2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women

2016 FIBA World Olympic
Qualifying Tournament
For Women
Tournament details
Host country France
Dates13–19 June
Teams12
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Top scorerFrance Endéné Miyem (16.7)
Top reboundsBelarus Yelena Leuchanka
South Korea Park Ji-su (10.8)
Top assistsFrance Céline Dumerc (7.7)
PPG (Team) France (81.0)
RPG (Team) France (52.7)
APG (Team) France (25.0)
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The 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women was a women's basketball tournament that consisted of 12 national teams, where the top five teams earned a place in the 2016 Summer Olympics basketball tournament. It was held from 13 to 19 June 2016.[1] France hosted the tournament in the city of Nantes.

Belarus, China, France, Spain and Turkey qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2]

Format

The 12 teams were divided into four groups (Groups A–D) for the preliminary round. The top two teams from each group qualified for the knockout round. All four quarterfinal winners advanced to the medal rounds; the four quarterfinal losers played two rounds to allocate the final slot.

Hosts selection

On 26 September 2015, FIBA announced that France and Spain were the candidates to host the women's qualification tournaments.[3] The deadline to submit the final candidature was set on 11 November, following which an evaluation of all bids would take place. France was announced as host of the Olympic qualifier on 19 January 2016.[4]

Squads

Main article: 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women squads

Qualification

Competition Vacancies Qualified
EuroBasket Women 2015 4 teams  France (hosts)
 Spain
 Belarus
 Turkey
2015 FIBA Americas Women's Championship 3 teams  Cuba
 Argentina
 Venezuela
AfroBasket Women 2015 2 teams  Cameroon
 Nigeria
2015 FIBA Asia Women's Championship 2 teams  China
 South Korea
2015 FIBA Oceania Women's Championship 1 team  New Zealand

Draw

The draw was held at 26 January 2016 at the FIBA headquarters in Mies, Switzerland.[5][6]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3

 France
 Spain
 Belarus
 Turkey

 Cuba
 Argentina
 China
 South Korea

 New Zealand
 Cameroon
 Nigeria
 Venezuela

Referees

The following referees were selected for the tournament.[7]

  • Albania Gentian Cici
  • Brazil Andreia Silva
  • Canada Maripier Malo
  • France Nicolas Maestre
  • France Yohan Rosso
  • India Snehal Bendke
  • Israel Amit Balak
  • Namibia Sarty Nghixulifwa
  • Panama Julio Anaya
  • Poland Tomasz Trawicki
  • Saudi Arabia Hatim Al-Harbi
  • Serbia Jasmina Juras
  • United States Amy Bonner
  • Zimbabwe Joyce Muchenu

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  France (H) 2 2 0 153 119 +34 4 Quarterfinals
2  Cuba 2 1 1 131 145 −14 3
3  New Zealand 2 0 2 114 134 −20 2
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
13 June 2016
20:30
Cuba  67–83  France
Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 14–30, 18–19, 20–14
Pts: Noblet 17
Rebs: Noblet 11
Asts: Casanova, Gelis 5		 Pts: Miyem 19
Rebs: Yacoubou 7
Asts: Michel 8
La Trocardière, Nantes
Attendance: 3,700
Referees: Amy Bonner (USA), Amit Balak (ISR), Snehal Bendke (IND)
14 June 2016
20:30
France  70–52  New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 11–12, 25–17, 18–6
Pts: Yacoubou 19
Rebs: Yacoubou 11
Asts: Dumerc 8		 Pts: Edmondson 10
Rebs: Edmondson, Purcell 6
Asts: Cocks 3
La Trocardière, Nantes
Attendance: 3,400
Referees: Maripier Malo (CAN), Gentian Cici (ALB), Joyce Muchenu (ZIM)
15 June 2016
15:00
New Zealand  62–64  Cuba
Scoring by quarter: 10–14, 14–18, 15–16, 23–16
Pts: Harmon 25
Rebs: Harmon 14
Asts: Cocks, Edmondson 6		 Pts: Gelis 16
Rebs: Noblet 10
Asts: Gelis 3
La Trocardière, Nantes
Attendance: 800
Referees: Amy Bonner (USA), Amit Balak (ISR), Jasmina Juras (SRB)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Turkey 2 2 0 138 84 +54 4 Quarterfinals
2  Argentina 2 1 1 113 130 −17 3
3  Cameroon 2 0 2 110 147 −37 2
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
13 June 2016
15:00
Cameroon  64–75  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 13–21, 10–22, 19–17, 22–15
Pts: Lonlack 25
Rebs: Dongmo 7
Asts: T. Weledji 5		 Pts: Gretter, Vega 15
Rebs: Vega 9
Asts: Gretter 6
La Trocardière, Nantes
Attendance: 1,250
Referees: Maripier Malo (CAN), Jasmina Juras (SRB), Tomasz Trawicki (POL)
14 June 2016
18:00
Argentina  38–66  Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 4–18, 13–15, 4–20, 17–13
Pts: Vega 8
Rebs: Vega 9
Asts: González 3		 Pts: Sanders 18
Rebs: Sanders 15
Asts: Vardarlı 10
La Trocardière, Nantes
Attendance: 1,600
Referees: Andreia Silva (BRA), Snehal Bendke (IND), Jasmina Juras (SRB)
15 June 2016
20:30
Turkey  72–46  Cameroon
Scoring by quarter: 20–8, 21–7, 17–17, 14–14
Pts: Sanders 12
Rebs: Sanders 9
Asts: Alben 6		 Pts: Ngo Ndjock 14
Rebs: Starling 7
Asts: Ngo Ndjock, Starling 2
La Trocardière, Nantes
Attendance: 960
Referees: Andreia Silva (BRA), Hatim Al-Harbi (KSA), Julio Anaya (PAN)

