Canada’s men’s basketball team now knows seven of its competitors at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Germany and Serbia joined the field on Wednesday by being the final two European teams remaining in the FIBA World Cup.
Canada’s quarterfinal win over Slovenia guaranteed Olympic berths for Germany and Serbia, who both have advanced to the World Cup semifinals.
Germany, coached by Canadian coach Gord Herbert, beat Latvia 81-79 in a quarterfinal on Wednesday, while Serbia beat Lithuania 87-68 on Tuesday
Host France, Australia, Japan, South Sudan and the U.S. also have secured Olympic spots.
The Canadians earned their berth with an 88-85 come-from-behind win against Spain in Jakarta, Indonesia on Sunday. In doing so, Canada joined the U.S. as one of two automatic qualifiers from the Americas. Brazil, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic all failed to move on at the FIBA World Cup, which opened the door for Canada at the tournament, which is also serving as an Olympic qualifying event.
The Olympic tournament will feature 12 teams, with the remaining four nations coming from four final qualifying tournaments taking place next year.
Those final qualifying tournaments will give 24 teams one last shot at the Games. Bahamas, Bahrain, Cameroon, Croatia, and Poland have spots in that event, with the remaining 19 invitations to be handed out at the World Cup. According to FIBA.com: “The highest placed team for each region of Africa, Americas, and Asia/Oceania, after the eight teams directly qualified, will be awarded berths (to the qualifying tournaments), with the remaining spots filled by the next 16 highest-placed teams at the World Cup.”
The four qualifying-tournament winners will then earn a trip to Paris.
Canada finished seventh at the 2000 Sydney Games, losing to France in the quarterfinals. The last time the men won an Olympic medal was at the 1936 Berlin Games, when they fell 19-8 to the U.S. and settled for silver.
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