SOPRON, HUNGARY – Spain has qualified for Paris 2024 ahead of the final group match of the 2024 FIBA Women’s Olympic Qualification Tournament to be held in Sopron.
Spain’s victory over Canada in the second game of the tournament sealed their qualification.
Japan defeated Canada, and Spain qualified to play host Hungary.
Now, the all-important question arises: Will Spain return to being a force to be reckoned with when action begins later this year?
Olympic history of the Spanish women’s national team:
Number of appearances: 5 times– 1992 (5th time). 2004 (6th) 2008 (5th) 2016 (2nd) 2020 (6th)
Medal: 🥈(2016)
Spain will be participating in the Olympics for the sixth time, but after surprisingly missing out on the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup 2022 in the previous edition, they will once again be competing in a major world tournament. It means that.
They first participated in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics as the host country, making them the first country in history to participate in three consecutive tournaments.
Having never finished outside of the top six at an Olympics, they made history by making their first appearance in the title race at Rio 2016, earning their first-ever podium finish.
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