The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) will consider the possible admission of the Russian team to pre-qualification for the 2024 Olympics in Paris.

This is the official website of the federation..

40 teams will compete in the preliminary selection for the Games in Paris, of which 28 played in the second round of qualification for the World Cup and did not reach the final part of the tournament.

Another 12 teams that did not make it to the finals of the 2023 World Cup qualifying will qualify for the Olympics by rating.

The Russian national team is in the top 4 teams in Europe.

FIBA noted that the final decision on Russia's participation in the qualification of the Olympics will be made on April 28.

Recall that all teams and clubs from the Russian Federation were excluded from FIBA \u200b\u200btournaments after the start of a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

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Earlier it was reported that the legendary Lithuanian basketball club put its cup up for auction to help Ukraine.