2020 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments – Belgrade

The 2020 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Belgrade was one of four 2020 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments. The tournament was held in Belgrade, Serbia, from 6 to 9 February 2020.[1][2]

This article is about the women's tournament. For the men's tournament, see 2020 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments – Belgrade.
Not to be confused with 2020 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments – Belgrade 2.
2020 FIBA World Olympic
Qualifying Tournament for Women
Belgrade, Serbia
Tournament details
Host nation Serbia
Dates6–9 February
Teams4 
(from 3 federations)
Venues1 
(in 1 host city)
Champions United States
MVP Nneka Ogwumike
Tournament leaders
PlayersTeams
Points Kalu (16.0)  United States (96.0)
Rebounds Wilson (7.3)  United States (44.7)
Assists Gray (7.3)  United States (33.0)
Official website

Serbia and Nigeria qualified for the Olympics, alongside the United States, who were pre-qualified as the 2018 FIBA World Cup winner.[3][4]

Teams
TeamQualificationDate of qualificationFIBA World Ranking
 Serbia3rd at the EuroBasket Women 20194 July 20197th
 United States1st at the 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup30 September 20181st
 NigeriaThe two best teams at the Africa Pre-Qualifying Tournament17 November 201916th
 MozambiqueThe two best teams at the Africa Pre-Qualifying Tournament17 November 201943rd

Venue
Belgrade
Belgrade
2020 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments – Belgrade (Serbia)
Aleksandar Nikolić Hall
Capacity: 8,000

Squads
Main article: 2020 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments squads

Standings
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  United States[lower-alpha 1] 3 3 0 288 189 +99 6
2  Serbia (H) 3 2 1 215 200 +15 5 Summer Olympics
3  Nigeria 3 1 2 220 197 +23 4
4  Mozambique 3 0 3 148 285 −137 3
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Host.
Notes:
  1. The United States have already been qualified as the World Cup winners.

Results

All times are local (UTC+1).

6 February 2020
17:00
Nigeria  85–51  Mozambique
Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 23–9, 25–13, 19–10
Pts: Amukamara 14
Rebs: Akhator 7
Asts: Kalu 5		 Pts: Dongue 16
Rebs: Dongue 5
Asts: Mucauro 5
Aleksandar Nikolić Hall, Belgrade
Referees: Zdenko Tomašovič (SVK), Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ), Viola Györgyi (NOR)
6 February 2020
20:00
United States  88–69  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 20–14, 22–20, 28–13, 18–22
Pts: Wilson 16
Rebs: Wilson 7
Asts: Bird, Loyd 8		 Pts: Brooks, Dabović 13
Rebs: Vasić 6
Asts: Bojović 6
Aleksandar Nikolić Hall, Belgrade
Referees: Andris Aunkrogers (LAT), Carsten Straube (GER), Duan Zhu (CHN)
8 February 2020
17:00
Serbia  70–64  Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 22–12, 16–12, 11–18
Pts: Vasić 21
Rebs: Jovanović, Vasić 7
Asts: Brooks 5		 Pts: Kalu 20
Rebs: Elonu 6
Asts: Nyingifa 2
Aleksandar Nikolić Hall, Belgrade
Referees: Andris Aunkrogers (LAT), Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ), Viola Györgyi (NOR)
8 February 2020
20:00
Mozambique  49–124  United States
Scoring by quarter: 10–36, 12–23, 12–33, 15–32
Pts: Dongue 10
Rebs: Dongue 9
Asts: four players 2		 Pts: Ogwumike 24
Rebs: Griner, Ogwumike 9
Asts: Gray 12
Aleksandar Nikolić Hall, Belgrade
Referees: Zdenko Tomašovič (SVK), Carsten Straube (GER), Cherubin Leslie (MRI)
9 February 2020
17:00
Serbia  76–48  Mozambique
Scoring by quarter: 16–21, 18–7, 26–14, 16–6
Pts: Dabović 12
Rebs: Brooks 9
Asts: Dabović, Miljković 6		 Pts: Cossa 21
Rebs: Seda 10
Asts: Mucauro 5
Aleksandar Nikolić Hall, Belgrade
Referees: Andris Aunkrogers (LAT), Carsten Straube (GER), Duan Zhu (CHN)
9 February 2020
20:00
Nigeria  71–76  United States
Scoring by quarter: 21–20, 19–6, 17–24, 14–26
Pts: Kalu 17
Rebs: Mohammed 9
Asts: Kalu 8		 Pts: Griner 18
Rebs: Wilson 8
Asts: Gray 7
Aleksandar Nikolić Hall, Belgrade
Referees: Zdenko Tomašovič (SVK), Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ), Cherubin Leslie (MRI)

Statistics and awards

Statistical leaders

Players[5]

Teams[6]

Awards

The all star-teams and MVP were announced on 9 February 2020.[7]

All-Star Team
Guards Forwards Center
Ezinne Kalu
Ana Dabović		 Leia Dongue
Nneka Ogwumike		 A'ja Wilson
MVP: Nneka Ogwumike

References
  1. "FIBA Women's national team competition system as of 2019". FIBA. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  2. "FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments hosts announced for 2020". FIBA. 15 November 2019.
  3. "USA breeze past Mozambique, hand Nigeria spot at the Olympics". FIBA. 8 February 2020.
  4. "Serbia snap up final spot to Tokyo with second success in Belgrade". FIBA. 9 February 2020.
  5. "Statistical leaders (Players)". FIBA. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  6. "Statistical leaders (Teams)". FIBA. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  7. "Ogwumike stars for unbeaten USA to earn TISSOT MVP award". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
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