# Basketball at the 2021 Summer World University Games – Men's tournament

The men's tournament in basketball at the 2021 Summer Universiade in Chengdu, China was held from 29 July to 6 August.

## Preliminary round

* Qualified for the Final eight
* Qualified for the Placement 9th–16th

### Pool A

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 291 | 217 | +74 | 6 |
| Lithuania | 3 | 2 | 1 | 257 | 221 | +36 | 5 |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | 1 | 2 | 227 | 302 | −75 | 4 |
| China | 3 | 0 | 3 | 230 | 265 | −35 | 3 |
* 29 July 2023 19:30 UTC+8
* Boxscore
| Lithuania | 100–70 | Chinese Taipei |
| Scoring by quarter: 32–18, 19–24, 25–13, 24–15 |||
* Fenghuangshan Sports Park Gymnasium
* 29 July 2023 19:30 UTC+8
* Boxscore
| China | 79–89 | Brazil |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–20, 26–20, 16–22, 20–27 |||
* Sichuan Gymnasium
* 30 July 2023 15:00 UTC+8
* Boxscore
| Brazil | 118–60 | Chinese Taipei |
| Scoring by quarter: 28–19, 22–13, 31–11, 37–17 |||
* Sichuan Gymnasium
* 30 July 2023 19:30 UTC+8
* Boxscore
| China | 67–79 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–23, 10–19, 22–17, 21–20 |||
* Fenghuangshan Sports Park Gymnasium
* 31 July 2023 19:30 UTC+8
* Boxscore
| Lithuania | 78–84 | Brazil |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–18, 24–21, 9–21, 28–24 |||
* Qingshuihe Campus Gymnasium
* 31 July 2023 19:30 UTC+8
* Boxscore
| Chinese Taipei | 97–84 | China |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–26, 26–22, 30–18, 21–18 |||
* Qingbaijiang Sports Centre Gymnasium

### Pool B

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 261 | 163 | +98 | 6 |
| Romania | 3 | 2 | 1 | 228 | 165 | +63 | 5 |
| Mongolia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 207 | 218 | −11 | 4 |
| South Africa | 3 | 0 | 3 | 117 | 267 | −150 | 3 |
* 29 July 2023 11:00 UTC+8
* Boxscore
| Romania | 81–62 | Mongolia |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–9, 17–17, 19–16, 25–20 |||
* Qingshuihe Campus Gymnasium
* 29 July 2023 15:30 UTC+8
* Boxscore
| Argentina | 102–36 | South Africa |
| Scoring by quarter: 29–6, 27–12, 23–12, 23–6 |||
* Qingshuihe Campus Gymnasium
* 30 July 2023 11:00 UTC+8
* Boxscore
| Romania | 56–70 | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 16–13, 13–19, 11–19 |||
* Fenghuangshan Sports Park Gymnasium
* 30 July 2023 19:30 UTC+8
* Boxscore
| Mongolia | 74–48 | South Africa |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–13, 24–13, 15–12, 17–10 |||
* Qingshuihe Campus Gymnasium
* 31 July 2023 15:00 UTC+8
* Boxscore
| Argentina | 84–71 | Mongolia |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–16, 25–19, 22–12, 26–24 |||
* Sichuan Gymnasium
* 31 July 2023 19:30 UTC+8
* Boxscore
| South Africa | 33–91 | Romania |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–27, 12–22, 2–20, 7–22 |||
* Sichuan Gymnasium

### Pool C

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 265 | 210 | +55 | 6 |
| Czech Republic | 3 | 2 | 1 | 237 | 200 | +37 | 5 |
| Poland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 219 | 234 | −15 | 4 |
| Japan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 161 | 238 | −77 | 3 |
* 29 July 2023 11:00 UTC+8
* Boxscore
| Japan | 56–76 | Czech Republic |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–21, 11–17, 8–23, 22–15 |||
* Qingbaijiang Sports Centre Gymnasium
* 29 July 2023 15:00 UTC+8
* Boxscore
| United States | 96–82 | Poland |
| Scoring by quarter: 33–18, 26–21, 18–16, 19–27 |||
* Qingbaijiang Sports Centre Gymnasium
* 30 July 2023 11:00 UTC+8
* Boxscore
| Poland | 68–89 | Czech Republic |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–26, 12–29, 16–10, 22–24 |||
* Sichuan Gymnasium
* 30 July 2023 11:00 UTC+8
* Boxscore
| United States | 93–56 | Japan |
| Scoring by quarter: 30–17, 19–12, 31–10, 13–17 |||
* Qingbaijiang Sports Centre Gymnasium
* 31 July 2023 15:00 UTC+8
* Boxscore
| Japan | 49–69 | Poland |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–18, 13–13, 3–19, 20–19 |||
* Fenghuangshan Sports Park Gymnasium
* 31 July 2023 19:30 UTC+8
* Boxscore
| Czech Republic | 72–76 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 9–20, 21–12, 21–18, 21–26 |||
* Fenghuangshan Sports Park Gymnasium

### Pool D

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Finland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 185 | 99 | +86 | 4 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1 | 1 | 121 | 126 | −5 | 3 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 89 | 170 | −81 | 2 |
* 29 July 2023 11:00 UTC+8
* Boxscore
| Finland | 105–43 | Azerbaijan |
| Scoring by quarter: 31–7, 22–12, 23–14, 29–10 |||
* Sichuan Gymnasium
* 30 July 2023 19:30 UTC+8
* Boxscore
| South Korea | 56–80 | Finland |
| Scoring by quarter: 9–17, 15–16, 17–24, 15–23 |||
* Qingbaijiang Sports Centre Gymnasium
* 31 July 2023 15:00 UTC+8
* Boxscore
| Azerbaijan | 46–65 | South Korea |
| Scoring by quarter: 9–17, 12–13, 13–14, 12–21 |||
* Qingshuihe Campus Gymnasium

## 9th to 15th place classification
### Bracket

| 9–15th place quarterfinals | 9–15th place quarterfinals | 9–15th place quarterfinals | 9–12th place semifinals | 9–12th place semifinals | 9–12th place semifinals | 9th place | 9th place | 9th place |
| C3 | Poland | | | | | | | |
| | Bye | | | | | | | |
| | Bye | | Poland | Poland | 85 | | | |
| | | | Chinese Taipei | Chinese Taipei | 82 | | | |
| A3 | Chinese Taipei | 102 | Chinese Taipei | Chinese Taipei | 82 | | | |
| B4 | South Africa | 64 | | | | | | |
| B4 | South Africa | 64 | | | | Poland | Poland | 87 |
| | | | | | | China | China | 76 |
| D3 | Azerbaijan | 48 | | | | | | | China | China | 76 |
| C4 | Japan | 104 | | | |
| C4 | Japan | 104 | Japan | Japan | 62 | 11th place | 11th place | 11th place |
| | | | China | China | 84 |
| B3 | Mongolia | 71 | China | China | 84 | Chinese Taipei | Chinese Taipei | 84 |
| A4 | China | 75 | | | | Japan | Japan | 82 |

### 9–15th place quarterfinals

* 2 August 2023 15:00 UTC+8
* Boxscore
| Japan | 104–48 | Azerbaijan |
| Scoring by quarter: 31–8, 19–12, 25–20, 29–8 |||
* Qingbaijiang Sports Centre Gymnasium
* 2 August 2023 19:30 UTC+8
* Boxscore
| Chinese Taipei | 102–64 | South Africa |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–14, 21–19, 18–16, 38–15 |||
* Qingshuihe Campus Gymnasium
* 2 August 2023 19:30 UTC+8
* Boxscore
| China | 75–71 | Mongolia |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–18, 6–14, 18–17, 25–22 |||
* Qingbaijiang Sports Centre Gymnasium

### 13–15th place classification

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 13 | Mongolia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 147 | 114 | +33 | 4 |
| 14 | Azerbaijan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 144 | 127 | +17 | 3 |
| 15 | South Africa | 2 | 0 | 2 | 121 | 171 | −50 | 2 |
* 3 August 2023 15:00 UTC+8
* Boxscore
| South Africa | 62–79 | Mongolia |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–15, 11–21, 8–25, 24–18 |||
* Qingshuihe Campus Gymnasium
* 4 August 2023 15:00 UTC+8
* Boxscore
| Mongolia | 68–52 | Azerbaijan |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–8, 16–12, 14–12, 26–20 |||
* Qingshuihe Campus Gymnasium
* 6 August 2023 11:00 UTC+8
* Boxscore
| Azerbaijan | 92–59 | South Africa |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–12, 27–18, 29–17, 20–12 |||
* Qingshuihe Campus Gymnasium

### 9–12th place semifinals

* 3 August 2023 15:30 UTC+8
* Boxscore
| Chinese Taipei | 82–85 | Poland |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–26, 19–20, 22–20, 16–19 |||
* Sichuan Gymnasium
* 4 August 2023 19:30 UTC+8
* Boxscore
| Japan | 62–84 | China |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 23–25, 12–22, 13–21 |||
* Qingshuihe Campus Gymnasium

### 11th place game

* 6 August 2023 15:00 UTC+8
* Boxscore
| Chinese Taipei | 84–82 | Japan |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–22, 21–17, 18–18, 18–25 |||
* Qingshuihe Campus Gymnasium

### 9th place game

* 6 August 2023 11:00 UTC+8
* Boxscore
| Poland | 87–76 | China |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–20, 26–21, 27–12, 18–23 |||
* Sichuan Gymnasium

## 1st to 8th place classification
### Bracket

| 5th place | 5th place | 5th place | 5–8th place semifinals | 5–8th place semifinals | 5–8th place semifinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Gold medal match | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| | | | | | | A1 | Brazil | 84 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | B2 | Romania | 66 | | | | | | | |
| | | | Romania | Romania | 66 | | | | Brazil | Brazil | 95 | | |
| | | | South Korea | South Korea | 55 | | | | United States | United States | 82 | | |
| | | | | | | C1 | United States | 86 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | D2 | South Korea | 68 | | | | | | |
| Romania | Romania | 61 | | | | | | | | | Brazil | Brazil | |
| Finland | Finland | 76 | | | | | | | | | Brazil | | Czech Republic | Czech Republic | |
| | | | | | | B1 | Argentina | 78 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | A2 | Lithuania | 75 | | | | | | | |
| 7th place | 7th place | 7th place | Lithuania | Lithuania | 69 | | | | Argentina | Argentina | 68 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| | | | Finland | Finland | 84 | | | | Czech Republic | Czech Republic | 85 | | | | |
| South Korea | South Korea | 66 | | | | D1 | | | Finland | 66 | | | United States | United States | 102 |
| Lithuania | Lithuania | 99 | | | | C2 | Czech Republic | 68 | | | | | Argentina | Argentina | 91 |

### Quarterfinals

* 2 August 2023 15:00 UTC+8
* Boxscore
| Brazil | 84–66 | Romania |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 20–20, 24–10, 25–16 |||
* Fenghuangshan Sports Park Gymnasium
* 2 August 2023 15:00 UTC+8
* Boxscore
| Lithuania | 75–78 | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–19, 18–12, 13–24, 22–23 |||
* Sichuan Gymnasium
* 2 August 2023 19:30 UTC+8
* Boxscore
| United States | 86–68 | South Korea |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–13, 24–17, 29–9, 17–29 |||
* Fenghuangshan Sports Park Gymnasium
* 2 August 2023 19:30 UTC+8
* Boxscore
| Czech Republic | 68–66 | Finland |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 17–16, 14–13, 22–18 |||
* Sichuan Gymnasium

### 5–8th place semifinals

* 4 August 2023 15:00 UTC+8
* Boxscore
| Romania | 66–55 | South Korea |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–15, 14–14, 22–10, 20–16 |||
* Sichuan Gymnasium
* 4 August 2023 19:30 UTC+8
* Boxscore
| Lithuania | 69–84 | Finland |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 18–19, 18–22, 14–23 |||
* Sichuan Gymnasium

### Semifinals

* 4 August 2023 15:00 UTC+8
* Boxscore
| Brazil | 95–82 | United States |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–20, 24–17, 20–24, 25–21 |||
* Fenghuangshan Sports Park Gymnasium
* 4 August 2023 19:30 UTC+8
* Boxscore
| Argentina | 68–85 | Czech Republic |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–23, 17–16, 18–23, 23–23 |||
* Fenghuangshan Sports Park Gymnasium

### 7th place game

* 6 August 2023 15:00 UTC+8
* Boxscore
| South Korea | 66–99 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–20, 21–27, 14–27, 9–25 |||
* Sichuan Gymnasium

### 5th place game

* 6 August 2023 11:00 UTC+8
* Boxscore
| Romania | 61–76 | Finland |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–13, 19–24, 9–12, 18–27 |||
* Qingbaijiang Sports Centre Gymnasium

### Bronze medal game

* 6 August 2023 15:00 UTC+8
* Boxscore
| United States | 102–91 | Argentina |
| Scoring by quarter: 29–30, 30–28, 20–12, 23–21 |||
* Fenghuangshan Sports Park Gymnasium

### Gold medal game

* 6 August 2023 19:30 UTC+8
* Boxscore
| Brazil | 67–69 | Czech Republic |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–16, 21–18, 16–17, 17–18 |||
| Pts: Paulo Junior 17 Rebs: Victor da Silva 10 Asts: Paulo Junior 5 | | Pts: Zídek 24 Rebs: Zídek 9 Asts: Sýkora 4 |
* Fenghuangshan Sports Park Gymnasium

## Final standings

| Place | Team | Record |
| | Czech Republic | 5–1 |
| | Brazil | 5–1 |
| | United States | 5–1 |
| 4 | Argentina | 4–2 |
| 5 | Finland | 4–1 |
| 6 | Romania | 3–3 |
| 7 | Lithuania | 3–3 |
| 8 | South Korea | 1–4 |
| 9 | Poland | 3–2 |
| 10 | China | 2–4 |
| 11 | Chinese Taipei | 3–3 |
| 12 | Japan | 1–5 |
| 13 | Mongolia | 3–3 |
| 14 | Azerbaijan | 1–4 |
| 15 | South Africa | 0–6 |