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The 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Turin was one of three 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournaments for Men. The tournament was held at the Pala Alpitour in Turin, Italy, from 4 to 9 July 2016. The national teams of Greece, Mexico, Iran, Tunisia, Croatia, and hosts Italy were drawn into the tournament. Croatia qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics after defeating hosts Italy in the final.
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country |  Italy |
| Dates | 4–9 July |
| Teams | 6 |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Croatia |
| Tournament statistics | |
| MVP |  Dario Šarić |
| Top scorer | Bojan Bogdanović (24.3) |
| Top rebounds | Dario Šarić (10.0) |
| Top assists |  Nick Calathes (5.3) |
| PPG (Team) |  Greece (75.0) |
| RPG (Team) | Italy (42.8) |
| APG (Team) | Greece (17.0) |
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| Team | Qualification | Date of qualification | FIBA World Ranking |
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| Greece[1] | EuroBasket 2015 5th place | 15 September 2015 | 10 |
 Mexico[2] | 2015 FIBA Americas Championship 4th place | 12 September 2015 | 19 |
 Iran[3] | 2015 FIBA Asia Championship 3rd place | 3 October 2015 | 17 |
 Tunisia[4] | AfroBasket 2015 3rd place | 30 August 2015 | 23 |
| Croatia[5][note 1] | EuroBasket 2015 9th place | 18 August 2015 | 12 |
| Italy[6][note 2] | Hosts, EuroBasket 2015 6th place | 19 January 2016 | T-35 |
The Pala Alpitour was chosen as the main venue for the tournament. The arena hosted the ice hockey events at the 2006 Winter Olympics
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| Pala Alpitour | |
| Capacity: 16,600 | |
The following referees were selected for the tournament.[7]
Arnaud Kom Njilo
Yevgeniy Mikheyev
Jurgis Laurinavičius
Jorge Vázquez
Matej Boltauzer
Emilio Pérez
Milivoje Jovčić
Borys Shulga
All times are local (UTC+2).
Group A
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
4 July 2016 18:00 |
| Greece |
78–53 | Iran |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–21, 21–10, 18–16, 12–6 | ||
| Pts: G. Antetokounmpo 16 Rebs: Papapetrou 6 Asts: Calathes 6 |
Pts: Haddadi 16 Rebs: Sahakian 8 Asts: Jamshidi 5 | |
Pala Alpitour, Turin Attendance: 7,500 Referees: Jorge Vázquez (PUR), Emilio Pérez (ESP), Borys Shulga (UKR) |
5 July 2016 18:00 |
| Iran |
70–75 | Mexico |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–17, 12–19, 21–17, 23–22 | ||
| Pts: Yakhchali 20 Rebs: Kazemi 9 Asts: four players 3 |
Pts: Cruz 18 Rebs: Hernández 8 Asts: Stoll 4 | |
Pala Alpitour, Turin Attendance: 7,150 Referees: Matej Boltauzer (SLO), Jurgis Laurinavičius (LTU), Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ) |
6 July 2016 18:00 |
| Mexico |
70–86 | Greece |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 19–18, 13–27, 22–26 | ||
| Pts: Cruz 19 Rebs: I. Gutiérrez 11 Asts: Méndez 5 |
Pts: G. Antetokounmpo 21 Rebs: Bourousis 9 Asts: Calathes 7 | |
Pala Alpitour, Turin Attendance: 1,728 Referees: Jorge Vázquez (PUR), Milivoje Jovčić (SRB), Borys Shulga (UKR) |
Group B
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
4 July 2016 21:00 |
| Tunisia |
41–68 | Italy |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–19, 15–13, 2–22, 12–14 | ||
| Pts: El Mabrouk 11 Rebs: Braa 9 Asts: Roll 5 |
Pts: Bargnani 15 Rebs: Gallinari 9 Asts: Cusin, Melli 3 | |
Pala Alpitour, Turin Attendance: 9,834 Referees: Matej Boltauzer (SLO), Milivoje Jovčić (SRB), Arnaud Kom Njilo (CMR) |
5 July 2016 21:00 |
| Italy |
67–60 | Croatia |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–23, 12–12, 21–12, 13–13 | ||
| Pts: Belinelli 19 Rebs: Gallinari, Hackett 8 Asts: Gentile 4 |
Pts: Bogdanović 26 Rebs: Šarić 10 Asts: Šarić, Ukić 3 | |
Pala Alpitour, Turin Attendance: 11,872 Referees: Emilio Pérez (ESP), Milivoje Jovčić (SRB), Jorge Vázquez (PUR) |
6 July 2016 21:00 |
| Croatia |
72–52 | Tunisia |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–12, 17–12, 22–12, 21–16 | ||
| Pts: Bogdanović 25 Rebs: Šarić 9 Asts: three players 3 |
Pts: Roll 21 Rebs: Ben Romdhane 9 Asts: Roll 5 | |
Pala Alpitour, Turin Attendance: 3,682 Referees: Matej Boltauzer (SLO), Jurgis Laurinavičius (LTU), Emilio Pérez (ESP) |
| Semifinals | Final | |||||
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| Greece | 61 | |||||
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| Croatia | 66 | |||||
| Croatia (OT) | 84 | |||||
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| Italy | 78 | |||||
| Italy | 79 | |||||
| Mexico | 54 | |||||
Semifinals
8 July 2016 16:30 |
| Greece |
61–66 | Croatia |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–31, 21–13, 15–8, 12–14 | ||
| Pts: Perperoglou 13 Rebs: G. Antetokounmpo 9 Asts: G. Antetokounmpo 4 |
Pts: Bogdanović 20 Rebs: Šarić, Simon 8 Asts: Ukić 5 | |
Pala Alpitour, Turin Attendance: 5,618 Referees: Matej Boltauzer (SLO), Emilio Pérez (ESP), Borys Shulga (UKR) |
Final
9 July 2016 21:00 |
| Croatia |
84–78 (OT) | Italy |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 20–22, 15–18, 16–18, Overtime: 14–8 | ||
| Pts: Bogdanović 26 Rebs: Šarić 13 Asts: Hezonja 4 |
Pts: Belinelli 18 Rebs: Gallinari, Melli 8 Asts: three players 4 | |
Pala Alpitour, Turin Attendance: 12,074 Referees: Matej Boltauzer (SLO), Emilio Pérez (ESP), Jorge Vázquez (PUR) |
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- Croatia later qualified for the tournament, together with Latvia, when Italy and Serbia were announced as two of the Olympic qualifying tournament hosts.
- Italy also qualified by virtue of being the 6th placers at EuroBasket 2015.
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