2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Manila

2016 FIBA World Olympic
Qualifying Tournament for Men
Manila, Philippines
Tournament details
Host nation  Philippines
Dates 5–10 July
Teams 6 (from 5 federations)
Venues 1 (in 1 host city)
Champions  France
MVP France Nando de Colo
Tournament leaders
PlayersTeams
Points Philippines Andray Blatche (25.5)  Philippines (82)
Rebounds Senegal Maurice Ndour (10.5)  Senegal (52)
Assists Canada Cory Joseph (4.3)  France (15.3)
Official website
OQT Philippines

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.

The tournament is the first major international tournament under the presidency of Rodrigo Duterte, who was sworn in as the 16th President of the Philippines on 30 June 2016, five days before the start of the tournament.

Teams

Team Qualification Date of qualification FIBA World Ranking
 Turkey[1][note 1] Wild card selection 19 January 2016 8
 Senegal[2] AfroBasket 2015 4th place 30 August 2015 31
 Canada[3] 2015 FIBA Americas Championship 3rd place 12 September 2015 26
 France[4] EuroBasket 2015 3rd place 20 September 2015 5
 New Zealand[5] 2015 FIBA Oceania Championship runner-up 18 August 2015 21
 Philippines[6][note 2] Hosts, FIBA Asian Championship 2nd place 19 January 2016 28

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]

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

# Team W–L Qualification
1st, gold medalist(s)  France 4–0 Qualified for the Olympics
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Canada 3–1
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  New Zealand 1–2
4  Turkey 1–2
5  Senegal 0–2
6  Philippines 0–2

Statistical leaders

Players

Points[8]
Pos. Name PPG
1 Philippines Andray Blatche 25.5
2 New Zealand Corey Webster 21.7
3 Canada Cory Joseph 19.3
4 France Nando De Colo 17.3
5 New Zealand Tai Webster 16.3
Rebounds
Pos. Name RPG
1 Senegal Maurice Ndour 10.5
2 New Zealand Tai Webster 9.7
3 Turkey Semih Erden 8.7
4 Canada Tristan Thompson 8.3
5 New Zealand Mika Vukona 7.5
Assists
Pos. Name APG
1 Canada Cory Joseph 4.3
2 Senegal Clevin Hannah 4.0
3 France Tony Parker 3.5
Senegal Thierno Niang
5 France Boris Diaw 3.3

Steals
Pos. Name SPG
1 France Nando De Colo 2.3
2 Turkey Sinan Güler 1.7
3 Philippines Andray Blatche 1.5
4 Turkey Semih Erden 1.3
France Boris Diaw
France Thomas Heurtel
Canada Cory Joseph
Blocks
Pos. Name BPG
1 Senegal Maurice Ndour 2.5
2 Senegal Cheikh Mbodj 2.0
3 Canada Melvin Ejim 1.0
New Zealand Thomas Abercrombie
Canada Khem Birch
Philippines Andray Blatche

Other statistical leaders
Stat Name Avg.
Field goal percentage France Nando de Colo 58.5%
3-point FG percentage New Zealand Isaac Fotu 57.1%
Free throw percentage New Zealand Corey Webster100.0%
Turnovers Philippines Andray Blatche
Canada Cory Joseph		3.5
Fouls New Zealand Mika Vukona 5.0

Teams

Points[9]
Pos. Name PPG
1  Philippines 82.0
2  France 79.3
3  New Zealand 73.3
4  Canada 71.8
5  Turkey 66.7
Rebounds
Pos. Name RPG
1  Senegal 52.0
2  New Zealand 41.7
3  Canada 41.5
4  Turkey 37.7
5  Philippines 36.0
Assists
Pos. Name APG
1  France 15.3
2  New Zealand 14.0
 Turkey
4  Canada 12.8
5  Senegal 12.0

Steals
Pos. Name SPG
1  France 8.5
2  Turkey 6.0
3  New Zealand 5.0
4  Philippines 4.0
5  Canada 3.8
Blocks
Pos. Name BPG
1  Senegal 5.0
2  Canada 3.3
3  New Zealand 3.0
4  Philippines 2.0
5  France 1.3
Other statistical leaders
Stat Name Avg.
Field goal percentage  France 41.0%
3-point FG percentage  Philippines 40.0%
Free throw percentage  France 83.1%
Turnovers  Senegal 17.5
Fouls  Senegal 26.5

Controversies

Organizational issues

Before the match between the host country Philippines and New Zealand, O Canada was mistakenly played instead of God Defend New Zealand.

Reactions to the Haka

There was a criticism of the Filipino 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
 Canada TSN
 France Canal+
 New Zealand Māori TV
 Philippines TV5
 Senegal Canal + Sport
SuperSport
 Turkey NTV

Soundtrack

One soundtrack was made for the tournament, which was heard over in Philippine TV Broadcast

Side Events

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]

Sponsors

Sponsors of the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Manila
Presenting Partner
Global Sponsors
Event Sponsors

Notable attendees

Several personalities attended several games of the tournament, mostly games involving the Philippines

Local

International

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 Qualfying Tournament for Men - Turkey". FIBA. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  2. ↑ "2016 FIBA Olympic Qualfying Tournament for Men - Senegal". FIBA. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "2016 FIBA Olympic Qualfying Tournament for Men - Canada". FIBA. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  4. ↑ "2016 FIBA Olympic Qualfying 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 Qualfying 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
  13. ↑
  14. ↑

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