Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

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Twelve teams qualified for the women's basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics tournament (postponed to 2021[1] due to the COVID-19 pandemic). The host nation and the 2018 World Cup winner qualified. Those two teams, however, had to play in the pre-qualifying and qualifying tournaments and took one of the qualifying spots from those tournaments. Thus, while two of the World Qualifying Tournaments provided quota spots to their three top teams, the other two tournaments provided quota spots only to the top two teams plus either the host nation or the World Cup winner.[2]

Teams had to qualify for the Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments through Women's EuroBasket or Pre-Olympic Qualifying Tournaments (which themselves must be qualified for through Continental Cups).

Qualification

The cities of Ostend, Bourges, Belgrade, and Foshan had been awarded the hosting rights of the four FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments, from 6 to 9 February 2020.[3] However, the Foshan tournament was moved to Belgrade due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]


Means of qualification Date Venue Berths Qualified
Host nation — — 1  Japan
2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 22–30 September 2018  Spain 1  United States
2020 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments 6–9 February 2020 Belgium Ostend 2  Belgium
 Canada
France Bourges 3  Australia
 France
 Puerto Rico
Serbia Belgrade 2  Nigeria
 Serbia
3  China
 South Korea
 Spain
Total 12


Pre-qualifying tournaments

Europe

EuroBasket

The top six teams in EuroBasket Women 2019 qualified directly to the WOQTs.

Rank Team Record
 Spain 6–0
 France 5–1
 Serbia 5–1
4th  Great Britain 4–3
Eliminated in the quarterfinals
5th  Belgium 3–3
6th  Sweden 3–3
7th  Hungary 2–3
8th  Russia 2–4
Eliminated in the qualification for quarterfinals
9th  Italy 2–2
10th  Slovenia 1–3
11th  Latvia 1–3
12th  Montenegro 1–3
Eliminated in the first round
13th  Belarus 1–2
14th  Turkey 1–2
15th  Czech Republic 1–2
16th  Ukraine 0–3

Africa

Africa pre-qualifying tournament

The top six teams from the 2019 Women's Afrobasket played in the Africa pre-qualifying tournament from 14 to 17 November 2019.[5] The top two teams in the PQT advanced to the WOQTs. The tournament was held in Mozambique.[6]

All times are local (UTC+2).

Preliminary round

The draw was held on 18 August 2019.[7]

Group A
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Nigeria 1 1 0 57 48 +9 2 Semifinals
2  Mozambique (H) 1 0 1 48 57 −9 1
3  DR Congo[a] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Disqualified
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ DR Congo was disqualified after failing to show up to either of their games. All results were nullified.[8]
16 November 2019
18:00
Mozambique  48–57  Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 8–21, 11–17, 16–8, 13–11
Pts: Dongue 26
Rebs: Dongue 6
Asts: Pereira 4		 Pts: Elonu 12
Rebs: Akhator 12
Asts: Kalu 3
Group B
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Senegal 2 2 0 133 124 +9 4 Semifinals
2  Mali 2 1 1 118 103 +15 3
3  Angola 2 0 2 116 140 −24 2
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
14 November 2019
18:00
Senegal  75–71  Angola
Scoring by quarter: 14–22, 20–16, 26–18, 15–15
Pts: Diémé 18
Rebs: Diémé 6
Asts: Diémé 6		 Pts: Jorge 19
Rebs: Lucas 7
Asts: Jorge, Lucas 4
15 November 2019
15:30
Angola  45–65  Mali
Scoring by quarter: 13–20, 5–9, 20–24, 7–12
Pts: Daniel 9
Rebs: Paulo 10
Asts: Lucas 3		 Pts: M. Coulibaly 21
Rebs: K. Coulibaly, Maiga 6
Asts: three players 3
16 November 2019
15:30
Mali  53–58  Senegal
Scoring by quarter: 9–15, 15–13, 15–19, 14–11
Pts: K. Coulibaly 14
Rebs: K. Coulibaly, M. Coulibaly 6
Asts: Gandega 4		 Pts: Sy-Diop 16
Rebs: Diarra 8
Asts: Diémé 4
Semifinals

There were no final played. The two winners of the semifinals advanced to the Olympic Qualifying tournament.

