The winners of the two semi-finals and the third place match in the men’s and women’s events secured their tickets to Tokyo.

In the semi-finals of the men’s draw eighth seeds Poland edged out fifth seeds Latvia 20-18 while third seeds The Netherlands overcame sixth France 21-13.

The two defeated teams in the semi-finals Latvia and France had another chance to qualify via the third place match with Latvia winning on this occasion 21-15.

Earlier in the day fourth seeds Slovenia, seventh seeds Lithuania, second seeds the United States and ninth seeds Brazil were eliminated at the quarter-final stage.

Poland, The Netherlands and Latvia join Serbia, the Russia Olympic Committee, China and Japan, who had already secured their places courtesy of the 3x3 federation rankings, in the men’s event at Tokyo 2020.

In the semi-finals of the women’s draw top seeds France edged out sixth seeds Japan 15-14, with the winning points coming with eight seconds remaining, while eighth seeds the United States defeated 13^th seeds Spain 21-13.

The two defeated teams in the semi-finals had another opportunity to qualify courtesy of the third placed game with Olympic host nation Japan dramatic victors on this occasion courtesy of an overtime drive to beat Spain 20-18.

Earlier in the day 12^th seeds Switzerland, 14^th seeds Hungary, 11^th seeds Belarus and 17^th seeds Australia were eliminated at the quarter-final stage.

France, the US and Japan join China, the Russian Olympic Committee, Romania and Mongolia, who had already secured their places courtesy of the 3x3 federation rankings, in the women’s event at Tokyo 2020.

The line-ups will be completed when a further men’s and women’s place will be decided at the International Basketball Federation 3x3 Universality Olympic qualification tournament at Debrecen in Hungary, which is scheduled to take place from June 4 to 6.