Basketball at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Basketball pictograms
Venue	Saitama Super Arena Aomi Urban Sports Park (3x3)
Dates	24 July – 8 August 2021
No. of events	4
Competitors	352 from 24 nations
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Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Basketball
Qualification	men	women
Tournament	men	women
Rosters	men	women
3x3 basketball
Qualification	men	women
Tournament	men	women
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Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan was held from 24 July to 8 August 2021.^[1] The basketball competitions were held at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, while the debuting 3x3 competitions were held at the temporary Aomi Urban Sports Park in Tokyo.^[2]

Medal summary

Medal table

* Host nation (Japan)


Rank	NOC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	3	0	0	3
2	Latvia	1	0	0	1
3	ROC	0	2	0	2
4	France	0	1	1	2
5	Japan*	0	1	0	1
6	Australia	0	0	1	1
	China	0	0	1	1
	Serbia	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		4	4	4	12

Events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men details	United States Bam Adebayo Devin Booker Kevin Durant Jerami Grant Draymond Green Jrue Holiday Keldon Johnson Zach LaVine Damian Lillard JaVale McGee Khris Middleton Jayson Tatum	France Andrew Albicy Nicolas Batum Petr Cornelie Nando de Colo Moustapha Fall Evan Fournier Rudy Gobert Thomas Heurtel Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot Frank Ntilikina Vincent Poirier Guerschon Yabusele	Australia Aron Baynes Matthew Dellavedova Dante Exum Chris Goulding Josh Green Joe Ingles Nick Kay Jock Landale Patty Mills Duop Reath Nathan Sobey Matisse Thybulle
Women details	United States Ariel Atkins Sue Bird Tina Charles Napheesa Collier Skylar Diggins-Smith Sylvia Fowles Chelsea Gray Brittney Griner Jewell Loyd Breanna Stewart Diana Taurasi A'ja Wilson	Japan Himawari Akaho Saki Hayashi Rui Machida Evelyn Mawuli Saori Miyazaki Yuki Miyazawa Naho Miyoshi Nako Motohashi Moeko Nagaoka Monica Okoye Maki Takada Nanaka Todo	France Alexia Chartereau Héléna Ciak Alix Duchet Marine Fauthoux Sandrine Gruda Marine Johannès Sarah Michel Endéné Miyem Iliana Rupert Diandra Tchatchouang Valériane Vukosavljević Gabby Williams
Men 3x3 details	Latvia Agnis Čavars Edgars Krūmiņš Kārlis Lasmanis Nauris Miezis	ROC Ilia Karpenkov Kirill Pisklov Stanislav Sharov Alexander Zuev	Serbia Dušan Domović Bulut Dejan Majstorović Aleksandar Ratkov Mihailo Vasić
Women 3x3 details	United States Stefanie Dolson Allisha Gray Kelsey Plum Jackie Young	ROC Evgeniia Frolkina Olga Frolkina Yulia Kozik Anastasia Logunova	China Wan Jiyuan Wang Lili Yang Shuyu Zhang Zhiting

Qualification summary

NOC	Men		Women		Total
NOC	5-on-5	3x3	5-on-5	3x3	Athletes
Argentina					12
Australia					24
Belgium					16
Canada					12
China					20
Czech Republic					12
France					28
Germany					12
Iran					12
Italy					16
Japan					32
Latvia					4
Mongolia					4
Netherlands					4
Nigeria					24
Poland					4
Puerto Rico					12
Romania					4
ROC					8
Serbia					16
Slovenia					12
South Korea					12
Spain					24
United States					28
Total: 24 NOCs	12	8	12	8	352

5-on-5 basketball

Qualification

The National Olympic Committees may enter only one 12-player men's team and only one 12-player women's team. The men's qualification was impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic whereas the women's qualification ended on time and unaffected.

Men's qualification

Main article: Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

Means of qualification^[3]		Date	Venue	Berths	Qualified
Host nation^[4]		—	—	1	Japan
2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup	Africa	31 August – 15 September 2019	China	1	Nigeria
	Americas			2	Argentina
	Americas			2	United States
	Asia			1	Iran
	Europe			2	France
	Europe			2	Spain
	Oceania			1	Australia
2020 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments		29 June – 4 July 2021	Victoria	1	Czech Republic
			Split	1	Germany
			Kaunas	1	Slovenia
			Belgrade	1	Italy
Total				12

Women's qualification

Main article: Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

Twelve teams qualified for the women's tournament. The host nation and the 2018 World Cup winners qualified. Those two teams, however, had to play in the pre-qualifying and qualifying tournaments and each took up one of the qualifying spots from those tournaments. Thus, while two of the World Qualifying Tournaments provided quota spots to their three top teams, the other two tournaments provided quota spots only to the top two teams plus either the host nation or the World Cup winners.^[5]

Teams had to qualify for the World Olympic Qualifying Tournaments through Women's EuroBasket or Pre-Olympic Qualifying Tournaments (which themselves had to be qualified for through Continental Cups).

