Australia is first Olympic men’s basketball qualifier, extends longest streak ...Middle East

Australia became the first nation to qualify for the 2024 Olympic men’s basketball tournament, joining France, which got in automatically as host nation in the 12-team field. Australia, which has the longest active streak of 13 Olympic appearances (since 1972), earned Oceania’s spot by advancing to the last 16 at the ongoing FIBA World Cup. The other Oceania nation at the World Cup, New Zealand, did not advance from the opening group stage of 32. New Zealand could still qualify for the Paris Games via a last-chance tournament next year, likely in June. The Aussies earned their first Olympic medal in Tokyo — bronze — after finishing fourth in 1988, 1996, 2000 and 2016, going winless in eigh

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