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

The men's basketball tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics was the 20th edition of the event for men at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held from 25 July to 7 August 2021. All games were played at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
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. 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 IOC vice-president Anita DeFrantz and the medalists' bouqets by FIBA first vice-president Sheikh Saud Ali Al-Thani.
With a FIBA World Cup Changed a format & A Champions in FIBA World Cup will no longer be automatically qualify to the Olympics 11 Teams will battle for the Olympics through The 2019 FIBA World Cup along with 2 best teams in America & Europe, best teams in Asia, Africa and Oceania & 4 winners of 2020 FIBA Olympics Qualifying Tournament in different places alongside a host hountry Japan who automatically qualify to the Olympics as host & for the first time since 1996 that the slots are using 11 for qualify to the Olympics and the format will also change from 6 teams in each group (Group A & B) to 4 team in each group (Group A, B and C) The Top 2 teams in each group along with the 2 best 3rd place in their different group will advance to the knockout round.

## Format

The twelve teams were split into 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 was as follows.
| Sun 25 | Mon 26 | Tue 27 | Wed 28 | Thu 29 | Fri 30 | Sat 31 | Sun 1 | Mon 2 | Tue 3 | Wed 4 | Thu 5 | Fri 6 | Fri 6 | Sat 7 | Sat 7 |
| G | G | | G | G | | G | G | | ¼ | | ½ | | | F | B |

## Qualified teams

| 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 | |

## Draw

The draw was held on 2 February 2021.
The 12 teams were divided into four pots of three teams based on their FIBA World Ranking. The three groups were formed by drawing one team from each pot. Two teams from the same continent could not be placed into the same group, with the exception of European teams, where up to two teams could be in the same group.
Due to scheduling requests from the International Olympic Committee, defending champions the United States were drawn into either Group A or B, and hosts Japan were automatically allocated Group C.

### Seeding

As the four winners of the 2020 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments (OQTs) were yet to be decided at the time of the draw, they were assigned placeholders of "OQT Belgrade", "OQT Kaunas", "OQT Split" and "OQT Victoria." Each of the four placeholders were seeded based on the highest-ranked team in each tournament.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| United States Spain Australia | Argentina Italy France | Czech Republic Slovenia Germany | Nigeria Iran Japan |

#### Notes

* ↑ OQT Belgrade winners, team not determined at time of draw.
* ↑ OQT Victoria winners, team not determined at time of draw.
* ↑ OQT Kaunas winners, team not determined at time of draw.
* ↑ OQT Split winners, team not determined at time of draw.

## 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
* Luis Vázquez
* Aleksandar Glišić
* Luis Castillo
* Antonio Conde
* Yener Yılmaz
* Amy Bonner
* Steven Anderson

