# Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan was held from 24 July to 8 August 2021. 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.

## 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 |
| 6 | China | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Serbia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | 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 | Men | Women | 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

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

#### 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).
| 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 |
| 2020 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments | 6–9 February 2020 | Ostend | 2 | Canada |
| 2020 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments | 6–9 February 2020 | Bourges | 3 | Australia |
| 2020 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments | 6–9 February 2020 | Bourges | 3 | France |
| 2020 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments | 6–9 February 2020 | Bourges | 3 | Puerto Rico |
| 2020 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments | 6–9 February 2020 | Belgrade | 2 | Nigeria |
| 2020 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments | 6–9 February 2020 | Belgrade | 2 | Serbia |
| 2020 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments | 6–9 February 2020 | Belgrade | 3 | China |
| 2020 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments | 6–9 February 2020 | Belgrade | 3 | South Korea |
| 2020 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments | 6–9 February 2020 | Belgrade | 3 | Spain |
| Total | Total | Total | 12 | |

### Competition schedule

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

### Men's tournament
#### Preliminary round
##### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | |

##### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 2 | 257 | 273 | −16 | 4 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Nigeria | 3 | 0 | 3 | 230 | 263 | −33 | 3 | |

##### Group C

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Argentina | 3 | 1 | 2 | 268 | 276 | −8 | 4 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Japan (H) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 235 | 301 | −66 | 3 | |

##### Third-placed team rankings

| Pos | Grp | Teamvte | 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 | |

#### Knockout stage

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Gold medal | Gold medal |
| 3 August | 3 August | | | |
| Italy | 75 | | | |
| Italy | 75 | 5 August | 5 August | | |
| France | 84 | 5 August | 5 August | |
| France | 84 | France | 90 | |
| 3 August | 3 August | | France | 90 | |
| 3 August | 3 August | Slovenia | 89 | |
| Slovenia | 94 | Slovenia | 89 | |
| Slovenia | 94 | | | | 7 August | 7 August |
| Germany | 70 | | | | 7 August | 7 August |
| Germany | 70 | | | | France | 82 |
| 3 August | 3 August | | | | | France | 82 |
| 3 August | 3 August | | | | United States | 87 |
| Spain | 81 | | | | United States | 87 |
| Spain | 81 | 5 August | 5 August | | | |
| United States | 95 | 5 August | 5 August | | | |
| United States | 95 | United States | 97 | | | |
| 3 August | 3 August | | United States | 97 | | | |
| 3 August | 3 August | Australia | 78 | | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| Australia | 97 | Australia | 78 | | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| Australia | 97 | | | | 7 August | 7 August |
| Argentina | 59 | | | | 7 August | 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
#### Preliminary round
##### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | |

##### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | France | 3 | 1 | 2 | 239 | 229 | +10 | 4 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Nigeria | 3 | 0 | 3 | 217 | 270 | −53 | 3 | |

##### Group C

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 240 | 230 | +10 | 4 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Puerto Rico | 3 | 0 | 3 | 176 | 280 | −104 | 3 | |

##### Third-placed team rankings

| Pos | Grp | Teamvte | 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 | |

#### Knockout stage

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Gold medal | Gold medal |
| 4 August | 4 August | | | |
| Australia | 55 | | | |
| Australia | 55 | 6 August | 6 August | | |
| United States | 79 | 6 August | 6 August | |
| United States | 79 | United States | 79 | |
| 4 August | 4 August | | United States | 79 | |
| 4 August | 4 August | Serbia | 59 | |
| China | 70 | Serbia | 59 | |
| China | 70 | | | | 8 August | 8 August |
| Serbia | 77 | | | | 8 August | 8 August |
| Serbia | 77 | | | | United States | 90 |
| 4 August | 4 August | | | | | United States | 90 |
| 4 August | 4 August | | | | Japan | 75 |
| Japan | 86 | | | | Japan | 75 |
| Japan | 86 | 6 August | 6 August | | | |
| Belgium | 85 | 6 August | 6 August | | | |
| Belgium | 85 | Japan | 87 | | | |
| 4 August | 4 August | | Japan | 87 | | | |
| 4 August | 4 August | France | 71 | | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| Spain | 64 | France | 71 | | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| Spain | 64 | | | | 7 August | 7 August |
| France | 67 | | | | 7 August | 7 August |
| France | 67 | | | | Serbia | 76 |
| | | | | | France | 91 |

#### Final standings

| Rank | Team | 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 |

## 3x3 basketball

On June 9, 2017, the International Olympic Committee announced that 3x3 basketball 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

| Means of qualification | Date(s) | Location | Berth(s) | Qualifier(s) |
| Host nation | — | — | 1 | Japan |
| FIBA 3x3 World Ranking | 1 November 2019 | Utsunomiya | 3 | China ROC Serbia |
| 2021 FIBA 3x3 Olympic Qualifying Tournament | 26–30 May 2021 | Graz | 3 | Poland Netherlands Latvia |
| 2021 FIBA Universality Olympic Qualifying Tournament | 4–6 June 2021 | Debrecen | 1 | Belgium |
| Total | | | 8 | |

