# 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women

The 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women was a women's basketball tournament that consisted of 12 national teams, where the top five teams earned a place in the 2016 Summer Olympics basketball tournament. It was held from 13 to 19 June 2016. France hosted the tournament in the city of Nantes.
Belarus, China, France, Spain and Turkey qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

## Format

The 12 teams were divided into four groups (Groups A–D) for the preliminary round. The top two teams from each group qualified for the knockout round. All four quarterfinal winners advanced to the medal rounds; the four quarterfinal losers played two rounds to allocate the final slot.

## Hosts selection

On 26 September 2015, FIBA announced that France and Spain were the candidates to host the women's qualification tournaments. The deadline to submit the final candidature was set on 11 November, following which an evaluation of all bids would take place. France was announced as host of the Olympic qualifier on 19 January 2016.

## Qualification

| Competition | Vacancies | Qualified |
| EuroBasket Women 2015 | 4 teams | France (hosts) Spain Belarus Turkey |
| 2015 FIBA Americas Women's Championship | 3 teams | Cuba Argentina Venezuela |
| AfroBasket Women 2015 | 2 teams | Cameroon Nigeria |
| 2015 FIBA Asia Women's Championship | 2 teams | China South Korea |
| 2015 FIBA Oceania Women's Championship | 1 team | New Zealand |

## Draw

The draw was held at 26 January 2016 at the FIBA headquarters in Mies, Switzerland.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 |
| France Spain Belarus Turkey | Cuba Argentina China South Korea | New Zealand Cameroon Nigeria Venezuela |

## Referees

The following referees were selected for the tournament.
* Gentian Cici
* Andreia Silva
* Maripier Malo
* Nicolas Maestre
* Yohan Rosso
* Snehal Bendke
* Amit Balak
* Sarty Nghixulifwa
* Julio Anaya
* Tomasz Trawicki
* Hatim Al-Harbi
* Jasmina Juras
* Amy Bonner
* Joyce Muchenu

## Preliminary round
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | France (H) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 153 | 119 | +34 | 4 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Cuba | 2 | 1 | 1 | 131 | 145 | −14 | 3 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 2 | 114 | 134 | −20 | 2 | |
* 13 June 2016 20:30
* Boxscore
| Cuba | 67–83 | France |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 14–30, 18–19, 20–14 |||
| Pts: Noblet 17 Rebs: Noblet 11 Asts: Casanova, Gelis 5 | | Pts: Miyem 19 Rebs: Yacoubou 7 Asts: Michel 8 |
* La Trocardière, Nantes Attendance: 3,700 Referees: Amy Bonner (USA), Amit Balak (ISR), Snehal Bendke (IND)
* 14 June 2016 20:30
* Boxscore
| France | 70–52 | New Zealand |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 11–12, 25–17, 18–6 |||
| Pts: Yacoubou 19 Rebs: Yacoubou 11 Asts: Dumerc 8 | | Pts: Edmondson 10 Rebs: Edmondson, Purcell 6 Asts: Cocks 3 |
* La Trocardière, Nantes Attendance: 3,400 Referees: Maripier Malo (CAN), Gentian Cici (ALB), Joyce Muchenu (ZIM)
* 15 June 2016 15:00
* Boxscore
| New Zealand | 62–64 | Cuba |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–14, 14–18, 15–16, 23–16 |||
| Pts: Harmon 25 Rebs: Harmon 14 Asts: Cocks, Edmondson 6 | | Pts: Gelis 16 Rebs: Noblet 10 Asts: Gelis 3 |
* La Trocardière, Nantes Attendance: 800 Referees: Amy Bonner (USA), Amit Balak (ISR), Jasmina Juras (SRB)

