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The United States has become the fifth men\u2019s basketball team to qualify for the 2024 Olympics in Paris, securing one of the two spots available to the top FIBA Americas finishers in this year\u2019s World Cup.<\/p>\n
Entering Sunday\u2019s games, Puerto Rico, Brazil, the Dominican Republic, and Canada were all still in the running for spots in next year\u2019s Olympics. However, the Puerto Ricans lost to Italy, the Brazilians fell to Latvia, and the Dominicans were defeated by Serbia. As a result, Puerto Rico, Brazil, and the Dominican Republic won\u2019t make the World Cup quarterfinals.<\/p>\n
Canada could become the second American team to qualify for the Olympics with a win over Spain on Sunday. If Canada loses, Brazil would join Team USA as an Olympic qualifier by virtue of a tiebreaker \u2014 Brazil defeated Canada on Friday and has a better point differential than Puerto Rico or the Dominican Republic.<\/p>\n
The roster that represents the U.S. at the 2024 Olympics figures to look quite a bit different than the one currently competing in the Philippines. Most of the country\u2019s biggest stars didn\u2019t commit to playing in the 2023 World Cup but could be more inclined to travel to Paris for next year\u2019s Olympics.<\/p>\n
At the last Olympics, in 2021 in Tokyo, Khris Middleton<\/a> and Jayson Tatum<\/a> were the only players that USA Basketball carried over from its 2019 World Cup roster.<\/p>\n The U.S., Australia, France, Japan, and South Sudan have now qualified for the 12-team Olympic tournament in 2024. The two European teams to qualify via the World Cup likely won\u2019t be known for a few more days, since Germany, Slovenia, Serbia, Lithuania, Italy, and Latvia all remain in the hunt, as would Spain with a win over Canada today.<\/p>\n The final four Olympic spots will be decided in a qualifying tournament next year.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n