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Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification facts for kids

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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.

Method

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
Host nation N/A N/A 1  France
2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup Africa 25 August – 10 September 2023  Philippines
 Indonesia
 Japan
1  South Sudan
Americas 2  Canada
 United States
Asia 1  Japan
Europe 2  Germany
 Serbia
Oceania 1  Australia
2024 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments 2–7 July 2024 Spain Valencia 1  Spain
Latvia Riga 1  Brazil
Greece Piraeus 1  Greece
Puerto Rico San Juan 1  Puerto Rico
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)
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
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
 Slovenia
 Italy
 Spain
 Montenegro
 Brazil
 Dominican Republic
 Greece
 Georgia
 Finland
 Lebanon
 Philippines
 Mexico
 Angola
 Ivory Coast
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
2023 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers – Africa Third (worst-ranked) 1  Senegal
Fourth 2  Nigeria
 Tunisia
Fifth 2  Guinea
 DR Congo
Sixth 2  Uganda
 Cameroon
FIBA World Rankings – Africa (November 2022) 1  Mali
Total 8

FIBA Asia and Oceania

Qualification method Places Qualified team
2023 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers – Asia Round 2 – Fifth 2  Saudi Arabia
 Kazakhstan
Round 2 – Sixth 2  India
 Bahrain
Round 1 – Fourth 4  South Korea
 Chinese Taipei
 Indonesia
 Syria
Total 8

FIBA Americas

Qualification method Places Qualified team
2023 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers – Americas Fourth (worst-ranked) 1  Argentina
Fifth 2  Panama
 Uruguay
Sixth 2  Bahamas
 Colombia
FIBA World Rankings – Americas (November 2022) 3  Virgin Islands
 Chile
 Cuba
Total 8

FIBA Europe

Qualification method Places Qualified team
2023 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers – Europe Fourth 4  Turkey
 Sweden
 Hungary
 Iceland
Fifth 4  Belgium
 Israel
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Ukraine
Sixth 4  Great Britain
 Estonia
 Czech Republic
 Netherlands
EuroBasket 2025 Pre-Qualifiers First 3  Macedonia
 Poland
 Portugal
Reallocation of unused quota 1  Croatia
FIBA World Rankings – Europe (November 2022) 1  Bulgaria
Total 16
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