We already know 8 of the 12 countries qualified for the men’s 5×5 basketball event, on the occasion of the Paris Olympic Games, which will be held from July 27 to August 11, 2024. These are France, as host country, Australia, South Sudan, Japan, United States, Canada, Serbia and Germany.
There are therefore four tickets left to distribute, four tickets which will be obtained via the Olympic Qualification Tournaments, held ahead of the Olympic Games, from July 2 to 7, 2024 in four different countries.
According to BasketNewsFIBA should designate theSpainthere Latviathere Greece And Porto Rico as host countries.
In Europe, these Olympic Qualification Tournaments should therefore take place in Athens, Valencia and Riga. Basketball strongholds, while 11 of the 24 countries which will participate in these TQOs are European.
As a reminder, at the Olympic Qualification Tournaments we will find Angola, the Bahamas, Bahrain, Brazil, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Croatia, the Dominican Republic, Egypt, Spain, Finland , Georgia, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Mexico, Montenegro, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Puerto Rico, Slovenia.
Six countries will thus find themselves in each TQO, the winner therefore obtaining their ticket to Paris at the end.