2024 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments – Piraeus

International basketball competition

2024 FIBA World Olympic
Qualifying Tournament for Men
Tournament details
Host country	Greece
City	Piraeus
Dates	2–7 July
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Greece
Runners-up	Croatia
Third place	Dominican Republic
Fourth place	Slovenia
Tournament statistics
Games played	9
Attendance	55,492 (6,166 per match)
MVP	Giannis Antetokounmpo
Top scorer	Luka Dončić (27.7 ppg)
Official website
Website

The 2024 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Piraeus was one of four 2024 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments. The tournament was held at Piraeus, Greece, from 2 to 7 July 2024.^[1] Six teams participated in two groups of three teams, where the first-and second-placed teams qualified for the semifinals. The winner of the tournament advanced to the 2024 Summer Olympics.^[2]^[3]

Greece won the tournament with a finals win over Croatia.^[4]

Teams

Team	Qualification	Date of qualification	WR
Slovenia	One of top 16 eligible teams	10 September 2023	11
Greece			14
Dominican Republic			19
New Zealand	Highest-ranked eligible team – Asia and Oceania		21
Croatia	Winner of 2024 European Pre-Qualifying Tournament 2	20 August 2023	30
Egypt	Highest-ranked eligible team – Africa	10 September 2023	40

Venue

Piraeus	Piraeus 2024 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments – Piraeus (Greece)
Peace and Friendship Stadium

Capacity: 11,640

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+3).^[5]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	2	1	1	194	182	+12	3	Semi-finals
2	Slovenia	2	1	1	196	186	+10	3	Semi-finals
3	New Zealand	2	1	1	168	190	−22	3

Source: FIBA

2 July 2024
21:00

Boxscore

Slovenia	92–108	Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 16–31, 25–23, 27–39, 24–15
Pts: Dončić 26 Rebs: Dončić 11 Asts: Dončić 10		Pts: Filipović 21 Rebs: Šarić 10 Asts: Šarić 10

Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: 4,109
Referees: Luis Vázquez (PUR), Gatis Saliņš (LAT), Daniel García (VEN)

3 July 2024
17:30

Boxscore

Croatia	86–90	New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 29–28, 31–27, 19–19, 7–16
Pts: Zubac 29 Rebs: Zubac 16 Asts: Hezonja 6		Pts: Webster 21 Rebs: Delany 9 Asts: Ili 4

Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: 396
Referees: Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Julio Anaya (PAN), Ahmed Al-Shuwaili (IRQ)

4 July 2024
17:30

Boxscore

New Zealand	78–104	Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 9–27, 30–19, 18–31, 21–27
Pts: Ili 28 Rebs: Ili 10 Asts: Ili 4		Pts: Dončić 36 Rebs: Nebo 12 Asts: Dončić 10

Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: 1,885
Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Julio Anaya (PAN), Amy Bonner (USA)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Greece (H)	2	2	0	202	153	+49	4	Semi-finals
2	Dominican Republic	2	1	1	172	186	−14	3	Semi-finals
3	Egypt	2	0	2	148	183	−35	2

Source: FIBA
(H) Hosts

2 July 2024
17:30

Boxscore

Egypt	77–90	Dominican Republic
Scoring by quarter: 22–16, 9–27, 17–25, 29–22
Pts: Metwaly 24 Rebs: El-Sheikh, Oraby 4 Asts: Gendy 4		Pts: Montero 17 Rebs: Nunez 9 Asts: Feliz 5

Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: 493
Referees: Julio Anaya (PAN), Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Scott Beker (AUS)

3 July 2024
21:00

Boxscore

Dominican Republic	82–109	Greece
Scoring by quarter: 15–25, 26–31, 24–24, 17–29
Pts: Duarte 26 Rebs: Montero, Santos 5 Asts: Montero 5		Pts: G. Antetokounmpo 32 Rebs: Mitoglou 6 Asts: Calathes 11

Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: 11,648
Referees: Luis Vázquez (PUR), Gatis Saliņš (LAT), Amy Bonner (USA)

4 July 2024
21:00

Boxscore

Greece	93–71	Egypt
Scoring by quarter: 20–12, 22–26, 26–14, 25–19
Pts: Mitoglou, Papagiannis 16 Rebs: Calathes, Papagiannis 5 Asts: Calathes 9		Pts: Metwaly 22 Rebs: Mahmoud, Oraby 6 Asts: Refaat 4

Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: 11,216
Referees: Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Daniel García (VEN), Scott Beker (AUS)

Final round

Semi-finals		Final

6 July

Dominican Republic	77
		7 July
Croatia	80
		Croatia	69
6 July
		Greece	80
Greece	96

Slovenia	68

Semi-finals

6 July 2024
17:30

Boxscore

Greece	96–68	Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 32–14, 15–19, 19–17, 25–10
Pts: Walkup 19 Rebs: Papagiannis 10 Asts: Calathes 11		Pts: Dončić 21 Rebs: Dončić, Nebo 7 Asts: Dončić 5

Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: 11,998
Referees: Luis Vázquez (PUR), Gatis Saliņš (LAT), Amy Bonner (USA)

6 July 2024
21:00

Boxscore

Dominican Republic	77–80	Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 15–16, 17–21, 21–16, 24–27
Pts: Duarte 17 Rebs: Montero, Santos 5 Asts: Duarte, Montero 4		Pts: Zubac 25 Rebs: Zubac 9 Asts: Hezonja 4

Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: 1,907
Referees: Julio Anaya (PAN), Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Ahmed Al-Shuwaili (IRQ)

Final

7 July 2024
21:00

Boxscore

Croatia	69–80	Greece
Scoring by quarter: 22–22, 17–23, 14–21, 16–14
Pts: Zubac 19 Rebs: Šarić, Zubac 12 Asts: Smith 7		Pts: G. Antetokounmpo 23 Rebs: G. Antetokounmpo 8 Asts: Calathes 11

Peace and Friendship Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: 11,810
Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Gatis Saliņš (LAT), Julio Anaya (PAN)

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Qualification
1	Greece	4	4	0	Qualified for the Olympics
2	Croatia	4	2	2
3	Dominican Republic	3	1	2
4	Slovenia	3	1	2
5	New Zealand	2	1	1
6	Egypt	2	0	2

Source: FIBA

Statistics and awards

Statistical leaders

Players

Points

Name	PPG^[6]
Luka Dončić	27.7
Ahmed Metwaly	23.0
Shea Ili	23.0
Ivica Zubac	22.8
Giannis Antetokounmpo	22.7

Rebounds

Name	RPG
Ivica Zubac	11.3
Luka Dončić	9.7
Josh Nebo	9.3
Dario Šarić	8.8
Finn Delany	8.5

Assists

Name	APG
Nick Calathes	10.5
Luka Dončić	8.3
Dario Šarić	5.5
Mario Hezonja	5.3
Jaleen Smith	4.5

Blocks

Name	BPG
Anas Mahmoud	2.0
Giannis Antetokounmpo	1.0
Georgios Papagiannis	1.0
Ivica Zubac	0.8
six players	0.5

Steals

Name	SPG
Chris Duarte	2.3
Ahmed Metwaly	2.0
Youssef Refaat	2.0
Thomas Walkup	1.8
Zoran Dragić	1.3

Efficiency

Name	EFFPG
Ivica Zubac	33.0
Luka Dončić	26.3
Shea Ili	26.0
Giannis Antetokounmpo	23.0
Josh Nebo	21.7

Teams

Points

Team	PPG^[7]
Greece	94.5
Slovenia	88.0
Croatia	85.8
New Zealand	84.0
Dominican Republic	83.0

Rebounds

Team	RPG
Croatia	40.3
New Zealand	39.0
Slovenia	36.3
Greece	32.0
Dominican Republic	31.3

Assists

Team	APG
Greece	26.8
Croatia	23.5
Slovenia	18.7
Egypt	15.5
Dominican Republic	15.3

Blocks

Team	BPG
Egypt	3.5
Greece	2.3
Slovenia	1.7
Dominican Republic	1.7
New Zealand	1.5

Steals

Team	SPG
Dominican Republic	8.0
Greece	7.3
Egypt	7.0
Slovenia	5.3
New Zealand	4.0
Croatia	4.0

Efficiency

Team	EFFPG
Greece	116.3
Croatia	104.0
Slovenia	92.7
Dominican Republic	88.0
New Zealand	82.0

Awards

The all star-team and MVP were announced on 7 July 2024.^[8]^[9]

All-Star Team
Guards	Forwards	Centers
Chris Duarte Luka Dončić Nick Calathes	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Ivica Zubac
MVP: Giannis Antetokounmpo

References

^ "Greece, Latvia, Puerto Rico and Spain to host FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments 2024". FIBA. 27 November 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
^ "FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments hosts announced". basketnews.com. 27 November 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
^ "Qualification System – Games of the XXXIII Olympiad – Basketball" (PDF). olympics.com. 21 January 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
^ "Antetokounmpo, Greece triumph at home FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament to seal return to Olympics after 16 years". fiba.basketball. 7 July 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
^ "Thrilling showdowns revealed: FIBA releases Olympic Qualifying Tournaments schedules". fiba.basketball. 14 February 2024. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
^ "Statistical leaders (Players)". FIBA. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
^ "Teams statistical leaders". FIBA. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
^ "Antetokounmpo, Calathes, Doncic, Duarte and Zubac make All-Star Five at OQT 2024 Greece". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
^ "Giannis Antetokounmpo named TISSOT MVP at FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2024 Greece". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 7 July 2024.