Draw
The highly anticipated Olympic Basketball Tournaments Paris 2024 Draw for both men and women was completed on March 19 at the Patrick Baumann House of Basketball in Mies, Switzerland, at 19:00 CET.
The 12 teams at the Men’s Olympic Basketball Tournament Paris 2024 discovered their exciting paths towards winning the gold medal.
The Men’s Olympic Basketball Tournament Paris 2024 tips off on July 27 and concludes on August 10.
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The draw can be watched on FIBA's YouTube channel.
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The draw principles will be announced at a later stage and will be based on the FIBA World Ranking Men, presented by Nike, and geographical principles.
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International basketball legends Penny Taylor of Australia and Carmelo Anthony of the USA performed as hosts for the Draws.
Taylor, the MVP of the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2006 after leading the Opals to the title, claimed Olympic silver medals at the 2004 and 2008 Games. She also played at the 2016 Olympics when Australia were fifth. She was recently inducted to the 2023 Class of FIBA Hall of Fame.
Anthony is second on the all-time scoring list for the USA. He won gold medals at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympics and bronze at the 2004 Athens Games.
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Eight of the 12 teams for the men's tournament are already known:
Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Serbia, South Sudan and USA.
France are qualified as hosts and the other nations have qualified at the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023.
Slots in the men's draw will also be reserved for the winners of the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments 2024 to be held from July 2nd to July 7th in Riga, Valencia, Piraeus, and San Juan.