QUALIFICATION SYSTEM – GAMES OF THE XXXII OLYMPIAD – TOKYO 2020

INTERNATIONAL BASKETBALL FEDERATION

Basketball

A. EVENTS (2)

Men’s Event (1) Women’s Event (1)

12-team tournament 12-team tournament

B. ATHLETES QUOTA

1. Total Quota for Basketball:

Qualification Places Host Country Places Total

Men 132 (11 teams) 12 (1 team) 144 (12 teams)
Women 132 (11 teams) 12 (1 team) 144 (12 teams)
Total 264 (22 teams) 24 (2 teams) 288 (24 teams)

2. Maximum Number of Athletes per NOC:

Quota per NOC

Men 12 (1 team)
Women 12 (1 team)
Total 24 (2 teams)

3. Type of Allocation of Quota Places:

The quota place is allocated to the NOC

C. ATHLETE ELIGIBILITY

All athletes must comply with the provisions of the Olympic Charter that is currently in force, including but not
limited to, Rule 41 (Nationality of Competitors) and Rule 43 (World Anti-Doping Code and the Olympic
Movement Code on the Prevention of Manipulation of Competitions). Only those athletes who comply with the
Olympic Charter may participate in the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

Additional IF Requirements:
Only the athletes who are eligible to participate at the main official competitions of FIBA, in accordance with
the FIBA Internal Regulations, are entitled to participate in the Olympic Games.
http://www.fiba.basketball/internal-regulations/book3/players-and-officials.pdf

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D. QUALIFICATION PATHWAY

QUALIFICATION PLACES

The qualification events are listed in hierarchical order of qualification.

MEN / WOMEN

Number of
Team Quota Qualification Events
Places
MEN
The Host Nation*
1 Japan
The teams directly qualified through the FIBA Basketball World Cup (FBWC) 2019**
2 America
2 Europe
1 Africa
1 Asia
1 Oceania
4 The teams qualified through the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments (FOQT) 2020
* Subject to Central Board decision. In the event that the Central
Board does not award a direct spot to the Host Nation, the number of
teams directly qualified from the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019
shall be increased accordingly.
** The best teams from respective continents based on the final
official classification of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019.

Participation in the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments 2020

1. Twenty four (24) teams, representing all continents, are eligible to participate in
the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments 2020 as follows:

Directly qualified from FBWC 2109

The 16 best placed teams not directly qualified for the Olympic Games 16
Additional teams selected by FIBA
Africa 2
Americas 2
Asia 2
Europe 2
Total 24

2. The sixteen (16) best placed teams not directly qualified for the Olympic
Basketball Tournament from the previous FIBA Basketball World Cup, regardless
of their continent of origin, will be invited to participate in the FIBA Olympic
Qualifying Tournaments. Eight (8) additional teams selected by FIBA upon
proposal by the relevant Regional Offices and consideration also of their sporting
results will be invited to participate in the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments.

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3. Should any of the invited teams not accept the invitation, the next best team(s)
who has not directly qualified from the same continent will be invited to participate
unless otherwise decided by the FIBA Central Board.
4. The twenty-four (24) participating teams will be divided into four (4) tournaments
of six (6) teams each.
5. Each tournament shall be hosted by one (1) of the six (6) participating national
federations.
6. The draw for the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments shall be made before the
hosting national federations are defined.
7. In principle, each continent shall host one (1) FIBA Olympic Qualifying
Tournament.
8. The winner of each tournament shall qualify for the Men’s Olympic Basketball
Tournament.
The NOCs/NFs participating in the Olympic Qualifying Tournaments, must confirm their
participation to the Olympic Games to FIBA in case they obtain a quota place at the same
time as registering their team(s) for the Olympic Qualifying Tournaments by 30.11.2020

12 TOTAL

WOMEN
The Host nation*
1 Japan
The teams directly qualified through the previous FIBA competitions
1 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup 2018 – Champion
10 The teams qualified through the FIBA Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournaments (FWOQT)
There will be two rounds of the Qualifying Tournaments for Tokyo 2020. The first
round, the FIBA Women’s Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournaments (FWOPQT), will be
played at the continental and the second round, the FIBA Women’s Olympic
Qualifying Tournaments (FWOQT), at the global level.

Participation in the FIBA Women’s Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournaments (FWOPQT)

1. The best classified teams from the following FIBA Women’s Continental Cups 2019
are qualified for the FWOPQTs as follows:

Directly qualified from the FIBA Women’s Continental Cups 2019

Africa 6
Americas 8
Asia (including Oceania) 8
Total 22

2. The above numbers shall include the OG Host Nation and, if not from Europe, the
FIBA Women’s World Cup 2018 winner.
3. Should any of the invited teams not accept the invitation, the next best team(s) who
has(ve) not directly qualified from the same continent will be invited to participate
unless otherwise decided by the FIBA Central Board.
4. The twenty-two (22) participating teams will be divided into two (2) tournaments of
four (4) teams in Asia and Americas and one (1) tournament of six (6) teams in
Africa.
5. The groups will be composed of the teams from the same continent/geographical
region (in case of Asia and Oceania).
6. Each tournament shall be hosted by one (1) of the participating national federations.

