Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

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

2016 FIBA Olympic
Qualifying Tournaments

For Men
Tournament details
Host country	Italy  Philippines  Serbia
Dates	4 – 10 July 2016
Teams	18
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
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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 Summer 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	17	9th	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

Main article: 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
	United States	9–0	Qualify to the Olympics
	Serbia	5–4
	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

Main article: AfroBasket 2015 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  Morocco 2–1 Qualify to the AfroBasket  Algeria 2–1 Selected as a wild card  Libya 0–2 Withdrew

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

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

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

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

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

AfroBasket

Main article: AfroBasket 2015

#	Team	W–L	Qualification
	Nigeria	6–1	Qualify to the Olympics
	Angola	5–2	Qualify to Final Qualifying Tournament
	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

Main article: 2015 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  Mexico 3–0 Qualify to the Centrobasket  El Salvador 2–1  Costa Rica 1–2 4  Honduras 0–3

Caribbean # Team W–L Qualification  Bahamas 4–1 Qualify to the Centrobasket  Cuba 3–2  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  Mexico 6–0 Qualify to the Americas Championship  Puerto Rico 4–2  Dominican Republic 5–1 4  Cuba 3–3 5  Panama 2–2 6  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  Venezuela 4–1 Qualify to the Americas Championship  Argentina 4–1  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

Main article: 2015 FIBA Americas Championship

#	Team	W–L	Qualification
	Venezuela	6–4	Qualify to the Olympics
	Argentina	8–2
	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

Main article: 2015 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

Main article: 2014 FIBA Asia Cup

#	Team	W–L	Qualification
	Iran	4–1	Qualify to the Asian Championship
	Chinese Taipei	4–1	+1 East Asia berth
	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  Kazakhstan 1–0 Qualify to the Asian Championship  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  Qatar 5–0 Qualify to the Asian Championship  Kuwait 4–1  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  India 5–0 Qualify to the Asian Championship  Sri Lanka 4–1    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  Philippines 5–0 Qualify to the Asian Championship  Malaysia 4–1  Singapore 3–2 4  Indonesia 2–3 5  Laos 1–4 6  Brunei 0–5

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

FIBA Asia Championship

Main article: 2015 FIBA Asia Championship

#	Team	W–L	Qualification
	China	9–0	Qualify to the Olympics
	Philippines	7–2	Qualify to Final Olympic Qualifying Tournament as host
	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

Main article: EuroBasket 2015 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 of 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  Bulgaria 3–0 Advance to knockout stage  Iceland 2–2 Advance to second round  Romania 1–3

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

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

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

Knockout stage

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

Second round

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

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

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

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

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

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

Group G

#	Team	W–L	Qualification
	Italy	3–1	Qualify to EuroBasket
	Russia	2–2
	Switzerland	1–3

EuroBasket

Main article: EuroBasket 2015

#	Team	W–L	Qualification
	Spain	7–2	Qualify to the Olympics
	Lithuania	7–2
	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	North 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

Main article: 2015 FIBA Oceania Championship

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

FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournaments

Draw

In 2016 three qualifying tournaments, each producing a team which qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics. They were held on 4–10 July 2016 in Turin, Manila and Belgrade.^[1] Serbia, Croatia and France qualified for the Olympics as a result of these tournaments.

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. The draw for the Olympic qualifiers took place at The House of Basketball in Mies, Switzerland on 26 January 2016.^[2] 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.^[3]

The teams' FIBA World Rankings on the day of the draw are shown in brackets.^[4]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4	Pot 5	Pot 6
France (5)  Serbia (6) (host)  Greece (10)	Italy (35) (host)  Czech Republic (42)  Canada (26)	Philippines (28) (host)  Iran (17)  Japan (48)	Angola (15)  Tunisia (23)  Senegal (31)	Latvia (35)  Croatia (12)  Turkey (8)	Mexico (19)  Puerto Rico (16)  New Zealand (21)
Source: FIBA [3]

Turin Main article: 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Turin The tournament was held in Turin, Italy. # Team W–L Qualification  Croatia 3–1 Qualify to the Olympics  Italy 3–1  Greece 2–1 4  Mexico 1–2 5  Iran 0–2 6  Tunisia 0–2

Manila Main article: 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Manila The tournament was held in Manila, Philippines. # Team W–L Qualification  France 4–0 Qualify to the Olympics  Canada 3–1  New Zealand 1–2 4  Turkey 1–2 5  Senegal 0–2 6  Philippines 0–2

Belgrade Main article: 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Belgrade The tournament was held in Belgrade, Serbia. # Team W–L Qualification  Serbia 4–0 Qualify to the Olympics  Puerto Rico 2–2  Latvia 2–1 4  Czech Republic 1–2 5  Angola 0–2 6  Japan 0–2

References

1. Dy, Adrian (19 January 2016). "FIBA awards Philippines, Italy, Serbia, hosting rights to Olympic Qualifiers". Slam. Archived from the original on 24 April 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
2. "Italy, Philippines and Serbia to host Olympic Qualifying Tournaments; France to stage Women's Tournament". FIBA. 19 January 2016. Archived from the original on January 20, 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
3. "Procedures for Official Draws of the 2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments for Men and Women to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games". FIBA. 25 January 2016. Archived from the original on January 26, 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
4. "FIBA World Ranking for Men". FIBA. Archived from the original on July 8, 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2016.