrade

2016 FIBA World Olympic
Qualifying Tournament for Men
Belgrade, Serbia
Tournament details
Host nation  Serbia
Dates 4–9 July
Teams 6 (from 4 federations)
Venues 1 (in 1 host city)
Champions  Serbia
MVP Serbia Nikola Jokić
Tournament leaders
PlayersTeams
Points Serbia Bogdan Bogdanović
Serbia Nikola Jokić (17.8)		  Serbia (93.5)
Rebounds Serbia Nikola Jokić (7.5)  Latvia (44.0)
Assists Czech Republic Tomáš Satoranský (7.3)  Serbia (28.5)
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]

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
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) Host.
4 July 2016
21:00
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
8 July
 
 
 Serbia96
 
9 July
 
 Czech Republic72
 
 Serbia108
 
8 July
 
 Puerto Rico77
 
 Latvia70
 
 
 Puerto Rico77
 

Semifinals

8 July 2016
18:00
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
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
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
1st, gold medalist(s)  Serbia 4–0 Qualified for the Olympics
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Puerto Rico 2–2
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  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 Serbia Bogdan Bogdanović 17.8
Serbia Nikola Jokić 17.8
3 Latvia Dairis Bertāns 16.3
4 Puerto Rico Jose Juan Barea 16.0
5 Japan Naoto Tsuji 14.5

Rebounds
Pos. Name RPG
1 Serbia Nikola Jokić 7.5
2 Czech Republic Tomáš Satoranský 6.3
3 Latvia Anžejs Pasečņiks 5.7
Latvia Jānis Timma 5.7
5 Japan Joji Takeuchi 5.5
Assists
Pos. Name APG
1 Czech Republic Tomáš Satoranský 7.3
2 Serbia Bogdan Bogdanović 6.0
3 Serbia Miloš Teodosić 5.5
4 Japan Yuta Tabuse 5.0
5 Puerto Rico Carlos Arroyo 4.5

Steals
Pos. Name SPG
1 Angola Carlos Morais 2.5
2 Puerto Rico John Holland 2.3
3 Serbia Stefan Jović 1.8
Serbia Nikola Kalinić 1.8
5 Japan Yuta Watanabe 1.5
Blocks
Pos. Name BPG
1 Japan Yuta Watanabe 1.5
2 Latvia Anžejs Pasečņiks 1.3
Czech Republic Jan Veselý 1.3
4 Puerto Rico Renaldo Balkman 1.0
Latvia Ojārs Siliņš 1.0
Latvia Jānis Timma 1.0
Other statistical leaders
Stat Name Avg.
Field goal percentage Serbia Nikola Jokić 69.0%
3-point FG percentage Puerto Rico Carlos Arroyo 66.7%
Free throw percentage Puerto Rico John Holland93.8%
Turnovers Angola Carlos Morais 5.0
Fouls Puerto Rico 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
 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

Sponsors

Sponsors of the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Belgrade
Presenting Partner
Global Sponsors
Event Sponsors

See also

Notes

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

References

  1. ↑ "2016 FIBA Olympic Qualfying Tournament for Men - Serbia". FIBA. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  2. ↑ "2016 FIBA Olympic Qualfying Tournament for Men - Angola". FIBA. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "2016 FIBA Olympic Qualfying Tournament for Men - Puerto Rico". FIBA. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  4. ↑ "2016 FIBA Olympic Qualfying Tournament for Men - Japan". FIBA. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  5. ↑ "2016 FIBA Olympic Qualfying Tournament for Men - Czech Republic". FIBA. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  6. ↑ "2016 FIBA Olympic Qualfying Tournament for Men - Latvia". FIBA. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  7. ↑ Referees
  8. ↑ Player statistics
  9. ↑ Team statistics

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