#### Women

| Means of qualification | Date(s) | Location | Berth(s) | Qualifier(s) |
| Host nation | — | — | 0 | — |
| FIBA 3x3 World Ranking | 1 November 2019 | Utsunomiya | 4 | ROC China Mongolia Romania |
| 2021 FIBA 3x3 Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament | 26–30 May 2021 | Graz | 3 | United States France Japan |
| 2020 FIBA Universality Olympic Qualifying Tournament | 4–6 June 2021 | Debrecen | 1 | Italy |
| Total | | | 8 | |

### Men's tournament
#### Pool

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
| 1 | Serbia | 7 | 7 | 0 | 138 | 91 | +47 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Belgium | 7 | 4 | 3 | 126 | 127 | −1 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Latvia | 7 | 4 | 3 | 133 | 129 | +4 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Netherlands | 7 | 4 | 3 | 132 | 129 | +3 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | ROC | 7 | 3 | 4 | 116 | 125 | −9 | Quarterfinals |
| 6 | Japan (H) | 7 | 2 | 5 | 123 | 134 | −11 | Quarterfinals |
| 7 | Poland | 7 | 2 | 5 | 120 | 130 | −10 | |
| 8 | China | 7 | 2 | 5 | 119 | 142 | −23 | |
* 1 2 3 Belgium 2–0, Latvia 1–1, Netherlands 0–2
* 1 2 3 Japan 1–1, 123 PS; Poland 1–1, 120 PS; China 1–1, 119 PS

#### Knockout stage

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Gold medal | Gold medal |
| | | 28 July | 28 July | | |
| | | Serbia | 10 | |
| 27 July | 27 July | | Serbia | 10 | |
| 27 July | 27 July | ROC | 21 | |
| Netherlands | 19 | ROC | 21 | |
| Netherlands | 19 | | | | 28 July | 28 July |
| ROC | 21 | | | | 28 July | 28 July |
| ROC | 21 | | | | ROC | 18 |
| | | | | | Latvia | 21 |
| | | 28 July | 28 July | | | |
| | | Belgium | 8 | | | |
| 27 July | 27 July | | Belgium | 8 | | |
| 27 July | 27 July | Latvia | 21 | | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| Latvia | 21 | Latvia | 21 | | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| Latvia | 21 | | | | 28 July | 28 July |
| Japan | 18 | | | | 28 July | 28 July |
| Japan | 18 | | | | Serbia | 21 |
| | | | | | Belgium | 10 |

#### Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Latvia |
| | ROC |
| | Serbia |
| 4 | Belgium |
| 5 | Netherlands |
| 6 | Japan |
| 7 | Poland |
| 8 | China |

### Women's tournament
#### Pool

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
| 1 | United States | 7 | 6 | 1 | 136 | 98 | +38 | Semifinals |
| 2 | ROC | 7 | 5 | 2 | 129 | 90 | +39 | Semifinals |
| 3 | China | 7 | 5 | 2 | 127 | 97 | +30 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Japan (H) | 7 | 5 | 2 | 130 | 97 | +33 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | France | 7 | 4 | 3 | 118 | 116 | +2 | Quarterfinals |
| 6 | Italy | 7 | 2 | 5 | 98 | 125 | −27 | Quarterfinals |
| 7 | Romania | 7 | 1 | 6 | 89 | 142 | −53 | |
| 8 | Mongolia | 7 | 0 | 7 | 79 | 141 | −62 | |
* 1 2 3 ROC 2–0, China 1–1, Japan 0–2

#### Knockout stage

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Gold medal | Gold medal |
| | | 28 July | 28 July | | |
| | | United States | 18 | |
| 27 July | 27 July | | United States | 18 | |
| 27 July | 27 July | France | 16 | |
| Japan | 14 | France | 16 | |
| Japan | 14 | | | | 28 July | 28 July |
| France | 16 | | | | 28 July | 28 July |
| France | 16 | | | | United States | 18 |
| | | | | | ROC | 15 |
| | | 28 July | 28 July | | | |
| | | ROC | 21 | | | |
| 27 July | 27 July | | ROC | 21 | | |
| 27 July | 27 July | China | 14 | | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| China | 19 | China | 14 | | Bronze medal | Bronze medal |
| China | 19 | | | | 28 July | 28 July |
| Italy | 13 | | | | 28 July | 28 July |
| Italy | 13 | | | | France | 14 |
| | | | | | China | 16 |

#### Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | United States |
| | ROC |
| | China |
| 4 | France |
| 5 | Japan |
| 6 | Italy |
| 7 | Romania |
| 8 | Mongolia |