17 November 2019
15:30
Nigeria  74–59  Mali
Scoring by quarter: 14–11, 20–14, 25–14, 15–20
Pts: Kalu 15
Rebs: Kalu 7
Asts: Elonu 5		 Pts: Tireira 20
Rebs: M. Coulibaly 12
Asts: Gandega 3
17 November 2019
18:00
Senegal  49–56  Mozambique
Scoring by quarter: 10–9, 8–17, 14–8, 17–22
Pts: Sarr 15
Rebs: Sy 6
Asts: Diémé 5		 Pts: Mucauro 12
Rebs: Henriques, Mucauro 7
Asts: Zita 5

Americas

Americas pre-qualifying tournaments

The top eight teams in the 2019 FIBA Women's AmeriCup played in two Americas pre-qualifying tournaments, with four teams in each tournament. The top two teams in each PQT advanced to the WOQTs.

The draw was held on 30 September 2019.[9] Canada and Argentina each hosted one tournament.[10][6]

Group A
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Canada (H) 3 3 0 304 193 +111 6 2020 WOQT
2  Puerto Rico 3 2 1 271 223 +48 5
3  Cuba 3 1 2 204 261 −57 4
4  Dominican Republic 3 0 3 186 288 −102 3
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts

All times are local (UTC−7).

14 November 2019
17:00
Dominican Republic  58–108  Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 9–35, 13–32, 15–18, 21–23
Pts: Marte 13
Rebs: Monsac, Reynoso 7
Asts: De los Ángeles, Evangelista 2		 Pts: Quiñones 20
Rebs: Gibson, Quiñones 7
Asts: Rosado, Salamán 6
Edmonton Expo Centre, Edmonton
Referees: Marcos Benito (BRA), Juan Fernández (ARG), Fernando Leite (BRA)
14 November 2019
19:30
Canada  110–53  Cuba
Scoring by quarter: 28–15, 25–17, 33–7, 24–14
Pts: Nurse 28
Rebs: Achonwa 8
Asts: Pellington 7		 Pts: Amargo, Galindo 12
Rebs: Becquer 7
Asts: Ávila, Martínez 3
Edmonton Expo Centre, Edmonton
Referees: Leandro Lezcano (ARG), Krishna Domínguez (MEX), Grant Todey (USA)
16 November 2019
14:30
Cuba  70–68  Dominican Republic
Scoring by quarter: 14–20, 16–13, 22–17, 18–18
Pts: Galindo 25
Rebs: Galindo 9
Asts: Amargo, Martínez 6		 Pts: Monsac 25
Rebs: Monsac 8
Asts: Evangelista 3
Edmonton Expo Centre, Edmonton
Referees: Juan Fernández (ARG), Julio Anaya (PAN), Grant Todey (USA)
16 November 2019
17:00
Puerto Rico  80–84  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 15–16, 12–17, 30–26, 23–25
Pts: O'Neill 21
Rebs: Lozada-Cabbage 9
Asts: O'Neill 4		 Pts: Raincock-Ekunwe 27
Rebs: Raincock-Ekunwe 11
Asts: Achonwa 4
Edmonton Expo Centre, Edmonton
Referees: Marcos Benito (BRA), Leandro Lezcano (ARG), Fernando Leite (BRA)
17 November 2019
13:30
Cuba  81–83  Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 18–23, 21–16, 17–19, 25–25
Pts: Ávila, Galindo 23
Rebs: Ávila 12
Asts: three players 3		 Pts: Rosado 17
Rebs: Lozada-Cabbage 14
Asts: O'Neill 5
Edmonton Expo Centre, Edmonton
Referees: Marcos Benito (BRA), Juan Fernández (ARG), Krishna Domínguez (MEX)
17 November 2019
16:00
Dominican Republic  60–110  Canada
Scoring by quarter: 15–31, 14–32, 13–30, 18–17
Pts: Hernández 23
Rebs: Marte 5
Asts: Frias 3		 Pts: Hill 16
Rebs: Edwards 7
Asts: Raincock-Ekunwe 5
Edmonton Expo Centre, Edmonton
Referees: Leandro Lezcano (ARG), Julio Anaya (PAN), Fernando Leite (BRA)
Group B
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  United States[a] 3 3 0 271 143 +128 6
2  Brazil 3 2 1 199 164 +35 5 2020 WOQT
3  Colombia 3 1 2 148 228 −80 4
4  Argentina (H) 3 0 3 152 235 −83 3
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ The USA were already qualified as the reigning World Champions.

