Published 17:23 IST, September 16th 2019

Spain's basketball win makes the Tokyo Olympics field exciting

Tokyo Olympics Basketball now looks exciting after Spain won the FIBA world cup against Argentina. The U.S.A and Australia hope for better results in Tokyo.

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Tokyo 2020 Olympics looks exciting after Spain’s terrific win at World Cup against Argentina and U.S.A suffered worst tournament. Tokyo Olympics is just months away and FIBA world cup has given fans new teams to watch out for in 2020. France and Australia will also be in contention in tournament.

Spain delighted after tournament

Talking about Spain’s performance, team’s coach Sergio Scariolo, said that, “We were t tallest or most talented, or in odds when tournament started, but we worked hard. y didn’t lose faith in mselves, and basketball rewarded m." he coach of U.S.A national team Gregg Popovich said, "It's exactly what I knew it to be because I've been involved with it before and in this day and basketball in or countries is t a secret, so it’s t like re’s an epiphany or revelation to be me. re are wonderful teams and wonderful coaches all over world so re’s surprise in any of that,” Popovich said after his team's disappointing seventh-placed finish. 

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Australia left disappointed 

Australians, on or hand, were left disappointed after Spain defeated Australia to reach finals in a 95-88 match. Australia led Spain for much of ir thrilling semi-final, only to lose in double overtime. y similarly ran out of gas in ir bronze-medal match against France. However, Australian player Mitch Creek said, “This team is going to be a very powerful team when it comes to Olympic Games.” He furr said, “We haven’t forgotten about previous Olympics, fourth-place re, and we’re certainly t going to forget about this World Cup campaign. So re’s a lot we can take out of this and build upon.”

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Tokyo Olympics 2020

 men's qualification for  Olympic basketball tournament will take place from 2019 to 2020; all five FIBA (International Basketball Federation) zones are expected to have a representation in Olympic basketball event. next best 16 teams in FIBA Basketball World that did t qualify directly to Olympics along with 2 select teams from each of four FIBA regions or 24 teams will participate in four separate wild card tournaments which will determine final four teams which will play in Olympics.

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15:32 IST, September 16th 2019