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.
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Turkey Poland Estonia |
City | Istanbul Gliwice Tallinn |
Dates | 12–20 August 2023 |
Teams | 16 (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
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 | |
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2023 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers – Europe | 4th | 4 | ![]() |
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5th | 4 | ![]() | |
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6th | 4 | ![]() | |
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EuroBasket 2025 Pre-Qualifiers | 1st | 3 | ![]() |
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Replacement of Great Britain | 1 | ![]() | |
FIBA World Rankings – Europe (November 2022) | 1 | ![]() | |
Total | 16 |
- Great Britain withdrew before the start of the tournament.[6]
- 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
The draw took place on 1 May 2023.[6][7]
Seeding
The seedings were announced on 29 April 2023.[8]
Tournament 1 (Poland/Estonia)
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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Tournament 2 (Turkey)
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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Tournament 1
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Poland Estonia |
City | Gliwice Tallinn |
Dates | 12–20 August 2023 |
Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Top scorer | ![]() |
Top rebounds | ![]() |
Top assists | ![]() |
Official website | |
OPQT Poland-Estonia |
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 231 | 199 | +32 | 5[lower-alpha 1] | Semi-finals |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 224 | 201 | +23 | 5[lower-alpha 1] | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 238 | 236 | +2 | 5[lower-alpha 1] | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 3 | 206 | 263 | −57 | 3 |
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:
- 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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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) |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 246 | 222 | +24 | 6 | Semi-finals |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 263 | 238 | +25 | 5 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 2 | 226 | 236 | −10 | 4 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 3 | 233 | 272 | −39 | 3 |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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) |
Final round
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
18 August | ||||||
![]() | 86 | |||||
20 August | ||||||
![]() | 77 | |||||
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18 August | ||||||
![]() | 76 | |||||
![]() | 93 | |||||
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Semi-finals
18 August 2023 17:30 |
Poland ![]() |
93–83 | ![]() |
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) |
Final
20 August 2023 14:15 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina ![]() |
72–76 | ![]() |
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
Rank | Team | Record |
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![]() | ![]() | 5–0 |
![]() | ![]() | 3–2 |
![]() | ![]() | 2–2 |
4 | ![]() | 2–2 |
5 | ![]() | 2–1 |
6 | ![]() | 1–2 |
7 | ![]() | 0–3 |
8 | ![]() | 0–3 |
Qualified for the FIBA Men's Olympic qualifying tournaments |
Tournament 2
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Turkey |
City | Istanbul |
Dates | 12–20 August 2023 |
Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Top scorer | ![]() |
Top rebounds | ![]() |
Top assists | ![]() |
Official website | |
OPQT Türkiye |
Preliminary round
All times are local (UTC+3).
Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 288 | 210 | +78 | 6 | Semi-finals |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 234 | 225 | +9 | 5 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 2 | 234 | 257 | −23 | 4 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 3 | 213 | 277 | −64 | 3 |
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) | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 27–10, 13–19, 15–19, 13–20, Overtime: 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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 274 | 203 | +71 | 6 | Semi-finals |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 237 | 266 | −29 | 5 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 2 | 248 | 256 | −8 | 4 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 3 | 209 | 243 | −34 | 3 |
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) | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
18 August | ||||||
![]() | 84 | |||||
20 August | ||||||
![]() | 105 | |||||
![]() | 71 | |||||
18 August | ||||||
![]() | 84 | |||||
![]() | 85 | |||||
![]() | 70 | |||||
Semi-finals
18 August 2023 17:00 |
Croatia ![]() |
85–70 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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
20 August 2023 20:00 |
Turkey ![]() |
71–84 | ![]() |
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
Rank | Team | Record |
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![]() | ![]() | 5–0 |
![]() | ![]() | 4–1 |
![]() | ![]() | 2–2 |
4 | ![]() | 2–2 |
5 | ![]() | 1–2 |
6 | ![]() | 1–2 |
7 | ![]() | 0–3 |
8 | ![]() | 0–3 |
Qualified for the FIBA Men's Olympic qualifying tournaments |
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- "Host countries for the 2023 FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournaments announced". eurohoops.net. 29 April 2023.
- "Hosts Poland beat Bosnia and Herzegovina for OQT ticket to stay on Road to Paris 2024". fiba.basketball. 20 August 2023.
- "Croatia still on the Road to Paris 2024 after Saric inspires OQT ticket in Turkiye". fiba.basketball. 20 August 2023.
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