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How to qualify for basketball at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained
The Paris 2024 basketball tournament will be a sight to behold, and may be full of surprises. While the USA have clinched every gold medal in the women's competition since Atlanta 1996 and Beijing 2008 in the men’s competition, the level of other nations has risen substantially over the years.
Could there be a new Olympic champion in two years’ time?
The first clues may come during the international competitions and Olympic Qualifying Tournaments that will take place over the next two years. And it all begins with the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup 2022 on 22 September.
Find out the answers to the most asked questions about the qualification system of basketball for Paris 2024.
How many basketball players will compete at Paris 2024?
A total of 288 players (24 teams) will compete in the Olympic Games Paris 2024 basketball tournaments.![]()
The number is the same for women and men: 144 for each gender.
In both tournaments, 12 teams will compete.
One quota place for each gender has been allocated to the host country, France. However, this quota place for the host country is subject to a FIBA Central Board decision that will be made on 30 June 2023. In the event that the Central Board does not award a direct spot to the host country, the number of teams qualified through the regular process shall be increased accordingly.
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What is the basketball qualification pathway to Paris 2024?
The qualification process will be significantly different for women and men. Read on for all the details.
Men
1. The first competition providing a direct spot for Paris 2024 will be the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023, scheduled from 25 August to 10 September in the Philippines, Japan and Indonesia.
In total, seven quota places will be allocated during this World Cup, distributed to the best teams from respective continents based on the final classification and divided as follows:
Two for America
Two for Europe
One for Africa
One for Asia
One for Oceania
2. The four last quota places will be attributed via the Olympic Qualifying Tournaments for Paris 2024. There will be two rounds in each of those tournaments: Pre-Qualifying Tournaments (FOPQTs) and Qualifying Tournaments (FOQTs). The details are below.
FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournaments (FOPQTs)
In total, 40 teams will compete in the FOPQTs, picked from the previous FIBA Basketball World Cup Qualifiers. The 40 teams will be made up of 28 teams that played in the second round of the previous FIBA Basketball World Cup Qualifiers but did not qualify for the FBWC, and the 12 highest-ranked teams from the teams that did not qualify for the second round of the previous FBWC qualifiers.
Five teams from those FOPQTs will qualify for the FOQTSs.
The qualified teams for the FOPQTs will be divided by continents, as follow:
Eight teams from Africa (one will qualify for FOQT)
Eight teams from Americas (one will qualify for FOQT)
Eight teams from Asia (including Oceania) (one will qualify for FOQT)
16 teams from Europe (one will qualify for FOQT)
FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments (FOQTs)
In total, 24 teams, representing all continents, are eligible to participate in the FOQTs.
There will be four tournaments of six teams each, and the winner of each tournament will qualify for the Olympic Games.
Participating teams will be divided as follow:
One team from Africa, the best placed team at the FIBA World Cup 2023 that is not directly qualified for the Games
One team from the Americas, the best placed team at the FIBA World Cup 2023 that is not directly qualified for the Games
One team from Asia, the best placed team at the FIBA World Cup 2023 that is not directly qualified for the Games
16 teams, the next best placed teams at the FIBA World Cup 2023 that have not directly qualified for the Games
One team from Africa from the FOPQTs
One team from the Americas from the FOPQTs
One team from Asia from the FOPQTs
Two teams from Europe from the FOPQTs
Women
1.
The first competition delivering a direct spot for Paris 2024 will be the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup 2022 (FWBWC), scheduled from 22 September to 1 October in Australia.
One quota place will be allocated to the winner of the FWBWC.
2. The 11 last quota places will be attributed via the Olympic Qualifying Tournaments for Paris 2024. There will be two rounds of those tournaments: Pre-Qualifying Tournaments (FWOPQTs) and Qualifying Tournaments (FWOQTs). The details are below.
FIBA Women’s Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournaments (FWOPQTs)
In total, 22 teams will participate in the FWOPQTs. There will be two tournaments of four teams in Asia and the Americas, and one of six teams in Africa. The top two teams at each tournament will qualify for the FWOQTs.
Participating teams are selected according to the FIBA Women’s Continental Cups 2023, with the best classified teams qualifying, as detailed below.
Six teams from Africa
Eight teams from Americas
Eight teams from Asia (including Oceania)
Note that the Women’s World Cup winner, if not from Europe, will participate in those FWOPQTs.
