2024 FIBA Men's Pre-Qualifying Olympic Qualifying Tournaments – Europe

The 2024 FIBA Men's Pre-Qualifying Olympic Qualifying Tournaments in Europe was one of five 2024 FIBA Men's Pre-Qualifying Olympic Qualifying Tournaments. The tournament was held from 12 to 20 August 2023.[1][2] Two tournaments were held, with the winning team of each tournament qualifying for the 2024 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments. Gliwice, Poland and Tallinn, Estonia hosted the first tournament and Istanbul, Turkey hosted the second one.

2024 FIBA Men's Pre-Qualifying Olympic Qualifying Tournaments
Tournament details
Host countryTurkey
Poland
Estonia
CityIstanbul
Gliwice
Tallinn
Dates12–20 August 2023
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Official website
OPQT Poland-Estonia
OPQT Türkiye

Poland and Croatia were the winners of the tournaments, defeating Bosnia and Herzegovina and Turkey respectively in the finals.[3][4]

Teams edit

Teams that missed out on the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup and the next best-ranked team will participate.[5]

Qualification method Places Qualified team
2023 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers – Europe 4th 4   Turkey
  Sweden
  Hungary
  Iceland
5th 4   Belgium
  Israel
  Bosnia and Herzegovina
  Ukraine
6th 4   Great Britain[a]
  Estonia
  Czech Republic
  Netherlands
EuroBasket 2025 Pre-Qualifiers 1st 3   North Macedonia
  Poland
  Portugal
Replacement of Great Britain 1   Croatia
FIBA World Rankings – Europe (November 2022) 1   Bulgaria[b]
Total 16
  1. ^ Great Britain withdrew before the start of the tournament.[6]
  2. ^ A final decision was made in April, to decline Russia's entry due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Bulgaria was the next best ranked European team.[6]

Draw edit

The draw took place on 1 May 2023.[6][7]

Seeding edit

The seedings were announced on 29 April 2023.[8]

Tournament 1 (Poland/Estonia)

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  Czech Republic
  Poland
  Israel
  Bosnia and Herzegovina
  Hungary
  Estonia
  North Macedonia
  Portugal

Tournament 2 (Turkey)

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  Turkey
  Croatia
  Ukraine
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Bulgaria
  Iceland
  Sweden

Tournament 1 edit

OPQT Poland-Estonia
Tournament details
Host countryPoland
Estonia
CityGliwice
Tallinn
Dates12–20 August 2023
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Poland
Tournament statistics
Top scorer  T. J. Shorts (20.0 ppg)
Top rebounds  Jusuf Nurkić (10.0 rpg)
Top assists  Edin Atić (7.0 apg)
Official website
OPQT Poland-Estonia

Preliminary round edit

All times are local (UTC+2 in Poland, UTC+3 in Estonia).

The tournament was held in Tallinn, Estonia.

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Israel 3 2 1 231 199 +32 5[a] Semi-finals
2   Estonia (H) 3 2 1 224 201 +23 5[a]
3   Czech Republic 3 2 1 238 236 +2 5[a]
4   North Macedonia 3 0 3 206 263 −57 3
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head points difference; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Tied on head to head points. Head to head points difference: Israel +11, Estonia −1, Czech Republic −10.
12 August 2023
16:00
Czech Republic   77–74   Estonia
Scoring by quarter: 23–23, 19–16, 14–17, 21–18
Pts: Krejčí 20
Rebs: Peterka 8
Asts: Krejčí 6
Pts: Konontšuk 16
Rebs: Raieste 6
Asts: Kullamäe 5
Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 3,654
Referees: Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Gintaras Mačiulis (LTU)
12 August 2023
19:00
North Macedonia   65–86   Israel
Scoring by quarter: 19–24, 19–23, 13–25, 14–14
Pts: Shorts 22
Rebs: Gjuroski, Simić 5
Asts: Shorts, Stojanovski 3
Pts: Sorkin 21
Rebs: Sorkin, Ziv 7
Asts: Sorkin 5
Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 395
Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Andris Aunkrogers (LAT), Zafer Yılmaz (TUR)

