Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

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The men's qualification for the Olympic basketball tournament occurred from 2014 to 2016; all five FIBA (International Basketball Federation) zones sent in teams.

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 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:

• FIBA Africa: 1 team (Champion)
• FIBA Americas: 2 teams (Champion and runner-up)
• FIBA Asia: 1 team (Champion)
• FIBA Europe: 2 teams (Champion and runner-up)
• FIBA Oceania: 1 team (Champion)

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:

• Hosts: 3 teams
• FIBA Africa: 3 teams
• FIBA Americas: 3 teams
• FIBA Asia: 3 teams
• FIBA Europe: 5 teams
• FIBA Oceania: 1 team

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.

Team	Qualification		Appearance			Best performance	FIBA World Rankings
	Date	As	Last	Total	Streak
United States	14 September 2014	Champions of the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup	2012	18	11th	14× gold medalists	1
Brazil	9 August 2015	Hosts of the 2016 Summer Olympics	2012	15	2nd	3× bronze medalists	9
Australia	18 August 2015	Champions of the 2015 FIBA Oceania Championship	2012	14	12th	4th place	11
Nigeria	30 August 2015	Champions of AfroBasket 2015	2012	2	2nd	10th place	25
Venezuela	11 September 2015	Champions of the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship	1992	2	1st	11th place	22
Argentina	11 September 2015	Finalists of the 2015 FIBA Americas Championship	2012	7	4th	1× gold medalists	4
Spain	17 September 2015	Champions of EuroBasket 2015	2012	12	4th	3× silver medalists	2
Lithuania	18 September 2015	Finalists of EuroBasket 2015	2012	7	7th	3× bronze medalists	3
China	3 October 2015	Champions of the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship	2012	11	1st	5th place	14
Serbia	9 July 2016	Winner of 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Belgrade	2004	3	1st	1× silver medalists	6
Croatia	9 July 2016	Winner of 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Turin	2008	3	1st	1× silver medalists	12
France	10 July 2016	Winner of 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Manila	2012	9	2nd	1× silver medalists	5

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.

#	Team	W–L	Qualification
01 !	United States	9–0	Qualify to the Olympics
02 !	Serbia	5–4
03 !	France	6–3
4	Lithuania	6–3
5	Spain	6–1
6	Brazil	5–2
7	Slovenia	5–2
8	Turkey	4–3
9	Greece	5–1
10	Croatia	3–3
11	Argentina	3–3
12	Australia	3–3
13	Dominican Republic	2–4
14	Mexico	2–4
15	New Zealand	2–4
16	Senegal	2–4
17	Angola	2–3
18	Ukraine	2–3
19	Puerto Rico	1–4
20	Iran	1–4
21	Philippines	1–4
22	Finland	1–4
23	South Korea	0–5
24	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.

Zone 1 # Team W–L Qualification 01 !  Morocco 2–1 Qualify to the AfroBasket 02 !  Algeria 2–1 Selected as a wild card 03 !  Libya 0–2 Withdrew

Zone 2 Group B # Team W–L Qualification 01 !  Mali 2–0 Qualify to the AfroBasket 02 !  Senegal 0–2 Selected as a wild card Group C # Team W–L Qualification 01 !  Cape Verde 2–0 Qualify to the AfroBasket 02 !  Guinea 0–2

Zone 3 Group D # Team W–L Qualification 01 !  Ivory Coast 2–0 Qualify to the AfroBasket 02 !  Benin 0–2 Group E # Team W–L Qualification 01 !  Nigeria 2–0 Qualify to the AfroBasket 02 !  Burkina Faso 0–2

Zone 4 Group F # Team W–L Qualification 01 !  Cameroon 2–0 Qualify to the AfroBasket 02 !  Congo 0–2 Group G # Team W–L Qualification 01 !  Gabon 3–1 Qualify to the AfroBasket 02 !  Central African Republic 2–2 Selected as a wild card 03 !  Chad 1–3

Zone 5 # Team W–L Qualification 01 !  Egypt 4–0 Qualify to the AfroBasket 02 !  Uganda 3–1 03 !  Rwanda 2–2 4  Kenya 1–3 5  Somalia 0–4

Zone 6 Group I # Team W–L Qualification 01 !  Zimbabwe 3–1 Qualify to the AfroBasket 02 !  South Africa 2–2 03 !  Seychelles 1–3 Group J # Team W–L Qualification 01 !  Mozambique 2–0 Qualify to the AfroBasket 02 !  Botswana 0–2

AfroBasket

#	Team	W–L	Qualification
01 !	Nigeria	6–1	Qualify to the Olympics
02 !	Angola	5–2	Qualify to Final Qualifying Tournament
03 !	Tunisia	6–1
4	Senegal	5–2
5	Egypt	6–1
6	Algeria	3–4
7	Mali	3–4
8	Gabon	1–6
9	Cameroon	3–2
10	Cape Verde	3–2
11	Mozambique	2–3
12	Ivory Coast	2–3
13	Morocco	1–4
14	Central African Republic	1–4
15	Uganda	1–4
16	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.

