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The next 16 best teams from the FIBA World Cup will join the two teams from each continent at the Olympic qualifiers. It will feature four groups of six teams, where the best team of each group will get the remaining spots at the Olympics. The continental championships will no longer be used for Olympic qualifying.
It was the oldest U.S. men's basketball team, averaging 30 years and 9 months when the Games started, surpassing the 1996 team's average of 29 years, 10 months old. [5] Hill said that he felt obliged to include James (age 39), Curry (36), and Durant (35) after they publicly committed to playing in the 2024 Olympics. [18]
LeBron James (USA, in white) attempts a shot against China's Yao Ming at the 2008 Olympics.. Basketball is a sport contested at the Summer Olympic Games.A men's basketball tournament was first held at the 1904 Olympics as a demonstration; it has been held at every Summer Olympics since 1936.
The field is set for the 2024 Paris Olympic men's basketball knockout round. Here's the bracket and schedule. Olympic basketball schedule, bracket: How to watch, stream 2024 men's knockout rounds
Team USA has dominated men's 5x5 basketball at the Olympics, winning 16 of 20 gold medals since the event made its debut as a medal sport in 1936.
United States guard Stephen Curry (4) celebrates with the gold medal after the USA beat France in the men's basketball gold medal game at the Paris Olympics at Accor Arena in Paris on Aug. 10, 2024.
The basketball competitions at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, were held from 27 July to 11 August 2024. [1] Preliminary 5x5 basketball matches occurred at Stade Pierre-Mauroy in Lille, with the final phase staged at the Bercy Arena (not referred to as the Accor Arena due to IOC rules disallowing Olympic host venues to be named after corporate sponsors) in Paris.
The U.S. men’s basketball team defeated host country France on Saturday for its fifth straight Olympic gold medal, 98-87. But the French didn’t make it easy.