# Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 3x3 tournament

The 2020 Summer Olympics men's 3x3 basketball tournament in Tokyo, 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. 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, Serbia; IOC Executive Board Member, and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Andreas Zagklis, Greece; FIBA Secretary General.

## Format

The eight teams played a round robin. 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

| Sat 24 | Sun 25 | Mon 26 | Tue 27 | Tue 27 | Wed 28 | Wed 28 | Wed 28 |
| G | G | G | G | 1⁄4 | 1⁄2 | B | F |

## Qualification

| 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 | |

## Roster

| Team | Players | Players | Players | Players | Head Coach |
| Serbia | Dušan Bulut | Dejan Majstorović | Aleksandar Ratkov | Mihailo Vasić | Goran Vojkić |
| ROC | Ilia Karpenkov | Kirill Pisklov | Stanislav Sharov | Alexander Zuev | |
| Latvia | Agnis Čavars | Edgars Krūmiņš | Kārlis Lasmanis | Nauris Miezis | Raimonds Feldmanis |
| Netherlands | Ross Bekkering | Dimeo van der Horst | Arvin Slagter | Jessey Voorn | Brian Benjamin |
| China | Hu Jinqiu | Gao Shiyan | Li Haonan | Yan Peng | |
| Japan | Ira Brown | Tomoya Ochiai | Keisei Tominaga | Ryuto Yasuoka | Torsten Loibl |
| Poland | Michael Hicks | Paweł Pawłowski | Szymon Rduch | Przemysław Zamojski | Piotr Renkiel |
| Belgium | Rafael Bogaerts | Nick Celis | Thierry Mariën | Thibaut Vervoort | |

## 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

| Pos | Team | 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
All times are local (UTC+9).

### Results

* 24 July 2021 (2021-07-24) 11:35 v
* Report
| Poland | 14–21 | Latvia |
| Pts: Hicks 8 | | Pts: Miezis 7 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Markos Michaelides (SUI), Edmond Ho (HKG)
* 24 July 2021 (2021-07-24) 12:00 v
* Report
| China | 13–22 | Serbia |
| Pts: Hu 6 | | Pts: Domović Bulut 11 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Marek Maliszewski (POL), Glenn Tuitt (USA)
* 24 July 2021 (2021-07-24) 15:00 v
* Report
| ROC | 21–13 | China |
| Pts: Zuev 12 | | Pts: Hu 6 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Glenn Tuitt (USA), Cecília Tóth (HUN)
* 24 July 2021 (2021-07-24) 15:25 v
* Report
| Serbia | 16–15 | Netherlands |
| Pts: Vasić 5 | | Pts: Voorn 6 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Edmond Ho (HKG), Marek Maliszewski (POL)
* 24 July 2021 (2021-07-24) 18:40 v
* Report
| Latvia | 20–21 | Belgium |
| Pts: Lasmanis 11 | | Pts: Vervoort 11 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Markos Michaelides (SUI), Edmond Ho (HKG)
* 24 July 2021 (2021-07-24) 19:05 v
* Report
| Japan | 19–20 (OT) | Poland |
| Pts: Brown, Tominaga 7 | | Pts: Pawłowski, Zamojski 7 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Vlad Ghizdareanu (ROU), Jasmina Juras (SRB)
* 24 July 2021 (2021-07-24) 22:00 v
* Report
| Netherlands | 18–15 | ROC |
| Pts: Van der Horst 9 | | Pts: Karpenkov 6 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Jasmina Juras (SRB), Markos Michaelides (SUI)
* 24 July 2021 (2021-07-24) 22:25 v
* Report
| Belgium | 16–18 (OT) | Japan |
| Pts: Bogaerts 5 | | Pts: Yasuoka 7 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Vlad Ghizdareanu (ROU), Su Yu-yen (TPE)
* 25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 11:35 v
* Report
| ROC | 16–21 | Belgium |
| Pts: Karpenkov 7 | | Pts: Celis, Vervoort 7 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Vlad Ghizdareanu (ROU), Cecília Tóth (HUN)
* 25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 12:00 v
* Report
| Poland | 12–15 | Serbia |
| Pts: Pawłowski 4 | | Pts: Vasić 5 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Evgeny Ostrovskiy (RUS), Markos Michaelides (SUI)
* 25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 15:00 v
* Report
| China | 17–18 | Latvia |
| Pts: Hu 12 | | Pts: Lasmanis 11 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Evgeny Ostrovskiy (RUS), Vlad Ghizdareanu (ROU)
* 25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 15:25 v
* Report
| Serbia | 21–14 | Belgium |
| Pts: Domović Bulut 13 | | Pts: Bogaerts 6 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Markos Michaelides (SUI), Cecília Tóth (HUN)
* 25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 18:40 v
* Report
| ROC | 16–21 | Poland |
| Pts: Pisklov 6 | | Pts: Pawłowski 8 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Edmond Ho (HKG), Jasmina Juras (SRB)
* 25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 19:05 v
* Report
| Japan | 20–21 | Netherlands |
| Pts: Tominaga 10 | | Pts: Bekkering, Slagter 6 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Marek Maliszewski (POL), Vanessa Devlin (AUS)
* 25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 22:00 v
* Report
| Netherlands | 21–18 | China |
| Pts: Van der Horst 8 | | Pts: Hu 17 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Glenn Tuitt (USA), Jasmina Juras (SRB)
* 25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 22:25 v
* Report
| Latvia | 21–18 | Japan |
| Pts: Lasmanis 7 | | Pts: Tominaga 9 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Edmond Ho (HKG), Marek Maliszewski (POL)
* 26 July 2021 (2021-07-26) 11:35 v
* Report
| Belgium | 20–21 | China |
| Pts: Vervoort 10 | | Pts: Hu 9 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Marek Maliszewski (POL), Cecília Tóth (HUN)
* 26 July 2021 (2021-07-26) 12:00 v
* Report
| Serbia | 21–11 | Japan |
| Pts: Domović Bulut 7 | | Pts: Yasuoka 8 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Edmond Ho (HKG), Glenn Tuitt (USA)
* 26 July 2021 (2021-07-26) 15:00 v
* Report
| Japan | 16–19 | ROC |
| Pts: Brown 7 | | Pts: Pisklov 7 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Glenn Tuitt (USA), Cecília Tóth (HUN)
* 26 July 2021 (2021-07-26) 15:25 v
* Report
| Latvia | 16–22 | Serbia |
| Pts: three players 5 | | Pts: Majstorović 11 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Edmond Ho (HKG), Marek Maliszewski (POL)
* 26 July 2021 (2021-07-26) 18:40 v
* Report
| Netherlands | 17–18 (OT) | Belgium |
| Pts: Voorn 10 | | Pts: Vervoort 7 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Markos Michaelides (SUI), Evgeny Ostrovskiy (RUS)
* 26 July 2021 (2021-07-26) 19:05 v
* Report
| Poland | 19–21 | China |
| Pts: Pawłowski 7 | | Pts: Hu 12 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Vlad Ghizdareanu (ROU), Jasmina Juras (SRB)
* 26 July 2021 (2021-07-26) 22:00 v
* Report
| ROC | 19–15 | Latvia |
| Pts: Zuev 7 | | Pts: Lasmanis 6 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Vlad Ghizdareanu (ROU), Jasmina Juras (SRB)
* 26 July 2021 (2021-07-26) 22:25 v
* Report
| Netherlands | 22–20 (OT) | Poland |
| Pts: Bekkering, Van der Horst 6 | | Pts: Hicks 8 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Markos Michaelides (SUI), Evgeny Ostrovskiy (RUS)
* 27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 14:40 v
* Report
| Belgium | 16–14 | Poland |
| Pts: Vervoort 11 | | Pts: Hicks 8 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Edmond Ho (HKG), Vlad Ghizdareanu (ROU)
* 27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 15:05 v
* Report
| China | 16–21 | Japan |
| Pts: Gao 8 | | Pts: Tominaga, Yasuoka 8 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Markos Michaelides (SUI), Jasmina Juras (SRB)
* 27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 18:00 v
* Report
| Serbia | 21–10 | ROC |
| Pts: Vasić 8 | | Pts: Karpenkov 5 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Markos Michaelides (SUI), Cecília Tóth (HUN)
* 27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 18:25 v
* Report
| Latvia | 22–18 | Netherlands |
| Pts: Miezis 9 | | Pts: Van der Horst 8 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Edmond Ho (HKG), Jasmina Juras (SRB)

