1992 Pre-Olympic Basketball Tournament 1992 Pre-Olympic Basketball Tournament The 1992 European Olympic Basketball Tournament was the final qualifying tournament for basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. It was held in five other Spanish cities, Bilbao, Granada, Murcia, Badajoz and Zaragoza, from June 22 till July 5. 25 FIBA Europe teams were divided into four groups. The best four from final round qualified directly for the Olympic Games. All games played at the Pabellón Municipal de Deportes La Casilla, Bilbao. All games played at the Palacio de Deportes de Granada, Granada. All games played at the Pabellón Príncipe de Asturias, Murcia. All
Olympic Games in the opening ceremony. Though the flame has been an Olympic symbol since 1928, the torch relay was only introduced at the 1936 Summer Games to promote the Third Reich. The Olympic mascot, an animal or human figure representing the cultural heritage of the host country, was introduced in 1968. It has played an important part of the Games' identity promotion since the 1980 Summer Olympics, when the Russian bear cub Misha reached international stardom. The mascot of the Summer Olympics in London was named Wenlock after the town of Much Wenlock in Shropshire. Much Wenlock still hosts the Wenlock