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The Belgian national women’s basketball team was split in the second pot for the Olympic basket tournament draw (July 26-August 8), the International Basketball Federation Fiba confirmed on Friday. The draw will take place behind closed doors in Mies, Switzerland on February 2.
The pots were distributed according to the world ranking. The Belgian Cats are in sixth place and finished in the second pot. As a result, they already get one of the best countries in the first pot. They are the world champion and title holder of the United States (Fiba 1), Australia (Fiba 2) and Spain (Fiba 3). “ First of all it’s about surviving the group stage and then we’ll see, ” national coach Philip Mestdagh said on Friday. Belgian.
“If I can choose, I will go to Spain in the group stage. I also know that if we are in the squad with the United States we will avoid them in the quarter-finals, but against Spain I still rate our chances of winning higher.
Canada (Fiba 4) and France (Fiba 5) are in the second pot with Belgium. The third pot is made up of Serbia (Fiba 8), China (Fiba 9) and Japan (Fiba 10). In the fourth pot are Nigeria (Fiba 14), South Korea (Fiba 19) and Puerto Rico (Fiba 22). “I don’t immediately have a preference for the third pot, although I would prefer to avoid the country of origin. Nigeria are undoubtedly the opponent to be avoided in pot four.
Twelve countries qualified for the Olympic basketball tournament in Tokyo. In the draw, they are divided into three groups of four countries, of which the first two and the best two thirds advance to the quarter-finals.
