MIES (Switzerland) - Twelve nations anxiously await the start of the Men’s Olympic Basketball Tournament Paris 2024. Here is everything you need to know about the events which are taking place July 27 to August 10.
Who is hosting the Men’s Olympic Basketball Tournament Paris 2024?
The Olympics Games 2024 are hosted in France.
The Group Phase of the Men’s Olympic Basketball Tournament Paris 2024 is hosted in Lille at Pierre Mauroy Stadium.
The Final Phase will be hosted in Paris at the Bercy Arena.
When is the Men’s Olympic Basketball Tournament Paris 2024?
The games will be played from July 27 to August 10.
Who are the teams competing?
There are a total of 12 teams competing in the Men’s Olympic Basketball Tournament Paris 2024.
Universality remains in place for the qualifying process for the Olympic Games, thereby ensuring that each continent is represented.
The FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 produced seven directly qualified national teams for the Olympic Games, with hosts France receiving automatic qualification to the event. The seven spots will include two teams from Americas which are Canada and USA, two teams from Europe which are Germany and Serbia, one team from Africa which is South Sudan, one team from Asia which is Japan and one team from Oceania which is Australia.
The four remaining places in the 12-team Olympic field were reserved for the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments 2024, with two rounds of Qualifying Tournaments for Paris 2024. The four teams that qualified from the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments 2024 are Greece, Spain, Brazil, and Puerto Rico.
Africa: South Sudan Americas: Canada, USA, Brazil, and Puerto Rico Asia: Japan Europe: France, Germany, Serbia, Greece, and Spain Oceania: Australia
What is the format?
In the Group Phase, the 12 teams are divided into 3 groups (A, B and C) of 4 teams each. This stage of the competition is played in a round-robin format, with each team playing all other teams in its group (a total of 3 games for each team).
The teams placed first and second in each group and the 2 best third-placed teams in the Group Phase qualify for the Final Phase.
The remaining 4 teams take no further part in the competition.
In the Final Phase, a draw will take place following the conclusion of the Group Phase to determine the pairings of the Quarter-Finals.
The qualified teams shall be divided into four pots. The cumulative ranking between the three groups, established according to the FIBA Official Basketball Rules, Chapter D - Classification of Teams, will assign positions from 1st to 8th place to the eight teams qualified for the Quarter-Finals.
Pot D shall consist of the two-best-ranked teams, Pot E of the 3rd and 4th ranked teams, Pot F of the 5th and 6th ranked teams and Pot G of the 7th and 8th ranked teams.
The teams from Pot D will be drawn against the teams from Pot G and the teams from Pot E will be drawn against the teams from Pot F.
Teams from the same group in the Group Phase cannot be drawn against each other in the Quarter-Finals.
The four winners of the Quarter-Finals will qualify for the Semi-Finals (places 1-4).
Winners of the Quarter-Finals played by the teams from Pot D cannot play each other in the Semi-Final games.
The four teams eliminated in the Quarter-Finals shall take no further part in the competition. The classification of teams from 5th to 8th place shall be established according to the FIBA Official Basketball Rules.
Who are the defending champions?
Team USA won the previous edition of the competition defeating France, 87-72, in the Final of the Men’s Olympic Basketball Tournament Tokyo 2021. It was their fourth straight time winning the competition and 16th time over all.
Who are the players to watch?
There will be stars aplenty at the Men’s Olympic Basketball Tournament Paris 2024.
Make sure you are up to date with who will be playing at the games in France.
In the previous edition of the competition, USA's Kevin Durant was rewarded as MVP of the competition while also headlining the All-Star Five that included Slovenia's Luka Doncic, Australia's Patty Mills, France's Rudy Gobert, and Spain's Ricky Rubio.
How are the teams looking ahead of the competition?
The teams have been deep in preparation for the intense games ahead. Keep up-to-date with all of the action with the Preparation Games tracker.
Where to watch the games live?
Fans can check where to watch the games on their respective local rights-holder broadcasting channels for each country.
Where can I follow the event?
All of the action of the Men’s Olympic Basketball Tournament Paris 2024 can be followed here as the official basketball tournaments website.
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