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FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament (OQT Belgrade) Live Updates, Standings, Schedule and Live Stream. Gilas Pilipinas Men will once again represent the Philippines in the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament (OQT Belgrade) at Aleksandar Nikolić Hall in Belgrade, Serbia.
World #31 Team Philippines leaves on Thursday for Belgrade and scheduled to play world #5 Serbia on July 1 and world #19 Dominican Republic on July 2 (2:30am PHL time) in Belgrade for the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament (OQT).
Team Philippines: (Average height: 6'6", average age: 22yo) RJ Abarrientos, Justine Baltazar, SJ Belangel, Geo Chiu, Isaac Go, Jordan Heading, Angelo Kouame, William Navarro, Mike Nieto, Dwight Ramos, Kai Sotto and Carl Tamayo. (Head coach: Tab Baldwin)
Team Serbia: (Average height: 6'7", average age: 29yo) Boban Marjanovic, Nemanja Bjelica, Milos Teodosic, Filip Petrusev, Dragan Milosavljevic, Dejan Davidovac, Ognjen Dobric, Nikola Kalinic, Aleksa Avramovic, Danilo Andjusic, Stefan Jovic and Vasilije Micic. (Head coach: Igor Kokoskov)
Team Dominican Republic: (Average height: 6'4", average age: 28yo) Victor Liz, Michael Torres Cuevas, Gelvis Solano, Jhonatan Araujo, Sadiel Rojas, Luis Santos, Adonys Henriquez, Rigoberto Mendoza, Angel Thomas Nuñez Castillo, Brandone Edward Francis Ramirez, Andres Rafael Feliz Sarita and Brayan Martinez. (Head coach: Melvyn Lopez)
The FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments include the 16 best-placed non-qualified teams from the FIBA Basketball World Cup and two highest-ranked countries per region in the FIBA World Ranking.
The winner of each tournament (OQT Belgrade, OQT Croatia, OQT Canada and OQT Lithuania) will qualify for the Tokyo Men's Olympic Basketball Tournament.
FIBA OQT Belgrade Team Standings
| COUNTRY (World Rank) | WIN | LOSS | POINTS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Group A | |||
| Serbia (#5) | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Dominican Republic (#19) | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Philippines  (#31) | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| GROUP B | |||
| Italy (#10) | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Puerto Rico (#18) | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| - | - | - | |
FIBA OQT Belgrade Full Schedule & Results:
(All times are PHT — Philippine Time, GMT+8 @ Aleksandar Nikolić Hall Belgrade)
June 30, 2021 (Wednesday)
Serbia def. Dominican Republic, 94-76
July 1, 2021 (Thursday)
Serbia def.
Philippines, 83-76Italy def. Puerto Rico, 90-83
July 2, 2021 (Friday)
Dominican Republic def.
Philippines, 94-67
July 3, 2021 (Saturday)
SEMIFINALS
Italy def. Dominican Republic, 79-59
Serbia def. Puerto Rico, 102-84
July 5, 2021 (FINALS)
Italy* def. Serbia, 102-95
* Italy qualifies for the Tokyo Men's Olympic Basketball Tournament
source: FIBA