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

The 2020 Summer Olympics women'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. 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; IOC Member, and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Ingo Weiss, Germany; 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

| Sat 24 | Sun 25 | Mon 26 | Tue 27 | Tue 27 | Wed 28 | Wed 28 | Wed 28 |
| G | G | G | G | ¼ | ½ | B | F |

## Qualification

| 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 | |

## Players

| Team | Players | Players | Players | Players |
| France | Ana Cata-Chitiga | Laëtitia Guapo | Marie-Ève Paget | Mamignan Touré |
| ROC | Evgeniia Frolkina | Olga Frolkina | Yulia Kozik | Anastasia Logunova |
| China | Wan Jiyuan | Wang Lili | Yang Shuyu | Zhang Zhiting |
| Romania | Claudia Cuic | Gabriela Mărginean | Ancuţa Stoenescu | Sonia Ursu-Kim |
| Italy | Chiara Consolini | Rae Lin D'Alie | Marcella Filippi | Giulia Rulli |
| Japan | Stephanie Mawuli | Risa Nishioka | Mio Shinozaki | Mai Yamamoto |
| Mongolia | Enkhtaivany Chimeddolgor | Onolbaataryn Khulan | Bayasgalangiin Solongo | Mönkhsaikhany Tserenlkham |
| United States | Stefanie Dolson | Allisha Gray | Kelsey Plum | Jackie Young |
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

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

### Results

* 24 July 2021 (2021-07-24) 10:15 v
* Report
| ROC | 21–18 | Japan |
| Pts: O. Frolkina 7 | | Pts: Shinozaki 8 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Edmond Ho (HKG), Cecília Tóth (HUN)
* 24 July 2021 (2021-07-24) 10:40 v
* Report
| China | 21–10 | Romania |
| Pts: Wan J, Yang 6 | | Pts: Cuic 4 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Marek Maliszewski (POL), Vanessa Devlin (AUS)
* 24 July 2021 (2021-07-24) 14:00 v
* Report
| ROC | 19–9 | China |
| Pts: O. Frolkina 7 | | Pts: Wan J 4 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Vanessa Devlin (AUS), Cecília Tóth (HUN)
* 24 July 2021 (2021-07-24) 14:25 v
* Report
| Romania | 8–20 | Japan |
| Pts: Ursu-Kim 3 | | Pts: Mawuli 9 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Sara El-Sharnouby (EGY), Markos Michaelides (SUI)
* 24 July 2021 (2021-07-24) 17:30 v
* Report
| Italy | 15–14 | Mongolia |
| Pts: D'Alie 8 | | Pts: Solongo 7 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Shi Qirong (CHN), Vlad Ghizdareanu (ROU)
* 24 July 2021 (2021-07-24) 17:55 v
* Report
| United States | 17–10 | France |
| Pts: Dolson 7 | | Pts: Paget, Touré 3 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Jasmina Juras (SRB), Edmond Ho (HKG)
* 24 July 2021 (2021-07-24) 21:00 v
* Report
| Mongolia | 9–21 | United States |
| Pts: Chimeddolgor 6 | | Pts: Gray 9 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Su Yu-yen (TPE), Vlad Ghizdareanu (ROU)
* 24 July 2021 (2021-07-24) 21:25 v
* Report
| France | 19–16 | Italy |
| Pts: Cata-Chitiga, Guapo 6 | | Pts: D'Alie 8 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Shi Qirong (CHN), Jasmina Juras (SRB)
* 25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 10:15 v
* Report
| Japan | 19–10 | Mongolia |
| Pts: Mawuli, Yamamoto 6 | | Pts: Chimeddolgor, Solongo 3 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Shi Qirong (CHN), Markos Michaelides (SUI)
* 25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 10:40 v
* Report
| Romania | 14–22 | Italy |
| Pts: Mărginean 6 | | Pts: D'Alie 13 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Su Yu-yen (TPE), Evgeny Ostrovskiy (RUS)
* 25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 14:00 v
* Report
| Mongolia | 5–21 | ROC |
| Pts: Tserenlkham 3 | | Pts: Kozik, O. Frolkina 8 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Su Yu-yen (TPE), Vlad Ghizdareanu (ROU)
* 25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 14:25 v
* Report
| China | 22–13 | Italy |
| Pts: Zhang 8 | | Pts: D'Alie 6 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Cecília Tóth (HUN), Evgeny Ostrovskiy (RUS)
* 25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 17:30 v
* Report
| Romania | 11–22 | United States |
| Pts: Cuic 7 | | Pts: Plum 12 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Sara El-Sharnouby (EGY), Marek Maliszewski (POL)
* 25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 17:55 v
* Report
| Japan | 19–15 | France |
| Pts: three players 5 | | Pts: Paget 6 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Evgeny Ostrovskiy (RUS), Vanessa Devlin (AUS)
* 25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 21:00 v
* Report
| China | 20–13 | France |
| Pts: Wang L., Yang 7 | | Pts: Touré 5 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Glenn Tuitt (USA), Evgeny Ostrovskiy (RUS)
* 25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 21:25 v
* Report
| ROC | 16–20 | United States |
| Pts: Kozik 8 | | Pts: Gray 8 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Jasmina Juras (SRB), Edmond Ho (HKG)
* 26 July 2021 (2021-07-26) 10:15 v
* Report
| Japan | 12–15 | China |
| Pts: Mawuli 5 | | Pts: Wang L. 5 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Marek Maliszewski (POL), Vanessa Devlin (AUS)
* 26 July 2021 (2021-07-26) 10:40 v
* Report
| Mongolia | 14–22 | Romania |
| Pts: Tserenlkham 6 | | Pts: Ursu-Kim, Mărginean 7 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Su Yu-yen (TPE), Edmond Ho (HKG)
* 26 July 2021 (2021-07-26) 14:00 v
* Report
| Romania | 12–21 | ROC |
| Pts: three players 4 | | Pts: O. Frolkina, Logunova 8 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Vanessa Devlin (AUS), Glenn Tuitt (USA)
* 26 July 2021 (2021-07-26) 14:25 v
* Report
| Italy | 10–22 | Japan |
| Pts: Consolini 4 | | Pts: Mawuli 8 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Cecília Tóth (HUN), Su Yu-yen (TPE)
* 26 July 2021 (2021-07-26) 17:30 v
* Report
| France | 22–18 | Mongolia |
| Pts: Guapo 9 | | Pts: Khulan, Tserenlkham 7 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Evgeny Ostrovskiy (RUS), Sara El-Sharnouby (EGY)
* 26 July 2021 (2021-07-26) 17:55 v
* Report
| Italy | 13–17 | United States |
| Pts: D'Alie, Rulli 4 | | Pts: Dolson, Gray 6 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Shi Qirong (CHN), Vlad Ghizdareanu (ROU)
* 26 July 2021 (2021-07-26) 21:00 v
* Report
| United States | 21–19 | China |
| Pts: Plum 10 | | Pts: Yang 8 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Sara El-Sharnouby (EGY), Markos Michaelides (SUI)
* 26 July 2021 (2021-07-26) 21:25 v
* Report
| France | 17–14 | ROC |
| Pts: Touré 10 | | Pts: three players 4 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Jasmina Juras (SRB), Shi Qirong (CHN)
* 27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 13:30 v
* Report
| United States | 18–20 | Japan |
| Pts: Dolson 7 | | Pts: Yamamoto 8 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Evgeny Ostrovskiy (RUS), Shi Qirong (CHN)
* 27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 13:55 v
* Report
| China | 21–9 | Mongolia |
| Pts: Wan 10 | | Pts: Chimeddolgor 5 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Cecília Tóth (HUN), Sara El-Sharnouby (EGY)
* 27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 17:00 v
* Report
| France | 22–12 | Romania |
| Pts: Touré 11 | | Pts: Ursu-Kim, Stoenescu 4 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Glenn Tuitt (USA), Su Yu-yen (TPE)
* 27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 17:25 v
* Report
| ROC | 17–9 | Italy |
| Pts: O. Frolkina 6 | | Pts: Rulli 5 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Marek Maliszewski (POL), Vanessa Devlin (AUS)

