Scariolo’s team will play for the ticket for the Paris 2024 Games in Valencia

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2023-11-27 11:35:55

The Spanish basketball team will look for your classification for the Paris Olympic Games in Valencia. The FIBA ​​has awarded the Valencian capital the venue for one of the four pre-Olympic tournaments, in which the last four places for the Olympic event will be awarded and which will be held from July 2 to 7, just two weeks before the inauguration of the Games (July 26).

He FIBA Executive Committee rewarded the firm interest of the Spanish Basketball Federation (FEB) and the Valencian government for taking the tournament to San Luis Fountain Pavilionwhere he plays his matches Valencia Basket. The other venues that will host the pre-Olympics will be those of Piraeus (strong), Riga (Latvia) and San Juan (Puerto Rico).

“We are going to bring the best world basketball to Valencia,” he congratulated Elisa Aguilar, president of the Federation. “The choice of Valencia for the celebration of this Pre-Olympic reaffirms our country as a power in the organization of major events but it is also great sporting news, since it will allow our team to have the support of all the fans to be in the Games”.

The host France and seven teams (Japan, South Sudan, Australia, Germany, Serbia, Canada and the United States) got the direct ticket in the recent world celebrated on Philippines, Japan and Indonesia and now a total of 24 teams will fight for the four remaining places, until completing the 12 places in the Olympic tournament.

Once the venues have been determined, the composition of the final groups remains to be known after the draw to be held this afternoon at the FIBA ​​headquarters in Geneva.

The division of groups

The 24 teams aspiring to win one of the coveted last four tickets for the Paris Games 2024 They have been divided into 6 pots of four teams based on the FIBA ​​Ranking.

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Each of the four qualifying tournaments will be divided into two groups (A and B) of three teams and the final winner of each Pre-Olympic Tournament will obtain a place in Paris 2024.

The teams in groups A will come from pots 1, 4 and 5 while pots 2, 3 and 6 will feed into groups B. Spain will control the bass drum1 next to Latvia, Lithuania and Slovenia. Brazil, Italy, Greece and Poland They will form drum 2. Puerto Rico, Montenegro, Dominican Republic and Finland they configure 3. New Zealand, Georgia, Mexico and Lebanon They are framed in pot 4. Croatia, Ivory Coast, Angola and the Philippines they form bass drum 5. And, finally, Egypt, Bahamas, Cameroon and Bahrain They make up drum 6.

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