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Paris Olympics basketball draw: Chinese women’s basketball team avoids draw
Xinhua News Agency, Geneva, March 19 (Reporter Shan Lei) The draw ceremony for the men’s and women’s basketball competitions at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games was held at the FIBA headquarters on the 19th. The Chinese women’s basketball team got a good draw and avoided the defending champion United States team in the group stage. and host France.
The Chinese women’s basketball team entered Group A. The other teams in this group are Serbia, Spain and Puerto Rico. Although the strength of these teams should not be underestimated, they are still much easier than Group C. The Tokyo Olympic champion and runner-up team, the United States and Japan, are in Group C. In the same group are the European champion Belgium and the German team, which is participating in the Olympic women’s basketball competition for the first time. Group B includes the Tokyo Olympics bronze medalist France and the World Cup third-place Australian team. Canada and Nigeria are also in Group B.
Only 8 of the 12 quotas for the Olympic men’s basketball team have been selected, and the remaining 4 quotas will be selected in the Olympic qualifying games held in four divisions from July 2 to 7. The host France team is in Group B with the new world champion Germany team. This group also includes the Japanese team and the winner of the Latvian qualifying round. The defending Olympic champions, the United States, are in Group C with Serbia and South Sudan. This group also includes the winner of the Puerto Rico qualifying round. Group A includes the Australian team, the Canadian team and the champions of the other two qualifying rounds.
The men’s and women’s basketball competitions of the Paris Olympic Games will be held from July 27 to August 11. The group stage will be held in Lille and the final stage will be held in Paris.
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