2024 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments – San Juan

International basketball competition

2024 FIBA World Olympic
Qualifying Tournament for Men
Tournament details
Host country	Puerto Rico
City	San Juan
Dates	2–7 July
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Puerto Rico
Runners-up	Lithuania
Third place	Italy
Fourth place	Mexico
Tournament statistics
Games played	9
Attendance	64,592 (7,177 per match)
MVP	Jose Alvarado
Top scorer	Marius Grigonis (17.5 ppg)
Official website
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The 2024 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in San Juan was one of four 2024 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments. The tournament was held at San Juan, Puerto Rico, 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]

Puerto Rico won the tournament after defeating Lithuania in the final.^[4]

Teams

Team	Qualification	Date of qualification	WR
Lithuania	One of top 16 eligible teams	10 September 2023	10
Italy	One of top 16 eligible teams		13
Puerto Rico	Highest-ranked eligible team – Americas		16
Mexico	One of top 16 eligible teams		25
Ivory Coast	One of top 16 eligible teams		31
Bahrain	Winner of 2024 Asian Pre-Qualifying Tournament	20 August 2023	67

Venue

San Juan	San Juan 2024 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments – San Juan (Puerto Rico)
José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum

Capacity: 18,500

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC−4).^[5]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lithuania	2	2	0	193	177	+16	4	Semi-finals
2	Mexico	2	1	1	176	177	−1	3	Semi-finals
3	Ivory Coast	2	0	2	174	189	−15	2

Source: FIBA

2 July 2024
20:30

Boxscore

Mexico	84–96	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 26–29, 18–20, 17–34, 23–13
Pts: Ibarra 18 Rebs: Girón, Ibarra 6 Asts: Stoll 12		Pts: Grigonis 21 Rebs: Sabonis 11 Asts: Jokubaitis 6

José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum, San Juan
Attendance: 2,485
Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Andrés Bartel (URU), Kristian Páez (ECU)

3 July 2024
17:30

Boxscore

Lithuania	97–93	Ivory Coast
Scoring by quarter: 24–18, 23–24, 18–30, 32–21
Pts: Sabonis 22 Rebs: Sabonis 9 Asts: Grigonis 7		Pts: Thompson 18 Rebs: Kouadio, Moularé 5 Asts: Moularé 7

José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum, San Juan
Attendance: 3,227
Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Rabah Noujaim (LBN), James Boyer (AUS)

4 July 2024
17:30

Boxscore

Ivory Coast	81–92	Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 25–22, 21–22, 23–24, 12–24
Pts: Fofana, Zouzoua 16 Rebs: Fofana, Thompson 8 Asts: Diabate 6		Pts: Stoll 23 Rebs: Jaimes 12 Asts: Stoll 11

José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum, San Juan
Attendance: 3,758
Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Kristian Páez (ECU), Péter Praksch (HUN)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Puerto Rico (H)	2	2	0	179	125	+54	4	Semi-finals
2	Italy	2	1	1	183	133	+50	3	Semi-finals
3	Bahrain	2	0	2	109	213	−104	2

Source: FIBA
(H) Hosts

2 July 2024
17:30

Boxscore

Italy	114–53	Bahrain
Scoring by quarter: 19–9, 28–16, 29–17, 38–11
Pts: Melli, Gallinari 14 Rebs: Polonara 8 Asts: Spissu 7		Pts: Haji 12 Rebs: three players 3 Asts: M. Hamoda, Z. Hamoda 3

José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum, San Juan
Attendance: 1,560
Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Carlos Peralta (ECU), Rabah Noujaim (LBN)

3 July 2024
20:30

Boxscore

Bahrain	56–99	Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 4–19, 15–20, 23–31, 14–29
Pts: Z. Hamooda 15 Rebs: Chism 7 Asts: Haji, Melad 3		Pts: Thompson 20 Rebs: Toro 12 Asts: Alvarado 6

José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum, San Juan
Attendance: 10,043
Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Andrés Bartel (URU), Péter Praksch (HUN)

4 July 2024
20:30

Boxscore

Puerto Rico	80–69	Italy
Scoring by quarter: 15–14, 20–26, 22–17, 23–12
Pts: Alvarado 29 Rebs: Ortiz 8 Asts: Waters 12		Pts: Gallinari 14 Rebs: Melli 11 Asts: Spissu 5

José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum, San Juan
Attendance: 12,519
Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Andrés Bartel (URU), Carlos Peralta (ECU)

Final round

Semi-finals		Final

6 July

Italy	64
		7 July
Lithuania	88
		Lithuania	68
6 July
		Puerto Rico	79
Puerto Rico	98