Central America # Team W–L Qualification 01 !  Mexico 3–0 Qualify to the Centrobasket 02 !  El Salvador 2–1 03 !  Costa Rica 1–2 4  Honduras 0–3

Caribbean # Team W–L Qualification 01 !  Bahamas 4–1 Qualify to the Centrobasket 02 !  Cuba 3–2 03 !  U.S. Virgin Islands 4–1 4  British Virgin Islands 2–3 5  Guyana 2–3 6  Barbados 2–3 7  Antigua and Barbuda 2–3 8  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1–4

Central America and Caribbean Main article: 2014 Centrobasket # Team W–L Qualification 01 !  Mexico 6–0 Qualify to the Americas Championship 02 !  Puerto Rico 4–2 03 !  Dominican Republic 5–1 4  Cuba 3–3 5  Panama 2–2 6  U.S. Virgin Islands 2–2 7  Bahamas 1–3 8  Jamaica 1–3 9  Costa Rica 0–4 10  El Salvador 0–4

South America Main article: 2014 South American Basketball Championship # Team W–L Qualification 01 !  Venezuela 4–1 Qualify to the Americas Championship 02 !  Argentina 4–1 03 !  Brazil 3–2 4  Uruguay 2–3 5  Paraguay 3–2 6  Chile 2–3 7  Ecuador 1–4 8  Peru 0–5

FIBA Americas Championship

#	Team	W–L	Qualification
01 !	Venezuela	6–4	Qualify to the Olympics
02 !	Argentina	8–2
03 !	Canada	8–2	Qualify to Final Qualifying Tournament
4	Mexico	7–3
5	Puerto Rico	4–4
6	Dominican Republic	2–6
7	Panama	2–6
8	Uruguay	2–6
9	Brazil	1–3	Qualify as host nation
10	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

#	Team	W–L	Qualification
01 !	Iran	4–1	Qualify to the Asian Championship
02 !	Chinese Taipei	4–1	+1 East Asia berth
03 !	Philippines	3–2	+1 Southeast Asia berth
4	China	2–3
5	Jordan	3–2	+1 West Asia berth
6	Japan	2–3	+1 East Asia berth
7	India	1–4
8	Singapore	0–5
8	Indonesia	0–5

Central Asia # Team W–L Qualification 01 !  Kazakhstan 1–0 Qualify to the Asian Championship 02 !  Kyrgyzstan 0–1

East Asia Team Rank Qualification  China 14 Qualify to the Asian Championship  South Korea 28  Chinese Taipei 44  Japan 47  Hong Kong 69

Persian Gulf # Team W–L Qualification 01 !  Qatar 5–0 Qualify to the Asian Championship 02 !  Kuwait 4–1 03 !  Bahrain 3–2 4  Saudi Arabia 2–3 5  United Arab Emirates 1–4 6  Oman 0–5

South Asia Main article: 2015 SABA Championship # Team W–L Qualification 01 !  India 5–0 Qualify to the Asian Championship 02 !  Sri Lanka 4–1 03 !    Nepal 2–3 4  Bangladesh 2–3 5  Maldives 2–3 6  Bhutan 0–5

Southeast Asia Main article: 2015 SEABA Championship # Team W–L Qualification 01 !  Philippines 5–0 Qualify to the Asian Championship 02 !  Malaysia 4–1 03 !  Singapore 3–2 4  Indonesia 2–3 5  Laos 1–4 6  Brunei 0–5

West Asia # Team W–L Qualification 01 !  Lebanon 4–0 Qualify to the Asian Championship 02 !  Jordan 3–1 03 !  Palestine 2–2 4  Syria 1–3 5  Iraq 0–4

FIBA Asia Championship

#	Team	W–L	Qualification
01 !	China	9–0	Qualify to the Olympics
02 !	Philippines	7–2	Qualify to Final Olympic Qualifying Tournament as host
03 !	Iran	7–2	Qualify to Final Qualifying Tournament
4	Japan	5–4
5	Lebanon	5–4	Stripped of qualification to Final Qualifying Tournament
6	South Korea	5–4
7	Qatar	4–5
8	India	3–6
9	Jordan	5–3
10	Palestine	4–4
11	Kazakhstan	2–6
12	Hong Kong	1–7
13	Chinese Taipei	3–2
14	Kuwait	1–4
15	Singapore	1–4
16	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 off 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