FIBA Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournaments (FWOQTs)
In total, 16 teams, representing all continents/geographical regions, will qualify for the FWOQTs. There will be four tournaments of four teams each. In principle, each continent/geographical region should host one of the Qualifying Tournaments.
The three highest placed teams from each tournament will qualify for the Olympic Games.
FWOQTs participating teams are divided as follows:
Two teams from Africa (qualified through FWOPQT in Africa)
Four teams from Americas (qualified through FWOPQT in Americas)
Four teams from Asia (qualified teams from Asia and Oceania qualified through FWOPQT in Asia)
Six teams from Europe (France + the five best classified teams from the last FIBA Women’s EuroBasket).
Note that the FIBA Central Board reserves the right to confirm whether the FWOPQT will take place by 1 June 2023. In case FWOPQTs are not played, the specified number of teams per continent will qualify for the FWOQTs directly from the FIBA Women’s Continental Cups 2023.
Also note that the Olympic Games host country and FWBWC 2022 winners will participate in the FWOQTs.
What is the Paris 2024 basketball competition schedule?
The Paris 2024 basketball competitions will be held from 27 July to 11 August 2024.
The preliminary phase in currently scheduled to be held in Pierre Mauroy Stadium in Lille, and the final phase in Arena Bercy in Paris, but it is still subject to approval and relevant agreements.
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Basketball athletes to watch at Paris 2024
Men
The USA will once again be the team to watch at Paris 2024. The men’s team has won the last four gold medals, including the last one available at Tokyo 2020 where they beat France in the final. Coached by San Antonio Spurs legend Greg Popovich, the USA won the title with many NBA stars including Kevin Durant, Zach LaVine, Draymond Green and Jayson Tatum.
Golden States Warriors coach Steve Kerr is now head coach of Team USA and there is a good chance that his star player, four-time NBA champion Stephen Curry, will be part of the team, particularly as he stated that even with all his titles, he’s “not good yet” as he “has got to go play for coach Kerr in Paris 2024.”
France wil also be on the hunt for gold at their home Games, after a strong performance against the USA in the Tokyo 2020 final. Rudy Gobert and Evan Fournier will be among their star names on show and, with NBA center Joel Embiid recently being granted French citizenship, they may just have enough about them to spring an upset in France.
Slovenia, who reached the semi-finals of Tokyo 2020, may also be strong contenders, with point guard Luka Doncic, three-time NBA All-Star, among their ranks.
Women
The USA’s domination of the women’s game is even more pronounced with the team winning all of the last seven Olympic gold medals.
Since women’s basketball was added to the Olympic programme for Montreal 1976, they have won nine of the 12 titles on offer.
At Tokyo 2020, WNBA stars Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi won their fifth Olympic titles - the only basketball players to do so, as they overtook another legend: Teresa Edwards.
Bird will retire after the 2022 WNBA season, however Taurasi may be in Paris, as she recently became the first player over 40 in the American League to score 30 points in a single game with her team Phoenix Mercury. In the NBA, only Michael Jordan and Dirk Nowitzki have achieved such a feat.
If the USA remain strong favourites to win an eighth title in a row, France will also be contenders, with shooting guard Marine Johannes, who plays for New York Liberty, and the young power forward Iliana Rupert among their roster.
Belgium, who have improved a lot over recent years thanks to players like Emma Meesseman, could also cause a surprise after their quarterfinal run in Tokyo 2020 where they lost against host country Japan (86-85).
With an attractive style of play and a tallest player of 1.85m, Japan may also be ones to watch in France, as well as Team Australia who are always competitive in major competitions.
Basketball qualification timeline to Paris 2024
22 September - 1 October 2022: FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup 2022, Australia
June 2023: FIBA Women’s EuroBasket 2023
August 2023: FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournaments
25 August - 10 September 2023: FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023, Philippines, Japan and Indonesia
November 2023: FIBA Women’s Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournaments
30 November 2023: NOCs to confirm use of allocated quota places to FIBA for women’s and men’s events
February 2024: FIBA Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournaments 2024
TBC: FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments 2024
8 July 2024: Paris 2024 Sports Entries deadline
26 July - 11 August 2024: Olympic Games Paris 2024
Find out more about the qualification system for other sports that will feature at Paris 2024
Team sports: how can your team qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympics?
Host country, region, confederations, qualifying tournaments, points-based world rankings for the best players, ranking list, play-off matches… There is no general rule and it can sometimes be very confusing to try and understand everything.
