FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments Draw pots and procedure announced / News - Basketnews.com

FIBA announced the draw seedings and procedure for the upcoming FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments 2024.

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The Road to the Olympic Games took another step to be mapped out with the announcement of the principles for the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments 2024 Draw.

The draw will take place on Monday, November 27, at 19:00 CET at the Patrick Baumann House of Basketball in Mies, Switzerland.

The Great Britain national team legend and two-time NBA All-Star Luol Deng will be in attendance to perform the Draw.

Current South Sudan Basketball Federation President, he was on hand in the Philippines this summer at theFIBA Basketball World Cup 2023as South Sudan qualified directly for the Olympic Games.

There are 4 tickets available for the Olympic Games for each of the four FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament winners. The events host nations and cities will be confirmed at the FIBA Executive Committee meeting on November 27.

BasketNews already reported that Greece, Latvia, Spain, and Puerto Rico are favorites to host the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments.

FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments Draw Principles

The 24 teams who qualified for the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments are split into six pots of four teams each, based on the FIBA Men's World Ranking, presented by Nike.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 Pot 5 Pot 6 Spain Brazil Puerto Rico New Zealand Croatia Egypt Latvia Italy Montenegro Georgia Ivory Coast Bahamas Lithuania Greece Dominican Republic Mexico Angola Cameroon Slovenia Poland Finland Lebanon Philippines Bahrein

Each FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2024 will host two groups of 3 teams. Pots 1,4 and 5 will feed the Group As; while pots 2,3 and 6 will feed the Group Bs. The four hosts will be allocated to the tournaments taking place in their country.

In order to preserve geographical balance across all four tournaments, the following draw principles will apply:

There can be a maximum of two European teams in each group and not more than three European teams in each tournament. There can be a maximum of one Americas team per group. There can be a maximum of one team from Asia and Oceania in each tournament. There can be a maximum of one team from Africa in each tournament.

Viewers can tune into a live stream of the draw on theFIBA YouTube channel.

The FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments 2024 will be held on July 2-7 next year.

For more information on the qualification for the Olympic Games, clickhere.

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