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

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

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.

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

Teams

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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

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

Seeding

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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

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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 scorerNorth Macedonia T. J. Shorts (20.0 ppg)
Top reboundsBosnia and Herzegovina Jusuf Nurkić (10.0 rpg)
Top assistsBosnia and Herzegovina Edin Atić (7.0 apg)
Official website
OPQT Poland-Estonia

Preliminary round

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

The tournament was held in Tallinn, Estonia.

Group A

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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

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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

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

Semi-finals

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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

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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

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Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Poland 5–0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3–2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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

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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 scorerSweden Elijah Clarance (19.3 ppg)
Top reboundsTurkey Ömer Yurtseven (9.8 rpg)
Top assistsUkraine Oleksandr Kovliar (7.5 apg)
Official website
OPQT Türkiye

Preliminary round

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All times are local (UTC+3).

Group C

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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

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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

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

Semi-finals

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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

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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

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Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Croatia 5–0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Turkey 4–1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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

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