But there is no reason to panic, we will explain everything here!
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Basketball
The host country is qualified automatically, with the other teams qualifying through the World Cup or an Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
Number of spaces: 12 men’s teams / 12 women’s teams
Men
- 1 team qualified automatically: France, as the host country
- 7 teams qualified during the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup, with a quota for each continent: 2 from America, 2 from Europe, 1 from Africa, 1 from Asia, 1 from Oceania
- 4 teams qualified during a FIBA 2024 Olympic Qualifying Tournament (OQT).
Women
- 1 team qualified automatically: France, as the host country
- 1 team qualified following its victory at the 2022 FIBA Basketball World Cup
- 10 teams qualified during the Olympic Qualifying Tournament (OQT) in 2024
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3×3 basketball
The qualification system is the same for men and women.
Teams can be selected in three ways: with a global ranking based on the best performances by players on the FIBA 3×3 official tour, with two “Universal” Olympic Qualifying Tournaments and an Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
Number of spaces: 8 men’s teams / 8 women’s teams
- 3 teams qualified, based on their position in the FIBA 3×3 ranking on 1 November 2023. This ranking is calculated by adding up the points for each country’s top 25 men’s and women’s players. Note that the qualification of France, the host country, is based on approval by the French National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSF).
- 2 teams qualified, after winning Universal Olympic Qualifying Tournament 1 and FIBA Universal Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2.
- 3 teams qualified, based on the top three teams from the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament in 2024.
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Football
The Olympic football tournament is open to all players for the women’s teams, whereas for the men’s teams, it is open exclusively to players under the age of 23, with the exception of three older players on each team.
Each confederation has a quota of teams selected for the Olympic Games, which is defined beforehand.
Number of spaces: 16 men’s teams / 12 women’s teams
Men
- 1 team qualified automatically: France, as the host country
- 3 teams (+1) from Asia. A 4th team will have a play-off match against the 4th team from Africa, with the winner of this match to qualify.
- 3 teams (+1) from Africa. A 4th team will have a play-off match against the 4th team from Asia, with the winner of this match to qualify.
- 2 teams from North America, Central America and the Caribbean.
- 2 teams from South America.
- 3 teams from Europe.
- 1 team from Oceania.
Women
- 1 team qualified automatically: France, as the host country.
- 2 teams from Asia.
- 2 teams from Africa.
- 2 teams from North America.
- 2 teams from South America.
- 2 teams from Europe.
- 1 team: from Oceania.
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Handball
The qualification system is the same for men and women. The host country is qualified automatically. Other teams can be selected in three ways: by winning the world championship, during a continental qualification event or competition, or during Olympic Qualifying Tournaments (OQT).
Number of spaces: 12 men’s teams / 12 women’s teams
- 1 team qualified automatically: France, as the host country.
- 1 team qualified following its victory at the 2023 World Handball Championship. If the host country, i.e. France, wins the tournament, the second-placed team will qualify.
- 4 teams qualified through continental qualifying events. An event with one qualifying place for the top-ranked team is organised on each of the Asian, African and European continents. For North America, the Caribbean, Central and South America, a single qualifying event is organised for these three regions, with the top-ranked team for these three regions to qualify.
- 6 teams qualified following the women’s and men’s Olympic Qualifying Tournaments.
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Hockey
The qualification system is the same for men and women. The host country is qualified subject to certain conditions, while the other teams will need to win their continental championships or achieve a podium position in one of the two Olympic Qualifying Tournaments to qualify.
Number of spaces: 12 men’s teams / 12 women’s teams
- 1 team qualified: France, as the host country, if it has been in the world top 25 during the four years prior to the Games (which is the case for the French women’s and men’s teams).
- 5 teams qualified after winning each of the five continental championships: African Hockey Road to Paris 2023, Pan American Games 2023, Asian Games 2022, EuroHockey Championship 2023 and Oceania Cup 2023.
- 6 teams qualified through the two Olympic Qualifying Tournaments (early 2024) with eight teams each, organised by the FIH. The three teams that finish on the podium in each of the tournaments will qualify for the 2024 Olympic Games.
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Rugby sevens
The host country is qualified automatically, with the other teams to qualify based on a world ranking, by winning one of the six Olympic Qualifying Tournaments or the final repechage tournament.
Number of spaces: 12 men’s teams / 12 women’s teams
Men
- 1 team qualified automatically: France, as the host country.
- 4 teams qualified: the top four from the final ranking following the World Rugby Sevens Series (2022-2023).
- 6 teams qualified: the winners of each of the six men’s Olympic Qualifying Tournaments organised by the World Rugby Regional Associations in 2023 will qualify (1 from Africa, 1 from Asia, 1 from Europe, 1 from North America, 1 from South America and 1 from Oceania)
- 1 team qualified following the men’s Olympic final repechage tournament.
Women
- 1 team qualified automatically: France, as the host country
- 4 teams qualified: the top four from the final ranking following the World Rugby Sevens Series (2022-2023)
- 6 teams qualified: the winners of each of the six women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournaments organised by the World Rugby Regional Associations in 2023 will qualify (1 from Africa, 1 from Asia, 1 from Europe, 1 from North America, 1 from South America and 1 from Oceania)
- 1 team qualified: the winner of the women’s Olympic final repechage tournament.
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Volleyball
The qualification system is the same for men and women. The host country is qualified automatically, with the other teams to qualify through an Olympic Qualifying Tournament or based on a world ranking, in which a team will be prioritised if its continent is not already represented by a team that has qualified.
Number of spaces: 12 men’s teams / 12 women’s teams.
New volleyball format for Paris 2024
- 1 team qualified automatically: France, as the host country
- 6 teams qualified: the top two from each of the three Olympic Qualifying Tournament pools (women’s and men’s) qualify.
- 5 teams qualified: the top teams from the world ranking following the end of the Volleyball Nations League 2024 preliminary round will qualify. Teams from a continent from which no teams have qualified will be given priority.
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Beach volley
The qualification system is the same for men and women. The French team is qualified automatically, as the host country. To be selected, the other teams will need to either win the world championship or their confederation’s tournament, or be one of the top 17 teams in the Olympic Ranking List.
Number of spaces: 24 men’s teams / 24 women’s teams
- 1 team qualified automatically: France, as the host country.
- 1 team qualified: winner of the FIVB Senior Beach Volleyball World Championship in 2023.
- 17 teams qualified: the top teams from the Olympic Ranking List on 10 June 2024. A country may therefore be represented by two teams, which was the case during previous editions of the Games.
- 5 teams qualified: the teams winning their confederation’s tournaments: an Asian tournament (AVC), an African tournament (CAVB), a European tournament (CEV), a South American tournament (CSV), and a North American tournament (NORCECA).
How athletes qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympics
What is the Olympic Games?
The Olympic Games are the world's largest multi-sport events. They take place every four years, unless extraordinary circumstances intervene.
The first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens in 1896 following the example of the ancient Greek Olympics.
The idea was embodied by Pierre de Coubertin , the father of the modern Olympic movement.
The Olympic Games are hosted by International Olympic Committee (IOC) . The headquarters of the IOC is located in Lausanne, Switzerland. The President of the IOC is Thomas Bach .
The Tokyo 2020 Olympics have been postponed for a year and ended on August 8, 2021. The next Summer Olympic Games will be held in Paris 2024 .
What sports are competed in at the Olympic Games?
There will be 32 sports at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games .
More than ten thousand athletes from more than 200 countries will compete for 306 sets of medals.
Breaking was successfully introduced at the 2018 Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires and will make its Olympic debut in Paris.
These are 32 sports:
Academic rowing , Badminton , Basketball (including Basketbol 3x3), Boxing , Wrestling , Breyking , Cycling (cycling, cycling, cycling, cycling, cycling, cycling, cycling, cycling mountain biking, BMX freestyle, BMX racing), water sports (water polo, swimming, swimming marathon, diving, synchronized swimming), volleyball (including beach volleyball), handball , gymnastics (trampoline, sports gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics), golf , rowing on kayaks and canoe , judo , Horse sport , athletics , table tennis , sailing , rugby sevens , surfing , skateboarding , modern pentathlon , rock climbing0010 , archery , shooting , tennis , triathlon , taekwondo , weightlifting, fencing , football and hockey
What is the age limit for participants?
International federations of specific sports set age limits.
For example, the age of participants in boxing competitions must be between 18 and 39 years old. Mira Potkonen, who was forty at the time of the Tokyo Olympics, was given a special permit, as the Games were postponed for one year. This allowed her to win a medal at the second Olympic Games in a row.
