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Greece, Spain, Latvia, and Puerto Rico are expected host countries for the upcoming 2024 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments.

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Spain, Latvia, Greece, and Puerto Rico are emerging as the top contenders to host the 2024 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments leading to the Olympic Games in Paris, sources tell BasketNews.

The official announcement of the four host nations is expected to happen before the draw ceremony for the Olympic Qualifying Tournaments, scheduled to take place in Switzerland on Monday, November 27, at 18:00 CET.

Sources from BasketNews express a high level of confidence that Spain, Latvia, Greece, and Puerto Rico will be officially named as the hosts.

Athens, Valencia, and Riga are the anticipated host cities in those three European countries, according to BasketNews sources.

Europe has a significant presence in the qualifiers, with 11 out of the 24 qualifying teams coming from the continent.

The qualifying matches are set to take place from July 2 to 7. The basketball tournament at the Paris Olympics is scheduled to run from July 27 to August 11.

During the draw for the qualifiers, the 24 qualified teams will be divided among the four FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments. Each host nation will automatically be assigned to the respective tournament they are organizing. The winners of each qualifying tournament will secure their place in the Paris Olympics.

A total of 19 nations qualified via the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023:

Angola Brazil Cote d'Ivoire Dominican Republic Egypt Finland Georgia Greece Italy Latvia Lebanon Lithuania Mexico Montenegro New Zealand Philippines Puerto Rico Slovenia Spain

A further five nations line up in the draw after they each won their respective 2023 FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournaments, which were held during August 2023:

Bahamas Bahrain Cameroon Croatia Poland

Meanwhile, 8 teams have already qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics through the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023: France, Australia, South Sudan, Japan, Team USA, Canada, Serbia, and Germany.

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