Surprise winners of Argentina in the group stage, the Bahamian will find the teammates of Facundo Campazzo in the final of the Olympic pre-qualifying tournament of the Americas zone. Unsurprisingly, Deandre Ayton and his partners easily dominated Uruguay in the semi-finals. This time, there was no ignition delay, especially in defense to the point of leaving the Uruguayans at 5 points after 8min30 of play! With Eric Gordon’s address from afar and Ayton’s power, the Bahamians join the locker room with a 20-point lead (43-23). They will then quietly manage their lead, before letting go of ballast in the last quarter. On arrival, a third victory in three matches (78-62), and a place in the final.
It will therefore be against the host country, theArgentina, who got rid of Chile with difficulty (87-79) with 24 pts from Gabriel Deck and 19 pts and 12 pds from Facundo Campazzo. The bad news for the Argentinians is that they lost Luca Vildoza to a groin injury after just two minutes. The final takes place this Sunday.
Senegal – Cameroon, Bosnia – Poland and Turkey – Croatia finals!
In the Africa zone, the final will oppose the Senegal At Cameroon. In the semi-finals, there was no suspense since Brancou Badio’s teammates (20 pts, 8 wt) won by 40 points (100-60) against Guinea, while the Cameroonians won 87 -70 against Mali.
In Europe, the Bosnia and Herzegovina dominates Israel (86-77) thanks to its pair of NBA interiors with 24 pts, 11 rebounds from Luka Garza and 20 pts, 14 rebounds from Jusuf Nurkic. In the final, the Bosnians will challenge the Polandwinner of Estonia.
In the 2nd European pre-qualifying tournament, perhaps the best poster of all the finals with there Croatia against the Türkiye, host country. On one side, Dario Saric, Mario Henzoja and Ivica Zubac. On the other, Alperen Sengun, Furkan Korkmaz and Omer Yurtseven.
Finally, the 5th Olympic pre-qualification tournament took place in Syria, and this is the Bahrain who wins his ticket for the qualifying tournament for the Olympic Games, which will take place in 2024.
The World Cup will award 7 tickets for the 2024 Olympics
The five winners of these Olympic pre-qualification tournaments will participate in the Olympic qualification tournaments in 2024. They will pit 24 teams against each other, divided into four pools of six. The winner of each tournament will qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
For the moment, only France, as the organizing country, is qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games. The World Cup will allow the allocation of seven tickets: 2 for the Americas; 2 for Europe; 1 for Africa; 1 for Asia and 1 for Oceania.
