Canada will compete against France in the first round of the Olympic Paris Qualification FIBA World Cup on August 24. If they advance, round two poses a tougher challenge. Canada faces two dominant teams, which stand in the way of restoring the senior men’s basketball program’s prestige. These historically successful teams have created a challenging path for Canada to qualify for the Olympic Paris.
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In the preliminary round of the FIBA World Cup later this year, Canada will compete against France, Lebanon, and Latvia. France, a perennial medal contender, has earned the bronze medal in the last two World Cups. And they will have the promising seven-foot-three Victor Wembanyama. The projected top pick in the 2023 NBA draft, on their roster.
To advance to the second round, Canada must finish among the top two teams in the preliminary group. And that will take place in Jakarta, Indonesia. If they do, they will face defending champions Spain. As they are in a group with Brazil, Iran, and Cote d’Ivoire, also in Jakarta.
It is a formidable task for the Canadian men’s basketball team. As they have not finished in the top 16 of a senior world event since 1996. And they even have not qualified for the Olympics since Sydney 2000. However, with a strong showing in the preliminary round, they have the chance to face off against two of the world’s top teams in France and Spain and restore their program’s prestige. It is tough but they can still qualify for Olympic Paris.
France Olympic: Russia’s men’s basketball team banned from Olympic Paris
Russia’s hopes of competing in the men’s Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournaments for France Olympic have been dashed. It is because the International Basketball Federation rejected their application. As a result, the London 2012 bronze medallists have effectively been banned from participating in the France Olympic Games.
The 40 teams participating in the France Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournaments will include the 12 highest-ranked nations. And these are who did not progress beyond the second round of the FIBA Basketball World Cup Qualifiers. Russia was among the teams that would have been eligible for a place, along with European representatives. And those are North Macedonia, Poland, and Portugal, who won the FIBA EuroBasket 2025 Pre-Qualifiers group.
The FIBA Executive Committee has decided to bar Russia from participating in the Paris 2024 Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournaments. Even though the International Olympic Committee’s ruling allows individual athletes from Russia and Belarus to compete. But only if provided they are not associated with the military and have not supported the conflict in Ukraine. And the FIBA Executive Committee has decided to disqualify Russia from participating in the Paris 2024 Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournaments. The International Olympic Committee replaced Russia with Bulgaria at the 2024 Paris Olympics because Bulgaria is the next best-placed European team.
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In addition to the four European teams, namely North Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Bulgaria, Mali, Chile, Cuba, the United States Virgin Islands, Chinese Taipei, Indonesia, South Korea, and Syria have qualified for the Paris 2024 Pre-Qualifying Tournaments based on their rankings. Moreover, 28 countries that participated in the second round of the FIBA Basketball World Cup Qualifiers. But they failed to qualify for the main tournament in the Philippines, Japan, and Indonesia, and will also compete in the France Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournaments. But except for Britain, who did not register and was replaced by Croatia.
Olympic 2024: U.S. men’s basketball team grouped with Giannis’ Greece in France 2024 Qualifying Tournament
At this summer’s FIBA World Cup, the U.S. men’s basketball team is scheduled to play against Greece, New Zealand, and Jordan in the first round of group play. This tournament will provide their first opportunity to qualify for the Olympic 2024 Games. The quadrennial tournament is set to take place from August 25 to September 10 and will be co-hosted by Indonesia, Japan, and the Philippines. This will be the team’s first opportunity to qualify for the Olympic 2024 Games. Indonesia, Japan, and the Philippines will co-host the quadrennial tournament from August 25 to September 10. As previously announced, the U.S. team will play all of its group games in the Philippines. As the Philippines will also host all of the knockout games.
In the FIBA World Cup, the top two teams from each of the eight first-round groups will move on to the second round of group play. And that will determine the quarterfinalists for Olympic 2024. If the seeds hold, the U.S. and Greece would be matched against Lithuania and Montenegro in the second round. And that will be with the top two teams advancing to the quarterfinals.
The U.S. men’s basketball team defeated a Greece team 69-53, in the last men’s World Cup in 2019. For the 2024 Paris Olympics, the top two teams from North and South America, including the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Brazil, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela, will qualify directly. The remaining teams will still have a chance to qualify for Olympic 2024 through one of four last-chance. And it is like winner-take-all qualifying tournaments, which are likely to be held in June 2024.
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