OLYM - Watch Olympic draw live and for free today
RIO DE JANEIRO (Olympics) - With the start of the Olympic Games less than three months away, another major milestone will be passed today, with the draw for the men's and women's Basketball Tournaments. The draw can be watched live and for free on FIBAtv.com or followed in real time on draws.fiba.com at 16:00 CET (11:00 local time). For both ...
RIO DE JANEIRO (Olympics) - With the start of the Olympic Games less than three months away, another major milestone will be passed today, with the draw for the men's and women's Basketball Tournaments.
The draw can be watched live and for free on FIBAtv.com or followed in real time on draws.fiba.com at 16:00 CET (11:00 local time).
For both tournaments, the qualified teams will be drawn into two groups of six teams each.
Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China, France, Great Britain, Spain, Tunisia and USA go into the draw for the Men's tournament, with the final three teams being decided at the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men in Caracas, Venezuela from 2 to 8 July.
Angola, Australia, Brazil, China, Great Britain, Russia and USA go into the draw for the Women's tournament, with the final five teams being decided at the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Women in Ankara, Turkey from 25 June to 1 July.
The two Olympic Basketball Tournaments will then see teams play the five other teams in their respective groups during the Preliminary Round.
The top four classified teams from each group will then move on to the Quarter-Finals of a standard knock-out tournament.
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