Group A # Team W–L Qualification 01 !  Bulgaria 3–0 Advance to knockout stage 02 !  Iceland 2–2 Advance to second round 03 !  Romania 1–3

Group B # Team W–L Qualification 01 !  Estonia 3–1 Advance to knockout stage 02 !  Portugal 2–2 Advance to second round 03 !  Netherlands 1–3

Group C # Team W–L Qualification 01 !   Switzerland 5–1 Advance to knockout stage 02 !  Austria 5–1 Advance to second round 03 !  Denmark 2–4 4  Luxembourg 0–6

Group D # Team W–L Qualification 01 !  Belarus 3–1 Advance to knockout stage 02 !  Slovakia 2–2 Advance to second round 03 !  Hungary 1–3

Knockout stage

#	Team	W–L	Qualification
01 !	Estonia	2–2	Qualify to EuroBasket
02 !	Bulgaria	3–1	Advance to second round
03 !	Belarus	1–1
03 !	Switzerland	0–2

Second round

Group A # Team W–L Qualification 01 !  Bosnia and Herzegovina 4–0 Qualify to EuroBasket 02 !  Iceland 2–2 03 !  Great Britain 0–4

Group B # Team W–L Qualification 01 !  Israel 4–2 Qualify to EuroBasket 02 !  Netherlands 4–2 03 !  Montenegro 3–3 4  Bulgaria 1–5

Group C # Team W–L Qualification 01 !  Poland 5–1 Qualify to EuroBasket 02 !  Germany 4–2 03 !  Austria 3–3 4  Luxembourg 0–6

Group D # Team W–L Qualification 01 !  Belgium 5–1 Qualify to EuroBasket 02 !  Macedonia 5–1 03 !  Belarus 2–4 4  Denmark 0–6

Group E # Team W–L Qualification 01 !  Georgia 4–2 Qualify to EuroBasket 02 !  Czech Republic 4–2 03 !  Hungary 4–2 4  Portugal 0–6

Group F # Team W–L Qualification 01 !  Latvia 6–0 Qualify to EuroBasket 02 !  Romania 4–2 03 !  Sweden 2–4 4  Slovakia 0–6

Group G

#	Team	W–L	Qualification
01 !	Italy	3–1	Qualify to EuroBasket
02 !	Russia	2–2
03 !	Switzerland	1–3

EuroBasket

#	Team	W–L	Qualification
01 !	Spain	7–2	Qualify to the Olympics
02 !	Lithuania	7–2
03 !	France	8–1	Qualify to Final Qualifying Tournament
4	Serbia	7–2	Qualify to Final Olympic Qualifying Tournament as host
5	Greece	7–1	Qualify to Final Qualifying Tournament
6	Italy	5–3	Qualify to Final Olympic Qualifying Tournament as host
7	Czech Republic	5–4	Qualify to Final Qualifying Tournament
8	Latvia	4–5
9	Croatia	3–3
10	Israel	3–3
11	Poland	3–3
12	Slovenia	3–3
13	Belgium	3–3
14	Turkey	3–3	Qualify to Final Qualifying Tournament as replacement team for Lebanon
15	Georgia	2–4
16	Finland	2–4
17	Russia	1–4
18	Germany	1–4
19	Macedonia	1–4
20	Estonia	1–4
21	Netherlands	1–4
22	Ukraine	1–4
23	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–4
24	Iceland	0–5

FIBA Oceania

FIBA Oceania Championship

#	Team	W–L	Qualification
01 !	Australia	2–0	Qualify to the Olympics
02 !	New Zealand	0–2	Qualify to Final Qualifying Tournament

FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournaments

Italy # Team W–L Qualification 01 !  Croatia 3–1 Qualify to the Olympics 02 !  Italy 3–1 03 !  Greece 2–1 4  Mexico 1–2 5  Iran 0–2 6  Tunisia 0–2

Philippines # Team W–L Qualification 01 !  France 4–0 Qualify to the Olympics 02 !  Canada 3–1 03 !  New Zealand 1–2 4  Turkey 1–2 5  Senegal 0–2 6  Philippines 0–2

Serbia # Team W–L Qualification 01 !  Serbia 4–0 Qualify to the Olympics 02 !  Puerto Rico 2–2 03 !  Latvia 2–1 4  Czech Republic 1–2 5  Angola 0–2 6  Japan 0–2

References

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