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A 20-player roster was announced on June 19, 2024. [7] Andrew Wiggins and Zach Edey withdrew on June 29 and 30 respectively. [8] Oshae Brissett and Kyle Alexander were released on July 3, 2024. [9]
A 16-player roster was announced on 11 June 2024. [3] Several active EuroLeague or NBA players who have previously won medals with the Serbia national team, including Miloš Teodosić, Nikola Kalinić, Stefan Jović, Boban Marjanović, and Nemanja Nedović, were not included in the call-up or declined the invitation for various reasons.
The 2024 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments includes teams whose rosters consists of 12 players; a team may opt to have one naturalized player as per FIBA eligibility rules in their roster. Player ages are as of 2 July 2024, the first day of the tournament.
The Olympic basketball for Lithuania started slowly, laboring to a victory against the African champions Angola 78–63, with their opponents shooting an excellent 52% from the three-point line. Lithuanian national team also had difficulties with Puerto Rico, depending on a high average of three-pointers to beat the NBA-heavy squad by 98–90.
The men's national basketball team of the United States competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, and won the gold medal.They qualified for the Olympics as one of the top two FIBA Basketball World Cup finishers from the Americas in 2023. [1]
It was the first time that the Greek national team won a major tournament in any sport, instantly making basketball the national sport while the national team became cherished throughout the country. The European champions failed to qualify for the 1988 Summer Olympic Games for a first time in 36 years, despite a decent performance in the pre ...
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. G: 3 Mohammadsina Vahedi: 20 – () 8 January 2001 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Shahrdari Gorgan: PG: 5 Philip Jalalpoor: 28 – () 14 June 1993
The new team secured the help of the NBA's Chicago Bulls' star Luol Deng, as he led the national team to promotion from EuroBasket Division B to Division A. FIBA stated that Great Britain had to improve their competitiveness prior to being granted the spot in the Olympic tournament that would normally be reserved for the host nation.