Would US Basketball team play for Olympic 2012?

Answer 1

They will, probably. The USA Basketball team has to win 1st or 2nd place in FIBA Americas Championship to automatically qualify. If they place 3rd, 4th, 5th in the championship, that would decrease their chances of getting into Olympics, but they would qualify to Wildcard and still compete, but only the top 2 places qualify. When deciding who qualifies for the Olympics, the judges look at the following: * FIBA World Championship place - where does the team stand in the FIBA World Championship (the next one will be in Turkey in 2010)? The number one qualifies automatically. * Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania competitions - the judges will look at Eurobasket, FIBA Africa, FIBA America, FIBA Oceania 2011 standings. At least the team that placed first qualifies. * Those teams that placed 3rd, 4th, 5th and even 6th, qualify to the Wildcard round. * In the Wildcard, the top two teams qualify for the Olympics. * All qualified teams compete. Here is the number of slots offered for each continent: * America - 2 qualify, 3 go to Wildcard * Europe - 3 qualify, 4 go to Wildcard * Asia - 1 qualifies, 2 go to Wildcard * Africa - 1 qualifies, 2 go to Wildcard * Oceania - 1 qualifies, 1 goes to Wildcard