2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Manila

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.

2016 FIBA World Olympic
Qualifying Tournament for Men
Manila, Philippines
Tournament details
Host nation Philippines
Dates5–10 July
Teams6 
(from 5 federations)
Venues1 
(in 1 host city)
Champions France
MVP Nando de Colo
Tournament leaders
PlayersTeams
Points Andray Blatche (25.5)  Philippines (82)
Rebounds Maurice Ndour (10.5)  Senegal (52)
Assists Cory Joseph (4.3)  France (15.3)
Official website

Teams
TeamQualificationDate of qualificationFIBA World Ranking
 Turkey[1][note 1]Wild card selection19 January 20168
 Senegal[2]AfroBasket 2015 4th place30 August 201531
 Canada[3]2015 FIBA Americas Championship 3rd place12 September 201526
 France[4]EuroBasket 2015 3rd place20 September 20155
 New Zealand[5]2015 FIBA Oceania Championship runner-up18 August 201521
 Philippines[6][note 2]Hosts, FIBA Asian Championship 2nd place19 January 201628

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.

Pasay
Pasay
2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Manila (Philippines)
Mall of Asia Arena
Capacity: 15,000

Referees

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

  • Sofiane Si Youcef
  • Michael Aylen
  • Elias Koromilas
  • Luigi Lamonica
  • Ferdinand Pascual
  • José Carrion
  • Saša Pukl
  • Miguel Pérez

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+8).

Group A
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Canada 2 2 0 135 124 +11 4 Semifinals
2  Turkey 2 1 1 137 139 −2 3
3  Senegal 2 0 2 117 126 −9 2
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
5 July 2016
18:30
Turkey  69–77  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 13–18, 17–20, 22–18
Pts: Güler 14
Rebs: Erden 8
Asts: Güler 3		 Pts: Joseph 21
Rebs: Birch 7
Asts: Joseph 5
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Attendance: 8,000
Referees: Saša Pukl (SLO), Miguel Pérez (ESP), Sofiane Si Youcef (ALG)
6 July 2016
18:30
Canada  58–55  Senegal
Scoring by quarter: 22–20, 11–8, 14–14, 11–13
Pts: Joseph 13
Rebs: Thompson 10
Asts: Ennis 3		 Pts: Ndour 16
Rebs: Ndour 10
Asts: Hannah, Niang 4
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Attendance: 7,200
Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Michael Aylen (AUS), Sofiane Si Youcef (ALG)
7 July 2016
18:30
Senegal  62–68  Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 11–10, 12–23, 20–13, 19–22
Pts: N'Doye 15
Rebs: Ndour 11
Asts: Hannah 4		 Pts: Muhammed 23
Rebs: Erden 11
Asts: Muhammed 4
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Attendance: 1,900
Referees: Saša Pukl (SLO), Miguel Pérez (ESP), Sofiane Si Youcef (ALG)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  France 2 2 0 159 143 +16 4 Semifinals
2  New Zealand 2 1 1 148 146 +2 3
3  Philippines (H) 2 0 2 164 182 −18 2
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Host.
Panorama shot inside the Mall of Asia Arena during the game between the Philippines and France.
5 July 2016
21:00
France  93–84  Philippines
Scoring by quarter: 22–30, 23–13, 32–23, 16–18
Pts: De Colo 27
Rebs: Diaw 9
Asts: Diaw, Parker 6		 Pts: Blatche 21
Rebs: Rosario 9
Asts: William 3
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Attendance: 15,000
Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Michael Aylen (AUS), Elias Koromilas (GRE)
6 July 2016
21:00
Philippines  80–89  New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 14–17, 22–22, 27–29
Pts: Blatche 30
Rebs: Blatche, Norwood 7
Asts: Norwood, William 3		 Pts: T. Webster 25
Rebs: T. Webster 11
Asts: Ili 4
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Attendance: 13,000
Referees: Saša Pukl (SLO), Elias Koromilas (GRE), Miguel Pérez (ESP)
7 July 2016
21:00
New Zealand  59–66  France
Scoring by quarter: 14–13, 17–10, 17–15, 11–28
Pts: C. Webster 21
Rebs: Vukona 12
Asts: C. Webster 3		 Pts: Gelabale 11
Rebs: Diaw 6
Asts: Heurtel 4
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Attendance: 6,000
Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Michael Aylen (AUS), Elias Koromilas (GRE)

Knockout phase
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
9 July
 
 
 Canada78
 
10 July
 
 New Zealand72
 
 Canada74
 
9 July
 
 France83
 
 France75
 
 
 Turkey63
 

Semifinals
9 July 2016
18:30
Canada  78–72  New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 23–25, 19–17, 16–12, 20–18
Pts: Joseph 23
Rebs: Thompson 10
Asts: Joseph 4		 Pts: C. Webster 21
Rebs: T. Webster 10
Asts: Loe, T. Webster 4
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Attendance: 8,000
Referees: Saša Pukl (SLO), Elias Koromilas (GRE), Ferdinand Pascual (PHI)
9 July 2016
21:00
France  75–63  Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 19–14, 16–13, 22–20
Pts: Heurtel 17
Rebs: Diaw 7
Asts: Heurtel 4		 Pts: Aşık 19
Rebs: Erden 7
Asts: Arslan 5
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Attendance: 13,000
Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Michael Aylen (AUS), Miguel Pérez (ESP)

Final
10 July 2016
21:00
Canada  74–83  France
Scoring by quarter: 25–30, 11–9, 15–17, 23–27
Pts: Joseph 20
Rebs: Thompson 7
Asts: Joseph 6		 Pts: Parker 26
Rebs: De Colo 5
Asts: Diaw, Parker 4
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Attendance: 13,000
Referees: Luigi Lamonica (ITA), Ferdinand Pascual (PHI), Saša Pukl (SLO)

Final rankings
#TeamW–LQualification
 France4–0Qualified for the Olympics
 Canada3–1
 New Zealand1–2
4 Turkey1–2
5 Senegal0–2
6 Philippines0–2

Statistical leaders

Players

Teams

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.[10][11] However, the New Zealand team stated that there was no issue with it as "Different people react in different ways to it."[12]

Marketing

Broadcasting

Below are the broadcasters of the participating teams

Country Broadcaster
 CanadaTSN
 FranceCanal+
 New ZealandMāori TV
 PhilippinesTV5
 SenegalCanal + Sport
SuperSport
 TurkeyNTV

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.[13]

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.[14]

See also

Notes
  1. Lebanon 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.
  2. The Philippines also qualified by virtue of being the runner-up at the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship.

References
  1. "2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men - Turkey". FIBA. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  2. "2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men - Senegal". FIBA. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  3. "2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men - Canada". FIBA. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  4. "2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men - France". FIBA. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  5. "2016 FIBA Olympic Qualfying Tournament for Men - New Zealand". FIBA. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  6. "2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men - Philippines". FIBA. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  7. Referees
  8. Player statistics
  9. Team statistics
  10. "Tall Blacks' haka booed, wrong anthem played at Olympic Qualifiers". The New Zealand Herald Tribune. 2016-07-08. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  11. Terrado, Reuben (2016-07-08). "NZ manager lauds Gilas for being 'hugely respectful' of haka dance, bears no ill will toward booing fans". Spin. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  12. http://www.philstar.com/sports/2016/07/09/1601053/tall-blacks-no-issue-haka-manila
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