Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification facts for kids
The men's qualification for the Olympic basketball tournament occurred between August 2023 and 2024, allocating twelve teams for the final tournament. All five FIBA (International Basketball Federation) zones were expected to have a representation in the Olympic basketball event.
As the host nation, France reserved a quota place in the men's 5×5 basketball; this was confirmed by a FIBA Central Board decision on 30 April 2023. The 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup produced seven directly qualified national teams for Paris 2024. The last four quota places were assigned to the winners of separate wild card tournaments.
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Twelve teams will participate in the men's basketball tournament, with each NOC sending a roster of 12 players.
Host nation
As the host nation, France reserved a direct quota place in the men's basketball subject to the FIBA Central Board decision originally to be made on 30 June 2023. Their automatic qualification was confirmed by the FIBA Central Board decision on 30 April 2023.
Qualification via World Cup
Similar to the 2019 format, the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup distributed seven quota places to the best teams from respective continents based on the final classification as follows:
- FIBA Africa – 1 team
- FIBA Americas – 2 teams
- FIBA Asia – 1 team
- FIBA Europe – 2 teams
- FIBA Oceania – 1 team
Qualification via the wild card tournament
The four remaining quota places were attributed to the 12-team field through the two-round FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournaments. The first round, the FIBA Olympic pre-qualifying tournaments (FOPQTs), were played at the continental level and the second, the FIBA Olympic qualifying tournaments (FOQTs), at the global level.
Participation in the FIBA Olympic pre-qualifying tournaments
Forty teams that failed to qualify for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup were eligible to participate in the FOPQTs. For each continent, teams were selected by competing in the second round of 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification and by certain qualification or ranking criteria among those that did not play in the second round.
- FIBA Africa – 8 teams: 7 teams eliminated from the second round of the African qualifiers for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup, along with the highest-ranked team by FIBA ranking that did not play in the second round.
- FIBA Americas – 8 teams: 5 teams eliminated from the second round of the Americas qualifiers for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup, along with three of the highest-ranked teams by FIBA ranking that did not play in the second round.
- FIBA Asia and FIBA Oceania – 8 teams: 4 teams eliminated from the second round of the Asia and Oceania qualifiers for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup, along with the four teams eliminated from the first round
- FIBA Europe – 16 teams: 12 teams eliminated from the second round of the European qualifiers for the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup, along with the four teams advanced from the second round of EuroBasket 2025 pre-qualifiers to qualifiers.
From the Africa, Americas, and Asia tournaments, the winner advanced to the FOQTs, while two teams from European FOPQTs clinched their spot at FOQTs.
Participation in the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments
Twenty-four teams participated in four tournaments with winners earning the last four berths at the Olympics. Along with the five teams advanced from FOPQTs, 19 teams were selected based on their performance at 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup:
- FIBA Africa – the highest-ranked team from Africa at the World Cup apart from direct qualifiers
- FIBA Americas – the highest-ranked team from the Americas at the World Cup apart from direct qualifiers
- FIBA Asia and FIBA Oceania – the highest-ranked team from Asia/Oceania at the World Cup apart from direct qualifiers
- The next sixteen best-placed teams not directly qualified for the Olympics
Qualified teams
| Qualification method | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified team | |
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| Host nation | N/A | N/A | 1 |  France |
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| 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup | Africa | 25 August – 10 September 2023 |  Philippines Indonesia Japan |
1 |  South Sudan |
| Americas | 2 |  Canada |
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 United States |
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| Asia | 1 |  Japan |
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| Europe | 2 |  Germany |
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 Serbia |
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| Oceania | 1 |  Australia |
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| 2024 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments | 2–7 July 2024 |  Valencia |
1 | Spain |
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 Riga |
1 |  Brazil |
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 Piraeus |
1 | Greece |
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 San Juan |
1 | Puerto Rico |
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| Total | 12 | ||||
Qualification via 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup ranking
- Final standing by FIBA zone
| Qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics via sub-zone rank | |
| Qualify for the 2024 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament | |
| Qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics as the host country |
| # | FIBA Africa (1/5 teams) |
FIBA Americas (2/7 teams) |
FIBA Asia (1/6 teams) |
FIBA Europe (2/12 teams) |
FIBA Oceania (1/2 teams) |
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| Team | W–L | Team | W–L | Team | W–L | Team | W–L | Team | W–L | |
| 1 | South Sudan |
3–2 | Canada |
6–2 | Japan |
3–2 | Germany |
8–0 | Australia |
3–2 |
| 2 |  Egypt |
2–3 | United States |
5–3 |  Lebanon |
2–3 | Serbia |
