FIBA Olympic Qualifiers Host and Draw this Jan 2016
The announcement of the 3 hosts for the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournaments will be on Tuesday, January 19 (Around 11pm Manila Time) and the Draw Ceremony will be held in Switzerland on Tuesday, January 26 (11:30pm Manila Time).
Only 6 countries were shortlisted by FIBA as potential hosts: Philippines, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Serbia and Turkey.
View Player Pool for FIBA Olympic Qualifier
The 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament Draw Ceremony will be shown live on the FIBA Youtube Channel in which the 18 qualified teams will be divided into 3 groups of 6. The winner of each tournament gets a slot in the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Qualified Teams for the 2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifiers:
-France
-Serbia
-Greece
-Italy
-Czech Republic
-Canada
-Mexico
-Puerto Rico
-Angola
-Tunisia
-Senegal
-Philippines
-Iran
-Japan
-New Zealand
-Plus the 3 slots for the hosts of each tournament
omaayygaad! this is it!