The 1960 Pre-Olympic Basketball Tournament

FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament

The FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, formerly the Pre-Olympic Basketball Tournament, is the last qualifying tournament for the Olympic Basketball Tournament. The best non-champions from the different FIBA zones qualify for the tournament and compete for the last remaining berths in the...

was the final qualifying tournament for basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics was the fifth appearance of the sport in Olympic competition. 16 nations were admitted into the Olympic tournament, with many others being eliminated in a pre-Olympic tournament held earlier in the year from 13 to 20 August 1960 at the Sports Palace at Bologna...

 at Rome

Rome

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, and was held at the Palazzo dello Sport in Bologna

Bologna

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on August 13–20. Teams were divided into two pools, with both pools having distinct preliminary and final rounds; the preliminary round in every pool was divided into two groups with either 4 or 5 teams. The top two teams per group advanced to the final round. The best two from each final round qualified directly for the Olympic Games, and the fifth spot was decided between the third best of both groups in a final match.

Preliminary round

Qualified for the final round

Group A

Team	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
	3	0	230	185	+45	6
	2	1	203	198	+5	5
	1	2	204	180	+24	4
	0	3	179	253	−74	3

Group B

Team	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
	4	0	389	214	+175	8
	3	1	300	213	+87	7
	2	2	301	318	-17	6
	1	3	246	344	-98	5
	0	4	204	351	-147	4

Final round

• Results from Canada-Spain and Czechoslovakia-Belgium were carried over.

  Qualified for the Olympics

  Team	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
  	2	1	206	189	+45	5	1.08
  	2	1	193	184	+9	5	0.99
  	2	1	217	209	+8	5	0.95
  	0	3	176	210	-34	3

Preliminary round

Qualified for the final round

Group C

Team	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
	3	0	272	196	+76	6
	2	1	259	187	+72	5
	1	2	177	215	−39	4
	0	3	149	259	−110	3

Group D

Team	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
	4	0	358	239	+119	8
	3	1	248	213	+35	7
	2	2	298	283	+15	6
	1	3	210	289	−79	5
	0	4	265	355	−90	4

Final round

• Results from Hungary-Yugoslavia and Poland-Israel were carried over.

Qualified for the Olympics

Team	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tie
	2	1	225	219	+6	5	1.03
	2	1	240	232	+8	5	1.00
	2	1	204	184	+20	5	0.96
	0	3	176	210	-34	3

5th Place Match

• The winner earned the final spot in the 1960 Olympic Summer Games.

7th Place Match