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Olympic qualification system for 3x3 at Tokyo 2020 confirmed

Olympic qualification system for 3x3 at Tokyo 2020 confirmed

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FIBA and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) have confirmed the qualification process for the eight men's teams and the eight women's teams that will compete in the 3x3 event at the Olympic Games in Tokyo next year.

There will be three ways to qualify to the 3x3 event of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics:

• Via the FIBA 3x3 federation ranking (4 spots per gender)
• Via an Olympic qualifying tournament (3 spots per gender)
• Via a universality Olympic qualifying tournament (1 spot per gender)

After consultation with the IOC, it was agreed to grant an automatic ticket to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics to the Japanese national team (men or women) who ranks highest in the FIBA 3x3 federation ranking.

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The team of the other gender will get an automatic ticket to the Olympic qualifying tournament and, if not

FIBA will announce the first eight teams – four per gender – that have qualified to the Tokyo Olympics on November 1. It will take place in Utsunomiya on the eve of the FIBA 3x3 World Tour final, and will be livestreamed.

These teams will be the four highest-placed countries per gender in the FIBA 3x3 federation ranking, except if Japan does not rank in the Top 4 in any gender. In this case their highest-ranked team will get a spot instead of the fourth best team in that category. Note that a maximum of two teams per gender can come from the same continent.

The first Olympic qualifying tournament will be staged in March 2020 and will feature 40 teams (20 per gender), qualified via the FIBA 3x3 federation tanking (taking into account universality criteria) or the FIBA 3x3 World Cup 2019 (the medalists).

A total of 6 tickets (3 per gender) to the Olympics will be granted at the end of the event.

The universality Olympic qualifying tournament will offer a chance to win the last 2 tickets (1 per gender) to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Twelve teams (6 per gender) will qualify, based on the FIBA 3x3 federation ranking and subject to not having been represented in basketball (irrespectively men or women) in the past 2 editions of the Olympic Games. This reflects one of 3x3's missions to bring basketball to countries, which are not traditional basketball powerhouses.

The exact dates and locations of these 2 Olympic qualifying tournaments will be announced soon.

The 3x3 basketball event will be played on July 25-29, 2020.

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