The 2024 FIBA Men's Pre-Qualifying Olympic Qualifying Tournaments in Africa will be one of five 2024 FIBA Men's Pre-Qualifying Olympic Qualifying Tournaments. The tournament will be held from 14 to 20 August 2023 in Lagos, Nigeria.[1][2] The winning team will qualify for the 2024 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Nigeria |
| City | Lagos |
| Dates | 14–20 August 2023 |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Official website | |
| OPQT Nigeria | |
Teams
Teams that missed out on the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup and the next best-ranked team will participate.[3]
| Qualification method | Places | Qualified team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers – Africa | 3rd (worst-ranked) | 1 |  Senegal
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| 4th | 2 |  Nigeria
| |
 Tunisia
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| 5th | 2 |  Guinea
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 DR Congo
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| 6th | 2 |  Uganda
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 Cameroon
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| FIBA World Rankings – Africa (November 2022) | 1 |  Mali
| |
| Total | 8 | ||
Draw
The draw took place on 1 May 2023.[4][5]
Seeding
The seedings were announced on 29 April 2023.[6]
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria Tunisia
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Senegal Cameroon
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DR Congo Uganda
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Mali Guinea
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Preliminary round
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Senegal
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Mali
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Uganda
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Nigeria (H)
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First match(es) will be played: 14 August 2023. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head points difference; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head points difference; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DR Congo
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Cameroon
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Guinea
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Tunisia
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First match(es) will be played: 15 August 2023. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head points difference; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head points difference; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Final round
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 19 August | ||||||
| B2 | ||||||
| 20 August | ||||||
| A1 | ||||||
| 19 August | ||||||
| B1 | ||||||
| A2 | ||||||
Semi-finals
Final
Final standings
| Rank | Team | Record |
|---|---|---|
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| 4 | ||
| 5 | ||
| 6 | ||
| 7 | ||
| 8 |
| Qualified for the FIBA Men's Olympic qualifying tournaments |
References
- ^ "FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 field set". FIBA. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ^ "Host countries for the 2023 FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournaments announced". eurohoops.net. 29 April 2023.
- ^ "FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournaments: 40 teams to fight for Paris 2024 spots in August 2023". olympics.com. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
- ^ "Road to Paris 2024 still open for 40 teams missing out on FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023". FIBA. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
- ^ "Lineups for FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournaments confirmed". FIBA. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
- ^ "FIBA announce host countries for FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournaments". FIBA. Retrieved 29 April 2023.