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7. The draw for the FWOPQTs shall be made before the hosting national federations
are defined.
8. The top two (2) teams of each tournament shall qualify for the FIBA Women’s
Olympic Qualifying Tournaments (FWOQTs). In case the OG Host Nation or the
FWBWC winner are in the group, those teams will qualify directly and the second
teams from the respective groups according to the result.

Participation in the FIBA Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournaments (FWOQT)

1. Sixteen (16) teams, representing all continents/geographical regions, are qualified

for the FWOQTs as follows:

Qualified from the First Round of FIBA women’s Olympic qualifying

tournament
Africa (qualified through FWOPQT in Africa) 2
Americas (qualified through FWOPQT in Americas) 4
Asia (qualified teams from Asia and Oceania qualified through
4
FWOPQTs in Asia)
Europe (best classified teams from the last FIBA Women’s
6
Eurobasket)
Total 16

2. The sixteen (16) participating teams will be divided into four (4) tournaments of four
(4) teams each.
3. Each tournament shall be hosted by one (1) of the four (4) participating national
federations.
4. The draw for the FWOQTs shall be made before the hosting national federations
are defined. In order to implement the universality principle, at least one of the
groups should contain two teams from the same continent/geographical region, as
decided by FIBA.
5. In principle, each continent/geographical region should host one (1) of the FIBA
Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
6. The best three (3) teams from each of the Tournaments shall qualify for the
Women’s Olympic Basketball Tournament. In case the OG Host Nation or the
FWBWC winner are in the group, those teams will qualify directly and the remaining
two teams from the respective groups according to the result.

The NOCs/NFs participating in the Olympic Qualifying Tournaments, must confirm their
participation in the Olympic Games to FIBA in case they obtain a quota place at the same
time as registering their team(s) for the FWOPQT by 30.11.2020.

12 TOTAL

HOST COUNTRY PLACES

The FIBA Central Board may decide to grant the automatic qualification place to the Men’s and Women’s
teams of the Host Country. The FIBA Central Board will determine the precise criteria by 31.12.2018 the latest.
This decision will be made by 30.06.2019.

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E. CONFIRMATION PROCESS FOR QUOTA PLACES

FIBA will publish the final results after each qualification event on the official website (www.fiba.basketball)
and inform the qualified NOCs/NFs accordingly.

The NOCs will then have two (2) weeks to confirm if they wish to use these quota places, as detailed in
paragraph G. Qualification Timeline.

For the FIBA Olympic (Pre-)Qualifying Tournaments, the NOC/NF must confirm their participation to the
Olympic Games to FIBA should they qualify at the same time as registering their team(s) for the FIBA Olympic
(Pre-)Qualifying Tournaments by 30 November 2020

F. REALLOCATION OF UNUSED QUOTA PLACES

REALLOCATION OF UNUSED QUALIFICATION PLACES

If a quota place allocated at the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 or from the FIBA Continental Cups is not
confirmed by the NOC by the confirmation of quota place deadline or is declined by the NOC, the quota
place will be reallocated to the next best-ranked NOC not yet qualified, from the respective event where the
quota place was obtained.
For the quota places allocated at the Olympic Qualifying Tournaments, should the NOC/NF decline the quota
place, then the place(s) will be reallocated to the next highest ranked team(s) not yet qualified from the
respective OQT.

REALLOCATION OF UNUSED HOST COUNTRY PLACES

In case the automatic qualification places are not granted to the Host Country by the FIBA Central Board, or
in case the Host Country declines the automatic qualification places, FIBA will reallocate those place(s) to the
next best placed team(s) from the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 (the best classified among those teams
not directly qualified for the OG) and FIBA Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournaments (11th team from the
Tournaments). In case Japan accepts the host country place but also granted a quota place as the best Asian
team at the World Cup, the quota place will be reallocated the next best team from Asia at the World Cup.

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G. QUALIFICATION TIMELINE

Date Milestone
22 – 30 September 2018 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup 2018, Spain
31 Aug – 15 Sept 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup, China

14 – 17 November 2019 5 FIBA Women’s Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournaments,

− Asia/Oceania: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Auckland, New Zealand
− America: Edmonton, Canada and Bahia Blanca, Argentina
− Africa: Maputo, Mozambique
6 – 9 February 2020 4 FIBA Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournaments
− Belgrade, Serbia (2 tournaments)
− Bourges, France
− Ostend, Belgium
30 November 2020 NOCs to confirm use of allocated quota places to FIBA for women and men
events
29 June – 4 July 2021 4 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments 2020
− Victoria, Canada (TBD)
− Kaunas, Lithuania (TBD)
− Split, Croatia (TBD)
− Belgrade, Serbia (TBD)
5 July 2021 Tokyo 2020 Sport Entries deadline
23 July – 8 August 2021 Olympic Games Tokyo 2020

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