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On July 2, in the tournament in Riga, Latvia will meet with Georgia and a day later – with the Philippines. On July 6, the semi-finals will take place, in which the teams that won the first place in the groups will meet the second place holders of the other group, and on July 7, the decisive match for the Olympic ticket will take place.
In Valencia, Spain, Lebanon and Angola will play in Group A, while Poland, Finland and the Bahamas will meet in Group B.
In Piraeus, Slovenia, New Zealand and Croatia will play in Group A, while Greece, Dominican Republic and Egypt will play in Group B.
In San Juan, Lithuania, Mexico and Ivory Coast will play in Group A, while Puerto Rico, Italy and Bahrain will meet in Group B.
A total of 24 teams, six national teams each, will participate in the four qualifying tournaments. Only four tournament winners will qualify for the Games.
The qualification tournaments will be held from July 2 to 7, 2024, while the men’s basketball tournament at the Paris Olympic Games will take place from July 27 to August 10, with the group tournaments being held in Lille, and the decisive battles in Paris.
A place in the Olympic tournament has already been secured by the host country France, as well as Germany, Serbia, Canada, the USA, Australia, Japan and South Sudan, which won their tickets to the World Cup.
The Latvian men’s basketball team started in the Olympic tournament in 1936, when they beat Uruguay 20:17, lost to Canada 13:24 and Poland 23:28, dividing 15th-18th in the 21-team competition. place.
The Olympic qualification tournament has been played twice so far without reaching the games. In 1992, in the group tournament in Granada, Latvia won three out of six games, in 2016, in Belgrade, Latvia celebrated victories in both games in the group tournament, but in the semi-finals, they lost 70:77 to the team of Puerto Rico.
