Tokyo 2020 Olympic Basketball Tournaments Draw set for February 2nd
FIBA is pleased to announce that the Draw Ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Basketball Tournaments, for both women and men, will take place on Tuesday, February 2nd at the Patrick Baumann House of Basketball in Mies, Switzerland
FIBA is pleased to announce that the Draw Ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Basketball Tournaments, for both women and men, will take place on Tuesday, February 2nd at the Patrick Baumann House of Basketball in Mies, Switzerland.
Due to the current health pandemic, the Draw will take place behind closed doors and will be streamed across FIBA’s digital channels on YouTube and Facebook at 10:30 local time (CET/GMT +1).
Here are the draw procedures for both tournaments:
Women’s Olympic Basketball Tournament Draw Procedure
Twelve teams have qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Women’s Olympic Basketball Tournament, representing five continents. They are:
Africa: Nigeria
Americas: Canada, Puerto Rico and the USA
Asia: China, Japan (host) and Korea
Europe: Belgium, France, Serbia and Spain
Oceania: Australia
Each team will be allocated to four pots based on the FIBA Women’s World Ranking, presented by Nike. The Draw will distribute the teams in three groups of four teams each and all teams will be drawn and placed into either Group A, B or C. There can be a maximum of one group with two European teams and no more than one team from other continents in the same group.
Below is the draw procedure for the Tokyo 2020 Women’s Olympic Basketball Tournament:
For more information about the Olympic Qualification system, click here.