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| 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 |

### Quarterfinals

* 27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 21:00 v
* Report
| Netherlands | 19–21 | ROC |
| Pts: Van der Horst 8 | | Pts: Zuev 9 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Edmond Ho (HKG), Markos Michaelides (SUI)
* 27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 22:20 v
* Report
| Latvia | 21–18 | Japan |
| Pts: Krūmiņš 9 | | Pts: Tominaga 8 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Jasmina Juras (SRB), Marek Maliszewski (POL)

### Semifinals

* 28 July 2021 (2021-07-28) 17:30 v
* Report
| Serbia | 10–21 | ROC |
| Pts: Domović Bulut 5 | | Pts: Zuev 11 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Marek Maliszewski (POL), Markos Michaelides (SUI)
* 28 July 2021 (2021-07-28) 18:40 v
* Report
| Belgium | 8–21 | Latvia |
| Pts: Vervoort 5 | | Pts: Lasmanis 9 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Edmond Ho (HKG), Markos Michaelides (SUI)

### Bronze medal game

* 28 July 2021 (2021-07-28) 21:15 v
* Report
| Serbia | 21–10 | Belgium |
| Pts: Domović Bulut 7 | | Pts: Vervoort 5 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Edmond Ho (HKG), Marek Maliszewski (POL)

### Gold medal game

* 28 July 2021 (2021-07-28) 22:25 v
* Report
| ROC | 18–21 | Latvia |
| Pts: Karpenkov 7 | | Pts: Lasmanis 10 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Jasmina Juras (SRB), Markos Michaelides (SUI)

## Final ranking

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

## Points leaders

| Rank | Name | Points |
| 1 | Kārlis Lasmanis | 76 |
| 2 | Hu Jinqiu | 65 |
| 3 | Thibaut Vervoort | 61 |
| 3 | Nauris Miezis | 61 |
| 5 | Dušan Domović Bulut | 60 |