13 August 2023
16:00
Israel   80–67   Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 16–12, 28–19, 12–14, 24–22
Pts: Madar 27
Rebs: Kravits 7
Asts: Madar 5
Pts: Kříž 16
Rebs: Kříž 7
Asts: Krejčí, Sehnal 6
Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 602
Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Gatis Saliņš (LAT), Franko Gracin (CRO)
13 August 2023
19:00
Estonia   83–59   North Macedonia
Scoring by quarter: 25–7, 19–15, 21–22, 18–15
Pts: Treier 14
Rebs: Raieste 11
Asts: Kullamäe 9
Pts: Stojanovski 12
Rebs: Magdevski 6
Asts: Magdevski 4
Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 3,450
Referees: Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Andris Aunkrogers (LAT), Gizella Györgyi (ROU)

15 August 2023
16:00
Czech Republic   94–82   North Macedonia
Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 26–23, 26–19, 23–24
Pts: Hruban, Kyzlink 18
Rebs: Kříž 10
Asts: Krejčí 8
Pts: Shorts 27
Rebs: Mladenovski 6
Asts: Shorts 5
Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 673
Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Gintaras Mačiulis (LTU), Gatis Saliņš (LAT)
15 August 2023
19:00
Israel   65–67   Estonia
Scoring by quarter: 12–20, 22–16, 16–16, 15–15
Pts: Sorkin 18
Rebs: Sorkin 9
Asts: Madar 7
Pts: Treier 16
Rebs: Drell, Treier 7
Asts: Kullamäe, Raieste 5
Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
Attendance: 4,834
Referees: Andris Aunkrogers (LAT), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Zafer Yılmaz (TUR)

The tournament was held in Gliwice, Poland.

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Poland (H) 3 3 0 246 222 +24 6 Semi-finals
2   Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 2 1 263 238 +25 5
3   Portugal 3 1 2 226 236 −10 4
4   Hungary 3 0 3 233 272 −39 3
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head points difference; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
13 August 2023
13:30
Poland   83–81   Hungary
Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 19–13, 21–28, 24–21
Pts: Balcerowski 22
Rebs: Balcerowski, Ponitka 6
Asts: Ponitka 10
Pts: Perl 24
Rebs: Golomán, Karahodžić 7
Asts: Somogyi 6
Gliwice Arena, Gliwice
Attendance: 3,082
Referees: Boris Krejić (SLO), Kerem Baki (TUR), Martin Vulić (CRO)
13 August 2023
16:30
Portugal   75–84   Bosnia and Herzegovina
Scoring by quarter: 24–17, 16–20, 14–21, 21–26
Pts: Lisboa 22
Rebs: Brito 8
Asts: three players 4
Pts: Musa 21
Rebs: Garza 12
Asts: Atić 10
Gliwice Arena, Gliwice
Attendance: 1,263
Referees: Gvidas Gedvilas (LTU), Martin Horozov (BUL), Mehmet Karabilecen (TUR)

14 August 2023
17:30
Hungary   74–86   Portugal
Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 21–26, 23–19, 9–19
Pts: Vojvoda 16
Rebs: Golomán 11
Asts: Karahodžić, Somogyi 3
Pts: Brito 17
Rebs: Delgado 6
Asts: Lisboa 7
Gliwice Arena, Gliwice
Attendance: 919
Referees: Boris Krejić (SLO), Ariadna Chueca (ESP), Sergii Zashchuk (UKR)
14 August 2023
20:30
Bosnia and Herzegovina   76–85   Poland
Scoring by quarter: 19–27, 18–23, 18–20, 21–15
Pts: Nurkić 17
Rebs: Nurkić 8
Asts: Atić 8
Pts: Ponitka, Sokołowski 22
Rebs: Ponitka 9
Asts: Ponitka 7
Gliwice Arena, Gliwice
Attendance: 2,859
Referees: Nicolás Maestre (FRA), Kerem Baki (TUR), Gvidas Gedvilas (LTU)

16 August 2023
18:00
Portugal   65–78   Poland
Scoring by quarter: 10–17, 14–18, 17–18, 24–25
Pts: Gameiro 11
Rebs: Voytso 8
Asts: Lisboa 5
Pts: three players 13
Rebs: Balcerowski, Miličić 6
Asts: Pluta 8
Gliwice Arena, Gliwice
Attendance: 2,754
Referees: Nicolás Maestre (FRA), Radomir Vojinović (MNE), Mehmet Karabilecen (TUR)
16 August 2023
21:00
Hungary   78–103   Bosnia and Herzegovina
Scoring by quarter: 16–36, 12–21, 24–26, 26–20
Pts: Perl 21
Rebs: Golomán 5
Asts: Perl 5
Pts: Musa 26
Rebs: Nurkić 10
Asts: Musa 7
Gliwice Arena, Gliwice
Attendance: 764
Referees: Oskars Lucis (LAT), Sergii Zashchuk (UKR), Ariadna Chueca (ESP)

Final round edit

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
18 August
 
 
  Bosnia and Herzegovina86
 
20 August
 
  Israel77
 
  Bosnia and Herzegovina72
 
18 August
 
  Poland76
 
  Poland93
 
 
  Estonia83
 

Semi-finals edit

18 August 2023
17:30
Poland   93–83   Estonia
Scoring by quarter: 22–18, 19–17, 22–21, 30–27
Pts: Sokołowski 19
Rebs: Balcerowski, Ponitka 8
Asts: Pluta 7
Pts: Treier 18
Rebs: Treier 6
Asts: Kullamäe 6
Gliwice Arena, Gliwice
Attendance: 2,945
Referees: Nicolás Maestre (FRA), Radomir Vojinović (MNE), Franko Gracin (CRO)

18 August 2023
20:30
Bosnia and Herzegovina   86–77   Israel
Scoring by quarter: 20–22, 16–11, 23–19, 27–25
Pts: Garza 24
Rebs: Nurkić 14
Asts: Musa 5
Pts: Sorkin 28
Rebs: Sorkin 9
Asts: Ziv 8
Gliwice Arena, Gliwice
Attendance: 1,260
Referees: Oskars Lucis (LAT), Zafer Yılmaz (TUR), Sergii Zashchuk (UKR)

Final edit

20 August 2023
14:15
Bosnia and Herzegovina   72–76   Poland
Scoring by quarter: 23–23, 16–17, 15–14, 18–22
Pts: Lazić 16
Rebs: Nurkić 12
Asts: Atić 9
Pts: Sokołowski 16
Rebs: Ponitka 8
Asts: Ponitka 5
Gliwice Arena, Gliwice
Attendance: 5,256
Referees: Oskars Lucis (LAT), Nicolás Maestre (FRA), Zafer Yılmaz (TUR)

Final standings edit

Rank Team Record
    Poland 5–0
    Bosnia and Herzegovina 3–2
    Israel 2–2
4   Estonia 2–2
5   Czech Republic 2–1
6   Portugal 1–2
7   Hungary 0–3
8   North Macedonia 0–3
Qualified for the FIBA Men's Olympic qualifying tournaments

Tournament 2 edit

OPQT Türkiye
Tournament details
Host countryTurkey
CityIstanbul
Dates12–20 August 2023
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Croatia
Tournament statistics
Top scorer  Elijah Clarance (19.3 ppg)
Top rebounds  Ömer Yurtseven (9.8 rpg)
Top assists  Oleksandr Kovliar (7.5 apg)
Official website
OPQT Türkiye

Preliminary round edit

All times are local (UTC+3).

