Daily Results: 2016 FIBA Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament

The seven-day FIBA Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament includes twelve teams that are vying for the remaining five slots in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. All games will be streamed on LiveBasketball.tv. [Competition Schedule]

The competition is split between a group phase and a final phase. The group phase lasts three days. Teams play members of their group during this three-day phase that ends June 15. Teams that advance will have a day of rest before the final phase begins on June 17.

Group A: Cuba, New Zealand, France
Group B: Cameroon, Turkey, Argentina
Group C: Belarus, Korea, Nigeria
Group D: Venezuela, Spain, China

Day 1 Results – June 13

• Group A – France 83, Cuba 67
• Group B – Argentina 75, Cameroon 64
• Group C – Belarus 71, Nigeria 60
• Group D- China 77, Venezuela 59

Day 2 Results – June 14

• Group A – France 70, New Zealand 52
• Group B – Turkey 66, Argentina 38
• Group C – Nigeria 70, Korea 69
• Group D – Spain 77, China 43

Day 2 News

• Yacoubou powers France into quarterfinals
• Nigeria edges Korea in thriller
• Turkey too good for Argentina
• Spain trounces China in opener

Day 3 Results – June 15

• Group A – Cuba 64, New Zealand 62
• Group B – Turkey 72, Cameroon 46
• Group C – Korea 66, Belarus 65
• Group D – Spain 83, Venezuela 55

Quarterfinal Results –  June 17

• Spain 70, Korea 50
• Turkey 71, Cuba 45
  
• China 84, Belarus 70
  
• France 90, Argentina 53

Spain, Turkey, China and France punch tickets to Rio 2016

June 18
5th Place Semifinal
Korea 81, Cuba 62
Belarus 84, Argentina 44

June 19
Belarus 56, Korea 39

Seven teams have already qualified for the Rio 2016 Women’s Olympic Basketball Tournament:

• Brazil (Host)
• USA (FIBA Women’s World Champion)
• Senegal (AfroBasket Women 2015 Champion)
• Canada (2015 FIBA Americas Women’s Champion)
• Japan (2015 FIBA Asia Women’s Champion)
• Serbia (EuroBasket Women 2015 Champion)
• Australia (2015 FIBA Oceania Women’s Champion)