News Three more teams have qualified for the basketball tournament at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games The Australia men’s and women’s teams won their respective Oceania qualifying tournaments, while the Canadian women topped the America’s championships to join the list of teams qualified for Rio, the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) has confirmed Australia’s men, known as the ‘Boomers’, held off a spirited challenge from rivals New Zealand on Tuesday (18 August) to take Game 2 The Kiwis rallied late on in Wellington, New Zealand, but Australia held on to win 89-79 The Boomers – who had won 71-59 in Game 1 in Melbourne, Australia on Saturday – were led by Matthew Dellavedova (14 points), David Andersen (11 points), Andrew Bogut (10 points) and Cam Bairstow (10 points) “Our strength is in our depth, which enables us to play at a sustained level for 40 minutes,” said Australia coach Andrej Lemanis “Some of that is defensively, but offensively we’re not reliant on a player to carry the load for us ”Australia’s men followed the example set by their women, the Opals, who overcame the Kiwis 80-63 in Game 2 in Tauranga, New Zealand on Monday (17 August) The Aussies had beaten Tall Fearns 61-41 in Game 1 in Melbourne on Saturday The Australians have now qualified for six consecutive Olympic Games and they will be strong contenders for a place on the podium in Rio, having medalled at the last five editions of the Games Australia's women also overcame New Zealand and will be among the medal contenders in Rio (Photo: FIBA) Experienced pair Laura Hodges (22 points) and Suzy Batkovic (17 points) helped Australia resist one of New Zealand’s best ever performances, with Micaela Cocks scoring 21 points “We’re going to the Olympics,” said Australia coach Brendan Joyce “I forgot about that until about 10 minutes after the game and then I thought to myself, ‘We’re going to Rio!’”  Also on Monday, Canada’s women confirmed their place in Rio by beating Cuba 82-66 on home soil in the final of the Americas Championship in Edmonton Teenage star Kia Nurse scored 20 points as the home crowd chanted “Rio, Rio” in the dying stages of the match “When the crowd was chanting Rio at the end of the game, we were trying to hold back tears and keep composed, because there was still 90 seconds left to play – what an unbelievable experience,” said veteran guard Kim Gaucher Leidys Oquendo scored 25 points for defending champions Cuba, who will now focus on next year’s FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, as will Argentina, who beat Brazil in the bronze medal match, and Venezuela Canada and Australia join Brazil, the USA and Serbia as nations confirmed for the Rio 2016 women’s basketball tournament, while Australia’s men join Brazil and the USA as teams confirmed for the men’s tournament Follow the race to qualify for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games here  Rio2016 com is not an absolute authority on qualification for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, which is an ongoing process Final places will only be confirmed in July 2016 (for the Olympic Games) and August 2016 (for the Paralympic Games) The qualification systems are defined by each sport’s respective International Federation and the International Olympic Committee or International Paralympic Committee, and are subject to change When an athlete or team wins a quota place for their nation, the final decision on whether this ‘slot’ is used and which athletes are sent is taken by the respective National Olympic Committee or National Paralympic Committee (NOC or NPC) Even when athletes win a ‘nominal’ place for themselves, NOCs/NPCs may have to decide who to send if the number of qualified athletes from one country exceeds the quota