And at the Tokyo Games, the top teams in the FIBA world rankings will meet again -- just earlier than has been the norm.

The three-time reigning Olympic champion Americans will play reigning World Cup champion Spain in the quarterfinals of the men's tournament at the Tokyo Games on Tuesday, a matchup of teams that finished second in their respective groups at the Olympics.

And about an hour later, when FIBA held the Olympic draw, the matchup was set.

is 16-2 against Spain in Olympic or World Cup competition -- yet recent matchups haven't exactly been runaways.

The other quarterfinals: Group A winner France (3-0) will face Italy (2-1, second place in Group B), Group B winner Australia (3-0) plays Argentina (1-2, third place in Group C), and Group C winner Slovenia (3-0) drew a matchup with Germany (1-2, second place in Group B).

The quarterfinals are win-or-go-home; a victory means teams are assured of two more games -- the semifinals followed by a gold- or bronze-medal contest -- before leaving Tokyo.

That meant it couldn't face any of the group winners in the quarterfinals, but also had to play another second-place finisher -- in this case, either Italy or Spain.

And in terms of the world rankings, the brackets for the Olympic quarterfinals are unusual: No.

France and Italy have gone 14-14 against one another in FIBA and Olympic play.