6–2 |  New Zealand |
2–3 |
| 3 |  Angola |
1–4 | Puerto Rico |
3–2 |  Philippines |
1–4 | Latvia |
6–2 | ||
| 4 |  Ivory Coast |
1–4 | Brazil |
3–2 |  China |
1–4 |  Lithuania |
6–2 | ||
| 5 |  Cape Verde |
1–4 |  Dominican Republic |
3–2 |  Iran |
0–5 |  Slovenia |
5–3 | ||
| 6 |  Mexico |
2–3 |  Jordan |
0–5 |  Italy |
4–4 | ||||
| 7 |  Venezuela |
0–5 | Spain |
3–2 | ||||||
| 8 |  Montenegro |
3–2 | ||||||||
| 9 | Greece |
2–3 | ||||||||
| 10 |  Georgia |
2–3 | ||||||||
| 11 | France |
3–2 | ||||||||
| 12 |  Finland |
2–3 | ||||||||
FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments
| Qualification method | Places | Qualified team |
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| 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup | ||
| Highest-ranked eligible team – Africa | 1 | Egypt |
| Highest-ranked eligible team – Americas | 1 | Puerto Rico |
| Highest-ranked eligible team – Asia and Oceania | 1 | New Zealand |
| Top 16 eligible teams | 16 | Latvia |
| Lithuania |
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| Slovenia |
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| Italy |
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| Spain |
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| Montenegro |
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| Brazil |
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| Dominican Republic |
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| Greece |
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| Georgia |
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| Finland |
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| Lebanon |
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| Philippines |
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| Mexico |
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| Angola |
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| Ivory Coast |
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| 2023 FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournaments (OPQT) | ||
| Winner – FIBA Africa | 1 |  Cameroon |
| Winner – FIBA Americas | 1 |  Bahamas |
| Winner – FIBA Asia | 1 |  Bahrain |
| Winner – FIBA Europe (OPQT1) | 1 |  Poland |
| Winner – FIBA Europe (OPQT2) | 1 |  Croatia |
| Total | 24 | |
FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournaments
The tournaments were held from 12 to 20 August 2023. The draw took place on 1 May 2023. The host cities and seedings were announced on 29 April 2023.
FIBA Africa
| Qualification method | Places | Qualified team | |
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| 2023 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers – Africa | Third (worst-ranked) | 1 |  Senegal |
| Fourth | 2 |  Nigeria |
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 Tunisia |
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| Fifth | 2 |  Guinea |
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 DR Congo |
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| Sixth | 2 |  Uganda |
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| Cameroon |
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| FIBA World Rankings – Africa (November 2022) | 1 |  Mali |
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| Total | 8 | ||
FIBA Asia and Oceania
| Qualification method | Places | Qualified team | |
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| 2023 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers – Asia | Round 2 – Fifth | 2 |  Saudi Arabia |
 Kazakhstan |
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| Round 2 – Sixth | 2 |  India |
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| Bahrain |
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| Round 1 – Fourth | 4 |  South Korea |
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 Chinese Taipei |
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 Indonesia |
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 Syria |
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| Total | 8 | ||
FIBA Americas
| Qualification method | Places | Qualified team | |
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| 2023 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers – Americas | Fourth (worst-ranked) | 1 |  Argentina |
| Fifth | 2 |  Panama |
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 Uruguay |
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| Sixth | 2 | Bahamas |
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 Colombia |
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| FIBA World Rankings – Americas (November 2022) | 3 |  Virgin Islands |
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 Chile |
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 Cuba |
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| Total | 8 | ||
FIBA Europe
| Qualification method | Places | Qualified team | |
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| 2023 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers – Europe | Fourth | 4 |  Turkey |
 Sweden |
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 Hungary |
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 Iceland |
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| Fifth | 4 |  Belgium |
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 Israel |
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 Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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 Ukraine |
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| Sixth | 4 |  Great Britain |
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 Estonia |
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 Czech Republic |
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 Netherlands |
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| EuroBasket 2025 Pre-Qualifiers | First | 3 |  Macedonia |
| Poland |
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 Portugal |
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| Reallocation of unused quota | 1 | Croatia |
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| FIBA World Rankings – Europe (November 2022) | 1 |  Bulgaria |
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| Total | 16 | ||
