USA Basketball won’t have to wait long for intrigue at the Tokyo Olympics. The U.S. men will face France in one of its group games, and the U.S.
women were placed in the same group as host Japan when the draw for the rescheduled Tokyo Games was held Tuesday. The draw took place in Mies, Switzerland, at FIBA headquarters.
The U.S. men will also face Iran and the winner of the qualifying tournament in Victoria, Canada, as its other Group A rivals.
The last time the Americans played France was in 2019 in the quarterfinals of the Basketball World Cup in China — when France prevailed to end the U.S.