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Turkey (H) 3 3 0 288 210 +78 6 Semi-finals
2   Ukraine 3 2 1 234 225 +9 5
3   Iceland 3 1 2 234 257 −23 4
4   Bulgaria 3 0 3 213 277 −64 3
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head points difference; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
12 August 2023
17:00
Ukraine   80–71 (OT)   Bulgaria
Scoring by quarter: 27–10, 13–19, 15–19, 13–20Overtime: 12–3
Pts: Kovliar 25
Rebs: Bobrov 11
Asts: Kovliar 7
Pts: Ivanov 18
Rebs: Alipiev 10
Asts: Young 8
Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 1,550
Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Luis Castillo (ESP), Michał Proc (POL)
12 August 2023
20:00
Turkey   99–72   Iceland
Scoring by quarter: 20–17, 34–14, 24–20, 21–21
Pts: Hazer, Yurtseven 13
Rebs: Şengün, Yurtseven 7
Asts: Ulubay 4
Pts: Gunnarsson 20
Rebs: Guðmundsson 5
Asts: Birgisson 4
Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 9,500
Referees: Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Paulo Marques (POR)

13 August 2023
18:00
Iceland   69–82   Ukraine
Scoring by quarter: 18–17, 16–26, 16–23, 19–16
Pts: Hlinason 18
Rebs: Hlinason 9
Asts: Guðmundsson, Steinarsson 4
Pts: Kovliar 23
Rebs: Kravtsov 9
Asts: Kovliar 10
Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 1,000
Referees: Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Péter Praksch (HUN), Ilias Kounelles (CYP)
13 August 2023
20:45
Bulgaria   66–104   Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 13–28, 9–24, 26–29, 18–23
Pts: Simeonov 20
Rebs: Alipiev 6
Asts: Karamfilov 8
Pts: Korkmaz 14
Rebs: Yurtseven 11
Asts: Sipahi 6
Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 6,555
Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Marius Ciulin (ROU), Ivor Matějek (CZE)

15 August 2023
17:00
Bulgaria   76–93   Iceland
Scoring by quarter: 13–27, 19–23, 24–26, 20–17
Pts: Ivanov 16
Rebs: Simeonov 9
Asts: Young 7
Pts: Þorbjarnarson 17
Rebs: Hlinason 8
Asts: Steinarsson 6
Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 300
Referees: Marius Ciulin (ROU), Dariusz Zapolski (POL), Carsten Straube (GER)
15 August 2023
20:00
Turkey   85–72   Ukraine
Scoring by quarter: 25–25, 24–16, 21–14, 15–17
Pts: Şengün 30
Rebs: Yurtseven 15
Asts: Sipahi 7
Pts: Mishula 14
Rebs: Kravtsov, Krutous 6
Asts: Krutous 6
Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 7,784
Referees: Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Paulo Marques (POR), Michał Proc (POL)

Group D edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Croatia 3 3 0 274 203 +71 6 Semi-finals
2   Sweden 3 2 1 237 266 −29 5
3   Netherlands 3 1 2 248 256 −8 4
4   Belgium 3 0 3 209 243 −34 3
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head points difference; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
13 August 2023
12:30
Netherlands   89–91 (OT)   Sweden
Scoring by quarter: 20–18, 19–21, 22–27, 20–15, Overtime: 8–10
Pts: Franke 19
Rebs: N'Guessan 9
Asts: Van der Vuurst de Vries 7
Pts: Pantzar 28
Rebs: Ramstedt, Njie 7
Asts: Njie 6
Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 100
Referees: Paulo Marques (POR), Mihkel Männiste (EST), Zdenko Tomašovič (SVK)
13 August 2023
15:15
Croatia   86–55   Belgium
Scoring by quarter: 18–8, 21–10, 30–13, 17–24
Pts: Hezonja 22
Rebs: Zubac 14
Asts: Smith 5
Pts: Lecomte 16
Rebs: De Ridder 11
Asts: Lecomte 4
Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 500
Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Luis Castillo (ESP), Michał Proc (POL)