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Turkey | 2 | 2 | 0 | 138 | 84 | +54 | 4 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Argentina | 2 | 1 | 1 | 113 | 130 | −17 | 3 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Cameroon | 2 | 0 | 2 | 110 | 147 | −37 | 2 | |
* 13 June 2016 15:00
* Boxscore
| Cameroon | 64–75 | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–21, 10–22, 19–17, 22–15 |||
| Pts: Lonlack 25 Rebs: Dongmo 7 Asts: T. Weledji 5 | | Pts: Gretter, Vega 15 Rebs: Vega 9 Asts: Gretter 6 |
* La Trocardière, Nantes Attendance: 1,250 Referees: Maripier Malo (CAN), Jasmina Juras (SRB), Tomasz Trawicki (POL)
* 14 June 2016 18:00
* Boxscore
| Argentina | 38–66 | Turkey |
| Scoring by quarter: 4–18, 13–15, 4–20, 17–13 |||
| Pts: Vega 8 Rebs: Vega 9 Asts: González 3 | | Pts: Sanders 18 Rebs: Sanders 15 Asts: Vardarlı 10 |
* La Trocardière, Nantes Attendance: 1,600 Referees: Andreia Silva (BRA), Snehal Bendke (IND), Jasmina Juras (SRB)
* 15 June 2016 20:30
* Boxscore
| Turkey | 72–46 | Cameroon |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–8, 21–7, 17–17, 14–14 |||
| Pts: Sanders 12 Rebs: Sanders 9 Asts: Alben 6 | | Pts: Ngo Ndjock 14 Rebs: Starling 7 Asts: Ngo Ndjock, Starling 2 |
* La Trocardière, Nantes Attendance: 960 Referees: Andreia Silva (BRA), Hatim Al-Harbi (KSA), Julio Anaya (PAN)

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Belarus | 2 | 1 | 1 | 136 | 126 | +10 | 3 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | South Korea | 2 | 1 | 1 | 135 | 135 | 0 | 3 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Nigeria | 2 | 1 | 1 | 130 | 140 | −10 | 3 | |
* 13 June 2016 18:00
* Boxscore
| Belarus | 71–60 | Nigeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–14, 24–18, 20–13, 13–15 |||
| Pts: Leuchanka 15 Rebs: Leuchanka 13 Asts: Leuchanka, Likhtarovich 5 | | Pts: Elonu 19 Rebs: Ugoka 9 Asts: Kalu 4 |
* La Trocardière, Nantes Attendance: 1,950 Referees: Andreia Silva (BRA), Hatim Al-Harbi (KSA), Julio Anaya (PAN)
* 14 June 2016 12:30
* Boxscore
| Nigeria | 70–69 | South Korea |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–20, 15–13, 19–18, 23–18 |||
| Pts: Ekworomadu 14 Rebs: Sanni 10 Asts: Elonu 4 | | Pts: Kang A. 22 Rebs: Park J. 16 Asts: Lee S. 8 |
* La Trocardière, Nantes Attendance: 300 Referees: Nicholas Maestre (FRA), Sarty Nghixulifwa (NAM), Yohan Rosso (FRA)
* 15 June 2016 12:30
* Boxscore
| South Korea | 66–65 | Belarus |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–22, 20–19, 12–14, 10–10 |||
| Pts: Kang A. 18 Rebs: Park J. 14 Asts: Lee S. 4 | | Pts: Verameyenka 15 Rebs: Leuchanka 9 Asts: Harding 7 |
* La Trocardière, Nantes Attendance: 510 Referees: Maripier Malo (CAN), Yohan Rosso (FRA), Tomasz Trawicki (POL)

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Spain | 2 | 2 | 0 | 160 | 98 | +62 | 4 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | China | 2 | 1 | 1 | 120 | 136 | −16 | 3 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Venezuela | 2 | 0 | 2 | 114 | 160 | −46 | 2 | |
* 13 June 2016 12:30
* Boxscore
| Venezuela | 59–77 | China |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–20, 8–22, 13–21, 22–11 |||
| Pts: Pérez 23 Rebs: Silva 9 Asts: Pérez 6 | | Pts: Sun Mengx. 21 Rebs: Zhao 9 Asts: Zhao 8 |
* La Trocardière, Nantes Attendance: 1,650 Referees: Nicholas Maestre (FRA), Gentian Cici (ALB), Joyce Muchenu (ZIM)
* 14 June 2016 15:00
* Boxscore
| China | 43–77 | Spain |
| Scoring by quarter: 8–15, 13–20, 14–19, 8–23 |||
| Pts: Shao 9 Rebs: Sun Mengx. 6 Asts: Lu 3 | | Pts: Torrens 22 Rebs: Lyttle 13 Asts: Palau 8 |
* La Trocardière, Nantes Attendance: 500 Referees: Amy Bonner (USA), Julio Anaya (PAN), Tomasz Trawicki (POL)
* 15 June 2016 18:00
* Boxscore
| Spain | 83–55 | Venezuela |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–7, 24–15, 22–12, 20–21 |||
| Pts: Rodríguez 24 Rebs: Pascua 9 Asts: three players 4 | | Pts: Silva 16 Rebs: Pérez 7 Asts: Márquez, Pérez 5 |
* La Trocardière, Nantes Attendance: 650 Referees: Nicholas Maestre (FRA), Gentian Cici (ALB), Sarty Nghixulifwa (NAM)

