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.Twelve countries from three continents confirm interest in hosting 2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying 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.

Squads

Qualification Competition Vacancies Qualified EuroBasket Women 2015 4 teams (hosts) 2015 FIBA Americas Women's Championship 3 teams AfroBasket Women 2015 2 teams 2015 FIBA Asia Women's Championship 2 teams 2015 FIBA Oceania Women's Championship 1 team

Draw The draw was held at 26 January 2016 at the FIBA headquarters in Mies, Switzerland.

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3

Referees The following referees were selected for the tournament.Referees

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

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout round The four quarterfinal winners and the winner of the fifth place game qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Fifth place game

Final ranking # Team W–L Qualification 1 3–0 2016 Olympics 3–0 3–0 2–1 5 3–2 6 2–3 7 1–3 8 1–3 9 1–1 10 0–2 11 0–2 12 0–2

Statistical leaders

Players

Points Pos. Name PPG1 Endéné Miyem 16.72 Lara Sanders 16.03 Sancho Lyttle 15.74 Alba Torrens 15.35 Kang A-jeong 14.0

Rebounds Pos. Name RPG1 Yelena Leuchanka 10.8 Park Ji-su 10.83 Sancho Lyttle 10.34 Lara Sanders 10.05 Isabelle Yacoubou 8.7

Assists Pos. Name APG1 Céline Dumerc 7.72 Birsel Vardarlı 7.03 Isil Alben 4.7 Sarah Michel 4.75 Zhao Zhifang 4.3

Steals Pos. Name SPG1 Sancho Lyttle 3.72 Birsel Vardarlı 2.73 Isil Alben 2.34 Arlenys Romero 2.05 Kang A-jeong 1.8 Blocks Pos. Name BPG1 Anastasiya Verameyenka 2.82 Lara Sanders 2.03 Park Ji-su 1.64 Huang Hongpin 1.0 Isabelle Yacoubou 1.0

Other statistical leaders 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 4.2Fouls Maryia Papova 3.6

Teams

Points Pos. Name PPG1 81.02 76.73 69.74 69.25 68.0

Rebounds Pos. Name RPG1 52.72 44.0 44.04 42.35 40.8

Assists Pos. Name APG1 25.02 21.33 20.74 20.35 18.2

Steals Pos. Name SPG1 10.02 8.73 7.74 7.65 7.2

Blocks Pos. Name BPG1 4.02 3.63 3.04 2.75 2.4

See also Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournaments for Men

References

External links Official website