The men's
basketball tournament at the
2020 Summer Olympics
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was the 20th edition of the event for men at the
Summer Olympic Games
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. It was held from 25 July to 7 August 2021. All games were played at the
Saitama Super Arena in
Saitama,
Japan
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.
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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. Because of this pandemic, the games were played
behind closed doors.
The United States won their 16th overall and fourth consecutive gold medal, after defeating France in the final. Australia won the bronze with a 107–93 win over Slovenia, winning its first medal in men's basketball after a series of losses in bronze medal games.
The medals for the competition were presented by
Anita DeFrantz,
United States
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;
IOC Vice-President,
Olympian, one
Bronze Medal
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; and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Sheikh Saud Ali Al-Thani,
Qatar
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;
FIBA First-Vice President.
Format
The twelve teams were split in to what was believed to be three groups of four teams, and a single round-robin was held within each group. The first- and second-placed teams of each group advanced to the quarterfinals as well as the two best third-placed teams. After the preliminary round, the teams were grouped according to their results (top four and bottom four), and a draw paired teams between the groups for the quarterfinals. From there on a knockout system was used.
Schedule
The schedule of the tournament is as follows.
Qualified teams
Squads
Draw
The draw was held on 2 February 2021.
Seeding
Referees
The following 30 referees were selected for the tournament.
* Juan Fernández
* Leandro Lezcano
* Scott Beker
* James Boyer
* Ademir Zurapović
* Guilherme Locatelli
* Andreia Silva
* Matthew Kallio
* Maripier Malo
* Michael Weiland
* Yu Jung
* Maj Forsberg
* Yohan Rosso
* Ahmed Al-Shuwaili
* Manuel Mazzoni
* Takaki Kato
* Yevgeniy Mikheyev
* Mārtiņš Kozlovskis
* Rabah Noujaim
* Samir Abaakil
* Kingsley Ojeaburu
* Gizella Györgyi
*
Ferdinand Pascual
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* Luis Vázquez
* Aleksandar Glišić
* Luis Castillo
* Antonio Conde
* Yener Yılmaz
* Amy Bonner
*
Steven Anderson
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Career Youth career
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Preliminary round
''All times are local (
UTC+9).''
In the preliminary round, teams received 2 classification points for a win, 1 classification point for a loss, and 0 classification points for a forfeit.
Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Third-placed teams ranking
Knockout stage
A draw after the preliminary round decided the pairings, where a seeded team played an unseeded team. The draw was held after the last group stage match on 1 August. Teams qualified were divided into two pots:
* Pot D comprised the three first-placed teams from the group phase, along with the best second-placed team.
* Pot E comprised the two remaining second-placed teams, along with the two best third-placed teams.
Draw principles:
* Each game pairing had one team from Pot D and one team from Pot E.
* Teams from the same group could not be drawn against each other in the quarterfinals.
* The second-placed team from Pot D could not be drawn against a third-placed teams from Pot E.
Ranking
Bracket
Quarterfinals
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Semifinals
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Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
Statistics and awards
Statistical leaders
Players
;Points
;Rebounds
;Assists
;Blocks
;Steals
;Efficiency
Teams
Points
Rebounds
Assists
Blocks
Steals
Efficiency
Awards
The awards were announced on 8 August 2021.
Final ranking
Rankings are determined by:
* 1st–4th
** Results of gold and bronze medal games
* 5th–8th:
** Win–loss record of the teams eliminated in the quarterfinals
* 9th–12th:
** Teams eliminated in the preliminary round groups are classified 9th–12th based on the win–loss record in the preliminary round group.
See also
*
Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
References
{{Basketball at the Summer Olympics
Men's tournament