Mexico	78

Semi-finals

6 July 2024
16:00

Boxscore

Italy	64–88	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 21–25, 17–22, 15–21, 11–20
Pts: Gallinari 15 Rebs: Melli 4 Asts: Tonut 7		Pts: Grigonis 23 Rebs: Butkevičius, Sabonis 8 Asts: Jokubaitis, Sabonis 4

José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum, San Juan
Attendance: 4,766
Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Péter Praksch (HUN), James Boyer (AUS)

6 July 2024
19:00

Boxscore

Puerto Rico	98–78	Mexico
Scoring by quarter: 20–28, 27–14, 30–20, 21–19
Pts: Waters 24 Rebs: Toro 9 Asts: Waters 4		Pts: Jaimes 23 Rebs: Jaimes 13 Asts: Stoll 8

José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum, San Juan
Attendance: 12,730
Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Andrés Bartel (URU), Carlos Peralta (ECU)

Final

7 July 2024
18:00

Boxscore

Lithuania	68–79	Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 16–20, 15–23, 18–17
Pts: Jokubaitis 16 Rebs: Sabonis 9 Asts: Grigonis 6		Pts: Alvarado 23 Rebs: Alvarado, Ortiz 6 Asts: Conditt 4

José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum, San Juan
Attendance: 13,504
Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Yohan Rosso (FRA), Andrés Bartel (URU)

Final ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Qualification
1	Puerto Rico	4	4	0	Qualified for the Olympics
2	Lithuania	4	3	1
3	Italy	3	1	2
4	Mexico	3	1	2
5	Ivory Coast	2	0	2
6	Bahrain	2	0	2

Source: FIBA

Statistics and awards

Statistical leaders

Players

Points

Name	PPG^[6]
Marius Grigonis	17.5
Fabián Jaimes	17.0
Joshua Ibarra	16.0
Jose Alvarado	16.0
Tremont Waters	15.3

Rebounds

Name	RPG
Domantas Sabonis	9.3
Joshua Ibarra
Fabián Jaimes
Nicolò Melli	7.0
Arnaldo Toro Barea	6.5

Assists

Name	APG
Paul Stoll	10.3
Assémian Moularé	5.5
Tremont Waters	5.5
Marco Spissu	4.7
Nico Mannion	4.0
Rokas Jokubaitis	4.0

Blocks

Name	BPG
Lionel Kouadio	1.5
Karim Rodriguez	1.3
Joshua Ibarra	1.3
Vafessa Fofana	1.0
Domantas Sabonis	0.8
Arnaldo Toro Barea	0.8

Steals

Name	SPG
Lionel Kouadio	4.0
Jose Alvarado	2.3
Ali Hasan	2.0
Marco Spissu	2.0
Edgaras Ulanovas	1.8

Efficiency

Name	EFFPG
Joshua Ibarra	21.0
Fabián Jaimes	21.0
Paul Stoll	17.7
Marius Grigonis	17.5
Domantas Sabonis	17.0

Teams

Points

Team	PPG^[7]
Puerto Rico	89.0
Lithuania	87.3
Ivory Coast	87.0
Mexico	84.7
Italy	82.3

Rebounds

Team	RPG
Mexico	40.7
Puerto Rico	40.5
Lithuania	36.5
Italy	33.3
Ivory Coast	32.0

Assists

Team	APG
Italy	27.0
Mexico	22.3
Lithuania	21.3
Ivory Coast	17.5
Puerto Rico	16.5

Blocks

Team	BPG
Mexico	3.3
Puerto Rico	2.8
Ivory Coast	2.5
Italy	2.0
Bahrain	1.5
Lithuania	1.5

Steals

Team	SPG
Italy	11.7
Ivory Coast	10.5
Lithuania	8.0
Puerto Rico	7.8
Mexico	7.7

Efficiency

Team	EFFPG
Italy	106.7
Lithuania	104.8
Puerto Rico	104.0
Mexico	100.7
Ivory Coast	88.5

Awards

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

All-Star Team
Guards	Forwards	Centers
Tremont Waters Jose Alvarado	Danilo Gallinari Marius Grigonis	Joshua Ibarra
MVP: Jose Alvarado

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.
^ "Puerto Rico ends 20-year Olympic drought with historic win over Lithuania". 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.
^ "Alvarado, Waters, Grigonis, Gallinari and Ibarra make the All-Star Five". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
^ "Alvarado earns TISSOT MVP honors at the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament in San Juan". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 7 July 2024.