## 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

| Pos | Team | 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 | |
* 25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 10:00 v
* Boxscore
| Iran | 78–84 | Czech Republic |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–25, 11–21, 16–21, 32–17 |||
| Pts: Yakhchali 23 Rebs: Haddadi 10 Asts: Jamshidi 7 | | Pts: Auda 16 Rebs: Balvín, Satoranský 8 Asts: Satoranský 8 |
* Saitama Super Arena, Saitama Referees: Matthew Kallio (CAN), Scott Beker (AUS), Yener Yılmaz (TUR)
* 25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 21:00 v
* Boxscore
| France | 83–76 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–22, 22–23, 25–11, 21–20 |||
| Pts: Fournier 28 Rebs: Gobert 9 Asts: Batum, De Colo 5 | | Pts: Holiday 18 Rebs: Adebayo 10 Asts: Green, Holiday 4 |
* Saitama Super Arena, Saitama Referees: Guilherme Locatelli (BRA), Michael Weiland (CAN), Manuel Mazzoni (ITA)
* 28 July 2021 (2021-07-28) 13:40 v
* Boxscore
| United States | 120–66 | Iran |
| Scoring by quarter: 28–12, 32–18, 22–13, 38–23 |||
| Pts: Lillard 21 Rebs: Booker, Durant 5 Asts: LaVine 8 | | Pts: Haddadi, Jamshidi 14 Rebs: Haddadi 7 Asts: Jalalpoor, Jamshidi 3 |
* Saitama Super Arena, Saitama Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Yohan Rosso (FRA), Andreia Silva (BRA)
* 28 July 2021 (2021-07-28) 21:00 v
* Boxscore
| Czech Republic | 77–97 | France |
| Scoring by quarter: 28–22, 12–29, 16–26, 21–20 |||
| Pts: Veselý 19 Rebs: Balvín 8 Asts: Satoranský 9 | | Pts: Fournier 21 Rebs: Gobert 10 Asts: De Colo 8 |
* Saitama Super Arena, Saitama Referees: Juan Fernández (ARG), Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Leandro Lezcano (ARG)
* 31 July 2021 (2021-07-31) 10:00 v
* Boxscore
| Iran | 62–79 | France |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 10–24, 20–16, 15–17 |||
| Pts: Haddadi 18 Rebs: Haddadi 12 Asts: Haddadi 5 | | Pts: Heurtel 16 Rebs: four players 5 Asts: De Colo 5 |
* Saitama Super Arena, Saitama Referees: Guilherme Locatelli (BRA), Leandro Lezcano (ARG), Rabah Noujaim (LIB)
* 31 July 2021 (2021-07-31) 21:00 v
* Boxscore
| United States | 119–84 | Czech Republic |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–25, 29–18, 35–17, 37–24 |||
| Pts: Tatum 27 Rebs: Durant 8 Asts: Durant 6 | | Pts: Schilb 17 Rebs: Satoranský 6 Asts: Satoranský 8 |
* Saitama Super Arena, Saitama Referees: Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Maripier Malo (CAN)

### Group B

| Pos | Team | 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 | |
* 25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 13:40 v
* Boxscore
| Germany | 82–92 | Italy |
| Scoring by quarter: 32–22, 14–21, 26–25, 10–24 |||
| Pts: Lô 24 Rebs: Voigtmann 6 Asts: three players 4 | | Pts: Fontecchio 20 Rebs: Melli 9 Asts: Mannion 7 |
* Saitama Super Arena, Saitama Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Ahmed Al-Shuwaili (IRQ), Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ)
* 25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 17:20 v
* Boxscore
| Australia | 84–67 | Nigeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–23, 20–17, 15–12, 26–15 |||
| Pts: Mills 25 Rebs: Kay 8 Asts: Mills 6 | | Pts: Emegano 12 Rebs: Achiuwa 6 Asts: Agada, Okogie 3 |
* Saitama Super Arena, Saitama Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Luis Castillo (ESP), Takaki Kato (JPN)
* 28 July 2021 (2021-07-28) 10:00 v
* Boxscore
| Nigeria | 92–99 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–24, 29–26, 24–24, 18–25 |||
| Pts: Nwora 33 Rebs: Nwora 7 Asts: Emegano 6 | | Pts: Voigtmann 19 Rebs: Thiemann 10 Asts: Lô 9 |
* Saitama Super Arena, Saitama Referees: Omar Bermúdez (MEX), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Rabah Noujaim (LIB)
* 28 July 2021 (2021-07-28) 17:20 v
* Boxscore
| Italy | 83–86 | Australia |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–25, 20–19, 17–21, 21–21 |||
| Pts: Fontecchio 22 Rebs: Polonara 7 Asts: Mannion 7 | | Pts: Landale 18 Rebs: three players 7 Asts: Ingles, Mills 5 |
* Saitama Super Arena, Saitama Referees: Michael Weiland (CAN), Steven Anderson (USA), Ahmed Al-Shuwaili (IRQ)
* 31 July 2021 (2021-07-31) 13:40 v
* Boxscore
| Italy | 80–71 | Nigeria |
| Scoring by quarter: 29–17, 11–22, 16–24, 24–8 |||
| Pts: Melli 15 Rebs: Vitali 6 Asts: Fontecchio, Pajola 4 | | Pts: Metu 22 Rebs: Metu 10 Asts: Metu 3 |
* Saitama Super Arena, Saitama Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Takaki Kato (JPN)
* 31 July 2021 (2021-07-31) 17:20 v
* Boxscore
| Australia | 89–76 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–22, 26–18, 22–19, 23–17 |||
| Pts: Mills 24 Rebs: Ingles 5 Asts: Mills 6 | | Pts: Obst 17 Rebs: Voigtmann 13 Asts: Lô 5 |
* Saitama Super Arena, Saitama Referees: Juan Fernández (ARG), Steven Anderson (USA), Omar Bermúdez (MEX)

