Paris 2024 Olympics: why the basketball Blues are guaranteed not to face the United States in the first round. FIBA specifies that in its capacity as reigning champion, Team USA is already guaranteed to join Group C, while the France, as host country, will be placed in one of the other two groups.
However, if French and Americans were drawn into the same pool, or into groups that will play on the same day, the 8 p.m. slot, that of prime time, would pose a problem.