2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Manila

2016 FIBA World OlympicQualifying Tournament for Men Manila, Philippines World 2016 OQT MANILA.png 5–10 July 6 5 1 1 FRA FRA Nando de Colo PHI 20px Andray Blatche (25.5) PHI (82) SEN 20px Maurice Ndour (10.5) SEN (52) CAN 20px Cory Joseph (4.3) FRA (15.3) OQT Philippines The 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Manila was one of three 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournaments for Men. The tournament was held at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay, Philippines, from 5 to 10 July 2016. The national teams of Turkey, Senegal, Canada, France, New Zealand, and hosts Philippines were drawn into the tournament. The winner qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Teams Team Qualification Date of qualification FIBA World RankingTURhttps://www.fiba.basketball/oqt/philippines/2016/Turkey https://web.archive.org/web/20160130004852/http://www.fiba.com/oqt/philippines/2016/Turkey live January 30, 2016 2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men - Turkey FIBA 29 March 2016Lebanon qualified as fifth placers at the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship with the Philippines named as one of the hosts of the Olympic qualifying tournaments. However, FIBA stated that Lebanon is not "in good standing" or behind in payments with FIBA Asia and the FIBA Executive decided to invite Turkey as replacement taking its FIBA World Ranking and final standings at the EuroBasket in consideration. "note" Wild card selection 19 January 2016 8SENhttps://www.fiba.basketball/oqt/philippines/2016/Senegal https://web.archive.org/web/20160130114158/http://www.fiba.com/oqt/philippines/2016/Senegal live January 30, 2016 2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men - Senegal FIBA 29 March 2016 AfroBasket 2015 4th place 30 August 2015 31CANhttps://www.fiba.basketball/oqt/philippines/2016/Canada https://web.archive.org/web/20160129234356/http://www.fiba.com/oqt/philippines/2016/Canada live January 29, 2016 2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men - Canada FIBA 29 March 2016 2015 FIBA Americas Championship 3rd place 12 September 2015 26FRAhttps://www.fiba.basketball/oqt/philippines/2016/France https://web.archive.org/web/20160130113934/http://www.fiba.com/oqt/philippines/2016/France live January 30, 2016 2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men - France FIBA 29 March 2016 EuroBasket 2015 3rd place 20 September 2015 5NZLhttps://www.fiba.basketball/oqt/philippines/2016/New-Zealand https://web.archive.org/web/20160130113945/http://www.fiba.com/oqt/philippines/2016/New-Zealand live January 30, 2016 2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men - New Zealand FIBA 29 March 2016 2015 FIBA Oceania Championship runner-up 18 August 2015 21PHIhttps://www.fiba.basketball/oqt/philippines/2016/Philippines https://web.archive.org/web/20160129220218/http://www.fiba.com/oqt/philippines/2016/Philippines live January 29, 2016 2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men - Philippines FIBA 29 March 2016The Philippines also qualified by virtue of being the runner-up at the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship. "note" Hosts, FIBA Asian Championship 2nd place 19 January 2016 28 Venue The Mall of Asia Arena was chosen as the main venue for the tournament. Since the arena's location, Pasay, is part of Metro Manila, the host city of the Philippine qualifiers is designated as "Manila" for marketing purposes. The Arena hosted the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship. PasayPhilippines right 200 Philippines 10 Red pog.svg 14.55 121 Pasay top Mall of Asia Arena Capacity: 15,000200px Referees The following referees were selected for the tournament.Referees ALG Sofiane Si Youcef AUS Michael Aylen GRE Elias Koromilas