### Group C

| Pos | Team | 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 | |
* 26 July 2021 (2021-07-26) 13:40 v
* Boxscore
| Argentina | 100–118 | Slovenia |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–32, 18–30, 24–26, 34–30 |||
| Pts: Scola 23 Rebs: Deck 8 Asts: Vildoza 5 | | Pts: Dončić 48 Rebs: Tobey 14 Asts: Dončić 5 |
* Saitama Super Arena, Saitama Referees: Steven Anderson (USA), Yohan Rosso (FRA), Yu Jung (TPE)
* 26 July 2021 (2021-07-26) 21:00 v
* Boxscore
| Japan | 77–88 | Spain |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–18, 14–30, 28–21, 21–19 |||
| Pts: Hachimura 20 Rebs: Watanabe 8 Asts: Baba, Tanaka 5 | | Pts: Rubio 20 Rebs: Claver 9 Asts: Rubio 9 |
* Saitama Super Arena, Saitama Referees: Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Rabah Noujaim (LIB)
* 29 July 2021 (2021-07-29) 13:40 v
* Boxscore
| Slovenia | 116–81 | Japan |
| Scoring by quarter: 29–23, 24–18, 27–23, 36–17 |||
| Pts: Dončić 25 Rebs: Tobey 11 Asts: Dončić 7 | | Pts: Hachimura 34 Rebs: Hachimura, Watanabe 7 Asts: Hachimura, Tanaka 3 |
* Saitama Super Arena, Saitama Referees: Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Michael Weiland (CAN), Ferdinand Pascual (PHI)
* 29 July 2021 (2021-07-29) 21:00 v
* Boxscore
| Spain | 81–71 | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–25, 20–9, 21–19, 20–18 |||
| Pts: Rubio 26 Rebs: P. Gasol 8 Asts: M. Gasol 5 | | Pts: Laprovittola 27 Rebs: Deck 8 Asts: Laprovittola 4 |
* Saitama Super Arena, Saitama Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Maj Forsberg (DEN), Andreia Silva (BRA)
* 1 August 2021 (2021-08-01) 13:40 v
* Boxscore
| Argentina | 97–77 | Japan |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–16, 20–22, 19–15, 32–24 |||
| Pts: Scola 23 Rebs: Scola 10 Asts: Campazzo 11 | | Pts: Baba 18 Rebs: Hachimura 11 Asts: three players 3 |
* Saitama Super Arena, Saitama Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Michael Weiland (CAN)
* 1 August 2021 (2021-08-01) 17:20 v
* Boxscore
| Spain | 87–95 | Slovenia |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–20, 20–21, 26–27, 17–27 |||
| Pts: Rubio 18 Rebs: Claver, M. Gasol 6 Asts: Rubio 9 | | Pts: Čančar 22 Rebs: Dončić, Tobey 14 Asts: Dončić 9 |
* Saitama Super Arena, Saitama Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Yohan Rosso (FRA), Matthew Kallio (CAN)

### Third-placed teams ranking

| Pos | Grp | Team | 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

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 team from Pot E.

### Ranking

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Slovenia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 329 | 268 | +61 | 6 | Seeded (Pot D) |
| 2 | France | 3 | 3 | 0 | 259 | 215 | +44 | 6 | Seeded (Pot D) |
| 3 | Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 259 | 226 | +33 | 6 | Seeded (Pot D) |
| 4 | United States | 3 | 2 | 1 | 315 | 233 | +82 | 5 | Seeded (Pot D) |
| 5 | Italy | 3 | 2 | 1 | 255 | 239 | +16 | 5 | Unseeded (Pot E) |
| 6 | Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 256 | 243 | +13 | 5 | Unseeded (Pot E) |
| 7 | Argentina | 3 | 1 | 2 | 268 | 276 | −8 | 4 | Unseeded (Pot E) |
| 8 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 2 | 257 | 273 | −16 | 4 | Unseeded (Pot E) |

