Following FIBA OQTs, Tokyo 2020 Men's Olympics Basketball Tournament field set
BELGRADE / KAUNAS / SPLIT / VICTORIA (Serbia / Lithuania / Croatia / Canada) - The Czech Republic, Germany, Italy and Slovenia complete the Men's Olympic Basketball field for Tokyo 2020 by winning their respective FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments.
On June 29, the four Olympic Qualifying Tournament began in Belgrade, Kaunas, Split and Victoria and concluded with the Finals on July 4, with each of the four countries that emerged victorious from their respective six-team tourney earning their participation in the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Twelve countries will compete in Tokyo for Olympic Gold in Men’s Basketball. The FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 produced seven directly qualified teams for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Japan received automatic qualification as the hosts of the event.
The OQT winners join the eight previously qualified countries: Argentina, Australia, France, Iran, Japan, Nigeria, Spain, USA.
The field for the Men's #Tokyo2020 Basketball Tournament is now complete ✅ pic.twitter.com/WdMQgyIdag
— FIBA (@FIBA) July 5, 2021
Originally slated for the summer of 2020, the Tokyo Olympics will take place from July 23 to August 8. This will be Tokyo’s second time hosting the Olympics, having also hosted the 1964 Games.
To find out more about the clutch play and defining moments that led to their Olympic qualification, click on the respective FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament game report below:
OQT Belgrade: Serbia v Italy
OQT Kaunas: Lithuania v Slovenia
OQT Split: Brazil v Germany
OQT Victoria: Czech Republic v Greece
The qualifying teams' performance were also assisted by notable individual performances that earned one player from each tournament the TISSOT Most Valuable Player award. Here are the winners:
OQT Belgrade: Achille Polonara
OQT Kaunas: Luka Doncic
OQT Split: Moritz Wagner
OQT Victoria: Tomas Satoransky
For images from the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments, here are the links:
OQT Belgrade: Image Gallery
OQT Kaunas: Image Gallery
OQT Split: Image Gallery
OQT Victoria: Image Gallery
Slovenia celebrating winning the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Kaunas, Lithuania
Italy celebrate on court after earning their Tokyo 2020 ticket through the Olympic qualifier in Belgrade
Germany with their golden ticket to Tokyo 2020 after winning the FIBA OQT Split
The Czech Republic celebrate earning their tickets to Tokyo 2020 after winning the OQT Victoria
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