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Nacional has threatened to withdraw from the Basketball Champions League Americas.

 

https://www.montevideo.com.uy/Deportes/Basquet-Nacional-analiza-retirarse-de-la-BCLA-si-no-tiene-respuesta-de-FIBA-por-localia-uc875275

 

The club claims that they can't afford to rent the Antel Arena, and they refuse to rent the Palacio Peñarol (and their rival club wouldn't offer it anyway).

 

In addition, FIBA Americas has denied using the Campus de Maldonado or the Estadio 10 de Julio in Florida. The club claims that the complains

 

The club even proposed to modify the schedule so they play their on the third window in Buenos Aires, but the confederation did not reply.

 

Nacional doesn't have a proper arena, instead they usually play at Unión Atlética, which is also not up to FIBA Américas level.

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I don't see any confirmation that it does.

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On 8/16/2023 at 9:38 AM, owenp_23 said:

Americas B Day 2

 

97-74

78-70

 

Table

2-0 (+9)

1-1 (+7)

1-1 (+8)

0-2 (-24)

We have mathematical chances...

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Even professional singers struggle to sing the anthem.

 

 

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Uruguay again missed the World Cup. They totally choked versus United States.

 

I cannot describe their match against Mexico because it aired exclusively on DirecTV and I have cable TV (the USA match aired on public TV because of an anti-siphoning law). Moreover, not a single radio station in Montevideo aired the game.

 

Esteban Batista retired from the national team. He has been overweight, slow and erratic for years, but so what? He was our only NBA player ever, he never quit despite the team's chronically bad results. and he never ever refused to play for the national team.

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Uruguay visits Mexico tonight. The match starts at 00:30 Uruguayan time...

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If my math is right, some of the 32 teams from the last World Cup Qualifiers will miss the Olympic Pre-Qualifiers.

 

Poland is 13th in the World Rankings, which should help.

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Qualification system: https://olympics.com/en/news/how-to-qualify-basketball-paris-2024-qualification-system

 

• France does not get a spot as hosts, unlike the men's team.
• United States gets a spot as the 2022 World Cup champion.
• The other 11 spots will be awarded through two rounds of qualifiers.

 

The FIBA Women’s Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournaments ("FWOPQTs", come on!) will feature 22 teams, that's 8 from the Americas and Asia-Pacific, and 6 from Africa, selected according to the continental cups.

 

The top 4 Americas and Asia-Pacific teams and the top 2 African teams will advance to the next round.

 

The FIBA Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournaments ("FWOQTs") will feature 16 teams, that's the 10 teams from the Pre-Qualifiers and six teams from Europe (France and the top 5 from the Eurobasket).

 

The teams will be split in four groups of four teams, where the top 3 from each group will qualify to the Olympics.

 

 

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Qualification system: https://olympics.com/en/news/how-to-qualify-basketball-paris-2024-qualification-system

 

• France gets a spot as hosts, subject for confirmation (should be no big deal).
• The 2023 World Cup will award 7 spots: 2 from Europe and Americas, and 1 from Africa, Asia and Oceania).
• The remaining 4 spots will be awarded through two rounds of qualifiers.

 

The FIBA Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournaments ("FOPQTs", seriously?) will feature 40 teams, that's 28 from the World Cup Qualifiers, and 12 from the World Rankings. That's 16 European teams, and 8 from Americas, Asia-Pacific and Africa.

 

The teams will be split in 5 groups of 8 teams each, where each group winner will advance to the next round. My suspicion is that the groups will be continental.

 

FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournaments ("FOQTs") will feature 24 teams, that's 16 teams from the World Cup, 5 from the Pre-Qualifiers, and one additional World Cup team from the Americas, Asia-Pacific and Africa.

 

The teams will be split in four groups of 6 teams each, where each group winner will qualify to the Olympics.

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I really don't like boxy stadiums/arenas, unless there's a proper reason (like a small ground).

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Thread bump!

 

I really don't like the qualifying system. Each continent should have guaranteed spots, and the world repechage should award 3 spots at most.

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Uruguay lost the three matches against Brazil, Canada and Colombia. The team clearly propritized the World Cup qualifiers.

 

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I still think that the name "FIBA Americup" is stupid.

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Uruguay claimed a hard fought win over Puerto Rico. I attended the match, here's my photos.

 

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After four years, the South American Women's Basketball Championship is set to start next week at San Luis, Argentina.

 

• Group A: Argentina, Venezuela, Ecuador, Paraguay.
• Group B: Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Uruguay.

 

Like in 2018, there's only 8 teams. Uruguay returned, whereas Perú is now missing.

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In the FIBA Americas qualifier, four teams are out: Chile, Paraguay, Cuba and US Virgin Islands.

 

For the second phase, the two groups will be:

 

• Group E: Canada, Venezuela, Argentina, Panama, Dominican Republic, Bahamas.
• Group F: United States, Mexico, Brazil, Uruguay, Puerto Rico, Colombia.

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The final window of the first round is underway.

 

Yesterday Uruguay lost to Brazil 73-60.

 

I couldn't watch the match because it was exclusive to DirecTV, whereas I have cable TV. State internet provider Antel didn't buy any rights.

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Conference Semifinals after two games:

 

• Golden State Warriors took an away win over Memphis Grizzlies.
• Milwaukee took an away win over Boston Celtics.
• Miami Heat has two home wins over PHI 76ers.
• Phoenix Suns has two home wins versus Dallas Mavericks.

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Hey, Uruguay had narrow losses versus Brazil, one of them at overtime.

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Uruguay lost to Brazil and won over Chile, both away. As we love to say, "we still have mathematical chances" to qualify.

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Oh you are right, it's the Australia, New Zealand and South Korea matches that were postponed.

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The 2023 Fiba World Cup qualifiers first round starts on November 25 for Africa, Americas and Europe. The start of the Asia-Pacific qualifiers first round has been postponed to February.

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Even the final was lopsided, with Untied States defeating Canada by 118-46...

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"AmeriCup" is a stupid name. Why don't just call it Americas Cup or Pan-American Cup?

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In the group phase, Canada was the worst 3rd placed team by just 3 points!

 

Quarter-finals matchups:

 

• United States vs Australia
• China vs Serbia
• Japan vs Belgium
• France vs Spain