FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament

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2021-07-12
There was a constant that connected all the Olympic Qualifying tournaments: none of the teams that hosted the tournaments were able to qualify for the Olympic Games in Tokyo. Not a single one. Lithuania, Croatia, Canada, and Serbia went home without that golden ticket to Tokyo. BasketNews continues its series of reviews about countries with strong basketball traditions and winning history. We've ...
2021-07-11
BasketNews returns with a series of articles about recognized basketball countries that have been underperforming for the past few years. We have already recapped the struggles of basketball in Greece and the state of Croatian basketball. Today - Lithuania's turn and their upcoming changes. The Lithuanian National Team lost to Slovenia on their home turf in the Olympic Qualification Tournament and ...
2021-07-10
BasketNews continues its series of articles about recognized basketball countries that have been underperforming for extended periods of time. Yesterday we presented the state of Greek basketball, while today we dive into Croatia's basketball situation. It is strange to read quotes in one of the biggest news websites in Croatia stating that the debacle in Split during the Olympic Qualifying ...
2021-07-09
Greece, Lithuania, Serbia, Croatia. What do all these European countries have in common? Well, for starters, they used to have very strong basketball national teams. Olympic Games, EuroBaskets, World Cups would have been unthinkable without them. But it's all in the past now. The upcoming Tokyo Olympics will take place in their absence. Is it another sign of decadence? Does it mean that those ...
2021-07-08
Luka Doncic is, maybe, a difficult person, they said. It's not clear how many people will be excited to play with Luka, they said. Before starting the Olympic mission, Luka put all that NBA noise behind the Slovenia National Team camp doors. There were at least eleven basketball players, specifically from Slovenia, who were very excited to share the floor with Luka Doncic. And playing with Luka ...
2021-07-07
A dominant 97-72 win over Greece in the final of the FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Victoria, Canada, made sure that the Czech Republic's national team was going to the Summer Olympics for the first time since the formation of the country back in 1993. As Czechoslovakia, the team last appeared in the biggest summer sporting event in 1980. The last decade brought a whole new level of success ...
2021-07-06
48 hours after it still feels surreal and it'll probably continue to feel surreal, no matter what. Italy will play in the Olympic Games again, 17 years have passed since their last appearance, which was in Athens in 2004 when the Italian NT got the silver medal. I was 15 years old when that happened, Italy playing against Argentina in the basketball tournament final at the Olympic Games. Since ...