### Bracket

| 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 |

### Quarterfinals

* 3 August 2021 (2021-08-03) 10:00 v
* Boxscore
| Slovenia | 94–70 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–14, 19–23, 22–17, 28–16 |||
| Pts: Dragić 27 Rebs: Tobey 11 Asts: Dončić 11 | | Pts: Lô 11 Rebs: Bonga 7 Asts: Bonga 3 |
* Saitama Super Arena, Saitama Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Matthew Kallio (CAN), Omar Bermúdez (MEX)
* 3 August 2021 (2021-08-03) 13:40 v
* Boxscore
| Spain | 81–95 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–19, 22–24, 20–26, 18–26 |||
| Pts: Rubio 38 Rebs: W. Hernangómez 10 Asts: W. Hernangómez 3 | | Pts: Durant 29 Rebs: Booker 9 Asts: Booker, Holiday 5 |
* Saitama Super Arena, Saitama Referees: Guilherme Locatelli (BRA), Yohan Rosso (FRA), Michael Weiland (CAN)
* 3 August 2021 (2021-08-03) 17:20 v
* Boxscore
| Italy | 75–84 | France |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–20, 17–23, 12–21, 21–20 |||
| Pts: Fontecchio 23 Rebs: Gallinari 10 Asts: Pajola 6 | | Pts: Gobert 22 Rebs: Batum 14 Asts: De Colo 7 |
* Saitama Super Arena, Saitama Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Juan Fernández (ARG), Steven Anderson (USA)
* 3 August 2021 (2021-08-03) 21:00 v
* Boxscore
| Australia | 97–59 | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–22, 21–11, 21–15, 37–11 |||
| Pts: Mills 18 Rebs: Kay 10 Asts: Ingles 7 | | Pts: Laprovíttola 16 Rebs: Deck 10 Asts: Campazzo 5 |
* Saitama Super Arena, Saitama Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT)

### Semifinals

* 5 August 2021 (2021-08-05) 13:15 v
* Boxscore
| United States | 97–78 | Australia |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–24, 24–21, 32–10, 23–23 |||
| Pts: Durant 23 Rebs: Durant 9 Asts: Holiday 8 | | Pts: Mills 15 Rebs: Landale 6 Asts: Mills 8 |
* Saitama Super Arena, Saitama Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Michael Weiland (CAN), Manuel Mazzoni (ITA)
* 5 August 2021 (2021-08-05) 20:00 v
* Boxscore
| France | 90–89 | Slovenia |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–29, 15–15, 29–21, 19–24 |||
| Pts: De Colo 25 Rebs: Gobert 16 Asts: De Colo 5 | | Pts: Tobey 23 Rebs: Dončić 10 Asts: Dončić 18 |
* Saitama Super Arena, Saitama Referees: Guilherme Locatelli (BRA), Juan Fernández (ARG), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT)

### Bronze medal game

* 7 August 2021 (2021-08-07) 20:00 v
* Boxscore
| Slovenia | 93–107 | Australia |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 26–33, 22–25, 26–29 |||
| Pts: Dončić 22 Rebs: Dončić 8 Asts: Dončić 7 | | Pts: Mills 42 Rebs: Ingles 9 Asts: Mills 9 |
* Saitama Super Arena, Saitama Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Yohan Rosso (FRA), Matthew Kallio (CAN)

