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Although the number of participants has not changed, this time the teams will be divided into four groups of four teams instead of two. In Group A, the winning US team will play, as will France, the Czech Republic and Iran. Australia, Germany, Italy and Nigeria will compete in Group B, Spain, Argentina, Japan and Slovenia, which have knocked the Lithuanian team out of the water in Group C.
Iran and the Czech Republic will be the first to compete, followed by Germany and Italy and Australia and Nigeria, and the first day of the Olympic basketball battles will be crowned by the duel between the United States and France.
144 basketball players will participate in the Olympic basketball tournament, 49 of them representatives of NBA clubs. Four basketball players in the Olympics will be played by the Miami Heat team, and three by the Dallas Mavericks, Denver Nuggets, Milwaukee Bucks and Utah Jazz.
11 of the 12 teams participating in the Olympic men’s basketball tournament will have basketball players playing in the NBA League. Most: Twelve NBA basketball players on the US national team Eight NBA basketball players were brought to the Olympics by the Nigerian national team, seven by Australia and six by France.
Spain, Italy and Argentina will play against three NBA players each, Slovenia, Germany and Japan two, and the Czech Republic one. No NBA basketball player will be alone in the Iranian team. It is true that veteran midfielder Hamed Haddadi played in the NBA league in 2008-2013.
The group stage of the men’s Olympic basketball tournament will run until August 1 and 8 teams will enter the playoffs.
The quarterfinal stage matches will be played on August 3, the semi-final on August 5, and the final and bronze medal matches will be held on August 7.
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