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| 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 |

### Quarterfinals

* 27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 20:30 v
* Report
| China | 19–13 | Italy |
| Pts: Wang 11 | | Pts: Consolini, D'Alie 5 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Vanessa Devlin (AUS), Vlad Ghizdareanu (ROU)
* 27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 21:50 v
* Report
| Japan | 14–16 | France |
| Pts: Shinozaki 7 | | Pts: Paget 5 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Evgeny Ostrovskiy (RUS), Cecília Tóth (HUN)

### Semifinals

* 28 July 2021 (2021-07-28) 17:00 v
* Report
| United States | 18–16 | France |
| Pts: Gray, Plum 6 | | Pts: Cata-Chitiga 8 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Jasmina Juras (SRB), Vlad Ghizdareanu (ROU)
* 28 July 2021 (2021-07-28) 18:10 v
* Report
| ROC | 21–14 | China |
| Pts: Kozik 10 | | Pts: Zhang 7 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Cecília Tóth (HUN), Marek Maliszewski (POL)

### Bronze medal game

* 28 July 2021 (2021-07-28) 20:45 v
* Report
| France | 14–16 | China |
| Pts: Touré 8 | | Pts: Wang 9 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Evgeny Ostrovskiy (RUS), Jasmina Juras (SRB)

### Gold medal game

* 28 July 2021 (2021-07-28) 21:55 v
* Report
| United States | 18–15 | ROC |
| Pts: Dolson 7 | | Pts: Logunova 6 |
* Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Edmond Ho (HKG), Cecília Tóth (HUN)

## Final ranking

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

## Points leaders

| Rank | Name | Points |
| 1 | Kelsey Plum | 55 |
| 1 | Wang Lili | 55 |
| 3 | Olga Frolkina | 54 |
| 3 | Mamignan Touré | 54 |
| 5 | Yulia Kozik | 53 |