NBA star Luka Doncic delivered a triple-double to lead Slovenia over Lithuania 96-85 Sunday and into the nation’s first Olympic basketball tournament.

Doncic — the MVP of the tournament in Kaunas, Lithuania — was simply brilliant: 31 points, 11 rebounds and 13 assists, the first triple-double by any player in any of the four Olympic qualifying tournaments that were played in the past week to determine the last four teams in the Olympic field.

“I don’t care about the MVP,” Doncic said. “We won here. We’re going to the Olympics, the first time in our country. It’s amazing. I think every kid dreams about being in the Olympics. I did, too. So, here we are. We fought really, really hard and I think we deserve to be here.”

The game was tied 52-52 at halftime, and Slovenia opened the third on an 11-2 run. Lithuania eventually closed within 71-69, but a 14-0 run by Slovenia put Doncic’s club in control for good.

And when the last few seconds ticked away, Doncic threw his arms skyward in celebration.

“We’re making history for our country,” Doncic said. “We can just go up from here.”

Lithuania was one of four nations playing host to Olympic qualifiers that ended Sunday, all four being winner-take-all events, one team from each region making the Tokyo field.

And all four home teams, which figured to have major advantages by being at home, fell short of the Olympics. Slovenia beat Lithuania in the final, Croatia and Canada lost semifinal games — and Serbia, the reigning Olympic silver medalist, was stunned in a regional final Sunday by Italy.

“A huge disappointment,” Lithuania coach Darius Maskoliunas said. “We lost at home. We expected a better result.”

Slovenia will be placed in Group C for the Tokyo Games, one of the three four-team groups at the Olympics. Slovenia will play Argentina on July 26, Japan on July 29 and reigning World Cup champion Spain on Aug. 1. The top two teams in each group, plus two wildcards, will make the Olympic quarterfinals.

“It’s just one of the best feelings,” Doncic said. “We worked hard for this.”

Vlatko Cancar scored 18 for Slovenia, which got 16 from Jaka Blazic and 13 from Mike Tobey.

Jonas Valanciunas, Arnas Butkevicius and Mantas Kalnietis each scored 14 for Lithuania, which will miss the Olympics for the first time since getting its independence from the Soviet Union; it had been to each of the past seven Olympics, starting in 1992.

Eimantas Bendzius scored 11 and Marius Grigonis added 10 for Lithuania.

In Belgrade, Serbia, Italy pulled off a stunner, beating Serbia 102-95, eliminating the team that finished second behind the U.S. at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games.

Nico Mannion scored 24 points, Achille Polonara scored 22 and Italy reached the Olympics for the first time since the 2004 Athens Games.

In Victoria, Canada, Patrik Auda led a balanced effort with 20 points on 8 for 9 shooting, and the Czech Republic is headed to the Olympics for the first time after beating Greece 97-72.

Jan Vesely (16), Jaromir Bohacik (15), Ondrej Balvin (14) and Tomas Satoransky (12) reached double digits for the Czechs, who beat Uruguay by one point just to make the semifinals and then ousted Canada by two points in overtime to make the final.

The Czech Republic will be in Group A at the Tokyo Games, facing Iran on July 25, France on July 28 and the U.S. on July 31.(SD-Agencies)