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FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments Complete Schedule
Complete Schedule of the 2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments in Serbia (Belgrade), Italy (Turin) and Philippines (Manila) from July 4-10, 2016. Winner of each tournament gets a slot for the 2016 Rio Olympics.
2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament Manila Schedule
Tue, July 5
-Turkey vs Canada
-France vs Philippines (Gilas Pilipinas)
Wed, July 6
Gilas Pilipinas in Group B with France and New Zealand
Gilas Pilipinas will face France and New Zealand in the Elimination Round of the 2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament to be held in Manila from July 5-10, 2016. Turkey, Senegal and Canada will also play at the Mall of Asia Arena for a chance to get a slot for the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Complete Draw Results for the 2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments
OQT Manila (Philippines)
Clarkson wants to help Gilas get to Rio
In a recent interview posted in NBA.com, Jordan Clarkson mentioned this about joining Gilas Pilipinas for the 2016 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament which will be held in Manila this July 2016 – “We’re working on it right now actually. Gotta go through some stuff with FIBA. We’re trying to make sure that happens, hopefully the timing is right, and I get the chance to do that. I definitely want to compete, I want to try to get the guys to Rio. That would be awesome to experience.”