Greece, Spain, Brazil and Puerto Rico have accomplished the 12-team discipline in males’s basketball for the Paris Olympics after profitable the finals of their respective qualifiers on Sunday.
Following final 12 months’s World Cup, which awarded seven Olympic berths, 24 groups battled it out for the remaining 4 spots in 4 tournaments in Greece, Latvia, Spain and Puerto Rico.
The highest crew in every event clinched a ticket to Paris, becoming a member of host France, america, Canada, Australia, South Sudan, Japan, Serbia and Germany.
Giannis Antetokounmpo’s Greece made essentially the most of its house benefit to outclass Croatia 80-69 within the closing of the Piraeus event and returned to the Video games after a niche of 16 years.
On high of Antetokounmpo’s 23-point efficiency, Georgios Papagiannis had 19 factors whereas Nick Calathes chipped in with 11 assists as Greece stepped up a gear after a detailed first quarter ended 22-22.
Greece will be a part of Group A on the Olympics alongside Australia, Canada and Spain, which secured its seventh consecutive Olympic look with an 86-78 win over the Bahamas within the closing of the Valencia qualifier.
With the groups tied 17-17 after the primary quarter, the host then took the lead for good, incomes Actual Madrid ahead Rudy Fernandez the prospect to play in a report sixth Video games, essentially the most for a male participant.
Spain, which has three silver medals and a bronze, will likely be seeking to enhance on its sixth-place end within the Tokyo Video games.
Brazil can even return to the Olympics after lacking out on Tokyo following a thumping 94-69 victory over host Latvia within the closing in Riga.
The South Individuals will make their sixteenth look on the Summer time Video games after a dominant efficiency towards Latvia. Bruno Caboclo led the assault with 21 factors.
Brazil will kick off its Olympic marketing campaign in Lille towards host France on July 27. It’s going to additionally tackle Germany and Japan in Group B.
Within the final of the qualifiers, Puerto Rico downed Lithuania 79-68 in San Juan to assert the remaining Olympic berth and return to the Video games for the primary time since 2004.
New Orleans Pelicans guard Jose Alvarado led Puerto Rico with 23 factors, six rebounds and two steals in entrance of an ecstatic house crowd. Puerto Rico will be a part of reigning champion america, Serbia and South Sudan in Group C.