2020 Olympic basketball betting odds
There are going to be twelve teams lining up at the men’s Olympic Games basketball tournament, with eight of the berths currently filled and the four remaining spots going to countries that manage to come through the qualifying phase of the competition.
Indeed, there are going to be 2020 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments taking place between 29 July – 4 August, with the matches taking place in Canada, Croatia, Lithuania and Serbia.
However, it remains to be seen as to whether any team can get close to the United States of America when it comes to the men’s Olympic basketball event and the bookies are certainly keeping the American team onside.
Team USA Huge Basketball Betting Favourites
At the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, there was no team that could lay a glove on the USA men’s basketball team, with the States beating Serbia in the final, although the US could only manage a fairly slender margin of victory against Spain when they competed in the final four.
The leading basketball betting sites make the USA strong betting favourites at 1/3 to claim the gold medal and Jeff Van Gundy’s side will clash with Iran and France among other sides in the group stage before attempting to continue their legacy.
The only downside to placing basketball bets on America is the possibility that several of the NBA stars might turn down the chance to head to Tokyo considering that the COVID-19 pandemic could still play a part and that will give the other teams cause for optimism.
Serbia and Spain the Other Betting Favourites for Olympic Gold
Spain have a strong chance of landing an Olympic medal at the men’s basketball tournament, with many Real Madrid and Barcelona players representing the Spanish who will have drawn confidence from how close they ran the US four years ago.
The fact that Spain won the 2019 men’s basketball World Cup will fill them with confidence, with Serbia the other team who could go close and they landed the silver medal at the 2016 Olympic Games, although they will have to come through the qualifiers in order to be one of the twelve sides competing.