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 national anthems are played: the flag of the current host country; the flag of Greece, to honour the birthplace of the Olympic Games; and the flag of the country hosting the next Summer or Winter Olympic Games. The president of the organising committee and the IOC president make their closing speeches, the Games are officially closed, and the Olympic flame is extinguished. In what is known as the Antwerp Ceremony, the mayor of the city that organised the Games transfers a special Olympic flag to the president of the IOC, who then passes it on to the mayor of the