The U.S. women’s three-on-three program will defend its Olympic gold medal this summer in Paris, and for the first time, an American men’s team will be there too.
Both the women’s and men’s three-on-three programs from the U.S. qualified for the 2024 Olympics, according to an official announcement from FIBA on Wednesday. The top three teams on each side as of Oct. 31 received automatic bids to Paris, and the U.S. women and men are both currently ranked second.
The sport made its debut at the Tokyo Olympics. The American women took gold over Russia; the U.S. men failed to qualify in 2021.
We’re In 🇫🇷 @Paris2024!
The U.S. Men & Women are QUALIFIED for the 2024 Olympic Games! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/SrvrI3dZKk
— USA Basketball 3×3 (@usab3x3) November 1, 2023
This year, USA Basketball’s women’s three-on-three team of Cameron Brink, Hailey Van Lith, Cierra Burdick and Linnae Harper won the World Cup in Vienna in June; the men’s team of Jimmer Fredette, Canyon Barry, Kareem Maddox and Dylan Travis finished second.
That same foursome on the men’s side won its second FIBA 3×3 World Tour Master’s event of the season last weekend in Abu Dhabi, as well as the Pan-Am Games in Chile earlier this month, which helped the U.S. secure an Olympic bid….
