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Bryan Kalbrosky

24 national hoops teams who will compete for the final 4 spots in the 2024 Olympics

Only 12 national teams will compete to win basketball gold at the 2024 Olympics in Paris and we already know eight of the competitors.

24 teams, however, are eligible to compete for the final four spots in the tournament. The following teams, many of which qualified based on their play at the 2023 FIBA World Cup, will be divided into four groups of six at the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in July 2024.

Each tournament will be hosted by one of the six participating national federations. Each continent is expected to host one of the four FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments.

The winner of each of these four tournaments will join the eight teams that have already qualified, including the USA and Canada, at the Paris Olympics.

Some of the national teams with the most medals in Olympic basketball history (e.g. Spain, Brazil, Lithuania and Italy) are among those who will have to fight for a spot in Paris.

Several notable players (e.g. Slovenia’s Luka Doncic, Greece’s Giannis Antetokounmpo, Dominican Republic’s Karl-Anthony Towns, Finland’s Lauri Markkanen and Latvia’s Kristaps Porzingis) will need to use this tournament to advance as well.

1
Spain

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FIBA WORLD RANKING: 2

Qualified: Top 16 eligible teams remaining from FIBA World Cup

2
Latvia

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FIBA WORLD RANKING: 8

Qualified: Top 16 eligible teams remaining from FIBA World Cup

3
Lithuania

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FIBA WORLD RANKING: 10

Qualified: Top 16 eligible teams remaining from FIBA World Cup

4
Slovenia

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FIBA WORLD RANKING: 11

Qualified: Top 16 eligible teams remaining from FIBA World Cup

5
Brazil

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FIBA WORLD RANKING: 12

Qualified: Top 16 eligible teams remaining from FIBA World Cup

6
Italy

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FIBA WORLD RANKING: 13

Qualified: Top 16 eligible teams remaining from FIBA World Cup

7
Greece

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FIBA WORLD RANKING: 14

Qualified: Top 16 eligible teams remaining from FIBA World Cup

8
Poland

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FIBA WORLD RANKING: 15

Qualified: FIBA Europe Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament Winner (Part 1)

9
Puerto Rico

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FIBA WORLD RANKING: 16

Qualified: Highest-ranked FIBA Americas team remaining at World Cup

10
Montenegro

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FIBA WORLD RANKING: 17

Qualified: Top 16 eligible teams remaining from FIBA World Cup

11
Dominican Republic

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FIBA WORLD RANKING: 18

Qualified: Top 16 eligible teams remaining from FIBA World Cup

12
Finland

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FIBA WORLD RANKING: 20

Qualified: Top 16 eligible teams remaining from FIBA World Cup

13
New Zealand

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FIBA WORLD RANKING: 21

Qualified: Highest-ranked FIBA Oceania/Asia team remaining at World Cup

14
Georgia

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FIBA WORLD RANKING: 23

Qualified: Top 16 eligible teams remaining from FIBA World Cup

15
Mexico

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FIBA WORLD RANKING: 25

Qualified: Top 16 eligible teams remaining from FIBA World Cup

16
Lebanon

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FIBA WORLD RANKING: 28

Qualified: Top 16 eligible teams remaining from FIBA World Cup

17
Croatia

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FIBA WORLD RANKING: 30

Qualified: FIBA Europe Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament Winner (Part 2)

18
Ivory Coast

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FIBA WORLD RANKING: 33

Qualified: Top 16 eligible teams remaining from FIBA World Cup

19
Angola

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FIBA WORLD RANKING: 34

Qualified: Top 16 eligible teams remaining from FIBA World Cup

20
Philippines

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FIBA WORLD RANKING: 38

Qualified: Top 16 eligible teams remaining from FIBA World Cup

21
Egypt

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FIBA WORLD RANKING: 41

Qualified: Highest-ranked FIBA Africa team remaining at World Cup

22
Bahamas

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FIBA WORLD RANKING: 57

Qualified: FIBA Americas Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament Winner

23
Cameroon

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FIBA WORLD RANKING: 67

Qualified: FIBA Africa Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament Winner

24
Bahrain

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FIBA WORLD RANKING: 69

Qualified: FIBA Asia Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament Winner

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