Men's 3x3 Basketball Qualification to Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games

[George_D 1,206]

[George_D 1,206]

 Men's Tournament

Quota	Qualification Event	Notes
Belgium	Men's 3x3 Basketball FIBA Universality Olympic Games Qualification Tournament 2021
China	FIBA 3x3 ranking list as of November 1st, 2019
Japan	Host Nation
Latvia	Men's 3x3 Basketball FIBA Olympic Games Qualification Tournament 2021
Netherlands	Men's 3x3 Basketball FIBA Olympic Games Qualification Tournament 2021
Poland	Men's 3x3 Basketball FIBA Olympic Games Qualification Tournament 2021
Russia	FIBA 3x3 ranking list as of November 1st, 2019
Serbia	FIBA 3x3 ranking list as of November 1st, 2019

[Dmitry 92]

Universality-driven Olympic Qualifying Tournament is just   

[Olympian1010 8,068]

  On 1/7/2019 at 10:59 PM, Dmitry said:

Universality-driven Olympic Qualifying Tournament is just   

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Well, I like the idea behind it since the Olympics are becoming more of a large countries (Americas, Europe, and East Asian) affair

[Dmitry 92]

  On 1/7/2019 at 11:10 PM, Olympian1010 said:

Well, I like the idea behind it since the Olympics are becoming more of a large countries (Americas, Europe, and East Asian) affair

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I think continental representation will enough in this case too. 
But this UOQT is a monster.

"Only NOC (other than Host Country of the Olympic Games) who have not been represented in Basketball (irrespectively men or women) in the past 2 editions of the Olympic Games are eligible to participate in the UOQT" 

[Olympian1010 8,068]

  On 1/7/2019 at 11:45 PM, Dmitry said:

I think continental representation will enough in this case too. 
But this UOQT is a monster.

"Only NOC (other than Host Country of the Olympic Games) who have not been represented in Basketball (irrespectively men or women) in the past 2 editions of the Olympic Games are eligible to participate in the UOQT" 

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It’s great news for Mali, Mongolia, Turkmenistan, and the majority of the Eastern Bloc

[dcro 10,210]

  On 1/8/2019 at 1:36 AM, Olympian1010 said:

It’s great news for Mali, Mongolia, Turkmenistan, and the majority of the Eastern Bloc

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And yet the spots will likely end up in Italy or the Netherlands.

[AlFHg 330]

The funniest thing, in my opinion, is the 8-team tournament for a sport that is like beach volley and would deserve 24 or 32 teams, or 16 if you don’t want multiple teams per nation. But it is coherent with IOC policy of team sports: odd qualification systems and reduced number of participants, except for soccer which dislikes olympics. It is true that in love wins who flees.

[heywoodu 15,333]

  On 1/8/2019 at 1:36 AM, Olympian1010 said:

It’s great news for Mali, Mongolia, Turkmenistan, and the majority of the Eastern Bloc

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And bad news for overall quality. 

[dcro 10,210]

  On 1/8/2019 at 10:04 AM, AlFHg said:

The funniest thing, in my opinion, is the 8-team tournament for a sport that is like beach volley and would deserve 24 or 32 teams, or 16 if you don’t want multiple teams per nation. But it is coherent with IOC policy of team sports: odd qualification systems and reduced number of participants, except for soccer which dislikes olympics. It is true that in love wins who flees.

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It's just FIBA being greedy. They say that 3x3 brings "diversity" or whatever, but then they settle for 8-team tournament. Anything less than 12 teams is senseless by default, I'd rather not have it held at all.