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The 2024 Paris Olympic Basketball Tournament will feature twelve teams, with a group phase followed by knockout rounds. The competition will run from July 27 to August 10 in Lille and Paris.

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Following the conclusion of the Draw Ceremony for the 2024 Paris Olympic Basketball Tournament, it's time to highlight the key points and dates of this competition.

Set to take place during the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, the basketball tournament will run from July 27 to August 10.

During the group phase, games will be held at the Pierre Mauroy Stadium in Lille. The final phase of the tournament will then move to the Bercy Arena, also known as the Accor Arena, situated in Paris.

Eight teams have already secured their spots for Paris 2024: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Serbia, South Sudan, and Team USA.

Four additional teams will clinch their spots through the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments scheduled for July 2-7 in Piraeus, Greece; Valencia, Spain; San Juan, Puerto Rico; and Riga, Latvia, with one team from each tournament earning a ticket to the Paris Olympics.

Olympic Basketball Tournament groups

Group A

No. Teams 1. Australia 2. OQT (Greece) winner: Slovenia, Greece, Croatia, Dominican Republic, New Zealand, or Egypt 3. Canada 4. OQT (Spain) winner: Spain, Angola, Lebanon, Poland, Finland, or Bahamas

Group B

No. Teams 1. France (hosts) 2. Germany 3. Japan 4. OQT (Latvia) winner: Latvia, Georgia, Philippines, Brazil, Cameroon, or Montenegro

Group C

No. Teams 1. Serbia 2. South Sudan 3. OQT (Puerto Rico) winner: Puerto Rico, Mexico, Lithuania, Ivory Coast, Italy, or Bahrain 4. USA

Format

12 teams were divided into three groups of four teams each, with a single round-robin format within each group.

The top two teams from each group, along with the two best third-placed teams, will advance to the quarterfinals.

Following the preliminary round, teams will be grouped based on their results, and a draw will pair teams from different groups for the quarterfinals.

For the draw, teams will be seeded into four pots: Pot D for the top two-ranked teams, Pot E for 3rd–4th ranked teams, Pot F for 5th–6th ranked teams, and Pot G for 7th–8th ranked teams. Teams from Pot D will face teams from Pot G, while teams from Pot E will meet teams from Pot F.

Teams from the same group cannot face each other again. Additionally, if both teams from Pot D advance to the semifinals, they will not compete against each other.

Schedule

The United States, leading Group C, will kick off its campaign against Serbia on July 28.

France, playing in front of a home crowd in Group B, will begin their journey with a match against a winner of the OQT in Latvia on July 27. They will face off against the reigning world champions, Germany, on August 2.

Group phase

July 27:

Australia vs. W OQT ESP W OQT GRE vs. Canada France vs. W OQT LAT Germany vs. Japan

July 28:

Serbia vs. Team USA South Sudan vs. W OQT PUR

July 30:

Canada vs. Australia W OQT ESP vs. W OQT GRE Japan vs. France W OQT LAT vs. Germany

July 31:

W OQT PUR vs. Serbia Team USA vs. South Sudan

August 2:

Australia vs. W OQT GRE Canada vs. W OQT ESP France vs. Germany Japan vs. W OQT LAT

August 3:

Serbia vs. South Sudan W OQT PUR vs. Team USA

Quarterfinals

August 6:

All four quarterfinals will be played on the same day at Bercy Arena.

Semifinals

August 8:

Two semifinals will be played at Bercy Arena.

Finals

August 10:

The third-place game will be played at Bercy Arena at 11:30 local time (GMT+2). The final will be played at Bercy Arena at 21:30 local time (GMT+2). Thank you for being with us! Subscribe to BN+ and browse ad-free.