Bahamas has by no means despatched its males’s basketball workforce to the Olympics. The island nation is one step nearer to altering that.
Eric Gordon scored 27 factors, Buddy Hield added 17 and Bahamas shocked Argentina 82-75 to win one of many 5 Olympic pre-qualifying tournaments that had been wrapping up all over the world Sunday.
The win sends Bahamas into one other Olympic qualifying match in July 2024, one that can deliver with it an opportunity to qualify for subsequent summer time’s Paris Video games. Deandre Ayton had 10 factors and 21 rebounds for Bahamas within the win over Argentina.
Argentina — Olympic champions in 2004 — will miss the video games for the primary time since 2000.
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Different pre-qualifying match winners Sunday included Cameroon, Bahrain, Croatia and Poland.
Cameroon was an 80-74 winner over Senegal to win in Nigeria; Bahrain completed 5-0 in a match in Syria; Croatia bought 22 factors and 11 rebounds from Dario Saric to beat Turkey in one other closing; and Poland bought previous Bosnia and Herzegovina 76-72 for its qualifying berth.
There shall be 12 males’s groups within the area on the Paris Olympics. Host France has been allotted one of many spots already, and 7 others shall be claimed on the Basketball World Cup that begins on Friday within the Philippines, Indonesia and Japan.
Subsequent summer time, Bahamas, Cameroon, Bahrain, Croatia and Poland will be a part of 19 different groups — based mostly on World Cup end — within the closing qualifying spherical. These 24 nations shall be break up into 4 tournaments of six groups; the 4 winners go to the Paris Olympics.