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.
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Japan |
| Dates | 25 July – 7 August 2021 |
| Teams | 12 (from 5 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | Saitama Super Arena |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  United States (16th title) |
| Runners-up |  France |
| Third place |  Australia |
| Fourth place |  Slovenia |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Games played | 26 |
| Attendance | 0 (0 per match) |
| MVP | Kevin Durant |
| Top scorer |  Ricky Rubio(25.5 points per game) |
It was originally scheduled to be held in 2020, but on 24 March 2020, the Olympics were postponed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Because of this pandemic, the games were played behind closed doors.
The United States won their 26th overall and 4th 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.
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 is as follows.
| G | Group stage | ¼ | Quarterfinals | ½ | Semifinals | B | Bronze medal match | F | Gold medal match |
| 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 | ||
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| G | G | G | G | G | G | ¼ | ½ | F | B | ||||||
Qualified teams
| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified | |
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| Host nation | — | — | 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 |  Victoria | 1 |  Czech Republic | |
 Split | 1 |  Germany | |||
 Kaunas | 1 | Slovenia | |||
 Belgrade | 1 |  Italy | |||
| Total | 12 | ||||
Squads
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, previous 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
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 | |
| 3 | Czech Republic | 3 | 1 | 2 | 245 | 294 | −49 | 4 | |
| 4 | Iran | 3 | 0 | 3 | 206 | 283 | −77 | 3 |
Rules for classification: 1) classification points; 2) head-to-head results; 3) head-to-head game points difference; 4) head-to-head number of game points scored.
| 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 | |
| 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) |
| 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 | |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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 | |
| 3 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 2 | 257 | 273 | −16 | 4 | |
| 4 | Nigeria | 3 | 0 | 3 | 230 | 263 | −33 | 3 |
Rules for classification: 1) classification points; 2) head-to-head results; 3) head-to-head game points difference; 4) head-to-head number of game points scored.
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 3 | Argentina | 3 | 1 | 2 | 268 | 276 | −8 | 4 | |
| 4 | Japan (H) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 235 | 301 | −66 | 3 |
Rules for classification: 1) classification points; 2) head-to-head results; 3) head-to-head game points difference; 4) head-to-head number of game points scored.
(H) Hosts
| 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 | |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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 | |
| 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) |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 3 | Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 259 | 226 | +33 | 6 | |
| 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 | |
| 7 | Argentina | 3 | 1 | 2 | 268 | 276 | −8 | 4 | Unseeded (Pot E) |
| 8 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 2 | 257 | 273 | −16 | 4 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) points difference; 3) points scored.
Bracket
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Gold medal | ||||||||
| 3 August | ||||||||||
| Italy | 75 | |||||||||
| 5 August | ||||||||||
| France | 84 | |||||||||
| France | 90 | |||||||||
| 3 August | ||||||||||
| Slovenia | 89 | |||||||||
| Slovenia | 94 | |||||||||
| 7 August | ||||||||||
| Germany | 70 | |||||||||
| France | 82 | |||||||||
| 3 August | ||||||||||
| United States | 87 | |||||||||
| Spain | 81 | |||||||||
| 5 August | ||||||||||
| United States | 95 | |||||||||
| United States | 97 | |||||||||
| 3 August | ||||||||||
| Australia | 78 | Bronze medal | ||||||||
| Australia | 97 | |||||||||
| 7 August | ||||||||||
| Argentina | 59 | |||||||||
| Slovenia | 93 | |||||||||
| Australia | 107 | |||||||||
Quarterfinals
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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
| 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) |
| 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
| 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
Statistics and awards
Statistical leaders
Players
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Awards
The awards were announced on 8 August 2021.
| FIBA All-Star Five | ||
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| Guards | Forwards | Center |
| Patty Mills Ricky Rubio | Luka Dončić Kevin Durant | Rudy Gobert |
| MVP: Kevin Durant | ||
| 2020 Olympic Basketball champions |
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 United States Sixteenth title |
Final ranking
Rankings are 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 are 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 |
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| Gold medal game participants | |||||||||
 | United States | 6 | 5 | 1 | 594 | 474 | +120 | 1 ( ) | |
 | France | 6 | 5 | 1 | 515 | 466 | +49 | 5 ( 2) | |
| Bronze medal game participants | |||||||||
 | 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) |
See also
References
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