2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Turin

2016 FIBA World Olympic
Qualifying Tournament for Men
Turin, Italy
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)
Official website
	OQT Italy

The 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Turin was one of three

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.

Teams

Team	Qualification	Date of qualification	FIBA World Ranking
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

Venue

The

Pala Alpitour was chosen as the main venue for the tournament. The arena hosted the ice hockey events at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Turin	Turin 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Turin (Italy)
Pala Alpitour
Capacity: 16,600

Referees

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

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Greece	2	2	0	164	123	+41	4	Semifinals
2	Mexico	2	1	1	145	156	−11	3	Semifinals
3	Iran	2	0	2	123	153	−30	2

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

4 July 2016
18:00

Boxscore

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

Boxscore

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

Boxscore

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy (H)	2	2	0	135	101	+34	4	Semifinals
2	Croatia	2	1	1	132	119	+13	3	Semifinals
3	Tunisia	2	0	2	93	140	−47	2

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts

4 July 2016
21:00

Boxscore

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

Boxscore

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

Boxscore

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)

Knockout phase

Semifinals		Final

8 July

Greece	61
		9 July
Croatia	66
		OT)	84
8 July
		Italy	78
Italy	79

Mexico	54

Semifinals

8 July 2016
16:30

Boxscore

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)

8 July 2016
21:00

Boxscore

Italy	79–54	Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 19–13, 19–15, 20–13, 21–13
Pts: Gallinari 15 Rebs: Melli 6 Asts: Belinelli 4		Pts: Cruz 20 Rebs: Cruz 7 Asts: J. Gutiérrez 4

Pala Alpitour, Turin

Attendance: 10,083
Referees: Jorge Vázquez (PUR), Milivoje Jovčić (SRB), Jurgis Laurinavičius (LTU)

Final

9 July 2016
21:00

Boxscore

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)

Final rankings

#	Team	W–L	Qualification
	Croatia	3–1	Qualified for the Olympics
	Italy	3–1
	Greece	2–1
4	Mexico	1–2
5	Iran	0–2
6	Tunisia	0–2

Statistical leaders

Players

Points^[8]

Pos.	Name	PPG
1	Bojan Bogdanović	23.7
2	Francisco Cruz	19.0
3	Behnam Yakhchali	16.0
4	Giannis Antetokounmpo	15.3
5	Michael Roll	15.0

Rebounds

Pos.	Name	RPG
1	Dario Šarić	9.0
2	Danilo Gallinari	7.0
2	Arsalan Kazemi	7.0
4	Ioannis Bourousis	6.7
4	Héctor Hernández	6.7

Assists

Pos.	Name	APG
1	Nick Calathes	5.3
2	Michael Roll	5.0
3	Paul Stoll	3.7
3	Roko Ukić	3.7
5	Mohammad Jamshidi	3.5

Steals

Pos.	Name	SPG
1	Jorge Gutiérrez	2.3
2	Paul Stoll	2.0
	Hamdi Braa	2.0
	Adnan Doraghi	2.0
5	Nick Calathes	1.7

Blocks

Pos.	Name	BPG
1	Giannis Antetokounmpo	2.0
2	Mokhtar Ghyaza	1.5
3	Thanasis Antetokounmpo	1.3
4	Lorenzo Mata	1.0
4	Riccardo Cervi	1.0

Other statistical leaders

Stat	Name	Avg.
Field goal percentage	Francisco Cruz	55.0%
3-point FG percentage	Pietro Aradori	83.3%
Free throw percentage	Giannis Antetokounmpo Michael Roll	100.0%
Turnovers	Mohammad Jamshidi	5.5
Fouls	Mehdi Seyeh	4.0

Teams

Points^[9]

Pos.	Name	PPG
1	Greece	75.0
2	Italy	71.3
3	Mexico	66.3
4	Croatia	66.0
5	Iran	61.5

Rebounds

Pos.	Name	RPG
1	Italy	44.0
2	Croatia	41.3
3	Greece	37.3
4	Mexico	33.7
5	Iran	33.0

Assists

Pos.	Name	APG
1	Greece	17.0
2	Italy	16.0
3	Iran	15.0
4	Mexico	14.0
5	Croatia	13.3

Steals

Pos.	Name	SPG
1	Greece	8.3
1	Mexico	8.3
3	Tunisia	7.5
4	Italy	7.3
5	Iran	4.5

Blocks

Pos.	Name	BPG
1	Greece	6.0
2	Mexico	3.0
3	Italy	2.7
4	Iran	2.0
4	Tunisia	2.0

Other statistical leaders

Stat	Name	Avg.
Field goal percentage	Greece	43.1%
3-point FG percentage	Iran	42.5%
Free throw percentage	Italy Greece	73.8%
Turnovers	Iran	23.5
Fouls	Mexico	24.7

Notes

^ 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.

References

^ "2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men - Greece". FIBA. Archived from the original on August 21, 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
^ "2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men - Mexico". FIBA. Archived from the original on August 16, 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
^ "2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men - Iran". FIBA. Archived from the original on July 24, 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
^ "2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men - Tunisia". FIBA. Archived from the original on July 24, 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
^ "2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men - Croatia". FIBA. Archived from the original on February 28, 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
^ "2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men - Italy". FIBA. Archived from the original on August 31, 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
^ Referees
^ Player statistics
^ Team statistics

External links

Official website

[6] Croatia later qualified for the tournament, together with Latvia, when Italy and Serbia were announced as two of the Olympic qualifying tournament hosts.

[8] Italy also qualified by virtue of being the 6th placers at EuroBasket 2015.

[1] "2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men - Greece". FIBA. Archived from the original on August 21, 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2016.

[2] "2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men - Mexico". FIBA. Archived from the original on August 16, 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2016.

[3] "2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men - Iran". FIBA. Archived from the original on July 24, 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2016.

[4] "2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men - Tunisia". FIBA. Archived from the original on July 24, 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2016.

[5] "2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men - Croatia". FIBA. Archived from the original on February 28, 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2016.

[7] "2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men - Italy". FIBA. Archived from the original on August 31, 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2016.

[9] Referees

[10] Player statistics

[11] Team statistics

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2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Turin

Teams

Venue

Referees

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Knockout phase

Semifinals

Final

Final rankings

Statistical leaders

Players

Teams

Sponsors

See also

Notes

References

External links