Group C

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Belarus 2 1 1 136 126 +10 3 Quarterfinals
2  South Korea 2 1 1 135 135 0 3
3  Nigeria 2 1 1 130 140 −10 3
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
13 June 2016
18:00
Belarus  71–60  Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 14–14, 24–18, 20–13, 13–15
Pts: Leuchanka 15
Rebs: Leuchanka 13
Asts: Leuchanka, Likhtarovich 5		 Pts: Elonu 19
Rebs: Ugoka 9
Asts: Kalu 4
La Trocardière, Nantes
Attendance: 1,950
Referees: Andreia Silva (BRA), Hatim Al-Harbi (KSA), Julio Anaya (PAN)
14 June 2016
12:30
Nigeria  70–69  South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 13–20, 15–13, 19–18, 23–18
Pts: Ekworomadu 14
Rebs: Sanni 10
Asts: Elonu 4		 Pts: Kang A. 22
Rebs: Park J. 16
Asts: Lee S. 8
La Trocardière, Nantes
Attendance: 300
Referees: Nicholas Maestre (FRA), Sarty Nghixulifwa (NAM), Yohan Rosso (FRA)
15 June 2016
12:30
South Korea  66–65  Belarus
Scoring by quarter: 24–22, 20–19, 12–14, 10–10
Pts: Kang A. 18
Rebs: Park J. 14
Asts: Lee S. 4		 Pts: Verameyenka 15
Rebs: Leuchanka 9
Asts: Harding 7
La Trocardière, Nantes
Attendance: 510
Referees: Maripier Malo (CAN), Yohan Rosso (FRA), Tomasz Trawicki (POL)

Group D

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 2 2 0 160 98 +62 4 Quarterfinals
2  China 2 1 1 120 136 −16 3
3  Venezuela 2 0 2 114 160 −46 2
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
13 June 2016
12:30
Venezuela  59–77  China
Scoring by quarter: 16–20, 8–22, 13–21, 22–11
Pts: Pérez 23
Rebs: Silva 9
Asts: Pérez 6		 Pts: Sun Mengx. 21
Rebs: Zhao 9
Asts: Zhao 8
La Trocardière, Nantes
Attendance: 1,650
Referees: Nicholas Maestre (FRA), Gentian Cici (ALB), Joyce Muchenu (ZIM)
14 June 2016
15:00
China  43–77  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 8–15, 13–20, 14–19, 8–23
Pts: Shao 9
Rebs: Sun Mengx. 6
Asts: Lu 3		 Pts: Torrens 22
Rebs: Lyttle 13
Asts: Palau 8
La Trocardière, Nantes
Attendance: 500
Referees: Amy Bonner (USA), Julio Anaya (PAN), Tomasz Trawicki (POL)
15 June 2016
18:00
Spain  83–55  Venezuela
Scoring by quarter: 17–7, 24–15, 22–12, 20–21
Pts: Rodríguez 24
Rebs: Pascua 9
Asts: three players 4		 Pts: Silva 16
Rebs: Pérez 7
Asts: Márquez, Pérez 5
La Trocardière, Nantes
Attendance: 650
Referees: Nicholas Maestre (FRA), Gentian Cici (ALB), Sarty Nghixulifwa (NAM)

Knockout round

The four quarterfinal winners and the winner of the fifth place game qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinals
(quarterfinal losers)		Fifth place game
 
          
 
 
 
 
 France90
 
 
 
 Argentina53
 
 Argentina44
 
 
 
 Belarus84
 
 Belarus70
 
 
 
 China84
 
 Belarus56
 
 
 
 South Korea39
 
 Turkey71
 
 
 
 Cuba45
 
 Cuba62
 
 
 
