2020 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments – Ostend

The 2020 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Ostend was one of four 2020 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments. The tournament was held in Ostend, Belgium, from 6 to 9 February 2020.[1][2]

2020 FIBA World Olympic
Qualifying Tournament for Women
Ostend, Belgium
Tournament details
Host country Belgium
Dates6–9 February
Teams4
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Canada
Tournament statistics
MVPBelgium Emma Meesseman
Top scorerBelgium Meesseman (20.3)
Top reboundsJapan Tokashiki (8.7)
Top assistsBelgium Allemand
Japan Motohashi (5.3)
PPG (Team) Japan (75.7)
RPG (Team) Canada (42.3)
APG (Team) Belgium (18.0)
Official website
WOQT Belgium

Canada and Belgium qualified for the Olympics, alongside Japan, who were pre-qualified as the host.[3][4]

Teams

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Team Qualification Date of qualification FIBA World Ranking
  Belgium 5th at the EuroBasket Women 2019 6 July 2019 9th
  Canada 1st at the Americas pre-qualifying tournaments–Group A 16 November 2019 4th
  Japan Host nation for the Olympics 10th
  Sweden 6th at the EuroBasket Women 2019 6 July 2019 22nd

Venue

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Ostend
 
 
Ostend
2020 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments – Ostend (Belgium)
Sea'Arena
 
Capacity: 5,000

Squads

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Standings

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Canada 3 3 0 211 174 +37 6 Summer Olympics
2   Belgium (H) 3 2 1 209 198 +11 5
3   Japan[a] 3 1 2 227 216 +11 4
4   Sweden 3 0 3 157 216 −59 3
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ Japan has already qualified as the host nation.

Results

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All times are local (UTC+1).

6 February 2020
18:05
Japan   75–54   Sweden
Scoring by quarter: 10–12, 15–8, 28–18, 22–16
Pts: Tokashiki 21
Rebs: Tokashiki 12
Asts: Motohashi 6
Pts: Loyd 18
Rebs: Magarity, Zahui 8
Asts: Loyd 3
Sea'Arena, Ostend
Referees: Yener Yılmaz (TUR), Amy Bonner (USA), Ryan Jones (NZL)
6 February 2020
20:35
Canada   61–56   Belgium
Scoring by quarter: 12–7, 18–16, 16–19, 15–14
Pts: Nurse 19
Rebs: Carleton, Raincock-Ekunwe 6
Asts: Nurse 3
Pts: Meesseman 14
Rebs: K. Mestdagh 7
Asts: Allemand, K. Mestdagh 4
Sea'Arena, Ostend
Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Gina Cross (USA), Andreia Silva (BRA)

8 February 2020
18:05
Belgium   92–84   Japan
Scoring by quarter: 13–22, 27–12, 28–19, 24–31
Pts: Meesseman 23
Rebs: Meesseman 7
Asts: Allemand 7
Pts: Hayashi 24
Rebs: Motohashi, Tokashiki 5
Asts: Yoshida 7
Sea'Arena, Ostend
Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Gina Cross (USA), Andreia Silva (BRA)
8 February 2020
20:35
Sweden   50–80   Canada
Scoring by quarter: 14–17, 17–20, 10–22, 9–21
Pts: F. Eldebrink 14
Rebs: Halvarsson 6
Asts: three players 2
Pts: Achonwa 16
Rebs: Achonwa 8
Asts: Raincock-Ekunwe 4
Sea'Arena, Ostend
Referees: Amy Bonner (USA), Yener Yılmaz (TUR), Yuen Chun Yip (HKG)

9 February 2020
15:00
Sweden   53–61   Belgium
Scoring by quarter: 14–14, 9–7, 10–21, 20–19
Pts: F. Eldebrink 14
Rebs: Magarity 12
Asts: E. Eldebrink 4
Pts: Meesseman 24
Rebs: three players 5
Asts: Allemand 5
Sea'Arena, Ostend
Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Amy Bonner (USA), Andreia Silva (BRA)
9 February 2020
18:05
Canada   70–68   Japan
Scoring by quarter: 15–17, 16–13, 21–19, 18–19
Pts: Nurse 19
Rebs: Achonwa 8
Asts: Langlois 5
Pts: Hayashi 21
Rebs: Akaho, Tokashiki 9
Asts: Motohashi 4
Sea'Arena, Ostend
Referees: Yener Yılmaz (TUR), Ryan Jones (NZL), Yuen Chun Yip (HKG)

Statistics and awards

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Statistical leaders

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Players[5]

Teams[6]

Awards

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The all star-teams and MVP were announced on 9 February 2020.[7]

All-Star Team
Guards Forwards Center
  Saki Hayashi
  Julie Allemand
  Natalie Achonwa
  Ramu Tokashiki
  Emma Meesseman
MVP:   Emma Meesseman

References

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  1. ^ "FIBA Women's national team competition system as of 2019". FIBA. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  2. ^ "FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments hosts announced for 2020". FIBA. 15 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Classy Canada blow away Sweden to book Tokyo slot". FIBA. 8 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Belgium make history by taking first ever ticket to the Olympics". FIBA. 9 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Statistical leaders (Players)". FIBA. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  6. ^ "Statistical leaders (Teams)". FIBA. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  7. ^ "Meesseman crowned TISSOT MVP to lead All-Star Five". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
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