All times are local (UTC−3).

14 November 2019
18:30
Brazil  61–76  United States
Scoring by quarter: 15–10, 16–23, 12–21, 18–22
Pts: Dantas, De Souza 11
Rebs: De Souza 12
Asts: Costa, Teixeira 5		 Pts: Fowles, Gray 21
Rebs: Fowles 6
Asts: Gray 8
Dow Center, Bahía Blanca
Referees: Nathaniel Saunders (CAN), Daniel García (VEN), Sebastián Negrón (CHI)
14 November 2019
21:00
Colombia  67–63  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 20–14, 18–14, 10–21, 19–14
Pts: Martínez 23
Rebs: Vente 9
Asts: Ríos 6		 Pts: Burani 29
Rebs: Burani 10
Asts: González, Santana 6
Dow Center, Bahía Blanca
Referees: Daniel García (VEN), Alexis Mercado (PUR), Maripier Malo (CAN)
16 November 2019
18:30
Colombia  33–61  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 4–13, 4–17, 15–14, 10–17
Pts: Ríos 15
Rebs: Ríos 6
Asts: Muñoz 2		 Pts: Dantas, Teixeira 10
Rebs: Dos Santos 11
Asts: Costa 6
Dow Center, Bahía Blanca
Referees: Andrés Bartel (URU), Nathaniel Saunders (CAN), Alexis Mercado (PUR)
16 November 2019
21:00
United States  91–34  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 19–9, 25–4, 26–8, 21–13
Pts: DeShields, Fowles 13
Rebs: Collier 12
Asts: Gray 6		 Pts: Boquete 9
Rebs: Santana 6
Asts: De La Barba 4
Dow Center, Bahía Blanca
Referees: Maripier Malo (CAN), Daniel García (VEN), Carlos Peralta (ECU)
17 November 2019
18:30
United States  104–48  Colombia
Scoring by quarter: 20–14, 20–13, 26–9, 38–12
Pts: Wilson 23
Rebs: DeShields, Wilson 9
Asts: Diggins-Smith 9		 Pts: Ríos 15
Rebs: Paz 6
Asts: Ríos 3
Dow Center, Bahía Blanca
Referees: Maripier Malo (CAN), Daniel García (VEN), Sebastián Negrón (CHI)
17 November 2019
21:00
Argentina  55–77  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 20–29, 4–14, 14–17
Pts: Boquete 13
Rebs: Boquete 5
Asts: Burani 4		 Pts: Dantas 26
Rebs: Dantas 13
Asts: Costa 6
Dow Center, Bahía Blanca
Referees: Andrés Bartel (URU), Nathaniel Saunders (CAN), Carlos Peralta (ECU)

Asia/Oceania

Asia/Oceania pre-qualifying tournaments

The eight teams which took part in the 2019 FIBA Women's Asia Cup, including Olympic host Japan, played in two Asia/Oceania pre-qualifying tournaments,[11] with four teams in each tournament. For the tournament in which Japan plays, Japan and the best other team advanced to the WOQTs. For the other tournament, the top two teams advanced.

