2024 Olympic Games: Who is in USA’s Women’s Basketball group? Tournament format and schedule

The 2024 Olympic Games are just over four months away, with the action in Paris to get underway on 26 July and run through to 11 August. As ever, basketball will be one of the event’s main draws, with 12 nations comPeting to take home the iconic gold medal.

Which countries will compete in the 2024 Olympics women’s basketball tournament?

Along with host nation France, 11 countries qualified for the women’s tournament, with the United States booking their spot by winning the 2022 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup. 10 others (China, Puerto Rico, Belgium, Nigeria, Australia, Germany, Serbia, Japan, Spain and Canada) progressed to the Games in four Olympic qualifying tournaments.

How does the Group Phase work? Which teams qualify for the Final Phase?

The two teams are divided into three groups (A, B and C) of four teams each. Each country will play the others in their group once (a total of three games), with the top two teams from each group and the two best third-placed teams across the three groups progressing to the Final Phase.

The tournament will then switch to a knockout format, starting with the quarter-finals. A draw will determine the pairings for the last eight, with the best ranked team from the Group Phase facing the worst, the second best facing the second worst, and so on.

Teams who were in the same group cannot play against each other in the quarter-finals.

Who will USA Women play in the Group Phrase at the 2024 Olympic Games?

The United States, ranked number one in the world, will play against Belgium (ranked six), Japan (ranked nine) and Germany (ranked 19) in Group C.

Full draw for the the 2024 Olympics women’s basketball tournament

The 2024 tournament will begin on Saturday 27 July and end with the final on Sunday 11 August, the last day of the Games. There will be matches every day, with the exception of Monday 5 August.

The United States have won nine of the last 10 women’s basketball tournaments at the Olympic Games. They defeated hosts Japan in the final of the last edition, winning 90-75 in the showpiece game.