The FIBA earlier today announced the five host nations for the FIBA Women's Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament 2019.
The five tournaments will be played across three regions - the Americas (2), Africa, and Asia-Oceania (2) - in the pre-qualifying window from November 10-18, 2019.
India, despite finishing last in the recent FIBA Women's Asia Cup, remains in Division A and are slotted in Group B alongside countries like Japan (reigning four-time Asian Champions), Australia, and the Chinese Taipei.
Malaysia is the host country during the pre-qualifying window for the above-mentioned countries.
The eight Asian teams (including the four Group A countries - China, Philippines, New Zealand, and Korea) will fight for four qualifying spots at the FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, which is set to take place in February 2020.
To better understand, the qualification system to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, check out this video by FIBA: