Major Announcement on NBA and Olympics

The Schedule for the Summer Olympics Qualifying Tournaments has been announced. This will determine the final four men's basketball teams who will compete for gold at the Summer Olympics in Paris, France. The tournaments will begin July 2nd with the finals being played on July 7th.

A total of 12 men's basketball teams will compete at the Olympics and eight of those spots have already been Secured. Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Serbia, South Sudan, and the U.S. have already secured their spot in Paris.

The Olympics are set to be as exciting as ever with some more major stars committing to compete this year than in the last few Olympics. The USA team in particular seems as stacked as ever.


Here is a breakdown of the tournaments:

Valencia, Spain

Group A: Angola, Lebanon, Spain
Group B: Bahamas, Finland, Poland

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Group A: Ivory Coast, Lithuania, Mexico
Group B: Bahrain, Italy, Puerto Rico

Riga, Latvia

Group A: Georgia, Latvia, Philippines
Group B: Brazil, Cameroon, Montenegro

Piraeus, Greece

Group A: Croatia, New Zealand, Slovenia
Group B: Dominican Republic, Egypt, Greece

The Olympics will begin a few weeks after tournaments finals on July 26th.

Source:HoopsRumors