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2020 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments – Kaunas

The 2020 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Kaunas was one of four 2020 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments. The tournament was held in Kaunas, Lithuania.[1] It was originally scheduled to take place from 23 to 28 June 2020 but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, to 29 June to 4 July 2021.[2]

2020 FIBA World Olympic
Qualifying Tournament for Men
Kaunas, Lithuania
Tournament details
Host country Lithuania
Dates29 June – 4 July
Teams6
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Slovenia
Tournament statistics
MVPSlovenia Luka Dončić
Top scorerSouth Korea Ra Gun-ah (21.5)
Top reboundsLithuania Jonas Valančiūnas (9.5)
Top assistsSlovenia Luka Dončić (11.3)
Official website
WOQT Lithuania

Teams edit

Team Qualification Date of qualification FIBA World Ranking
  Lithuania 9th at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup 15 September 2019 8th
  Poland 8th at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup 15 September 2019 13th
  Slovenia Wild card 19 September 2019 16th
  Venezuela 14th at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup 15 September 2019 20th
  South Korea Wild card 19 September 2019 30th
  Angola Wild card 19 September 2019 33rd

Venue edit

Kaunas
 
 
Kaunas
2020 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments – Kaunas (Lithuania)
Žalgiris Arena
 
Capacity: 15,415

Squads edit

Main article: 2020 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments squads

Preliminary round edit

All times are local (UTC+3).[3]

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Lithuania (H) 2 2 0 172 122 +50 4 Semi-finals
2   Venezuela 2 1 1 159 156 +3 3
3   South Korea 2 0 2 137 190 −53 2
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
29 June 2021
19:30
Lithuania   76–65   Venezuela
Scoring by quarter: 11–10, 25–18, 19–16, 21–21
Pts: Valančiūnas 20
Rebs: Valančiūnas 11
Asts: Jokubaitis 5		 Pts: Cubillán 11
Rebs: Carrera 6
Asts: Vargas 4
Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 2,892
Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Saverio Lanzarini (ITA), Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ)
30 June 2021
19:30
Venezuela   94–80   South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 27–18, 29–20, 14–28, 24–14
Pts: Guillent 17
Rebs: Carrera 12
Asts: four players 4		 Pts: Lee H. 18
Rebs: Ra 6
Asts: Lee D. 8
Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 245
Referees: Juan Fernández (ARG), Yu Jung (TPE), Scott Beker (AUS)
1 July 2021
19:30
South Korea   57–96   Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 16–28, 18–21, 9–27, 14–20
Pts: Ra 26
Rebs: Ra 8
Asts: Lee D., Lee H. 4		 Pts: Valančiūnas 15
Rebs: Valančiūnas 13
Asts: Kalnietis 9
Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 3,903
Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Saverio Lanzarini (ITA), Samir Abaakil (MAR)

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Slovenia 2 2 0 230 145 +85 4 Semi-finals
2   Poland 2 1 1 160 176 −16 3
3   Angola 2 0 2 132 201 −69 2
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.
29 June 2021
16:30
Poland   83–64   Angola
Scoring by quarter: 24–19, 19–12, 19–14, 21–19
Pts: Ponitka 22
Rebs: four players 4
Asts: Slaughter 6		 Pts: Moreira 27
Rebs: Moreira 7
Asts: Bastos 4
Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 311
Referees: Juan Fernández (ARG), Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Scott Beker (AUS)
30 June 2021
16:30
Angola   68–118   Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 9–33, 21–31, 14–26, 24–28
Pts: Moreira 15
Rebs: Gakou, Moreira 6
Asts: Ndoniema 3		 Pts: Dragić 16
Rebs: Dimec, Dončić 6
Asts: Dončić 9
Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 262
Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Samir Abaakil (MAR)
1 July 2021
16:30
Slovenia   112–77   Poland
Scoring by quarter: 29–26, 34–20, 20–14, 29–17
Pts: Dončić 18
Rebs: Tobey 10
Asts: Dončić 10		 Pts: Ponitka 16
Rebs: Ponitka 7
Asts: Slaughter 5
Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 2,115
Referees: Juan Fernández (ARG), Yu Jung (TPE), Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ)

Final round edit

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
3 July
 
 
  Lithuania88
 
4 July
 
  Poland69
 
  Lithuania85
 
3 July
 
  Slovenia96
 
  Slovenia98
 
 
  Venezuela70
 

Semi-finals edit

3 July 2021
16:30
Slovenia   98–70   Venezuela
Scoring by quarter: 26–21, 22–20, 23–14, 27–15
Pts: Tobey 27
Rebs: Tobey 12
Asts: Dončić 13		 Pts: Carrera, Chourio 16
Rebs: Carrera 6
Asts: Guillent, Vargas 3
Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 3,128
Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Yu Jung (TPE), Saverio Lanzarini (ITA)
3 July 2021
19:30
Lithuania   88–69   Poland
Scoring by quarter: 23–19, 23–26, 16–6, 26–18
Pts: Sabonis 17
Rebs: Sabonis, Valančiūnas 8
Asts: Kalnietis 4		 Pts: Slaughter 19
Rebs: Balcerowski, Hrycaniuk 3
Asts: four players 3
Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 5,353
Referees: Juan Fernández (ARG), Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Scott Beker (AUS)

Final edit

4 July 2021
19:30
Lithuania   85–96   Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 24–28, 28–24, 17–28, 16–16
Pts: three players 14
Rebs: Sabonis, Valančiūnas 6
Asts: Grigonis 6		 Pts: Dončić 31
Rebs: Dončić 11
Asts: Dončić 13
Žalgiris Arena, Kaunas
Attendance: 11,562
Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Juan Fernández (ARG), Manuel Mazzoni (ITA)

Final ranking edit

# Team W–L Qualification
1   Slovenia 4–0 Qualified for the Olympics
2   Lithuania 3–1
3   Venezuela 1–2
4   Poland 1–2
5   South Korea 0–2
6   Angola 0–2

References edit

  1. ^ "FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments hosts announced for 2020". FIBA. 15 November 2019.
  2. ^ "FIBA's Executive Committee confirms global calendar update". FIBA. 9 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Tip-off times confirmed for FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments". FIBA. 19 February 2020.

External links edit

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