Five Liberty Players Stamp Their Tickets to Tokyo for 2020 Olympics
MIES (Switzerland) – The 12-team field for the Tokyo 2020 Women’s Olympic Basketball Tournament was confirmed following the completion of the four FIBA Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournaments.
The full list of Tokyo 2020 Women’s Olympic Basketball Tournament teams:
Australia
Belgium
Canada
China
France
Japan
Korea
Nigeria
Puerto Rico
Serbia
Spain
USA
Having won all three games, Canada emerged unbeaten from the Ostend, Belgium tournament with the host nation claiming the only other available qualification ticket alongside the automatically qualified Japan.
France utilized their home court advantage in Bourges, finishing with a 3-0 record and qualifying alongside Australia and Puerto Rico.
Meanwhile, the two tournaments in Belgrade, Serbia saw China, Korea, Nigeria, Spain and Serbia lock in their Tokyo 2020 berths, joining the automatically qualified USA.
LIBERTY PLAYERS TO PLAY IN THE 2020 OLYMPICS
Rebecca Allen | Australia
Thursday, 2/6- vs. France- L, 72-63
Game-High 20 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists
Saturday, 2/8-vs. Puerto Rico- W, 100-74
12 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists
Sunday, 2/9-vs. Brazil- W, 86-72
16 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists
Kia Nurse & Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe | Canada
Nurse
Thursday, 2/6- vs. Belgium- W, 61-56
Game-High 19 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists
Saturday, 2/8-vs. Sweden- W, 80-50
10 points, 3 rebounds, 2 steals
Sunday, 2/9-vs. Japan- W, 70-68
19 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist
Raincock-Ekunwe
Thursday, 2/6- vs. Belgium- W, 61-56
7 points, 6 rebounds,
Saturday, 2/8-vs. Sweden- W, 80-50
3 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists
Sunday, 2/9-vs. Japan- W, 70-68
8 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist
Marine Johannés | France
Thursday, 2/6- vs. Australia- W, 72-63
13 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists
Saturday, 2/8-vs. Brazil- W, 89-72
4 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists
Sunday, 2/9-vs. Puerto Rico- W, 89-51
16 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists
Han Xu | China
Thursday, 2/6- vs. Great Britain- W, 86-76
16 points, 5 rebounds, 3 blocks
Saturday, 2/8-vs. Spain- W, 64-62
8 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists
Sunday, 2/9-vs. Korea- W, 100-60
16 points, 8 rebounds, 2 blocks