2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament

Discussion in 'Basketball' started by William Penn, Oct 7, 2011.

  1. William Penn

    William Penn Member+

    Jul 2, 2010
    Bethlehem
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    This tournament will be held from 2 July to 8 July 2012 to determine the final 3 qualifiers for the 2012 Olympics basketball tournament. The host is undetermined, but Venezuela, Lithuania, Puerto Rico, and Macedonia have expressed an interest in hosting it.

    The groups have not been decided but the pots have:

    Pot 1 (Africa+Asia): Angola, Nigeria, Jordan, South Korea

    Pot 2 (Americas+Oceania): Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, New Zealand

    Pot 3 (Europe): Russia, Macedonia, Lithuania, Greece

    As you can tell, there will be 4 groups of 3. Top two in the group make it to quarterfinals. Winning semifinalists qualify for the Olympics while the losing semifinalists contend for the final berth.
     
  2. Master O

    Master O Member+

    Jul 7, 2006
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Why bother? None of these teams stand any chance against the USA.

    The last FIBA World Cup saw the US win every game [except the Final against Turkey and of the group matches vs Brazil] by at least 20 with a 3rd string team.
     
  3. Real Corona

    Real Corona Member+

    Jan 19, 2008
    Colorado
    Club:
    FC Metalist Kharkiv
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Funny, I just saw an article today worrying about the US team's gold medal chances.


    http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/7836691/welcome-back-mailbag



    I don't follow the NBA, but when international basketball comes around I get all sorts of thrills and chills. This article above got me thinking about it this summer.


    Excited
     
  4. Hachiko

    Hachiko The Akita on Big Soccer

    Jun 8, 2005
    Long Beach, CA
    Club:
    Los Angeles Galaxy
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Come on Puerto Rico!
     
  5. ja2ny

    ja2ny Member

    Aug 5, 2008
    long Island,N.Y.
    Why does the U.S. bother to Qualify for the World Cup?They have no chance in hell to win it.
     
  6. Master O

    Master O Member+

    Jul 7, 2006
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Basketball is a one-team sport dominated by the USA, which can just field the biggest, tallest, fastest, and strongest players humanly possible, whereas in soccer, you don't have to be a mutant to play it. Soccer is not always dominated by one country, like Basketball is with regards to the USA.
     
  7. Dr. Know

    Dr. Know Member+

    Dec 5, 2005
    Macondo
    You're right but it's still an honor for a lot of those countries to be able to compete in the Olympics even if they know USA is way better.

    And it should actually be a very interesting tournament since Lithuania, Greece, Russia, Puerto Rico are all pretty good teams. It should be very competitive.

    Not related to this but the Centrobasket tournament is currently being held in PR and 5 Cuban players have deserted the team and asked for political asylum.
     

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