FIBA on Monday released a final list of
national teams that are through to the Olympic event for women. The completion
of the 12-team field for the Women’s Olympic Basketball Tournament Paris 2024
was reached following the successful conclusion of the four FIBA Women’s
Olympic Qualifying Tournaments, in Antwerp, Belgium; Belem, Brazil; Xi’An,
China and Sopron, Hungary.
A total of 11 teams already have previous Olympic
appearance, but there was a significant new chapter written for Germany, who
will make history when they appear at the Games for the very first time.
The last tickets to the Olympic Games
were claimed on Sunday by Canada, Germany, Japan, Serbia and Spain. Australia,
Belgium, China, Nigeria and Puerto Rico qualified on Friday and Saturday
respectively.
FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup 2022
champions USA and the hosts of the Olympic Games, France, had guaranteed spots
in the Olympics ahead of the FIBA Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournaments.
The full list of the 2024 Women’s Olympic
Basketball Tournament teams is as follows: Australia, Belgium, Canada, China,
France, Germany, Japan, Nigeria, Puerto Rico, Serbia, Spain and USA.
Emma Meesseman (Belgium), Gabby Williams
(France), Mai Yamamoto (Japan) and Ezi Magbegor (Australia) all received TISSOT
MVP awards following impressive individual displays at the respective
tournaments.
The Women’s Olympic Basketball Tournament
Paris 2024 will take place from July 29 to August 11.
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