14 August 2023
17:00
Belgium   76–78   Netherlands
Scoring by quarter: 16–20, 12–25, 27–12, 21–21
Pts: Schwartz 19
Rebs: De Ridder 7
Asts: Lecomte 2
Pts: Edwards, Kloof 16
Rebs: Edwards 8
Asts: Van der Vuurst de Vries 6
Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 100
Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Luis Castillo (ESP), Marius Ciulin (ROU)
14 August 2023
20:00
Sweden   67–99   Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 22–24, 20–27, 7–21, 18–27
Pts: Clarance 29
Rebs: Hook, Ramstedt 6
Asts: Njie 3
Pts: Smith 24
Rebs: Hezonja 7
Asts: Šarić, Zubac 7
Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 100
Referees: Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Yohan Rosso (FRA), Paulo Marques (POR)

16 August 2023
17:00
Netherlands   81–89   Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 15–28, 21–20, 26–20, 19–21
Pts: Franke 22
Rebs: Edwards, N'Guessan 8
Asts: Mast, Van der Vuurst de Vries 4
Pts: Zubac 21
Rebs: Šarić 6
Asts: Šarić 12
Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 350
Referees: Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Marius Ciulin (ROU), Carsten Straube (GER)
16 August 2023
20:00
Belgium   78–79   Sweden
Scoring by quarter: 23–18, 21–25, 21–22, 13–14
Pts: De Ridder 17
Rebs: De Ridder 9
Asts: Schwartz 7
Pts: Clarance 21
Rebs: Spires 6
Asts: Pantzar 5
Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 150
Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Paulo Marques (POR), Lorenzo Baldini (ITA)

Final round edit

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
18 August
 
 
  Sweden84
 
20 August
 
  Turkey105
 
  Turkey71
 
18 August
 
  Croatia84
 
  Croatia85
 
 
  Ukraine70
 

Semi-finals edit

18 August 2023
17:00
Croatia   85–70   Ukraine
Scoring by quarter: 24–17, 18–19, 26–16, 17–18
Pts: Hezonja 22
Rebs: Šarić 8
Asts: three players 3
Pts: Kovliar 20
Rebs: three players 4
Asts: Kovliar 8
Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Paulo Marques (POR), Michał Proc (POL), Marius Ciulin (ROU)

18 August 2023
20:00
Sweden   84–105   Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 19–26, 23–30, 15–24, 27–25
Pts: Clarance 19
Rebs: Clarance 6
Asts: Njie 14
Pts: Korkmaz 18
Rebs: Yurtseven 9
Asts: Ulubay 6
Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 10,000
Referees: Lorenzo Baldini (ITA), Dariusz Zapolski (POL), Carsten Straube (GER)

Final edit

20 August 2023
20:00
Turkey   71–84   Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 14–24, 15–24, 26–18, 16–18
Pts: Korkmaz 19
Rebs: Bitim, Yurtseven 7
Asts: three players 3
Pts: Šarić 22
Rebs: Šarić 11
Asts: Kapusta 6
Sinan Erdem Dome, Istanbul
Attendance: 10,000
Referees: Paulo Marques (POR), Lorenzo Baldini (ITA), Michał Proc (POL)

Final standings edit

Rank Team Record
    Croatia 5–0
    Turkey 4–1
    Ukraine 2–2
4   Sweden 2–2
5   Netherlands 1–2
6   Iceland 1–2
7   Belgium 0–3
8   Bulgaria 0–3
Qualified for the FIBA Men's Olympic qualifying tournaments

References edit

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  2. ^ "Host countries for the 2023 FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournaments announced". eurohoops.net. 29 April 2023.
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  4. ^ "Croatia still on the Road to Paris 2024 after Saric inspires OQT ticket in Turkiye". fiba.basketball. 20 August 2023.
  5. ^ "FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournaments: 40 teams to fight for Paris 2024 spots in August 2023". olympics.com. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
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External links edit