 South Korea81
 
 Spain70
 
 
 South Korea50
 

Quarterfinals

17 June 2016
12:30
Spain  70–50  South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 19–11, 17–14, 15–12, 19–13
Pts: Lyttle 20
Rebs: Lyttle 13
Asts: Torrens 4		 Pts: Park J. 10
Rebs: Park H. 4
Asts: Park H. 5
La Trocardière, Nantes
Attendance: 900
Referees: Nicholas Maestre (FRA), Joyce Muchenu (ZIM), Yohan Rosso (FRA)
17 June 2016
15:00
Turkey  71–45  Cuba
Scoring by quarter: 16–12, 26–12, 14–16, 15–5
Pts: Sanders 18
Rebs: Yılmaz 10
Asts: Vardarlı 6		 Pts: Casanova 15
Rebs: Cepeda 8
Asts: Gelis 2
La Trocardière, Nantes
Attendance: 1,200
Referees: Gentian Cici (ALB), Snehal Bendke (IND), Tomasz Trawicki (POL)
17 June 2016
18:00
Belarus  70–84  China
Scoring by quarter: 16–14, 12–18, 14–29, 28–23
Pts: Harding 22
Rebs: Leuchanka 9
Asts: Harding 6		 Pts: Shao 18
Rebs: Chen N. 7
Asts: three players 5
La Trocardière, Nantes
Attendance: 2,300
Referees: Amy Bonner (USA), Jasmina Juras (SRB), Andreia Silva (BRA)
17 June 2016
20:30
France  90–53  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 18–15, 28–11, 19–11, 25–16
Pts: Miyem 21
Rebs: Ciak 9
Asts: Dumerc 10		 Pts: Rosset 12
Rebs: Cabrera, Vega 4
Asts: Gretter 5
La Trocardière, Nantes
Attendance: 4,238
Referees: Maripier Malo (CAN), Amit Balak (ISR), Sarty Nghixulifwa (NAM)

Semifinals

18 June 2016
18:00
Cuba  62–81  South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 20–21, 15–25, 16-15, 11–20
Pts: Oquendo 19
Rebs: Noblet 8
Asts: Casanova, Romero 3		 Pts: Kang A. 22
Rebs: Park J. 10
Asts: Lee S. 8
La Trocardière, Nantes
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Maripier Malo (CAN), Jasmina Juras (SRB), Yohan Rosso (FRA)
18 June 2016
20:30
Argentina  44–84  Belarus
Scoring by quarter: 3–20, 13–26, 12–21, 16–17
Pts: Burani 11
Rebs: Burani 9
Asts: six players 1		 Pts: Likhtarovich 19
Rebs: Leuchanka 12
Asts: Troina 7
La Trocardière, Nantes
Attendance: 1,800
Referees: Amy Bonner (USA), Gentian Cici (ALB), Andreia Silva (BRA)

Fifth place game

19 June 2016
15:00
Belarus  56–39  South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 12–8, 15–8, 12–12, 17–11
Pts: Harding 17
Rebs: Verameyenka 15
Asts: Harding, Leuchanka 3		 Pts: Kim 11
Rebs: Park J. 12
Asts: Lim, Yang 2
La Trocardière, Nantes
Attendance: 2,200
Referees: Amy Bonner (USA), Nicolas Maestre (FRA), Maripier Malo (CAN)

Final ranking

# Team W–L Qualification
1  Spain 3–0 2016 Olympics
 Turkey 3–0
 France 3–0
 China 2–1
5  Belarus 3–2
6  South Korea 2–3
7  Cuba 1–3
8  Argentina 1–3
9  Nigeria 1–1
10  New Zealand 0–2
11  Cameroon 0–2
12  Venezuela 0–2

Statistical leaders

Players

[8]

Teams

[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Qualification System – Games of the XXXI Olympiad" (PDF). FIBA. February 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Belarus, China, France, Spain and Turkey complete line-up for Rio 2016 Women's Olympic Basketball Tournament". fiba.com. 19 June 2016. Archived from the original on September 27, 2018.
  3. ^ Twelve countries from three continents confirm interest in hosting 2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments
  4. ^ "Italy, Philippines and Serbia to host Olympic Qualifying Tournaments; France to stage Women's Tournament". FIBA. 19 January 2016. Archived from the original on November 17, 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  5. ^ "Procedures for Official Draws of the 2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments for Men and Women to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games". fiba.com. 25 January 2016. Archived from the original on September 11, 2018.
  6. ^ "Draw results for 2016 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament". fiba.com. 26 January 2016. Archived from the original on March 8, 2021.
  7. ^ Referees
  8. ^ "Players statistics of the FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2016". Archived from the original on October 3, 2018.
  9. ^ "Team statistics of the FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2016". Archived from the original on October 3, 2018.