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Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Tournament details
Host countryJapan
CityTokyo
Dates25 July – 7 August 2021
Teams12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
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The men's basketball tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics will be the 20th edition of the basketball event for men at the Summer Olympic Games. It will be held from 25 July to 7 August 2021. All games will be played at the Saitama Super Arena in Tokyo, Japan.[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]

Format

The twelve teams will be split in to three groups of four teams. The first two-placed teams advance to the quarterfinals aswell as the two best third-placed teams. After the preliminary round, the teams will be seeded accoring to theire results (four teams seeded and four unseeded), afterwards a draw will determine the pairings. From there on a knockout system is used.[3]

Schedule

Legend
G Group stage ¼ Quarterfinals ½ Semifinals B Bronze medal match F Gold medal match

[4]

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 Sat 7
G G G G G G ¼ ½ B F

Qualification

Main article: Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification


Means of qualification[5] Date Venue Berths Qualified
Host nation[6] — — 1  Japan
2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Africa 31 August – 15 September 2019  China 1  Nigeria
Americas 2  Argentina
 United States
Asia 1  Iran
Europe 2  France
 Spain
Oceania 1  Australia
2020 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments 29 June – 4 July 2021 Canada Victoria 1  Czech Republic
Croatia Split 1  Germany
Lithuania Kaunas 1  Slovenia
Serbia Belgrade 1  Italy
Total 12


Draw

The draw was held on 2 February 2021.[7][8]

Seeding

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
 United States
 Spain
 Australia 		 Argentina
OQT winner (Belgrade)
 France 		OQT winner (Victoria)
OQT winner (Kaunas)
OQT winner (Split) 		 Nigeria
 Iran
 Japan

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+9).[9]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Iran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quarterfinals
2  France 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible quarterfinals
4 OQT winner Victoria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eliminated
First match(es) will be played: 25 July 2021. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head points difference; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.


25 July 2021 (2021-07-25)

v
Iran  vs. OQT winner Victoria
25 July 2021 (2021-07-25)

v
France  vs.  United States
28 July 2021 (2021-07-28)

v
United States  vs.  Iran
28 July 2021 (2021-07-28)

v
OQT winner Victoria vs.  France
31 July 2021 (2021-07-31)

v
Iran  vs.  France
31 July 2021 (2021-07-31)

v
United States  vs. OQT winner Victoria

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quarterfinals
2 OQT winner Split 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 OQT winner Belgrade 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible quarterfinals
4  Nigeria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eliminated
First match(es) will be played: 25 July 2021. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head points difference; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.


25 July 2021 (2021-07-25)

v
Australia  vs.  Nigeria
25 July 2021 (2021-07-25)

v
OQT winner Split vs. OQT winner Belgrade
28 July 2021 (2021-07-28)

v
OQT winner Belgrade vs.  Australia
25 July 2021 (2021-07-25)

v
Nigeria  vs. OQT winner Split
31 July 2021 (2021-07-31)

v
Australia  vs. OQT winner Split
31 July 2021 (2021-07-31)

v
OQT winner Belgrade vs.  Nigeria

Group C

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quarterfinals
2  Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible quarterfinals
4 OQT winner Kaunas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eliminated
First match(es) will be played: 25 July 2021. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head points difference; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.


26 July 2021 (2021-07-26)

v
Argentina  vs. OQT winner Kaunas
26 July 2021 (2021-07-26)

v
Japan  vs.  Spain
29 July 2021 (2021-07-29)

v
Spain  vs.  Argentina
29 July 2021 (2021-07-29)

v
OQT winner Kaunas vs.  Japan
1 August 2021 (2021-08-01)

v
Argentina  vs.  Japan
1 August 2021 (2021-08-01)

v
Spain  vs. OQT winner Kaunas

Third-placed teams ranking

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Third place in Group A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quarterfinals
2 Third place in Group B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Third place in Group C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eliminated
First match(es) will be played: 25 July 2021. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head points difference; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.

Knockout stage

A draw after the preliminary round will decide the pairings.

Ranking

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Team 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Seeded
2 Team 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Team 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Team 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Team 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Unseeded
6 Team 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Team 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Team 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) points difference; 3) points scored.

Bracket

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsGold medal
 
          
 
3 August
 
 
 
 
5 August
 
 
 
 
 
3 August
 
 
 
 
 
7 August
 
 
 
 
 
3 August
 
 
 
 
 
5 August
 
 
 
 
 
3 August
 
 Bronze medal
 
 
 
7 August
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Quarterfinals

3 August 2021 (2021-08-03)

v
TBD vs. TBD
3 August 2021 (2021-08-03)

v
TBD vs. TBD
3 August 2021 (2021-08-03)

v
TBD vs. TBD
3 August 2021 (2021-08-03)

v
TBD vs. TBD

Semifinals

5 August 2021 (2021-08-05)

v
WQF1 vs. WQF2
5 August 2021 (2021-08-05)

v
WQF3 vs. WQF4

Bronze medal game

7 August 2021 (2021-08-07)
11:30
v
LSF1 vs. LSF2

Gold medal game

7 August 2021 (2021-08-07)
20:00
v
WSF1 vs. WSF2

References

  1. ^ "IOC announces dates for basketball events at Tokyo Games". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". olympic.org. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Competition System". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Basketball Competition Schedule". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Qualification for Olympic Games". fiba.basketball. Fédération Internationale de Basketball. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  6. ^ Stein, Mark (2 May 2017). "USA Basketball to use non-NBA players for qualifying after FIBA changes". ESPN. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  7. ^ "Tokyo 2020 Olympic Basketball Tournaments Draw set for February 2nd". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  8. ^ "Groups confirmed for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Basketball Tournaments". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  9. ^ "Tokyo 2020 Men's Basketball Tournament Game Schedule" (PDF). fiba.basketball. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
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