Australia will play in this Group in the games:
B GROUP
AUSTRALIA
PRE-OLYMPIC WINNER BELGRADE (Dominican Republic, New Zealand, Serbia, Puerto Rico, Italy and Senegal)
PRE-OLYMPIC SPLIT WINNER (Germany, Russia, Mexico, Tunisia, Croatia and Brazil)
NIGERIA
Little by little more information about the basketball tournament of the Tokyo Olympic Games is being known. For now, the changes to the competition system and the dates of the draw, which will take place on February 2, have been confirmed. Regarding the system, the main change is that instead of two groups, there will be 3 groups in the initial phase, and that the champion will play a total of 6 games instead of the usual 8.
Competition system
Group stage
The 12 participating teams are divided into 3 groups (A, B and C) of 4 teams each. This stage of the competition is played in a free-for-all format, with each team playing against all other teams in their group (a total of 3 matches for each team).
The teams that finish first and second in each group and the best 2 third in the Group Phase qualify for the Final Phase. The remaining 4 teams no longer participate in the competition.
Final phase
A draw will be held after the conclusion of the Group Phase to determine the quarterfinal pairings. The winners of the groups (3 teams) and the team in second place with the best result (1 team) of the Group Phase are placed in a pot (D), while the remaining 2 teams in second place and 2 best in third place teams in another pot (E). Teams from the same group in the Group Stage cannot meet each other in the quarterfinals.
This stage of the competition is played in an eliminatory format and the draw will produce an Olympic support for the path to the gold medal.
To be crowned Olympic champion, a team must play 6 games: 3 in the group stage and 3 in the final stage (quarter-finals, semi-finals, gold match) instead of 8 as in previous tournaments.
Draw
PROCEDURE FOR THE FEMALE CATEGORY
These 12 teams have qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Women’s Olympic Basketball Tournament representing the five continents: Nigeria (Africa), Canada, Puerto Rico, USA (America), China, Japan (host) and Korea (Asia) , Belgium, France, Serbia, Spain (Europe) and Australia (Oceania)
Each team will be assigned to four pots according to the FIBA Women’s World Ranking, presented by Nike. The draw will distribute the teams into 3 groups of 4 teams each and all teams will be drawn and placed in Group A, B or C. There can be a maximum of one group with two European teams and no more than one other team. continents in the same group.
PROCEDURE FOR THE MALE CATEGORY:
So far these 8 teams have already qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Men’s Olympic Basketball Tournament representing the five continents: Nigeria (Africa), Argentina, USA (America), Iran and Japan (host) (Asia), France, Spain (Europe) and Australia (Oceania)
The remaining 4 will be awarded to the four teams that win the FIBA Olympic Qualification Tournaments scheduled from June 29 to July 4, 2021, in Victoria (Canada); Split (Croatia); Kaunas (Lithuania); and Belgrade (Serbia).
The 12 teams will be divided into four pots according to the FIBA Men’s World Ranking, presented by Nike. The distribution of the future winners of the four FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments is based on the team with the highest ranking in each event. The draw will distribute the teams into 3 groups of 4 teams each. There can be a maximum of two European teams in the same group and no more than one team from other continents in the same group. All teams will be drawn and placed in Group A, B or C.