## Knockout round

The four quarterfinal winners and the winner of the fifth place game qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals (quarterfinal losers) | Semifinals (quarterfinal losers) | Fifth place game | Fifth place game |
| France | 90 | | |
| Argentina | 53 | | |
| Argentina | 53 | Argentina | 44 |
| | | Belarus | 84 |
| Belarus | 70 | Belarus | 84 |
| China | 84 | | | | |
| China | 84 | | | Belarus | 56 |
| | | | | South Korea | 39 |
| Turkey | 71 | | | South Korea | 39 |
| Cuba | 45 | | | | |
| Cuba | 45 | Cuba | 62 | | |
| | | South Korea | 81 |
| Spain | 70 | South Korea | 81 |
| South Korea | 50 | | |

### Quarterfinals

* 17 June 2016 12:30
* Boxscore
| Spain | 70–50 | South Korea |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–11, 17–14, 15–12, 19–13 |||
| Pts: Lyttle 20 Rebs: Lyttle 13 Asts: Torrens 4 | | Pts: Park J. 10 Rebs: Park H. 4 Asts: Park H. 5 |
* La Trocardière, Nantes Attendance: 900 Referees: Nicholas Maestre (FRA), Joyce Muchenu (ZIM), Yohan Rosso (FRA)
* 17 June 2016 15:00
* Boxscore
| Turkey | 71–45 | Cuba |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–12, 26–12, 14–16, 15–5 |||
| Pts: Sanders 18 Rebs: Yılmaz 10 Asts: Vardarlı 6 | | Pts: Casanova 15 Rebs: Cepeda 8 Asts: Gelis 2 |
* La Trocardière, Nantes Attendance: 1,200 Referees: Gentian Cici (ALB), Snehal Bendke (IND), Tomasz Trawicki (POL)
* 17 June 2016 18:00
* Boxscore
| Belarus | 70–84 | China |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–14, 12–18, 14–29, 28–23 |||
| Pts: Harding 22 Rebs: Leuchanka 9 Asts: Harding 6 | | Pts: Shao 18 Rebs: Chen N. 7 Asts: three players 5 |
* La Trocardière, Nantes Attendance: 2,300 Referees: Amy Bonner (USA), Jasmina Juras (SRB), Andreia Silva (BRA)
* 17 June 2016 20:30
* Boxscore
| France | 90–53 | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–15, 28–11, 19–11, 25–16 |||
| Pts: Miyem 21 Rebs: Ciak 9 Asts: Dumerc 10 | | Pts: Rosset 12 Rebs: Cabrera, Vega 4 Asts: Gretter 5 |
* La Trocardière, Nantes Attendance: 4,238 Referees: Maripier Malo (CAN), Amit Balak (ISR), Sarty Nghixulifwa (NAM)

### Semifinals

* 18 June 2016 18:00
* Boxscore
| Cuba | 62–81 | South Korea |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–21, 15–25, 16-15, 11–20 |||
| Pts: Oquendo 19 Rebs: Noblet 8 Asts: Casanova, Romero 3 | | Pts: Kang A. 22 Rebs: Park J. 10 Asts: Lee S. 8 |
* La Trocardière, Nantes Attendance: 1,500 Referees: Maripier Malo (CAN), Jasmina Juras (SRB), Yohan Rosso (FRA)
* 18 June 2016 20:30
* Boxscore
| Argentina | 44–84 | Belarus |
| Scoring by quarter: 3–20, 13–26, 12–21, 16–17 |||
| Pts: Burani 11 Rebs: Burani 9 Asts: six players 1 | | Pts: Likhtarovich 19 Rebs: Leuchanka 12 Asts: Troina 7 |
* La Trocardière, Nantes Attendance: 1,800 Referees: Amy Bonner (USA), Gentian Cici (ALB), Andreia Silva (BRA)

