Women's Pre-Olympic Tournament: Brazil loses to Germany and is excluded from the Paris Olympics | shovel

Brazil women's basketball team outside the Paris Olympics! Brazil lost to Germany 73-71 on Sunday the 11th of this month at the Mangirinho Gymnasium in Belém, in the pre-Olympic stage, and saw them lose their place in the Paris Games.

Brazil did not enter as favorites at the pre-Olympic tournament in Belém, but expectations were good. The team has not suffered any defeat in two years and occupies a better position in the International Basketball Federation classification than Germany, its competitor on Sunday. But the Brazilians faced problems after losing three matches in the competition.

Needing to win the final match of the women's basketball pre-Olympic tournament to secure their place at Paris 2024, Brazil entered the court making a ton of mistakes and making their worst start to the competition. Leonie Fibic scored several points for the German team, which was able to advance 9-0, but Brazil was able to enhance its competitiveness after the technical stop and came close to the score on the scoreboard.

In the second quarter, Germany led by 10 points from one point in the game. However, in the final stage, Tena scored several points and the Brazilians got on the scoreboard. The end of the second quarter ended with the European team leading 39-35.

Brazil committed many mistakes when trying to score three points and wasted moves in the third quarter. At the beginning of the third quarter, the Brazilian team converted less than 15% of these plays. Inside the box, Camila fought hard not to leave Brazil far behind on the scoreboard, to the point where she became the top scorer in the match at one point. It was the team's best spell of the match, but it wasn't enough to stay ahead on the scoreboard.

In the final and decisive quarter, Brazil responded and was able to surpass its rivals as top scorers for the first time during the match, but it was unable to hold on to the result, so Germany won the match and the place in Paris.

Aside from the Tokyo Games, Brazil has never participated in the Olympic Games again. The Brazilian national team was also excluded from the last two World Cups, in 2018 and 2022.

Of the four teams competing in the women's basketball pre-Olympic tournament in Belem, the best three will win a spot in the Olympics. Therefore, Australia, Serbia and Germany will be present at the Paris Games.