Dallas’ Luka Doncic, Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo and Minnesota’s Karl-Anthony Towns all nonetheless have an opportunity to play in subsequent summer season’s Paris Olympics.
But at the least two of these stars gained’t get there.
FIBA held the Olympic qualifying match attracts for the ultimate 4 spots left within the Paris Games discipline on Monday — with Slovenia, Greece and the Dominican Republic all getting slotted into the identical occasion. That means, at most, solely a type of nations will make it to the Olympics.
Doncic has been Slovenia’s finest participant for years, Antetokounmpo is one of the best participant for Greece and Towns led the Dominican Republic to a powerful displaying on the World Cup this previous summer season.
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“These tournaments are something else,” FIBA secretary normal Andreas Zagklis stated.
“They are six-team tournaments, every game counts, you have 12 of the top 20 teams in the world playing there. Each game could be a quarterfinal of the World Cup or a quarterfinal of the Olympics.” There are eight groups already with berths for the 12-team Olympic males’s discipline. France certified because the host nation, and 7 different groups — the four-time defending gold medallist US, World Cup champion Germany, Canada, Japan, South Sudan, Serbia and Australia — certified based mostly on their finishes at this previous summer season’s World Cup within the Philippines.
The format for the qualifying occasions is straightforward: 4 tournaments, to be hosted by Spain, Greece, Latvia and Puerto Rico over July 2-7, 2024. There are six groups in every match, and it’s winner-take-all — every occasion sending one staff to the Paris Games.
The 4 host websites had been chosen by FIBA earlier Monday, earlier than the draw was held.
In the qualifying tournaments, every staff performs two video games in opposition to its personal group, and the highest two groups in every group transfer right into a semifinal. First-place groups from Group A would play second-place groups from Group B, and vice-versa, at every web site. Those semifinal winners will meet to resolve the Olympic spot.
