2024 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments – Valencia

Main article: 2024 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments

The 2024 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Valencia was one of four 2024 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments. The tournament was held at Valencia, Spain, 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]

2024 FIBA World Olympic
Qualifying Tournament for Men

Tournament details
Host country	Spain
City	Valencia
Dates	2–7 July
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Spain
Runners-up	Bahamas
Third place	Finland
Fourth place	Lebanon
Tournament statistics
Games played	9
Attendance	31,680 (3,520 per game)
MVP	Santi Aldama
Top scorer	Buddy Hield (19.8 ppg)
Official website
Website

Spain won the tournament after defeating the Bahamas in the final.^[4]

Teams

Team	Qualification	Date of qualification	WR
Spain	One of top 16 eligible teams	10 September 2023	2
Poland	Winner of 2024 European Pre-Qualifying Tournament 1	20 August 2023	15
Finland	One of top 16 eligible teams	10 September 2023	20
Lebanon			28
Angola			34
Bahamas	Winner of 2024 Americas Pre-Qualifying Tournament	20 August 2023	57

Venue

Valencia	Valencia 2024 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments – Valencia (Spain)
Pavelló Municipal Font de Sant Lluís
Capacity: 9,000

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).^[5]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain (H)	2	2	0	193	140	+53	4	Semi-finals
2	Lebanon	2	1	1	133	174	−41	3
3	Angola	2	0	2	151	163	−12	2

Source: FIBA
(H) Hosts

2 July 2024 20:30

Boxscore

Lebanon	59–104	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 18–24, 13–27, 13–27, 15–26
Pts: Khayat 20 Rebs: Khayat 6 Asts: Spellman 4		Pts: Aldama 17 Rebs: Aldama 9 Asts: Brown 9

Pavelló Municipal Font de Sant Lluís, Valencia Attendance: 4,153 Referees: Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Johnny Batista (PUR), Blanca Burns (USA)

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3 July 2024 20:30

Boxscore

Spain	89–81	Angola
Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 24–26, 22–16, 21–22
Pts: Aldama 24 Rebs: W. Hernangómez 10 Asts: Brown 11		Pts: Bango 15 Rebs: Fernando 12 Asts: Gonçalves 5

Pavelló Municipal Font de Sant Lluís, Valencia Attendance: 4,581 Referees: Jorge Vázquez (PUR), Johnny Batista (PUR), Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ)

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4 July 2024 17:30

Boxscore

Angola	70–74	Lebanon
Scoring by quarter: 13–19, 11–16, 21–9, 25–30
Pts: Gonçalves 13 Rebs: Bango 12 Asts: Fernando 4		Pts: Spellman 22 Rebs: Spellman 13 Asts: El Darwich 6

Pavelló Municipal Font de Sant Lluís, Valencia Attendance: 805 Referees: Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Juan Fernández (ARG), Boris Krejić (SLO)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bahamas	2	2	0	186	166	+20	4	Semi-finals
2	Finland	2	1	1	174	184	−10	3
3	Poland	2	0	2	169	179	−10	2

Source: FIBA

2 July 2024 17:30

Boxscore

Finland	85–96	Bahamas
Scoring by quarter: 26–27, 28–20, 13–26, 18–23
Pts: Jantunen, Maxhuni 20 Rebs: Jantunen 8 Asts: Maxhuni 6		Pts: Hield 24 Rebs: Ayton 9 Asts: Gordon 4

Pavelló Municipal Font de Sant Lluís, Valencia Attendance: 2,731 Referees: Jorge Vázquez (PUR), Boris Krejić (SLO), Martin Vulić (CRO)

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3 July 2024 17:30

Boxscore

Bahamas	90–81	Poland
Scoring by quarter: 30–20, 20–18, 23–21, 17–22
Pts: Edgecombe 21 Rebs: Ayton 9 Asts: Hield 10		Pts: Balcerowski 22 Rebs: Sochan 10 Asts: Ponitka, Slaughter 4

Pavelló Municipal Font de Sant Lluís, Valencia Attendance: 2,574 Referees: Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Juan Fernández (ARG), Blanca Burns (USA)

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4 July 2024 20:30

Boxscore

Poland	88–89	Finland
Scoring by quarter: 24–24, 23–14, 24–22, 17–29
Pts: Slaughter 21 Rebs: Sochan 8 Asts: Pontika 7		Pts: Jantunen 20 Rebs: Nkamhoua 6 Asts: Maxhuni, Salin 6