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Berths	Qualified
Host nation	—	—	1	Japan
2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup	22–30 September 2018	Spain	1	United States
2020 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments	6–9 February 2020	Ostend	2	Belgium
		Ostend	2	Canada
		Bourges	3	Australia
				France
				Puerto Rico
		Belgrade	2	Nigeria
			2	Serbia
			3	China
				South Korea
				Spain
Total			12

Competition schedule

Legend
G	Group stage	¼	Quarterfinals	½	Semifinals	B	Bronze medal match	F	Gold medal match

Date Event	Sat 24	Sun 25	Mon 26	Tue 27		Wed 28			Thu 29	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3	Wed 4	Thu 5	Fri 6	Sat 7		Sun 8
Men		G	G			G			G		G	G		¼		½		F	B
Women			G	G					G	G		G	G		¼		½	B		F
3x3 Men	G	G	G	G	¼	½	B	F
3x3 Women	G	G	G	G	¼	½	B	F

^[6]^[7]^[8]

Men's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	3	0	259	215	+44	6	Quarterfinals
2	United States	3	2	1	315	233	+82	5	Quarterfinals
3	Czech Republic	3	1	2	245	294	−49	4
4	Iran	3	0	3	206	283	−77	3

Source: TOCOG and FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) classification points; 2) head-to-head results; 3) head-to-head game points difference; 4) head-to-head number of game points scored.

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	3	0	259	226	+33	6	Quarterfinals
2	Italy	3	2	1	255	239	+16	5
3	Germany	3	1	2	257	273	−16	4
4	Nigeria	3	0	3	230	263	−33	3

Source: TOCOG and FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) classification points; 2) head-to-head results; 3) head-to-head game points difference; 4) head-to-head number of game points scored.

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovenia	3	3	0	329	268	+61	6	Quarterfinals
2	Spain	3	2	1	256	243	+13	5
3	Argentina	3	1	2	268	276	−8	4
4	Japan (H)	3	0	3	235	301	−66	3

Source: TOCOG and FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) classification points; 2) head-to-head results; 3) head-to-head game points difference; 4) head-to-head number of game points scored.
(H) Hosts

Third-placed team rankings

Pos	Grp	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	C	Argentina	3	1	2	268	276	−8	4	Quarterfinals
2	B	Germany	3	1	2	257	273	−16	4	Quarterfinals
3	A	Czech Republic	3	1	2	245	294	−49	4

Source: TOCOG and FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) classification points; 2) game points difference; 3) number of game points scored; 4) FIBA ranking.

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Gold medal

3 August

Italy	75
		5 August
France	84
		France	90
3 August
		Slovenia	89
Slovenia	94
				7 August
Germany	70
				France	82
3 August
				United States	87
Spain	81
		5 August
United States	95
		United States	97
3 August
		Australia	78	Bronze medal
Australia	97
				7 August
Argentina	59
				Slovenia	93

				Australia	107

Final standings

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Standing	New rank
Gold medal game participants
	United States	6	5	1	594	474	+120		1 ()
	France	6	5	1	515	466	+49		5 (2)
Bronze medal game participants
	Australia	6	5	1	541	475	+66		3 ()
4th	Slovenia	6	4	2	605	535	+70		4 (12)
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5th	Italy	4	2	2	330	323	+7	B–2nd	8 (2)
6th	Spain	4	2	2	337	338	−1	C–2nd	2 ()
7th	Argentina	4	1	3	327	373	−46	C–3rd	7 (3)
8th	Germany	4	1	3	327	367	−40	B–3rd	11 (6)
Eliminated in the preliminary round
9th	Czech Republic	3	1	2	245	294	−49	A–3rd	12 ()
10th	Nigeria	3	0	3	230	263	−33	B–4th	23 (1)
11th	Japan	3	0	3	235	301	–66	C–4th	35 (7)
12th	Iran	3	0	3	206	283	−77	A–4th	22 (1)

Women's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	234	205	+29	6	Quarterfinals
2	Serbia	3	2	1	207	214	−7	5	Quarterfinals
3	Canada	3	1	2	208	201	+7	4
4	South Korea	3	0	3	183	212	−29	3

Source: TOCOG and FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) classification points; 2) head-to-head results; 3) head-to-head game points difference; 4) head-to-head number of game points scored.

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	260	223	+37	6	Quarterfinals
2	Japan (H)	3	2	1	245	239	+6	5
3	France	3	1	2	239	229	+10	4
4	Nigeria	3	0	3	217	270	−53	3

Source: TOCOG and FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) classification points; 2) head-to-head results; 3) head-to-head game points difference; 4) head-to-head number of game points scored.
(H) Hosts

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	3	3	0	247	191	+56	6	Quarterfinals
2	Belgium	3	2	1	234	196	+38	5
3	Australia	3	1	2	240	230	+10	4
4	Puerto Rico	3	0	3	176	280	−104	3

Source: TOCOG and FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) classification points; 2) head-to-head results; 3) head-to-head game points difference; 4) head-to-head number of game points scored.

Third-placed team rankings

Pos	Grp	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	C	Australia	3	1	2	240	230	+10	4	Quarterfinals
2	B	France	3	1	2	239	229	+10	4	Quarterfinals
3	A	Canada	3	1	2	208	201	+7	4

Source: TOCOG and FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) classification points; 2) game points difference; 3) number of game points scored; 4) FIBA ranking.

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Gold medal

4 August

Australia	55
		6 August
United States	79
		United States	79
4 August
		Serbia	59
China	70
				8 August
Serbia	77
				United States	90
4 August
				Japan	75
Japan	86
		6 August
Belgium	85
		Japan	87
4 August
		France	71	Bronze medal
Spain	64
				7 August
France	67
				Serbia	76

				France	91

Final standings

Rank	Team^[9]	Record
	United States	6–0
	Japan	4–2
	France	3–3
4	Serbia	3–3
5	China	3–1
6	Spain	3–1
7	Belgium	2–2
8	Australia	1–3
9	Canada	1–2
10	South Korea	0–3
11	Nigeria	0–3
12	Puerto Rico	0–3