Gymnastics has no maximum age limit, but athletes must be at least 16 years of age in the year of the Olympics.
The Men's Football Tournament is a competition for players under 23 years of age, but each team may enter three players outside the age limit.
Some sports do not have a minimum age limit. Thus, 12-year-old Syrian Hand Zaza , the youngest athlete in Tokyo 2020, participated in the women's table tennis tournament.
Another 12-year-old Japanese athlete, Kokona Hiraki , became the youngest Olympic medalist. The skateboarder took silver in the park discipline.
Hiraki Silver Cocoons in the snowboard park
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How is the selection process for the Olympics?
Different formats.
The method of qualification depends on the sport and is determined by the international federations.
Some sports such as shooting and taekwondo have quotas for National Olympic Committees which depend on the performances of individual athletes. In addition, each NOC may choose another athlete to participate in the Olympics.
In team sports, countries earn berths through successful performances in World Championships and Continental competitions, or qualifying tournaments at the Continental or World level. At the Olympic Games, eight to twelve teams will participate in team sports.
Who selects athletes for the Olympic Games?
Athletes are selected by the National Olympic Committees, which are responsible for their support and participation in the Olympic Games.
One year before the Opening Ceremony, the IOC sends invitations to all National Committees, which then apply for the Olympic Games. The IOC subsequently approves or otherwise decides on these applications.
Athletes must comply with the Olympic Charter, including the World Anti-Doping Code and the Olympic Movement Code of Conduct against Competition Manipulation.
When is the next Olympic Games?
The Paris 2024 Olympic Games will take place from 26 July to 11 August 2024.
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2024 | Basketball: Olympic Qualification Rules
The basketball tournament at the Paris Olympics promises to be full of surprises. The US women's team has been unbeaten in gold medals since the Atlanta Games, and the men's team since Beijing 2008, but the level of other teams has grown significantly in recent times.
Will we have new Olympic champions?
We will know the answer to this question only in the summer of 2024, but it will be possible to form an opinion about the capabilities of the teams during international competitions and Olympic qualification tournaments, which will be held in the next two years. The first of these will be FIBA Women's World Basketball Championship starting September 22.
Answering basic questions about basketball qualification for the Paris Olympics.
How many basketball players will go to Paris 2024?
A total of 288 players (24 teams) will compete in the basketball tournament at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The number of players is the same for men and women - 144 athletes of each gender . Each tournament will feature 12 commands .
France reserves one quota for each gender as the host country . However, the final decision on these quotas will be made by the central bureau of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) on June 30, 2023.
If the Central Bureau decides not to directly award the quota to the host country, then the number of teams that can qualify in the normal way will be increased.
What does qualifying for Paris 2024 consist of?
The qualification process will be significantly different for men and women. Let's talk about the most important things.
Men
FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023: Seven Quotas
The first competition to award direct tickets to Paris 2024 will be the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup. The tournament will be held from August 25 to September 10 in the Philippines, Japan and Indonesia.
In total, seven quotas will be played within the framework of the championship. They will be awarded to the best teams from the respective continents according to the following distribution: 9Men's Olympic Pre-Qualifiers
Total 40 teams will compete in pre-qualifiers. They will be selected based on the qualification results for the last World Championship.
28 of them are teams that reached the second round of qualification, but failed to qualify for the championship itself. The remaining 12 are the highest-placed teams among those who failed to qualify for the second round of qualification.
Five teams from the pre-qualifiers will advance to the qualifiers.
In the pre-qualifiers, teams will be divided on a continental basis:
- Eight teams from Africa (one will advance to the qualifying tournament)
- Eight teams from America (one will advance to the qualifying tournament)
- Eight teams from Asia (including Oceania) ) (one to qualify)
- 16 teams from Europe (one to qualify)
Men's Olympic Qualifiers
Total 24 teams representing all continents are eligible to participate in the Olympic qualification tournaments.
There will be four tournaments in total, each of which will feature six teams. The winner of each of them will receive a ticket to the Olympic Games.
19 teams are invited to participate, which at the 2023 World Cup ranked the highest among those who did not directly qualify for the Games. Participating teams will be divided as follows:
- One team from Africa
- One team from America
- One command from Asia
- 16 The remaining commands
9000 5 teams are selected according to the results of pre-Volition tournaments:
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- One
- One
- One
- American team
- One Asian team
- Two European teams
Women
2022 FIBA World Championship: one quota
The first competition to qualify for a direct ticket to Paris 2024 will be the 2022 Women's Basketball World Cup, which will take place from 22 September to 1 October in Australia. The winner of the championship will receive one quota .