The 2019 FIBA Women's Asia Cup was planned to have two divisions, Division A and B. Under the original set-up, only the top seven teams of Division A and the top team of Division B would have advanced to the Asia/Oceania qualifiers. However, Division B of was not held since there was no nation willing to host the tournament, and India which placed last in the FIBA Women's Asia Cup were given a slot in the Asia/Oceania qualifiers.[11]

The draw was held on 28 September 2019.[12] The tournaments were held in New Zealand and Malaysia.[6][13]

Group A
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  China 3 2 1 301 201 +100 5[a] 2020 WOQT
2  South Korea 3 2 1 260 224 +36 5[a]
3  New Zealand (H) 3 2 1 251 213 +38 5[a]
4  Philippines 3 0 3 178 352 −174 3
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c China 3 Pts, +22 PD; South Korea 3 Pts, −3 PD; New Zealand 3 Pts, −19 PD

All times are local (UTC+13).

14 November 2019
17:00
South Korea  81–80  China
Scoring by quarter: 25–17, 23–24, 18–15, 15–24
Pts: Park J. 23
Rebs: Park J. 8
Asts: Kim H., Kim J. 4		 Pts: Li Yue. 15
Rebs: five players 6
Asts: Shao 7
The Trusts Arena, Auckland
Referees: Michael Aylen (AUS), Takaki Kato (JPN), Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ)
14 November 2019
19:30
New Zealand  111–54  Philippines
Scoring by quarter: 24–17, 36–11, 23–19, 28–7
Pts: Boagni, Davidson 16
Rebs: Davidson 11
Asts: Boagni, Leger-Walker 7		 Pts: Bernardino 17
Rebs: Danielle Animam 8
Asts: four players 2
The Trusts Arena, Auckland
Referees: Rabah Noujaim (LBN), Vaughan Mayberry (AUS), Watcharin Padungratchadakit (THA)
16 November 2019
15:10
Philippines  75–114  South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 12–34, 21–29, 15–28, 27–23
Pts: Bernardino 19
Rebs: Bernardino 8
Asts: Cabinbin, Hayes 4		 Pts: Kang L. 16
Rebs: three players 9
Asts: Shin 5
The Trusts Arena, Auckland
Referees: Takaki Kato (JPN), Rabah Noujaim (LBN), Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ)
16 November 2019
17:30
China  94–71  New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 28–14, 22–15, 19–19, 25–23
Pts: Li M. 18
Rebs: Li Yue. 7
Asts: Li Yua. 6		 Pts: Purcell 21
Rebs: Davidson 8
Asts: Cocks, Purcell 4
The Trusts Arena, Auckland
Referees: Vaughan Mayberry (AUS), Michael Aylen (AUS), Imran Ali Baig (IND)
17 November 2019
15:10
Philippines  49–127  China
Scoring by quarter: 10–36, 13–33, 11–34, 15–24
Pts: Pontejos 16
Rebs: three players 3
Asts: Castillo 3		 Pts: Han 26
Rebs: Gao 14
Asts: Pan 8
The Trusts Arena, Auckland
Referees: Michael Aylen (AUS), Takaki Kato (JPN), Watcharin Padungratchadakit (THA)
17 November 2019
17:30
South Korea  65–69  New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 8–21, 20–16, 22–18, 15–14
Pts: Kang L. 21
Rebs: Park J. 11
Asts: Park J. 6		 Pts: Davidson 24
Rebs: Davidson 15
Asts: Purcell 6
The Trusts Arena, Auckland
Referees: Rabah Noujaim (LBN), Vaughan Mayberry (AUS), Imran Ali Baig (IND)
Group B
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Japan[a] 3 3 0 285 155 +130 6
2  Australia 3 2 1 267 162 +105 5 2020 WOQT
3  Chinese Taipei 3 1 2 187 223 −36 4
4  India 3 0 3 114 313 −199 3
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Japan was already qualified as the host nation of the 2020 Olympics.

