2024 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments

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2024 FIBA Olympic
Qualifying Tournaments
For Women
Tournament details
Host countryChina
Belgium
Brazil
Hungary
Dates8–11 February
Teams16
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
2020
2028

The 2024 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments were the four women's basketball tournaments that were contested by 16 national teams, where the top teams earned a place in the 2024 Summer Olympics basketball tournament. It was held from 8 to 11 February 2024.[1]

Format[edit]

The 16 teams were divided into four groups (Groups A–D) for the qualifying tournaments.

Teams[edit]

Qualification method Date Venue Berths Qualified team
2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 22 September –1 October 2022 Australia Sydney 1  United States
EuroBasket Women 2023 15–25 June 2023 Slovenia Ljubljana
Israel Tel Aviv
6  Belgium
 Spain
 France
 Hungary
 Serbia
 Germany
2023 FIBA Women's Asia Cup 26 June – 2 July 2023 Australia Sydney 4  China
 Japan
 Australia
 New Zealand
2023 FIBA Women's AmeriCup 1–9 July 2023 Mexico León 1  Brazil
2023 Women's Afrobasket 28 July – 6 August 2023 Rwanda Kigali 2  Nigeria
 Senegal
FIBA Women's Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament – Americas 9–12 November 2023 Colombia Medellín 2  Canada
 Puerto Rico
Total 16

Draw[edit]

The draw took place on 5 October 2023.[2][3]

Seeding[edit]

The seeding was announced on 4 October 2023 and was based on the FIBA Women's World Rankings[4]

Pot 1
Team Pos
 United States 1
 China 2
 Australia 3
 Spain 4
Pot 2
Team Pos
 Canada[a] 5
 Belgium 6
 France 7
 Brazil 8
Pot 3
Team Pos
 Japan 9
 Serbia 10
 Nigeria 11
 Puerto Rico[b] 12
Pot 4
Team Pos
 Hungary 19
 Senegal 20
 New Zealand 23
 Germany 25
  1. ^ This spot would eventually be ocuppied by Canada, who were at the time of the draw was ranked 5th.
  2. ^ This spot would eventually be ocuppied by Puerto Rico, who were at the time of the draw was ranked 12th.

The following draw principles applied:[4]

  • The four hosts (Belgium, Brazil, China and Hungary) were automatically allocated to the tournament in their country.
  • France and USA could not be drawn into the same tournament.
  • Each tournament had to have a minimum of one and a maximum of two European teams.
  • China and Japan could not be drawn into the same tournament.
  • Australia and New Zealand could not be drawn into the same tournament.
  • Each tournament had to contain one team from the Americas.
  • The two African teams, Nigeria and Senegal, had to be drawn into the same tournament to ensure all regions are represented at the Olympic basketball tournament.

Tournaments[edit]

Tournament 1[edit]

The tournament was held in Xi'an, China.

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  France[a] 3 3 0 264 129 +135 6 Summer Olympics
2  China (H) 3 2 1 249 198 +51 5
3  Puerto Rico 3 1 2 178 260 −82 4
4  New Zealand 3 0 3 153 257 −104 3
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ France was already qualified as the host nation.

Tournament 2[edit]

The tournament was held in Antwerp, Belgium.

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  United States[a] 3 3 0 282 164 +118 6 Summer Olympics
2  Belgium (H) 3 2 1 254 208 +46 5
3  Nigeria 3 1 2 179 243 −64 4
4  Senegal 3 0 3 170 270 −100 3
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ The United States was already qualified as World Cup winners.

Tournament 3[edit]

The tournament was held in Belém, Brazil.

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 3 3 0 220 180 +40 6 Summer Olympics
2  Germany 3 2 1 198 222 −24 5
3  Serbia 3 1 2 211 213 −2 4
4  Brazil (H) 3 0 3 191 205 −14 3
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts

Tournament 4[edit]

The tournament was held in Sopron, Hungary.

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 3 2 1 247 238 +9 5[a] Summer Olympics
2  Spain 3 2 1 208 213 −5 5[a]
3  Canada 3 1 2 204 201 +3 4[b]
4  Hungary (H) 3 1 2 208 215 −7 4[b]
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Spain 75−86 Japan
  2. ^ a b Hungary 55−67 Canada

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "FIBA confirms timeline for the hosts of next summer's OQT". eurohoops.net. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments the next stop on the Road to Paris 2024". FIBA. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  3. ^ "FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments 2024 Draw completed in Sopron". FIBA. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Jelena Brooks and Lenke Kiss to perform Draw for the FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments 2024". FIBA. Retrieved 4 October 2023.