2024 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments

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]

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

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   Sydney 1   United States
EuroBasket Women 2023 15–25 June 2023   Ljubljana
  Tel Aviv
6   Belgium
  Spain
  France
  Hungary
  Serbia
  Germany
2023 FIBA Women's Asia Cup 26 June – 2 July 2023   Sydney 4   China
  Japan
  Australia
  New Zealand
2023 FIBA Women's AmeriCup 1–9 July 2023   León 1   Brazil
2023 Women's Afrobasket 28 July – 6 August 2023   Kigali 2   Nigeria
  Senegal
FIBA Women's Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament – Americas 9–12 November 2023   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.