All times are local (UTC+8).

14 November 2019
17:00
Australia  84–51  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by quarter: 26–9, 22–13, 24–11, 12–18
Pts: Cambage 16
Rebs: George 9
Asts: O'Hea 6		 Pts: three players 9
Rebs: Lin Y., Wang 4
Asts: Lin Y. 4
MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
Referees: Hwang In-tae (KOR), Anton Kozlov (KAZ), Joenard Garcia (PHI)
14 November 2019
20:00
Japan  120–29  India
Scoring by quarter: 32–8, 39–8, 24–9, 25–4
Pts: Miyashita 21
Rebs: Umezawa 9
Asts: Yoshida 11		 Pts: Nixon 8
Rebs: Kumari, Udayakumar 4
Asts: Jeena 3
MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
Referees: Dallas Pickering (NZL), Yu Jung (TPE), Chan Owe Shiong (MAS)
16 November 2019
17:00
India  29–114  Australia
Scoring by quarter: 3–36, 8–21, 6–31, 12–26
Pts: Arvind 7
Rebs: Udayakumar 7
Asts: Geetha, Kumari 2		 Pts: Allen 20
Rebs: Magbegor 9
Asts: Talbot 7
MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
Referees: Yu Jung (TPE), Yuen Chun Yip (HKG), Joenard Garcia (PHI)
16 November 2019
20:00
Chinese Taipei  57–83  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 7–13, 11–21, 12–30, 27–19
Pts: Lin Y. 14
Rebs: Wang 9
Asts: three players 2		 Pts: Tokashiki 17
Rebs: Miyazawa 11
Asts: Miyazawa 5
MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
Referees: Dallas Pickering (NZL), Hwang In-tae (KOR), Chan Owe Shiong (MAS)
17 November 2019
15:00
Chinese Taipei  79–56  India
Scoring by quarter: 22–10, 25–19, 24–12, 8–15
Pts: Chen 20
Rebs: Tsai 11
Asts: Huang F. 6		 Pts: Jeena 15
Rebs: Udayakumar 11
Asts: Limaye 6
MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
Referees: Dallas Pickering (NZL), Joenard Garcia (PHI), Anton Kozlov (KAZ)
17 November 2019
18:00
Japan  82–69  Australia
Scoring by quarter: 30–16, 17–18, 17–19, 18–16
Pts: Motohashi 16
Rebs: Miyazawa 12
Asts: Motohashi 7		 Pts: Cambage 17
Rebs: three players 6
Asts: O'Hea 7
MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
Referees: Hwang In-tae (KOR), Yu Jung (TPE), Yuen Chun Yip (HKG)

Olympic Qualifying Tournaments

Main article: 2020 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments

Qualification for WOQTs

There was a pre-qualifying process for the WOQTs. European teams had to finish in the top six of EuroBasket, while teams from the Americas, Asia (including Oceania), and Africa played in pre-qualifying tournaments. 16 total teams qualified for the WOQTs. The Olympic host (Japan) and the World Cup winner (United States) automatically qualified for the WOQTs, each taking a spot from their respective continent.


Means of qualification Date Venue Berths Qualified
EuroBasket Women 2019 27 June–7 July 2019  Serbia
 Latvia		 6  Great Britain
 Spain
 France
 Serbia
 Belgium
 Sweden
Africa pre-qualifying tournament 14–17 November 2019  Mozambique 2  Nigeria
 Mozambique
Americas pre-qualifying tournaments  Argentina 2  United States
 Brazil
 Canada 2  Canada
 Puerto Rico
Asia/Oceania Pre-qualifying tournaments  Malaysia 2  Japan
 Australia
 New Zealand[14] 2  China
 South Korea
Total 16

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