VALENCIA (Spain) - Tickets are now sale for the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Valencia, where six national teams will vie for one spot at the Summer Games in France.
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While Spain, the No. 2 team in the FIBA World Ranking, will have the advantage of home support at La Fonteta, the other five countries have designs on making it to Paris. Both Poland and the Bahamas showed off their wares by winning Pre-Olympic Qualifying Tournaments in Poland and Argentina while Finland, Lebanon, and Angola competed at the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023.
Only the country that wins the OQT Final on July 7 will advance to the Men's Olympic Basketball Tournament Paris 2024.
There are enticing matchups on the OQT schedule that have fans giddy with excitement, with Piraeus, Riga and San Juan also host cities. Among the must-watch matchups at the Valencia OQT will be the July 2 game between Finland and the Bahamas, as well as the July 4 contests pitting Finland against Poland, and Angola against Lebanon.
These experts offered their predictions on the OQT in Valencia, with the majority picking Spain to win but a couple predicting the Bahamas will complete their stunning run to prominence by qualifying for the Olympics.
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