FIBA Olympic Qualifiers: Eleven Quotas
The remaining 11 Quotas will be distributed through the Olympic Qualifiers.
Each of these tournaments will consist of two rounds: pre-qualifiers and qualifiers.
Women's Olympic Pre-Qualifiers
Total 22 teams will compete in pre-qualifiers. There will be three such tournaments - one in Asia, one in America (each of which will play four teams) and one in Africa (which will play six teams). The top two teams from each tournament will advance to the Olympic Qualifiers.
The participating teams will be selected based on the results of the Continental Cups to be held in 2023, according to the following principle:
- Top 6 teams from Africa
- Top 8 teams from America
- Top 8 teams from Asia (including Oceania)
In addition, the winner of the World Cup (if it is not a European team) will also take part in the pre-qualification tournaments.
Women's Olympic Qualifiers
Total 16 teams representing all continents/geographic regions will participate in the qualification tournaments.
There will be four such tournaments - four teams in each. Each continent/geographic region will be required to host one of the qualifying tournaments.
Both the host country team and the 2022 FIBA Women's World Cup winner team will compete in the Olympic Qualifiers. According to the results of the tournaments, 12 teams, including the team of France and the team of world champions - 2022, will receive the coveted Olympic tickets.
The following teams will eventually qualify for the qualifiers:
- Two teams from Africa (qualified through the African pre-qualifier)
- Four teams from America (qualified through American pre-qualifier)
- Four teams from Asia/Oceania (qualified through Asian pre-qualifier)
- Six teams from Europe (France + five best women).
The FIBA Central Office reserves the right to confirm the holding of the Women's Olympic Pre-Qualification Tournament until June 1, 2023. In the event that the Olympic Pre-Qualification Tournaments are not held, an appropriate number of teams from each continent will qualify for the Olympic Qualification Tournaments directly through the 2023 Continental Championships.
When will the Paris 2024 basketball tournament take place?
The 2024 Paris Basketball Tournament will run from July 27 to August 11, 2024 .
As of today, the group stage is to be held at Stade Pierre Maurois in Lille and the play-off stage at Arena Bercy in Paris , but the final venues of the tournament have not yet been confirmed.
Which basketball players to watch in Paris 2024?
Men
Team USA will come to Paris as the favorite. They have become the champions of the last four Olympic Games, including Tokyo 2020 where they defeated France in the final. Led by San Antonio Spurs legend Greg Popovich , the Stars and Stripes won the title with a constellation of NBA stars including Kevin Durant, Zach Lavin, Draymond Green and Jason Tatum .
The coach of the Golden State Warriors is now on the coaching bridge of the national team Steve Kerr , and we have every chance to see his most star player - four-time NBA champion Stephen Curry - in the team.
Especially as the latter stated that even with all his titles, he is "still not good enough" as he "should play for Coach Kerr in Paris 2024".
France will also be aiming for gold at home after a strong performance in the Tokyo 2020 tournament final. Rudy Gobert and Evan Fournier is among the team's all-stars, and with NBA center Joel Embiid recently granted French citizenship, the home team may well have what it takes to succeed.
Among the strong contenders for the podium is also the Slovenian team , which reached the semi-finals in Tokyo 2020. They include three-time NBA All-Star point guard Luka Doncic .
Women
Women's Tournament Domination Team USA is even more absolute - they won gold at the last seven Olympic Games. Since women's basketball was included in the Montreal 1976 Games, American women have won the title 9 out of 12 times.
At the Tokyo 2020 tournament, WNBA stars Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi won their fifth Olympic title and beat another legend, Teresa Edwards , became the only basketball players who managed to do so.
Bird will retire at the end of the 2022 WNBA season, but Taurasi may well go to Paris. Most recently, she became the first player over 40 in the WNBA to score 30 points in a single game. In the NBA, only Michael Jordan and Dirk Nowitzki could do this.
While Team USA remains the favorite to win for the eighth consecutive time, Team France is among the contenders for the podium. New York Liberty shooting guard likely to feature at home games Marine Joannes and young center Iliana Ruper .
The Belgian team, which has grown significantly in recent years thanks to the likes of Emma Misseman , may also come in as a surprise.
