The 2020 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments were the four basketball tournaments that were contested by 23 national teams, where the top teams earned a place in the 2020 Summer Olympics basketball tournament. They were originally scheduled to take place from 23 to 28 June 2020 but were postponed due to the

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, to 29 June to 4 July 2021.

Hosts selection

The cities of

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and

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hosted the tournaments.

Format

There were four qualifying tournaments, each producing a team which was qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics. The format consisted of 24 national teams divided into four tournaments of six teams each, with the winning team from each event qualifying for the Olympics.

Teams

The FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments included the 16 best-placed non-qualified teams from the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup and two highest-ranked countries per region in the

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. On 19 September 2019, FIBA announced those teams, which are Angola and Senegal (Africa), Mexico and Uruguay (Americas), China and Korea (Asia-Oceania), and Croatia and Slovenia (Europe).

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initially qualified for the Olympic Qualifying Tournament by virtue of the

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. On 26 February 2021, Basketball New Zealand announced that they would pull out of the tournament. On the same day,

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announced that they would be replaced by the

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as the next-best team from the Asia-Oceania region in FIBA World Rankings.

Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 � ...

had been initially included in the Belgrade Tournament, but it was forced to withdraw before the start due to several

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positive cases, and not being replaced by any team, lowering the number of participants to 23.

Draw

The draw for the Olympic qualifiers took place at The House of Basketball in Mies,

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on 27 November 2019.

Seeding

The latest ranking before the draw served as the basis to determine the pots for the draw (seeding in brackets). In each tournament, group A consists of one team each from pots 1, 4 and 5, while group B consists of one team each from pots 2, 3 and 6.

Squads

Qualifying tournaments

Victoria

Preliminary round

=Group A

=Group B

Final round

Final ranking

Split

Preliminary round

=Group A

=Group B

Final round

Final ranking

Kaunas

Preliminary round

=Group A

=Group B

Final round

Final ranking

Belgrade

Preliminary round

=Group A

=Group B

= *FIBA did not publish any standings. Both teams qualified to the final round, with the winner playing Group A's runner-up.

Final round

Final ranking

References

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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the 2020 Summer Olympics

Hosts selection

Format

Teams

Draw

Seeding

Squads

Qualifying tournaments

Victoria

Preliminary round

=Group A

=Group B

Final round

Final ranking

Split

Preliminary round

=Group A

=Group B

Final round

Final ranking

Kaunas

Preliminary round

=Group A

=Group B

Final round

Final ranking

Belgrade

Preliminary round

=Group A

=Group B

Final round

Final ranking

See also

References