ITA Luigi Lamonica PHI Ferdinand Pascual PUR José Carrion SVN Saša Pukl ESP Miguel Pérez Preliminary round All times are local (UTC+8). Group A main WL Group A complete FIBA points CAN TUR SEN SF SF 1 1 137 139 0 2 117 126 2 0 135 124 TUR SEN CAN 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored. Q green1 Semifinals 18:30 #eee Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay 5 July 2016 TUR CAN 69 77 Boxscore 17–21 13–18 17–20 22–18 Güler 14 Erden 8 Güler 3 Joseph 21 Birch 7 Joseph 5 8,000 Saša Pukl (SLO), Miguel Pérez (ESP), Sofiane Si Youcef (ALG) 18:30 Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay 6 July 2016 CAN SEN 58 55 Boxscore 22–20 11–8 14–14 11–13 Joseph 13 Thompson 10 Ennis 3 Ndour 16 Ndour 10 Hannah, Niang 4 7,200 Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Michael Aylen (AUS), Sofiane Si Youcef (ALG) 18:30 #eee Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay 7 July 2016 SEN TUR 62 68 Boxscore 11–10 12–23 20–13 19–22 N'Doye 15 Ndour 11 Hannah 4 Muhammed 23 Erden 11 Muhammed 4 1,900 Saša Pukl (SLO), Miguel Pérez (ESP), Sofiane Si Youcef (ALG) Group B main WL Group B complete FIBA points FRA NZL PHI SF SF 0 2 164 182 H 1 1 148 146 2 0 159 143 PHI NZL FRA 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored. Q green1 Semifinals FIBA OQT - France vs Philippines 2016-0705 (27831300420) (2).jpg 700px Panorama shot inside the Mall of Asia Arena during the game between the Philippines and France. 21:00 #eee Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay 5 July 2016 FRA PHI 93 84 Boxscore 22–30 23–13 32–23 16–18 De Colo 27 Diaw 9 Diaw, Parker 6 Blatche 21 Rosario 9 William 3 15,000 Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Michael Aylen (AUS), Elias Koromilas (GRE) 21:00 Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay 6 July 2016 PHI NZL 80 89 Boxscore 17–21 14–17 22–22 27–29 Blatche 30 Blatche, Norwood 7 Norwood, William 3 T. Webster 25 T. Webster 11 Ili 4 13,000 Saša Pukl (SLO), Elias Koromilas (GRE), Miguel Pérez (ESP) 21:00 #eee Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay 7 July 2016 NZL FRA 59 66 Boxscore 14–13 17–10 17–15 11–28 C. Webster 21 Vukona 12 C. Webster 3 Gelabale 11 Diaw 6 Heurtel 4 6,000 Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Michael Aylen (AUS), Elias Koromilas (GRE) Knockout phase N4 yes high Semifinals Final 9 July CAN 78 NZL 72 9 July FRA 75 TUR 63 10 July CAN 74 FRA 83 Semifinals 18:30 #eee Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay 9 July 2016 CAN NZL 78 72 Boxscore 23–25 19–17 16–12 20–18 Joseph 23 Thompson 10 Joseph 4 C. Webster 21 T. Webster 10 Loe, T. Webster 4 8,000 Saša Pukl (SLO), Elias Koromilas (GRE), Ferdinand Pascual (PHI) 21:00 Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay 9 July 2016 FRA TUR 75 63 Boxscore 18–16 19–14 16–13 22–20 Heurtel 17 Diaw 7 Heurtel 4 Aşık 19 Erden 7 Arslan 5 13,000 Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Michael Aylen (AUS), Miguel Pérez (ESP) Final 21:00 #ffffd0 Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay 10 July 2016 CAN FRA 74 83 Boxscore 25–30 11–9 15–17 23–27 Joseph 20 Thompson 7 Joseph 6 Parker 26 De Colo 5 Diaw, Parker 4 13,000 Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Ferdinand Pascual (PHI), Saša Pukl (SLO) Final rankings # Team W–L Qualification FRA 4–0 Qualified for the Olympics CAN 3–1 NZL 1–2 4 TUR 1–2 5 SEN 0–2 6 PHI 0–2 Statistical leaders Players 100% 33% PointsPlayer statistics Pos. Name PPG1PHI Andray Blatche 25.52NZL Corey Webster 21.73CAN Cory Joseph 19.34FRA Nando De Colo 17.35NZL Tai Webster 16.3 33% Rebounds Pos. Name RPG1SEN Maurice Ndour 10.52NZL Tai Webster 9.73TUR Semih Erden 8.74CAN Tristan Thompson 8.35NZL Mika Vukona 7.5 33% Assists Pos. Name APG1CAN Cory Joseph 4.32SEN Clevin Hannah 4.03FRA Tony Parker 3.5SEN Thierno Niang5FRA Boris Diaw 3.3 100% 33% Steals Pos. Name SPG1FRA Nando De Colo 2.32TUR Sinan Güler 1.73PHI Andray Blatche 1.54TUR Semih Erden 1.3FRA Boris DiawFRA Thomas Heurtel CAN Cory Joseph33% Blocks Pos. Name BPG1SEN Maurice Ndour 2.52SEN Cheikh Mbodj 2.03CAN Melvin Ejim 1.0NZL Thomas Abercrombie CAN Khem BirchPHI Andray Blatche 33% Other statistical leaders Stat Name Avg.Field goal percentage FRA Nando de Colo 58.5%3-point FG percentage NZL Isaac Fotu 57.1%Free throw percentage NZL Corey Webster100.0%Turnovers PHI Andray BlatcheCAN Cory Joseph3.5Fouls NZL Mika Vukona 5.0 Teams 100% 33% PointsTeam statistics Pos. Name PPG1PHI 82.02FRA 79.33NZL 73.34CAN 71.85TUR 66.7 33% Rebounds Pos. Name RPG1SEN 52.02NZL 41.73CAN 41.54TUR 37.75PHI 36.0 33% Assists Pos. Name APG1FRA 15.32NZL 14.0TUR 4CAN 12.85SEN 12.0 100% 33% Steals Pos. Name SPG1FRA 8.52TUR 6.03NZL 5.04PHI 4.05CAN 3.8 33% Blocks Pos. Name BPG1SEN 5.02CAN 3.33NZL 3.04PHI 2.05FRA 1.3 33% Other statistical leaders Stat Name Avg.Field goal percentage FRA 41.0%3-point FG percentage PHI 40.0%Free throw percentage FRA 83.1%Turnovers SEN 17.5Fouls SEN 26.5 Issues Reception to the Haka There was mixed reception of the fans' reaction to the New Zealand squad while performing their Haka in which fans reacted with boos. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11670682 Tall Blacks' haka booed, wrong anthem played at Olympic Qualifiers 2016-07-08 2016-07-09 The New Zealand Herald Tribune http://www.spin.ph/basketball/fiba/news/new-zealand-reaction-booing-haka-dance-andrew-dewhurst NZ manager lauds Gilas for being 'hugely respectful' of haka dance, bears no ill will toward booing fans 2016-07-08 2016-07-09 Spin Terrado Reuben However, the New Zealand team stated that there was no issue with it as "Different people react in different ways to it."http://www.philstar.com/sports/2016/07/09/1601053/tall-blacks-no-issue-haka-manila Tall Blacks: No issue on 'Haka' in Manila Marketing Broadcasting Below are the broadcasters of the participating teams Country Broadcaster Canada TSN France Canal+ New Zealand Māori TV Philippines TV5 Senegal Canal + SportSuperSport Turkey NTV Side Events The March to MOA On the afternoon of July 5, day 1 of the tournament, a colorful street parade called The March to MOA (Mall of Asia Arena) was held to kick off the OQT Manila event festivities. It was a giant street party as the parade winds its way through the precinct streets of the SM Mall of Asia towards the Mall of Asia Arena. The parade was highlighted Filipino culture and feature attractive floats representing the six participating nations and FIBA as well as showcasing cultural dance and drummer groups from all over the Philippines.https://www.fiba.basketball/oqt/philippines/2016/side-events https://web.archive.org/web/20160629202313/http://www.fiba.com/oqt/philippines/2016/side-events live June 29, 2016 Side Events The Global Village A Global Village fan zone was erected beside the Mall of Asia Arena where fans were able to check various booths representing each of the participating countries including food, Music and Culture. The Village Central was consisted of the registration area, passport for the village, get money or chits to buy food from the village, and avail of merchandise souvenirs from all the six participating countries.https://www.fiba.basketball/oqt/philippines/2016/side-events https://web.archive.org/web/20160629202313/http://www.fiba.com/oqt/philippines/2016/side-events live June 29, 2016 Side Events See also 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournaments for Men 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Belgrade 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Turin Notes note References External links Official website Category:2016 in Philippine sport FIBA Olympics men's qualifying Category:International basketball competitions hosted by the Philippines Manila