By Johnny Askounis/ info@eurohoops.net
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Basketball Tournaments draw for both the Men and the Women finalists was held behind closed doors Tuesday at the Patrick Baumann House.
The eight national teams plus four slots reserved for the national teams clinching a spot in the Men’s Tournament through the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments were split into the three preliminary groups of four teams each. The four remaining tickets will be punched in through the four Olympic Qualifying groups planned to be held from June 29 to July 4. The Olympic tournament is scheduled to take place between July 25 and August 7.
Men’s Tournament draw results:
Group A
Iran
France
USA
OQT Victoria winner (Canada, China, Czech Republic, Greece, Turkey, Uruguay)
Group B
Australia
OQT Split winner (Brazil, Croatia, Germany, Mexico, Russia, Tunisia)
OQT Belgrade winner (Dominican Republic, Italy, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, Senegal, Serbia)
Nigeria
Group C
Argentina
Japan
Spain
OQT Kaunas winner (Angola, Korea, Lithuania, Poland, Slovenia, Venezuela)
The draw for the Women’s Tournament was also completed again featuring the 12 teams divided into three groups. The Olympic tournament is scheduled to take place between July 26 and August 8.
Women’s Tournament draw results:
Group A
Korea
Serbia
Canada
Spain
Group B
Nigeria
Japan
France
USA
Group C
Australia
Puerto Rico
China
Belgium
FIBA Secretary General, Andreas Zagklis, said: “We are looking forward to enjoying the world’s best basketball players performing this coming July in the capital of Japan. FIBA is confident for the smooth delivery of the Olympic Basketball Tournaments based on the close partnership with the IOC and the TOCOG as well as on its own, proven operational capacity during the last seven months. Last October and November FIBA and its Regional Offices managed to have no less than 114 men’s and women’s national teams travel internationally and play safely in bio-secure hubs, performing approximately 12,000 PCR tests.”
Watch the Olympic Tournaments Draw: