By Johnny Askounis/ info@eurohoops.net
Taking over the basketball globe, 12 national teams compete in Lille through the preliminary round of the 2024 Olympic Games and eight will move to Paris for the knockout stage. The schedule stretches from July 27 to August 10.
Reiterating the Olympic Games as the most prestigious international tournament, stars from all around the world are completing tuneups toward displaying their talents in France.
Eurohoops presents the format alongside the complete schedule, heading to the gold medal game in Accor Arena of Paris.
From a rewind to the path to the Olympic Games to projections en route to the medal games on August 10.
12 national teams in France
France received an automatic berth as host. Seven more countries, South Sudan from Africa, Canada and the United States from the Americas, Japan from Asia, Germany and Serbia from Europe, and Australia from Oceania, qualified based on their ranking in the 2023 FIBA World Cup. The four remaining berths were awarded through the recent FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments in Piraeus, Riga, San Juan, and Valencia with Greece, Brazil, Puerto Rico, and Spain completing the field.
The advancing national teams and projected OQT winners were split into three groups of four in March, setting up the schedule of the Olympics.
2024 Olympic Games
Landing in Lille, the 12 countries are set for action in Pierre Mauroy Stadium between July 27 and August 3.
Groups A and B will be played on July 27, July 30, and August 2, while Group C will be played on July 27, July 31, and August 3.
Preliminary round
Group A
STANDINGS
1. Australia 0 (0-0)
2. Canada 0 (0-0)
3. Greece 0 (0-0)
4. Spain 0 (0-0)
Australia – Spain (27/7, 11:00 CET)
Greece – Canada (27/7, 21:00 CET)
Spain – Greece (30/7, 11:00 CET)
Canada – Australia (30/7, 13:30 CET)
Australia – Greece (2/8, 13:30 CET)
Canada – Spain (2/8, 17:15 CET)
Group B
STANDINGS
1. Brazil 0 (0-0)
2. France 0 (0-0)
3. Germany 0 (0-0)
4. Japan 0 (0-0)
Germany – Japan (27/7, 13:30 CET)
France – Brazil (27/7, 17:15 CET)
France – Japan (30/7, 17:15 CET)
Brazil – Germany (30/7, 21:00 CET)
Japan – Brazil (2/8, 11:00 CET)
France – Germany (2/8, 21:00 CET)
Group C
STANDINGS
1. Puerto Rico 0 (0-0)
2. Serbia 0 (0-0)
3. South Sudan 0 (0-0)
4. United States 0 (0-0)
South Sudan – Puerto Rico (28/7, 11:00 CET)
Serbia – United States (28/7, 17:15 CET)
Puerto Rico – Serbia (31/7, 17:15 CET)
United States – South Sudan (31/7, 21:00 CET)
Puerto Rico – United States (3/8, 17:15 CET)
Serbia – South Sudan (3/8, 21:00 CET)
-The top two of each group and the two best-ranked third-placed teams clinch a berth in the Quarterfinals
Third-placed teams
1. Group A team 0 (0-0)
2. Group B team 0 (0-0)
3. Group C team 0 (0-0)
Knockout stage
From the preliminary round to the Quarterfinals and from Lille to Paris, the remaining national teams will be drawn into a bracket leading to the medal games.
The two best-ranked top-seeded countries will be placed in Pot D, the third top-seed and the best-ranked second seed go to Pot E, the remaining second seeds enter Pot F, and the advancing third-placed teams in Pot G. Two pairings from Pots D and G and two more from Pots E and F will shape the Quarterfinals. Teams from the same group can not be drawn against each other in the Quarterfinals. The Quarterfinals will be played in Accor Arena on August 6.
1. D-G (TBD)
2. E-F (TBD)
3. D-G (TBD)
4. E-F (TBD)
With Pot D teams split between opposite ends of the bracket, the draw will also determine matchups in the Semifinals. The games will be held in the capital of France on August 8.
Winners 1-2 (TBD)
Winners 3-4 (TBD)
The gold and bronze medal games wrap up the schedule on August 10.
Bronze medal game (10/8, 11:30 CET)
Gold medal game (10/8, 21:30 CET)
PHOTO CREDIT: Olympic Games 2020