Last week, FIBA carried out the draw for the group stage of the 2024 Olympic Games (July 26 – August 11) and, eight days later, we are set on calendar and timetables exact details of this first round which, let us remember, will take place in Lille.
Thus, the France is scheduled for July 27 at 5:15 p.m. against the winner of the TQO in Latvia, then July 30 at 5:15 p.m. also against Japan, and finally August 2 at 9 p.m. against Germany, the reigning world champion.
For his part, Team USA will enter the fray on July 28 at 5:15 p.m. in a clash against Serbia, before facing South Sudan on July 31 at 9 p.m. then the winner of the TQO in Puerto Rico on August 3 at 5:15 p.m.
Four unknowns remain
The last questions in this program concern, obviously, the identities of the four winners of TQO (Olympic qualifying tournament), scheduled from July 2 to 7 in Valencia (Spain), Athens (Greece), Riga (Latvia) and San Juan (Porto). Rico).
Depending on the nations that emerge, we could then be entitled to particularly exciting posters in Group A, potentially that of “death” if Spain and Greece or Slovenia fall with Australia and Canada.
Finally, let us point out that the schedules of the matches of the final phase, organized in Paris, will be known once we know, precisely, the countries qualified for the quarter-finals (August 6), the semi-finals (August 8) and the three-medal matches (August 10).
