Tournament details | |
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Host country | Japan |
City | Tokyo |
Dates | 24–28 July 2021 |
Teams | 8 (from 2 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Latvia (1st title) |
Runners-up | ROC |
Third place | Serbia |
Fourth place | Belgium |
Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics | ||
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Basketball | ||
Qualification | men | women |
Tournament | men | women |
Rosters | men | women |
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Qualification | men | women |
Tournament | men | women |
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. [1]
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. [2] As a result of this pandemic, the games were played behind closed doors. [3]
Latvia won the title after defeating the Russian Olympic Committee team in the final, while Serbia captured the bronze medal over Belgium. [4]
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.
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. [5]
G | Group stage | ¼ | Quarterfinals | ½ | Semifinals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Gold medal match |
Sat 24 | Sun 25 | Mon 26 | Tue 27 | Wed 28 | |||
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G | G | G | G | 1⁄4 | 1⁄2 | B | F |
Means of qualification | Date(s) | Location | Berth(s) | Qualifier(s) |
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Host nation | — | — | 1 | Japan |
FIBA 3x3 World Ranking [6] | 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 [7] | 4–6 June 2021 | Debrecen | 1 | Belgium |
Total | 8 |
The following 12 referees were selected for the tournament. [16]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Qualification |
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1 | Serbia | 7 | 7 | 0 | 138 | 91 | +47 | Semifinals |
2 | Belgium | 7 | 4 [lower-alpha 1] | 3 | 126 | 127 | −1 | |
3 | Latvia | 7 | 4 [lower-alpha 1] | 3 | 133 | 129 | +4 | Quarterfinals |
4 | Netherlands | 7 | 4 [lower-alpha 1] | 3 | 132 | 129 | +3 | |
5 | ROC | 7 | 3 | 4 | 116 | 125 | −9 | |
6 | Japan (H) | 7 | 2 [lower-alpha 2] | 5 | 123 | 134 | −11 | |
7 | Poland | 7 | 2 [lower-alpha 2] | 5 | 120 | 130 | −10 | |
8 | China | 7 | 2 [lower-alpha 2] | 5 | 119 | 142 | −23 |
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Gold medal | ||||||||
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Serbia | 10 | |||||||||
27 July | ||||||||||
ROC | 21 | |||||||||
Netherlands | 19 | |||||||||
28 July | ||||||||||
ROC | 21 | |||||||||
ROC | 18 | |||||||||
Latvia | 21 | |||||||||
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Belgium | 8 | |||||||||
27 July | ||||||||||
Latvia | 21 | Bronze medal | ||||||||
Latvia | 21 | |||||||||
28 July | ||||||||||
Japan | 18 | |||||||||
Serbia | 21 | |||||||||
Belgium | 10 | |||||||||
Rank | Team [18] |
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Latvia | |
ROC | |
Serbia | |
4 | Belgium |
5 | Netherlands |
6 | Japan |
7 | Poland |
8 | China |
Rank | Name | Points [19] |
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1 | Kārlis Lasmanis | 76 |
2 | Hu Jinqiu | 65 |
3 | Thibaut Vervoort | 61 |
Nauris Miezis | ||
5 | Dušan Domović Bulut | 60 |
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