Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

The men's qualification for the Olympic basketball tournament will take place from 2019 to 2020; all five FIBA (International Basketball Federation) zones are expected to have representation in the Olympic basketball event. (The Olympics was postponed to at least 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic).[1]

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Japan as host qualifies directly. The first qualifying tournament was the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup in which seven teams will qualify for the Olympics. The next best 16 teams in the FIBA Basketball World that did not qualify directly to the Olympics along with 2 select teams from each of the four FIBA regions or 24 teams will participate in four separate wild card tournaments which will determine the final four teams which will play in the Olympics.

Method

A total of 12 teams will take part in the Olympics, with each NOC sending in one team.

Qualification via hosting the Olympics

The host nation (Japan) is qualified to participate in the Olympic men's basketball event as the host.[2]

Qualification via World Cup

The best finishing team/s in the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup from each FIBA zone qualifies directly to the Olympics.[3]

Qualification via the wild card tournament

The additional four qualifying teams will be determined through four FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournaments of six teams each or between twenty four teams, totally. The tournaments will be contested by the 16 best non-qualifying teams at the 2019 World Cup and an additional 8 teams; 2 teams from each of the four regions of Africa, Americas, Asia (and Oceania), and Europe.[3] According to the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup results, each zone is allocated with the following berths:

Qualified teams
Means of qualification[3]DateVenueBerthsQualified
Host nation[4]N/AN/A1 Japan
2019 FIBA Basketball World CupAfrica31 August – 15 September 2019 China1 Nigeria
Americas2 Argentina
 United States
Asia1 Iran
Europe2 France
 Spain
Oceania1 Australia
2020 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments22 June – 4 July 2021 Victoria1 TBD
Split1 TBD
Kaunas1 TBD
Belgrade1 TBD
Total12

2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup
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(1/5 teams)		FIBA Americas
(2/7 teams)		FIBA Asia
(1/6 teams)		FIBA Europe
(2/12 teams)		FIBA Oceania
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TeamW–LTeamW–LTeamW–LTeamW–LTeamW–L
1  Nigeria3–2  Argentina7–1  Iran2–3  Spain8–0  Australia6–2
2  Tunisia3–2  United States6–2  China2–3  France6–2  New Zealand3–2
3  Angola1–4  Brazil3–2  South Korea1–4  Serbia6–2
4  Ivory Coast0–5  Venezuela2–3  Jordan1–4  Czech Republic4–4
5  Senegal0–5  Puerto Rico2–3  Japan0–5  Poland4–4
6  Dominican Republic2–3  Philippines0–5  Lithuania3–2
7  Canada2–3  Italy3–2
8  Greece3–2
9  Russia3–2
10  Germany3–2
11  Turkey2–3
12  Montenegro1–4

FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournaments
Main article: 2020 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments

After the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup results, each zone is represented by the following national teams:[5]

Victoria, Split, Kaunas and Belgrade have been awarded the hosting rights of the four tournaments.[6] They were originally scheduled to take place from 23 to 28 June 2020 but were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, to 22 June to 4 July 2021, with the exact dates to be announced.[7]

FIBA AfricaFIBA AmericasFIBA EuropeFIBA Asia and FIBA Oceania
 Tunisia  Brazil  Serbia  New Zealand
 Angola (WC)  Venezuela  Czech Republic  China (WC)
 Senegal (WC)  Puerto Rico  Poland  South Korea (WC)
 Dominican Republic  Lithuania
 Canada  Italy
 Mexico (WC)  Greece
 Uruguay (WC)  Russia
 Germany
 Turkey
 Croatia (WC)
 Slovenia (WC)

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

Draw

In 2020 four qualifying tournaments, each producing a team which will be 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. The draw took place on 27 November 2019.

References
  1. "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  2. Stein, Mark (2 May 2017). "USA Basketball to use non-NBA players for qualifying after FIBA changes". ESPN. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  3. "Qualification for Olympic Games". FIBA. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  4. Stein, Mark (2 May 2017). "USA Basketball to use non-NBA players for qualifying after FIBA changes". ESPN. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  5. "Field set for FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments 2020". FIBA. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  6. "FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments hosts announced for 2020". FIBA. 15 November 2019.
  7. "FIBA's Executive Committee confirms global calendar update". FIBA. 9 April 2020.
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