BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 15. Three opponents of
Azerbaijan’s girls’s 3×3 basketball crew, which gained a license to
the Paris-2024 Summer time Olympics, have change into identified, Development
stories by way of Idman.biz.
In line with the knowledge, the crew consisting of Tiffany
Hayes, Alexandra Mollenhauer, Dina Ulyanova, and Mercedes Walker
turned the fourth crew to obtain a license to the Olympic
Video games.
Solely three groups have earned this proper early. France obtained
this license based mostly on the rights of the host.
Two groups have this proper, based mostly on the FIBA rating. These are
the nationwide groups of the USA and China.
Solely 8 groups will compete in Paris. The final 4 groups can be
decided within the subsequent two license tournaments (in Japan and
Hungary). In Japan, one crew can be decided; in Hungary,
three.
For the second time in historical past, the Olympic program included a
3×3 basketball format. The Azerbaijani crew, which didn’t take
half in Tokyo 2020, achieved its purpose on the second try.
The US crew gained in Japan. The Russian Olympic Committee took
second place, China took third place, and France was fourth. The
collaborating international locations included Japan, Italy, Romania, and
Mongolia. Then eight groups performed seven rounds on a round-robin
system. The groups ranked 1-2 locations went to the semifinals, and
these ranked 3-6 locations went to the playoffs.
To notice, Azerbaijani basketball gamers additionally entered the historical past
of Azerbaijani sport as the primary crew to qualify for the Olympic
Video games in crew sports activities.
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