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Field Hockey September will see the Asia Games field hockey tournaments, with twelve men's teams and twelve women's teams vying for one spot each in Paris. Next month will see the qualifier tournaments for the EuroHockey Championships, which will be the first step towards determining the Europe continental spots- one each for men and women.  Men's Basketball If we're assuming the FIBA World Cup next year will once again be an Olympic qualifier, the second round of continental qualification will be next month. Several dozen teams remain in contention.  Women's Soccer Colombia has earned one of two CONMEBOL spots in the tournament with a 1-0 win over Argentina. This will be their third Olympic tournament after London and Rio, which is second-most among South America teams after Brazil.  Brazil defeated Paraguay 2-0 in the second semifinal and have made it eight appearances in eight Olympic tournaments.  The Europe spots will be determined by next year's World Cup,...

1. With their 1-0 win over Canada in the CONCACAF W Championship final, the United States has booked a place in the Paris 2024 tournament, marking the eighth time in as many tournaments that they will be playing in the Olympics. 2. September of next year will see Canada and Jamaica face off for the second CONCACAF spot in the field. Canada can advance to their fifth Olympic tournament while Jamaica can make their first.  3. The CONMEBOL qualifiers will be decided with the Copa America Feminina semifinals, as the semifinal winners will head to Paris. Paraguay will be looking for their first Olympic women's soccer spot, Argentina will be looking for their second appearance, Colombia will be looking for their third and Brazil will be looking to make it eight appearances in eight Olympic tournaments dating back to Atlanta '96. 

February 3rd through the 14th: Asia/Oceania qualifiers for Tokyo 2020 boxing  March 13th would've seen Patricio Freire v. Pedro Carvalho and Emmanuel Sanchez v. Daniel Weichel in the final two quarterfinal bouts of the Bellator Featherweight Grand Prix March 15th would've seen the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix  March 22nd through the 26th: Americas qualifier tournament for Tokyo 2020 baseball  March 26th through April 3rd: Pan American qualifiers for Tokyo 2020 boxing  April 1st through the 5th: Final qualifier tournament for Tokyo 2020 baseball  June 12th through July 12th: UEFA Euro 2020

The Dakar Youth Olympics were originally scheduled to start on October 22nd and end on November 9th, but were moved back to 2026 due to the Tokyo games being postponed  Russia, not Montenegro, would be in Group A for September's EuroBasket tournament (which was moved back from last year due to the postponement of the Tokyo games)   Oceania Men's World Cup Qualifiers March 13th: Tonga (withdrew) v. Cook Islands with the winner advancing to the group stage March 17th would've seen Tahiti v. Vanuatu in addition to qualifier match winner v. Solomon Islands March 20th would've seen qualifier match winner v. Tahiti and Solomon Islands v. Vanuatu  March 24th would've seen Vanuatu v. qualifier match winner in addition to Solomon Islands v. Tahiti  UEFA Men's World Cup Qualifiers March 24th: Russia would've played Poland in the Path B semifinals The para ice hockey tournament at the Beijing Paralympics went on as scheduled from March 5th through the 13th, but with th...