### Fifth place game

* 19 June 2016 15:00
* Boxscore
| Belarus | 56–39 | South Korea |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–8, 15–8, 12–12, 17–11 |||
| Pts: Harding 17 Rebs: Verameyenka 15 Asts: Harding, Leuchanka 3 | | Pts: Kim 11 Rebs: Park J. 12 Asts: Lim, Yang 2 |
* La Trocardière, Nantes Attendance: 2,200 Referees: Amy Bonner (USA), Nicolas Maestre (FRA), Maripier Malo (CAN)

## Final ranking

| # | Team | W–L | Qualification |
| 1 | Spain | 3–0 | 2016 Olympics |
| 1 | Turkey | 3–0 | 2016 Olympics |
| 1 | France | 3–0 | 2016 Olympics |
| 1 | China | 2–1 | 2016 Olympics |
| 5 | Belarus | 3–2 | 2016 Olympics |
| 6 | South Korea | 2–3 | |
| 7 | Cuba | 1–3 | |
| 8 | Argentina | 1–3 | |
| 9 | Nigeria | 1–1 | |
| 10 | New Zealand | 0–2 | |
| 11 | Cameroon | 0–2 | |
| 12 | Venezuela | 0–2 | |

## Statistical leaders
### Players

| Pos. | Name | PPG |
| 1 | Endéné Miyem | 16.7 |
| 2 | Lara Sanders | 16.0 |
| 3 | Sancho Lyttle | 15.7 |
| 4 | Alba Torrens | 15.3 |
| 5 | Kang A-jeong | 14.0 |
| Pos. | Name | RPG |
| 1 | Yelena Leuchanka | 10.8 |
| 1 | Park Ji-su | 10.8 |
| 3 | Sancho Lyttle | 10.3 |
| 4 | Lara Sanders | 10.0 |
| 5 | Isabelle Yacoubou | 8.7 |
| Pos. | Name | APG |
| 1 | Céline Dumerc | 7.7 |
| 2 | Birsel Vardarlı | 7.0 |
| 3 | Isil Alben | 4.7 |
| 3 | Sarah Michel | 4.7 |
| 5 | Zhao Zhifang | 4.3 |
| Pos. | Name | SPG |
| 1 | Sancho Lyttle | 3.7 |
| 2 | Birsel Vardarlı | 2.7 |
| 3 | Isil Alben | 2.3 |
| 4 | Arlenys Romero | 2.0 |
| 5 | Kang A-jeong | 1.8 |
| Pos. | Name | BPG |
| 1 | Anastasiya Verameyenka | 2.8 |
| 2 | Lara Sanders | 2.0 |
| 3 | Park Ji-su | 1.6 |
| 4 | Huang Hongpin | 1.0 |
| 4 | Isabelle Yacoubou | 1.0 |
| Stat | Name | Avg. |
| Field goal percentage | Endéné Miyem | 59.4% |
| 3-point FG percentage | Şebnem Kimyacıoğlu | 56.3% |
| Free throw percentage | Lara Sanders | 100.0% |
| Turnovers | Yelena Leuchanka | 4.2 |
| Fouls | Maryia Papova | 3.6 |

### Teams

| Pos. | Name | PPG |
| 1 | France | 81.0 |
| 2 | Spain | 76.7 |
| 3 | Turkey | 69.7 |
| 4 | Belarus | 69.2 |
| 5 | China | 68.0 |
| Pos. | Name | RPG |
| 1 | France | 52.7 |
| 2 | Spain | 44.0 |
| 2 | Turkey | 44.0 |
| 4 | China | 42.3 |
| 5 | Belarus | 40.8 |
| Pos. | Name | APG |
| 1 | France | 25.0 |
| 2 | Turkey | 21.3 |
| 3 | Spain | 20.7 |
| 4 | China | 20.3 |
| 5 | Belarus | 18.2 |
| Pos. | Name | SPG |
| 1 | Turkey | 10.0 |
| 2 | Spain | 8.7 |
| 3 | China | 7.7 |
| 4 | Belarus | 7.6 |
| 5 | South Korea | 7.2 |
| Pos. | Name | BPG |
| 1 | France | 4.0 |
| 2 | Belarus | 3.6 |
| 3 | China | 3.0 |
| 4 | Turkey | 2.7 |
| 5 | South Korea | 2.4 |