2024 FIBA Men's Pre-Qualifying Olympic Qualifying Tournaments

The 2024 FIBA Men's Pre-Qualifying Olympic Qualifying Tournaments were five basketball tournaments that were contested by 40 national teams, where the top teams earned a place in the 2024 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments. The tournaments were held between 12 and 20 August 2023.^[1][2]

2023 FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournaments

For Men
Tournament details
Host country	Argentina  Estonia  Nigeria  Poland  Syria  Turkey
Dates	12–20 August 2023
Teams	35
Venue(s)	7 (in 7 host cities)

Hosts selection

The tournaments were held in Nigeria, Argentina, Turkey, Poland, Estonia and an Asian country to be named, which was later announced to be Syria.^[3][4]

Format

There were five qualifying tournaments with the teams split per their continent (Europe has two tournaments) and played a tournament in a single venue. The winning team advanced to the Olympic Qualification tournament.

Teams

Teams that missed out on the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup and the next best-ranked team(s) participated in these tournaments.^[1]

FIBA Africa	FIBA Americas	FIBA Asia and FIBA Oceania	FIBA Europe
Senegal	Argentina	Saudi Arabia	Turkey	Estonia
Nigeria	Panama[a]	Kazakhstan	Sweden	Czech Republic
Tunisia	Uruguay	India	Hungary	Netherlands
Guinea	Bahamas	Bahrain	Iceland	North Macedonia
DR Congo[b]	Colombia	South Korea[c]	Belgium	Poland
Uganda[d]	Virgin Islands	Chinese Taipei[e]	Israel	Portugal
Cameroon	Chile	Indonesia	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Croatia[f]
Mali	Cuba	Syria	Ukraine	Bulgaria[g]

1. Panama withdrew before the tournament.^[5]
2. The Democratic Republic of the Congo withdrew before the tournament.^[6]
3. South Korea withdrew before the tournament.^[7]
4. Uganda withdrew before the tournament.^[6]
5. Chinese Taipei withdrew before the tournament.^[7]
6. Great Britain withdrew before the start of the tournament and Croatia was named their replacement.^[8]
7. A final decision was made in April, to decline Russia's entry due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Bulgaria was the next best ranked European team.^[8]

Qualifying tournaments

Africa

Main article: 2024 FIBA Men's Pre-Qualifying Olympic Qualifying Tournaments – Africa

The tournament was held in Lagos, Nigeria.

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Senegal	2	2	0	167	158	+9	4	Semi-finals
2	Mali	2	1	1	148	142	+6	3
3	Nigeria (H)	2	0	2	155	170	−15	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	Cameroon	2	2	0	187	144	+43	4	Semi-finals
2	Guinea	2	1	1	169	190	−21	3
3	Tunisia	2	0	2	156	178	−22	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.

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	19 August
	Guinea	60
					20 August
	Senegal	100
					Senegal	74
	19 August
					Cameroon	80
	Cameroon	87
	Mali	70

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record
	Cameroon	4–0
	Senegal	3–1
	Mali	1–2
4	Guinea	1–2
5	Nigeria	0–2
6	Tunisia	0–2

Qualified for the FIBA Men's Olympic qualifying tournaments

Americas

Main article: 2024 FIBA Men's Pre-Qualifying Olympic Qualifying Tournaments – Americas

The tournament was held in Santiago del Estero, Argentina.

