Basketball-Spain dash British hopes and 安全な・保証する Olympic women's 寝台／地位
Feb 9 (Reuters) - European 支持する／優勝者s Spain 安全な・保証するd their slot for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic women's basketball tournament on Sunday and dashed British hopes of a 打開 資格.
Australia, Serbia, Belgium, South Korea and Puerto Rico joined the Spaniards in punching their tickets for Tokyo and 完全にするing the 12-strong 顔触れ.
Hosts Japan and Olympic and world 支持する／優勝者s the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs were already sure of places while 中国, Canada, フラン and Nigeria made sure of their places on Saturday.
Spain （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 Britain, coached by Spaniard Chema Buceta and hoping to qualify for Games on 長所 for the first time, 79-69 in a must-勝利，勝つ qualifying Group B game in ベオグラード.
The Group B qualifiers were 初めは scheduled for Foshun in 中国 but moved to Serbia 予定 to the coronavirus 疫病／流行性の.
Britain's only previous Olympic basketball 外見s were in Games the country hosted but hopes had been raised after the women finished fourth in last year's eurobasket tournament.
"Some people look at us and don't think we should be here but we are here and we made a 声明 for GB basketball," said 今後 Chantelle Handy.
"The 基金ing was not there but it did not 事柄. We have passion, we are like a family. We did not 勝利，勝つ but we fought to the very end."
Serbia made sure of their slot in ベオグラード by （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域ing Mozambique 76-48 in a group A that 含むd Nigeria and the Americans.
In Bourges, Australia （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 Brazil 86-72, with the winless South Americans 行方不明の out while Puerto Rico 安全な・保証するd their Olympic place と一緒に フラン who 調書をとる／予約するd their ticket on Saturday.
In Ostend, group hosts Belgium （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 Sweden 61-53 to qualify for the first time, with Emma Meesseman racking up 24 points. They join Canada, who made sure of their slot a day earlier, from a group that 含むd Japan.
Teams qualified for the Olympic women's tournament: Japan, 部隊d 明言する／公表するs, 中国, Spain, South Korea, Nigeria, Serbia, Can ada, Belgium, フラン, Australia and Puerto Rico. (報告（する）／憶測ing by Alan Baldwin in London, editing by Christian Radnedge)
