FIBA is pleased to announce that the Draw Ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Basketball Tournaments, for both women and men, will take\u00a0place on Tuesday, February 2nd at the Patrick Baumann House of Basketball in Mies, Switzerland.<\/p>\n
Due to the current health pandemic, the Draw will take place behind closed doors and will be streamed across FIBA’s digital channels on\u00a0YouTube<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0at 10:30 local time\u00a0(CET\/GMT +1).<\/p>\n Here are the draw procedures for both tournaments:<\/p>\n Twelve teams have qualified for\u00a0the Tokyo 2020 Women’s Olympic Basketball Tournament, representing five continents.\u00a0They are:<\/span><\/p>\n Africa: Nigeria Each team will be allocated to four pots based on\u00a0the FIBA Women’s World Ranking, presented by Nike<\/a>. The Draw will distribute the teams in three groups of four teams each and all teams will be drawn and placed into\u00a0e<\/span>it<\/span>he<\/span>r\u00a0Group A, B or C.\u00a0<\/em><\/span>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.<\/p>\n Below is the draw procedure for the Tokyo 2020 Women’s Olympic Basketball Tournament:<\/p>\nWomen’s Olympic Basketball Tournament Draw Procedure<\/h4>\n
\n<\/span>Americas: Canada, Puerto Rico and the USA
\n<\/span>Asia: China, Japan (host) and Korea
\nEurope: Belgium, France, Serbia and Spain
\nOceania: Australia<\/p>\n