2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournaments for Men
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| Host nations |
 Serbia Philippines Italy
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| Dates | 4–10 July | ||||||||||||
| Teams | 18 (6 per host nation) | ||||||||||||
| Venues | 3 (in 3 host cities) | ||||||||||||
| MVP |
 Nikola Jokić (OQT Belgrade) Nando de Colo (OQT Manila) Dario Šarić (OQT Turin)
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The 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament were three international men's basketball tournaments, each producing a team which qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics. They were held on 4–10 July 2016 in Italy, the Philippines and Serbia.Serbia, Croatia and France qualified for the Olympics as a result of these tournaments.
The format consisted of 18 national teams divided into three tournaments of six teams each, with the winning team from each event qualifying for the Olympics.
On 12 November 2015, the day after bidding deadline, FIBA announced six candidates to co-host the 3 men's qualification tournaments:
An evaluation of all bids took place, and Italy, the Philippines, and Serbia were announced as hosts of the three Olympic qualifiers on 19 January 2016.
The draw for the Olympic qualifiers took place at The House of Basketball in Mies, Switzerland on 26 January 2016. The teams were divided into six pots. The draw had three parts. The first part determined in which of the three qualifying tournaments would each team participate, except for the host countries. The second part determined the grouping of each team (Group A or Group B) and the third part determined their position from 1 to 3, which would be used to determine the fixtures.
The teams' FIBA World Rankings on the day of the draw are shown in brackets.
France (5) Serbia (6) (host)
Greece (10)
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