Pavelló Municipal Font de Sant Lluís, Valencia Attendance: 2,470 Referees: Jorge Vázquez (PUR), Johnny Batista (PUR), Martin Vulić (CRO)

Final round

	Semi-finals				Final
	6 July
	Finland	74
					7 July
	Spain	81
					Spain	86
	6 July
					Bahamas	78
	Bahamas	89
	Lebanon	72

Semi-finals

6 July 2024 15:30

Boxscore

Bahamas	89–72	Lebanon
Scoring by quarter: 31–16, 19–20, 13–18, 26–18
Pts: Ayton 24 Rebs: Ayton 15 Asts: Hield 10		Pts: El Darwich 22 Rebs: Mansour 6 Asts: Mansour 7

Pavelló Municipal Font de Sant Lluís, Valencia Attendance: 2,199 Referees: Jorge Vázquez (PUR), Juan Fernández (ARG), Boris Krejić (SLO)

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6 July 2024 20:30

Boxscore

Finland	74–81	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 20–17, 10–21, 29–18, 15–25
Pts: Gustavson 15 Rebs: Jantunen 9 Asts: Little 4		Pts: W. Hernangómez 28 Rebs: Aldama 8 Asts: Brown 7

Pavelló Municipal Font de Sant Lluís, Valencia Attendance: 5,132 Referees: Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Johnny Batista (PUR), Blanca Burns (USA)

Final

7 July 2024 20:30

Boxscore

Spain	86–78	Bahamas
Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 25–17, 23–22, 21–22
Pts: Brown 18 Rebs: Aldama, W. Hernangómez 7 Asts: Díaz 4		Pts: Hield 19 Rebs: Ayton 14 Asts: Edgecombe 5

Pavelló Municipal Font de Sant Lluís, Valencia Attendance: 7,035 Referees: Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Johnny Batista (PUR), Boris Krejić (SLO)

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Qualification
1	Spain	4	4	0	Qualified for the Olympics
2	Bahamas	4	3	1
3	Finland	3	1	2
4	Lebanon	3	1	2
5	Poland	2	0	2
6	Angola	2	0	2

Source: FIBA

Statistics and awards

Statistical leaders

Players

Points Name PPG[6] Buddy Hield 19.8 Deandre Ayton 19.5 Willy Hernangómez 18.3 Jeremy Sochan 18.0 Mikael Jantunen 17.7

Rebounds Name RPG Deandre Ayton 11.8 Jilson Bango 10.5 Bruno Fernando 10.0 Jeremy Sochan 9.0 Silvio De Sousa 8.0 Santi Aldama

Assists Name APG Lorenzo Brown 7.5 Buddy Hield 5.8 Mateusz Ponitka 5.5 Edon Maxhuni 4.7 Sasu Salin 4.5

Blocks Name BPG Santi Aldama 1.8 Usman Garuba 1.5 five players 1.0

Steals Name SPG Bruno Fernando 2.5 Childe Dundão 2.0 V. J. Edgecombe Mateusz Ponitka eight players 1.5

Efficiency Name EFFPG Deandre Ayton 28.3 Mikael Jantunen 24.0 Jeremy Sochan 23.0 Santi Aldama Willy Hernangómez 22.0

Teams

Points Team PPG[7]  Spain 90.0  Bahamas 88.3  Poland 84.5  Finland 82.7  Angola 75.5

Rebounds Team RPG  Angola 43.0  Bahamas 37.3  Spain 36.0  Lebanon 35.7  Finland 35.3

Assists Team APG  Finland 23.0  Spain 22.3  Bahamas 21.0  Poland 19.0  Lebanon 16.3

Blocks Team BPG  Spain 5.0  Angola 3.0  Bahamas 2.0  Lebanon  Poland

Steals Team SPG  Angola 8.0  Bahamas  Poland  Spain  Finland 6.0  Lebanon

Efficiency Team EFFPG  Spain 112.0  Bahamas 104.8  Poland 91.0  Finland 88.3  Angola 80.0

Awards

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

All-Star Team
Forwards	Centers
Mikael Jantunen Omari Spellman Santi Aldama	Willy Hernangómez Deandre Ayton
MVP: Santi Aldama