The
2020 Summer Olympics
The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...
women's
3x3 basketball tournament in
Tokyo
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, 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
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...
. Because of this pandemic, the games were played
behind closed doors.
The United States won the title after defeating the Russian Olympic team in the final, while China captured the bronze medal over France.
The medals for the competition were presented by
Samira Asghari,
Afghanistan
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;
IOC Member, and the medalists' bouquets were presented by
Ingo Weiss,
Germany
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;
FIBA Treasurer.
Format
The eight teams played a
round robin. The teams placed first and second in the pool qualified for the semifinals. The teams three to six played a playoff. After that, a knockout system was used.
Competition schedule
Qualification
Players
Katie Lou Samuelson originally qualified as the fourth team member of the United States, but she tested positive for COVID-19 and was replaced by
Jackie Young.
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).''
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
Women's events at the 2020 Summer Olympics
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