# 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Turin

The 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Turin was one of three 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournaments for Men. The tournament was held at the Pala Alpitour in Turin, Italy, from 4 to 9 July 2016. The national teams of Greece, Mexico, Iran, Tunisia, Croatia, and hosts Italy were drawn into the tournament. Croatia qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics after defeating hosts Italy in the final.

## Teams

| Team | Qualification | Date of qualification | FIBA World Ranking |
| Greece | EuroBasket 2015 5th place | 15 September 2015 | 10 |
| Mexico | 2015 FIBA Americas Championship 4th place | 12 September 2015 | 19 |
| Iran | 2015 FIBA Asia Championship 3rd place | 3 October 2015 | 17 |
| Tunisia | AfroBasket 2015 3rd place | 30 August 2015 | 23 |
| Croatia | EuroBasket 2015 9th place | 18 August 2015 | 12 |
| Italy | Hosts, EuroBasket 2015 6th place | 19 January 2016 | T-35 |

## Venue

The Pala Alpitour was chosen as the main venue for the tournament. The arena hosted the ice hockey events at the 2006 Winter Olympics
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| Capacity: 16,600 | Turin2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Turin (Italy) |

## Referees

The following referees were selected for the tournament.
* Arnaud Kom Njilo
* Yevgeniy Mikheyev
* Jurgis Laurinavičius
* Jorge Vázquez
* Matej Boltauzer
* Emilio Pérez
* Milivoje Jovčić
* Borys Shulga

## Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Greece | 2 | 2 | 0 | 164 | 123 | +41 | 4 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Mexico | 2 | 1 | 1 | 145 | 156 | −11 | 3 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Iran | 2 | 0 | 2 | 123 | 153 | −30 | 2 | |
* 4 July 2016 18:00
* Boxscore
| Greece | 78–53 | Iran |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–21, 21–10, 18–16, 12–6 |||
| Pts: G. Antetokounmpo 16 Rebs: Papapetrou 6 Asts: Calathes 6 | | Pts: Haddadi 16 Rebs: Sahakian 8 Asts: Jamshidi 5 |
* Pala Alpitour, Turin Attendance: 7,500 Referees: Jorge Vázquez (PUR), Emilio Pérez (ESP), Borys Shulga (UKR)
* 5 July 2016 18:00
* Boxscore
| Iran | 70–75 | Mexico |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–17, 12–19, 21–17, 23–22 |||
| Pts: Yakhchali 20 Rebs: Kazemi 9 Asts: four players 3 | | Pts: Cruz 18 Rebs: Hernández 8 Asts: Stoll 4 |
* Pala Alpitour, Turin Attendance: 7,150 Referees: Matej Boltauzer (SLO), Jurgis Laurinavičius (LTU), Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ)
* 6 July 2016 18:00
* Boxscore
| Mexico | 70–86 | Greece |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 19–18, 13–27, 22–26 |||
| Pts: Cruz 19 Rebs: I. Gutiérrez 11 Asts: Méndez 5 | | Pts: G. Antetokounmpo 21 Rebs: Bourousis 9 Asts: Calathes 7 |
* Pala Alpitour, Turin Attendance: 1,728 Referees: Jorge Vázquez (PUR), Milivoje Jovčić (SRB), Borys Shulga (UKR)

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Italy (H) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 135 | 101 | +34 | 4 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Croatia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 132 | 119 | +13 | 3 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Tunisia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 93 | 140 | −47 | 2 | |
* 4 July 2016 21:00
* Boxscore
| Tunisia | 41–68 | Italy |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–19, 15–13, 2–22, 12–14 |||
| Pts: El Mabrouk 11 Rebs: Braa 9 Asts: Roll 5 | | Pts: Bargnani 15 Rebs: Gallinari 9 Asts: Cusin, Melli 3 |
* Pala Alpitour, Turin Attendance: 9,834 Referees: Matej Boltauzer (SLO), Milivoje Jovčić (SRB), Arnaud Kom Njilo (CMR)
* 5 July 2016 21:00
* Boxscore
| Italy | 67–60 | Croatia |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–23, 12–12, 21–12, 13–13 |||
| Pts: Belinelli 19 Rebs: Gallinari, Hackett 8 Asts: Gentile 4 | | Pts: Bogdanović 26 Rebs: Šarić 10 Asts: Šarić, Ukić 3 |
* Pala Alpitour, Turin Attendance: 11,872 Referees: Emilio Pérez (ESP), Milivoje Jovčić (SRB), Jorge Vázquez (PUR)
* 6 July 2016 21:00
* Boxscore
| Croatia | 72–52 | Tunisia |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–12, 17–12, 22–12, 21–16 |||
| Pts: Bogdanović 25 Rebs: Šarić 9 Asts: three players 3 | | Pts: Roll 21 Rebs: Ben Romdhane 9 Asts: Roll 5 |
* Pala Alpitour, Turin Attendance: 3,682 Referees: Matej Boltauzer (SLO), Jurgis Laurinavičius (LTU), Emilio Pérez (ESP)

## Knockout phase

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 8 July | 8 July |
| Greece | 61 |
| Greece | 61 | 9 July | 9 July |
| Croatia | 66 | 9 July | 9 July |
| Croatia | 66 | Croatia (OT) | 84 |
| 8 July | 8 July | | Croatia (OT) | 84 |
| 8 July | 8 July | Italy | 78 |
| Italy | 79 | Italy | 78 |
| Mexico | 54 | | |