### Gold medal game

* 7 August 2021 (2021-08-07) 11:30 v
* Boxscore
| France | 82–87 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–22, 21–22, 24–27, 19–16 |||
| Pts: Fournier, Gobert 16 Rebs: Gobert 8 Asts: de Colo 7 | | Pts: Durant 29 Rebs: Tatum 7 Asts: Green 5 |
* Saitama Super Arena, Saitama Referees: Guilherme Locatelli (BRA), Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Michael Weiland (CAN)
Team details :
| France | United States |
| SF | 5 | Nicolas Batum |
| PF | 7 | Guerschon Yabusele |
| SG | 10 | Evan Fournier |
| SG | 12 | Nando de Colo |
| C | 27 | Rudy Gobert |
| PG | 1 | Frank Ntilikina |
| G | 3 | Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot |
| PG | 4 | Thomas Heurtel |
| C | 17 | Vincent Poirier |
| Head Coach: ||
| Vincent Collet ||
| G | 6 | Damian Lillard |
| F | 7 | Kevin Durant |
| C | 13 | Bam Adebayo |
| G | 12 | Jrue Holiday |
| G | 15 | Devin Booker |
| G | 5 | Zach LaVine |
| F | 10 | Jayson Tatum |
| F | 14 | Draymond Green |
| F | 8 | Khris Middleton |
| Head Coach: ||
| Gregg Popovich ||

## Statistics and awards
### Statistical leaders
#### Players

| Player | PPG |
| Ricky Rubio | 25.5 |
| Luka Dončić | 23.8 |
| Patty Mills | 23.3 |
| Rui Hachimura | 22.3 |
| Jordan Nwora | 21.0 |
| Player | RPG |
| Mike Tobey | 10.5 |
| Hamed Haddadi | 9.7 |
| Luka Dončić | 9.7 |
| Rudy Gobert | 9.3 |
| Johannes Voigtmann | 8.0 |
| Yuta Watanabe | 8.0 |
| Player | APG |
| Luka Dončić | 9.5 |
| Tomáš Satoranský | 8.7 |
| Patty Mills | 6.3 |
| Nando de Colo | 6.2 |
| Ricky Rubio | 6.0 |
| Player | BPG |
| Hamed Haddadi | 1.7 |
| Ondřej Balvín | 1.3 |
| Makoto Hiejima | 1.3 |
| Precious Achiuwa | 1.3 |
| Bam Adebayo | 1.2 |
| Kevin Durant | 1.2 |
| Jayson Tatum | 1.2 |
| Player | SPG |
| Matisse Thybulle | 3.0 |
| Jan Veselý | 2.3 |
| Alessandro Pajola | 2.0 |
| Tomáš Satoranský | 2.0 |
| Arsalan Kazemi | 2.0 |
| Chimezie Metu | 2.0 |
| Player | EFFPG |
| Luka Dončić | 29.2 |
| Ricky Rubio | 24.0 |
| Kevin Durant | 24.0 |
| Mike Tobey | 21.3 |
| Patty Mills | 20.5 |

#### Teams

| Team | PPG |
| Slovenia | 100.8 |
| United States | 99.0 |
| Australia | 90.2 |
| France | 85.8 |
| Spain | 84.3 |
| Team | RPG |
| Slovenia | 47.2 |
| France | 43.0 |
| Spain | 38.8 |
| Argentina | 37.3 |
| Australia | 36.8 |
| United States | 36.8 |
| Team | APG |
| Australia | 24.7 |
| United States | 24.3 |
| Czech Republic | 23.3 |
| Slovenia | 22.7 |
| France | 22.0 |
| Team | BPG |
| United States | 5.2 |
| Nigeria | 4.7 |
| Japan | 4.0 |
| Spain | 3.5 |
| Italy | 3.0 |
| Team | SPG |
| Nigeria | 11.0 |
| United States | 9.8 |
| Czech Republic | 9.7 |
| Australia | 9.7 |
| Italy | 8.5 |
| Team | EFFPG |
| United States | 121.7 |
| Slovenia | 118.7 |
| Australia | 106.5 |
| France | 102.5 |
| Spain | 95.8 |

### Awards

The awards were announced on 8 August 2021.
FIBA All-Star Five :
| Guards | Forwards | Center |
| Patty Mills Ricky Rubio | Luka Dončić Kevin Durant | Rudy Gobert |
| MVP: Kevin Durant |||
* 2020 Olympic Basketball champions
* United States Sixteenth title

## Final ranking

Rankings were 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 were classified 9th–12th based on the win–loss record in the preliminary round group.
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Standing | New rank |
| | United States | 6 | 5 | 1 | 594 | 474 | +120 | | 1 |
| | France | 6 | 5 | 1 | 515 | 466 | +49 | | 5 (2) |
| | 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) |