Four spots are up for grabs this week for the men’s basketball tournament at the 2024 Olympics. At four tournaments around the world, Luka Doncic, Giannis Antetokounmpo and other familiar faces will compete for their respective countries; the winner of each tournament will qualify for the Paris Olympics.
Doncic, who represents Slovenia (alongside Vlatko Cancar and Zoran Dragic) just weeks after his first trip to NBA The finals are over and Antetokounmpo, who is representing Greece (alongside his brother Kostas, Nick Calathes, Georgios Papagiannis, Kostas Papanikolaou and Thomas Walkup) in his return from a calf injury suffered in April, are both competing in Piraeus, Greece. Croatia (with Dario Saric, Ivica Zubac and Mario Hezonja), Dominican Republic (with Chris Duarte), New Zealand and Egypt.
In Valencia, Spain, the host country (with Santi Aldama, Ousmane Garuba, Juan NuñezSergio Llull, Rudy Fernandez, Lonrezo Brown and Juancho and Willy Hernangomez) is competing against the Bahamas (with Deandre Ayton, Buddy Hield And Eric Gordon), Poland (with Jeremy Sochan) Angola (with Bruno Fernando), Lebanon and Finland. Finland, in particular, has not Lauri Markkanen on his list, due to the shoulder injury he suffered in March.
In San Juan, Puerto Rico, the host country (with Jose Alvarado, Tremont Waters And Davon Reed) is competing against Lithuania (with Domantas SabonisDomantas Motiejunas, Mindaugus Kuzminskas and Deividas Sirvydis), Italy (with Danilo Gallinari, Nicolò Melli And Nico Mannion), Mexico, Ivory Coast and Bahrain.
In Riga, Latvia, the host country (with Davis and Dairis Bertans, Rodion Kurucs and Janis Timma) is competing against Brazil (with Gui Santos, Bruno Caboclo, Cristiano Felicio, Raul NetoMarcelo Huertas and Didi Louzada), Montenegro (with Nikola Vucevic), Georgia (with Goga Bitadze and Tornike Shengalia), Philippines and Cameroon. There are two groups in each tournament.
From Tuesday to Thursday, each team will play the other two teams in its group. The top two teams from each group in each tournament will play in the semifinals on Saturday, with a chance to advance to the final on Sunday. The winner of each tournament will travel to France, where the basketball portion of the schedule begins in Lille on July 27. France, as host of the Olympics, has already qualified, as have Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan, Serbia, South Sudan and the United States.
How to watch the Olympic basketball qualifiers
All qualifying matches are available on At the edge of the field 1891FIBA streaming platform.
Schedule and results of the Olympic basketball qualifying tournament
(All times are Eastern Time)
Tuesday July 2nd
Bahamas 96, Finland 85
Spain 104, Lebanon 59
Dominican Republic 90, Egypt 77
Brazil 81, Montenegro 72
Latvia 83, Georgia 55
Croatia 108, Slovenia 92
Italy 114, Bahrain 53
Lithuania 96, Mexico 84
Wednesday July 3
Montenegro 70, Cameroon 66
New Zealand 90, Croatia 86
Bahamas 90, Poland 81
Philippines 89, Latvia 80
Greece 89, Dominican Republic 82
Spain 89, Angola 81
Lithuania – Ivory Coast, 5:30 p.m.
Bahrain vs Puerto Rico, 8:30 p.m.
Thursday July 4th
Philippines vs Georgia, 8:30am
New Zealand v Slovenia, 10:30am
Angola vs Lebanon, 11:30
Cameroon – Brazil, 12h
Greece – Egypt, 2:00 p.m.
Poland – Finland, 2:30 p.m.
Ivory Coast vs Mexico, 5:30 p.m.
Puerto Rico vs. Italy, 8:30 p.m.
Saturday July 6th
Semi-finals, to be determined
Sunday July 7th
Finals, to be determined