### Semifinals

* 8 July 2016 16:30
* Boxscore
| Greece | 61–66 | Croatia |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–31, 21–13, 15–8, 12–14 |||
| Pts: Perperoglou 13 Rebs: G. Antetokounmpo 9 Asts: G. Antetokounmpo 4 | | Pts: Bogdanović 20 Rebs: Šarić, Simon 8 Asts: Ukić 5 |
* Pala Alpitour, Turin Attendance: 5,618 Referees: Matej Boltauzer (SLO), Emilio Pérez (ESP), Borys Shulga (UKR)
* 8 July 2016 21:00
* Boxscore
| Italy | 79–54 | Mexico |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–13, 19–15, 20–13, 21–13 |||
| Pts: Gallinari 15 Rebs: Melli 6 Asts: Belinelli 4 | | Pts: Cruz 20 Rebs: Cruz 7 Asts: J. Gutiérrez 4 |
* Pala Alpitour, Turin Attendance: 10,083 Referees: Jorge Vázquez (PUR), Milivoje Jovčić (SRB), Jurgis Laurinavičius (LTU)

### Final

* 9 July 2016 21:00
* Boxscore
| Croatia | 84–78 (OT) | Italy |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 20–22, 15–18, 16–18, Overtime: 14–8 |||
| Pts: Bogdanović 26 Rebs: Šarić 13 Asts: Hezonja 4 | | Pts: Belinelli 18 Rebs: Gallinari, Melli 8 Asts: three players 4 |
* Pala Alpitour, Turin Attendance: 12,074 Referees: Matej Boltauzer (SLO), Emilio Pérez (ESP), Jorge Vázquez (PUR)

## Final rankings

| # | Team | W–L | Qualification |
| | Croatia | 3–1 | Qualified for the Olympics |
| | Italy | 3–1 | |
| | Greece | 2–1 | |
| 4 | Mexico | 1–2 | |
| 5 | Iran | 0–2 | |
| 6 | Tunisia | 0–2 | |

## Statistical leaders
### Players

| Pos. | Name | PPG |
| 1 | Bojan Bogdanović | 23.7 |
| 2 | Francisco Cruz | 19.0 |
| 3 | Behnam Yakhchali | 16.0 |
| 4 | Giannis Antetokounmpo | 15.3 |
| 5 | Michael Roll | 15.0 |
| Pos. | Name | RPG |
| 1 | Dario Šarić | 9.0 |
| 2 | Danilo Gallinari | 7.0 |
| 2 | Arsalan Kazemi | 7.0 |
| 4 | Ioannis Bourousis | 6.7 |
| 4 | Héctor Hernández | 6.7 |
| Pos. | Name | APG |
| 1 | Nick Calathes | 5.3 |
| 2 | Michael Roll | 5.0 |
| 3 | Paul Stoll | 3.7 |
| 3 | Roko Ukić | 3.7 |
| 5 | Mohammad Jamshidi | 3.5 |
| Pos. | Name | SPG |
| 1 | Jorge Gutiérrez | 2.3 |
| 2 | Paul Stoll | 2.0 |
| 2 | Hamdi Braa | 2.0 |
| 2 | Adnan Doraghi | 2.0 |
| 5 | Nick Calathes | 1.7 |
| Pos. | Name | BPG |
| 1 | Giannis Antetokounmpo | 2.0 |
| 2 | Mokhtar Ghyaza | 1.5 |
| 3 | Thanasis Antetokounmpo | 1.3 |
| 4 | Lorenzo Mata | 1.0 |
| 4 | Riccardo Cervi | 1.0 |
| Stat | Name | Avg. |
| Field goal percentage | Francisco Cruz | 55.0% |
| 3-point FG percentage | Pietro Aradori | 83.3% |
| Free throw percentage | Giannis Antetokounmpo Michael Roll | 100.0% |
| Turnovers | Mohammad Jamshidi | 5.5 |
| Fouls | Mehdi Seyeh | 4.0 |

### Teams

| Pos. | Name | PPG |
| 1 | Greece | 75.0 |
| 2 | Italy | 71.3 |
| 3 | Mexico | 66.3 |
| 4 | Croatia | 66.0 |
| 5 | Iran | 61.5 |
| Pos. | Name | RPG |
| 1 | Italy | 44.0 |
| 2 | Croatia | 41.3 |
| 3 | Greece | 37.3 |
| 4 | Mexico | 33.7 |
| 5 | Iran | 33.0 |
| Pos. | Name | APG |
| 1 | Greece | 17.0 |
| 2 | Italy | 16.0 |
| 3 | Iran | 15.0 |
| 4 | Mexico | 14.0 |
| 5 | Croatia | 13.3 |
| Pos. | Name | SPG |
| 1 | Greece | 8.3 |
| 1 | Mexico | 8.3 |
| 3 | Tunisia | 7.5 |
| 4 | Italy | 7.3 |
| 5 | Iran | 4.5 |
| Pos. | Name | BPG |
| 1 | Greece | 6.0 |
| 2 | Mexico | 3.0 |
| 3 | Italy | 2.7 |
| 4 | Iran | 2.0 |
| 4 | Tunisia | 2.0 |
| Stat | Name | Avg. |
| Field goal percentage | Greece | 43.1% |
| 3-point FG percentage | Iran | 42.5% |
| Free throw percentage | Italy Greece | 73.8% |
| Turnovers | Iran | 23.5 |
| Fouls | Mexico | 24.7 |

## Sponsors

* Sponsors of the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Turin
* Presenting Partner
* Barilla Group
* Global Sponsors
* Champion
* Japan Airlines
* Molten Corporation
* Peak Sport Products
* Tissot
* Wanda Group
* Yanjing Beer