In eight previous appearances at the Olympic Games, Norway have always finished between the top four sides, with two gold medals, two silver medals, three bronze medals and a fourth place, at Atlanta 1996. This makes the Scandinavian side the most consistent side in the history of the competition, a lock to make the semi-finals, which they always did when they took the court at the Olympic Games.

Angola are one of the teams with the largest appearance streaks at the Olympic Games, eight consecutive editions, dating back to Atlanta 1996. However, the African side has secured only one quarter-finals berths in their history, but has been a mainstay and the dominant force of the African continent over the last decades.

The Republic of Korea are one of the most decorated teams in history in the women’s competition at the Olympic Games, with two gold medals, at Seoul 1988 and Barcelona 1992, three silver medals and one bronze medal. In fact, in their 10 appearances, the Asian side has secured six medals.

Over the last decades, Brazil women’s senior national team has been undoubtedly the best team in South America, winning the Pan American Games in the past seven editions, winning 38 of the 39 matches played since 1999 and are undefeated in the Women’s South and Central American Championship, with a 13-match winning streak in the three editions played, 2018, 2021 and 2022.

In their first three appearances at the Olympic Games – Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 – Denmark women’s team secured a historic three-peat, having a 100% winning record and dropping a single match from the 19 they played.

Since Athens 2004, the Scandinavian powerhouse has featured only once at the Olympics, at London 2012, when they ended up on the ninth position, winning only one match and conceding four losses, three more than in the previous three editions combined.

Can France win back-to-back Olympic titles on their home court? This will be the question which will headline the women’s competition at Paris 2024, as the hosts embark for the final chapter of Olivier Krumbholz’s story on the bench of “Les Bleuses”.