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bahamas	2	2	0	210	157	+53	4	Semi-finals
2	Argentina (H)	2	1	1	198	167	+31	3
3	Cuba	2	0	2	134	218	−84	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	Chile	3	3	0	217	196	+21	6	Semi-finals
2	Uruguay	3	1	2	215	212	+3	4[a]
3	Colombia	3	1	2	227	231	−4	4[a]
4	Virgin Islands	3	1	2	204	224	−20	4[a]

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.
Notes:

1. Tied on head to head points. Head to head points difference: Uruguay +11, Colombia +8, Virgin Islands −19.

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	19 August
	Uruguay	62
					20 August
	Bahamas	78
					Bahamas	82
	19 August
					Argentina	75
	Chile	79
	Argentina	87

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record
	Bahamas	4–0
	Argentina	2–2
	Chile	3–1
4	Uruguay	1–3
5	Colombia	1–2
6	Virgin Islands	1–2
7	Cuba	0–2

Qualified for the FIBA Men's Olympic qualifying tournaments

Asia

Main article: 2024 FIBA Men's Pre-Qualifying Olympic Qualifying Tournaments – Asia

The tournament was held in Damascus, Syria.

Round robin

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bahrain	5	5	0	458	339	+119	10	Olympic Qualifying Tournaments
2	Saudi Arabia	5	3	2	402	375	+27	8
3	India	5	2	3	386	392	−6	7[a]
4	Kazakhstan	5	2	3	373	414	−41	7[a]
5	Indonesia	5	2	3	393	431	−38	7[a]
6	Syria (H)	5	1	4	355	416	−61	6

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
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points difference: India +13, Kazakhstan −6, Indonesia −7.

Europe 1

Main article: 2024 FIBA Men's Pre-Qualifying Olympic Qualifying Tournaments – Europe

The tournament was held in Tallinn, Estonia.

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Israel	3	2	1	231	199	+32	5[a]	Semi-finals
2	Estonia (H)	3	2	1	224	201	+23	5[a]
3	Czech Republic	3	2	1	238	236	+2	5[a]
4	North Macedonia	3	0	3	206	263	−57	3

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
Notes:

1. Tied on head to head points. Head to head points difference: Israel +11, Estonia −1, Czech Republic −10.

The tournament was held in Gliwice, Poland.

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Poland (H)	3	3	0	246	222	+24	6	Semi-finals
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	2	1	263	238	+25	5
3	Portugal	3	1	2	226	236	−10	4
4	Hungary	3	0	3	233	272	−39	3

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

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	18 August
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	86
					20 August
	Israel	77
					Bosnia and Herzegovina	72
	18 August
					Poland	76
	Poland	93
	Estonia	83

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record
	Poland	5–0
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3–2
	Israel	2–2
4	Estonia	2–2
5	Czech Republic	2–1
6	Portugal	1–2
7	Hungary	0–3
8	North Macedonia	0–3

Qualified for the FIBA Men's Olympic qualifying tournaments

Europe 2

The tournament was held in Istanbul, Turkey.

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Turkey (H)	3	3	0	288	210	+78	6	Semi-finals
2	Ukraine	3	2	1	234	225	+9	5
3	Iceland	3	1	2	234	257	−23	4
4	Bulgaria	3	0	3	213	277	−64	3

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 D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	3	3	0	274	203	+71	6	Semi-finals
2	Sweden	3	2	1	237	266	−29	5
3	Netherlands	3	1	2	248	256	−8	4
4	Belgium	3	0	3	209	243	−34	3

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.

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	18 August
	Sweden	84
					20 August
	Turkey	105
					Turkey	71
	18 August
					Croatia	84
	Croatia	85
	Ukraine	70

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record
	Croatia	5–0
	Turkey	4–1
	Ukraine	2–2
4	Sweden	2–2
5	Netherlands	1–2
6	Iceland	1–2
7	Belgium	0–3
8	Bulgaria	0–3

Qualified for the FIBA Men's Olympic qualifying tournaments

See also

• Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

References

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2. "FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournaments: 40 teams to fight for Paris 2024 spots in August 2023". olympics.com. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
3. "FIBA announce host countries for FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournaments". FIBA. 29 April 2023.
4. "Host countries for the 2023 FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournaments announced". eurohoops.net. 29 April 2023.
5. "FIBA statement on Panama participation to the FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament 2023 Argentina". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
6. "FIBA statement on Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda participation to the FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament 2023 Nigeria". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 13 August 2023.
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