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The 12 teams were divided into four pots of three teams based on their FIBA World Ranking. The three groups were formed by drawing one team from each pot. Two teams from the same continent could not be placed into the same group, with the exception of European teams, where up to two teams could be in the same group.
Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan was held from 24 July to 8 August 2021. [1] The basketball competitions were held at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama , while the debuting 3x3 competitions were held at the temporary Aomi Urban Sports Park in Tokyo.
Team USA qualified for the Olympics by finishing as one of the top two teams from the Americas at the FIBA Basketball World Cup in 2019. [ 2 ] The U.S. saw two Olympic gold medal winners in Kevin Durant ( 2012 , 2016 ) and Draymond Green (2016) return, while 10 other players made their Olympic debuts.
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. G: 3 Mohammadsina Vahedi: 20 – () 8 January 2001 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Shahrdari Gorgan: PG: 5 Philip Jalalpoor: 28 – () 14 June 1993
The United States women's team competing in basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics List of sports-related pages with the same or similar names This article includes a list of sports-related pages with the same or similar names.
The 2020 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments involved four basketball tournaments contested by 23 national teams, and the top teams earned a place in the 2020 Summer Olympics basketball tournament. They were originally scheduled to take place from 23 to 28 June 2020 but were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, to 29 June to 4 July ...
After being postponed one year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Olympic Games are scheduled to open on July 24 in Tokyo. Eight teams have already qualified for the men's basketball competition ...
Since active NBA players have been allowed to compete in the Summer Olympics, the 1996 Games in Atlanta is the only instance where the Olympic host city also had a home NBA team — the Hawks. Yugoslavia was the runner-up in Atlanta, and France in Sydney , with Lithuania winning bronze again on both occasions.