The
2020 Summer Olympics
The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July.
Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...
men's
3x3 basketball tournament in
Tokyo
Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...
, began on 24 and ended on 28 July 2021. All games were played at the Aomi Urban Sports Park.
It was originally scheduled to be held in 2020, but on 24 March 2020, the Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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. As a result of this pandemic, the games were played
behind closed doors.
Latvia won the title after defeating the Russian Olympic Committee team in the final, while Serbia captured the bronze medal over Belgium.
The medals for the competition were presented by
Nenad Lalović
Nenad Lalović (born on 21 August 1958, in Belgrade) is a Serbian businessman. He has been a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) since 2015.
Education
He attended schools in Tunisia, Yugoslavia and Belgium and received his high s ...
,
Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...
;
IOC Executive Board Member, and the medalists' bouquets were presented by
Andreas Zagklis
Andreas Zagklis ( el, Ανδρέας Ζαγκλής; born 1980) is a Greek lawyer and basketball executive, who is the current secretary general of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA).
Early life and education
Zagklis received his u ...
,
Greece
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;
FIBA Secretary General.
Format
The eight teams played a
round robin
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. The teams placed first and second in group qualified for the semi-finals. The teams three to six played a playoff. After that, a knockout system was used.
Competition schedule
Qualification
Roster
Referees
The following 12 referees were selected for the tournament.
* Vanessa Devlin
* Shi Qirong
* Su Yu-yen
* Sara El-Sharnouby
* Edmond Ho
* Cecília Tóth
* Marek Maliszewski
* Vlad Ghizdareanu
* Evgeny Ostrovskiy
* Jasmina Juras
* Markos Michaelides
* Glenn Tuitt
Pool
Standings
''All times are local (
UTC+9
UTC+09:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +09:00.
During the Japanese occupations of British Borneo, Burma, Hong Kong, Dutch East Indies, Malaya, Philippines, Singapore, and French Indochina, it was used as a common time wit ...
).''
Results
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Knockout stage
Bracket
Quarterfinals
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Semifinals
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Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
Final ranking
Points leaders
References
External links
Official website
{{Events at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Men's events at the 2020 Summer Olympics
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