Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics in
Tokyo,
Japan
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was held from 24 July to 8 August 2021. The basketball competitions were held at the
Saitama Super Arena in
Saitama, while the
3x3 competitions were held at the temporary Aomi Urban Sports Park in Tokyo.
Medal summary
Medal table
Events
Qualification summary
5-on-5 basketball
Qualification
The
National Olympic Committee
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s 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
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.
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).
Competition schedule
Men's tournament
Preliminary round
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Knockout stage
Final standings
Women's tournament
Preliminary round
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=Third-placed team rankings
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Knockout stage
Final standings
3x3 basketball
On June 9, 2017, the
International Olympic Committee announced that
3x3 basketball
3x3 basketball (pronounced ''three-ex-three'') is a variation of basketball played three-a-side, with one backboard and in a half-court setup. According to an ESSEC Business School study commissioned by the International Olympic Committee, 3x3 ...
would be contested at the Summer Olympics for the first time in 2020.
Qualification
Qualification for 3x3 determined the eight teams in each of the men's and women's tournaments. The host country, Japan, was guaranteed only one place, not one per gender. Four teams per gender (reduced to three if Japan uses its guaranteed place) were determined via world ranking. Three teams per gender were selected through an Olympic Qualifying Tournament. The final team per gender were determined in a Universality Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
Men
Women
Men's tournament
Pool
Knockout stage
Final standings
Women's tournament
Pool
Knockout stage
Final standings
See also
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Wheelchair basketball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
References
External links
Basketball at the Tokyo Olympics official website
3x3 basketball at the Tokyo Olympics official website
Results book – 3x3 Basketball
Results book – Basketball
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International basketball competitions hosted by Japan