| Event: | 3x3 basketball |
| Games: | 2014 Summer Youth |
| Venue: | Wutaishan Sports Center |
| Dates: | 18–26 August |
| Num Events: | 4 (2 boys, 2 girls) |
| Prev: | 2010 |
| Next: | 2018 |
Basketball at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 18 to 26 August at the Wutaishan Sports Center in Nanjing, China. As in 2010 the 3x3 format returned, along with a new event, the skill challenge.
Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter a maximum of 2 teams, 1 team of 4 athletes per each gender. As hosts, China was given 2 teams, 1 per each gender. 6 teams, 3 per each gender qualified at the 2013 U18 3x3 World Championships and another 6 teams, 3 per each gender qualified from the 2013 3x3 World Tour Final. The remaining 13 teams per gender qualified based on the FIBA 3x3 National Federation Ranking based on the update from 1 June 2014. All continents must have at least one team present in each gender and no more than 10 from the same continent can participate. A minimum of 30 NOCs must participate across all events.[1]
To be eligible to participate at the 2014 Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 1996 and 31 December 1997. Furthermore, all team members must have participated in two FIBA sanctioned 3x3 events between 1 April 2013 and 8 June 2014.
| Event | Location | Date | Total Places | Qualified | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host Nation | - | - | 1 | ||
| 2013 U18 3x3 World Championships[2] [3] | 26–29 September 2013 | 3 | |||
| 2013 3x3 World Tour Final | 4–5 October 2013 | 3 | |||
| FIBA 3x3 National Federation Ranking | - | 1 June 2014 | 13 | ||
| TOTAL | 20 |
| Event | Location | Date | Total Places | Qualified | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host Nation | - | - | 1 | ||
| 2013 U18 3x3 World Championships | 27–29 September 2013 | 3 | |||
| 2013 3x3 World Tour Final | 4–5 October 2013 | 3 | |||
| FIBA 3x3 National Federation Ranking | - | 1 June 2014 | 13 | ||
| TOTAL | 20 |
The boys' and girls' tournament will adopt a round robin group stage and a single-elimination medal round, where the 20 participating teams are split into 2 pools of 10. Each team will play once against the other teams in its pool, and the top 8 teams from each pool will qualify for the knock-out stages.
Note: Guam entered a girls' basketball team into Group B of the competition; there was no Guam boys' team at the tournament
The schedule was released by the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee.[4]
| Event Date | Event Day | Starting Time | Event Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 18 | Monday | 17:00 | Boys' Tournament: Group Stage Girls' Tournament: Group Stage |
| August 19 | Tuesday | 17:00 | Boys' Tournament: Group Stage Girls' Tournament: Group Stage |
| August 20 | Wednesday | 17:00 | Boys' Tournament: Group Stage Girls' Tournament: Group Stage |
| August 21 | Thursday | 19:30 | Boys' Dunk Contest Girls' Shoot-Out Contest |
| August 22 | Friday | 17:00 | Boys' Tournament: Group Stage Girls' Tournament: Group Stage |
| August 23 | Saturday | 17:00 | Boys' Tournament: Group Stage Girls' Tournament: Group Stage |
| August 24 | Sunday | 17:00 | Boys' Tournament: Group Stage Girls' Tournament: Group Stage |
| August 25 | Monday | 17:00 | Boys' Tournament: Round of 16 Girls' Tournament: Round of 16 Boys' Tournament: Quarterfinals Girls' Tournament: Quarterfinals |
| August 26 | Tuesday | 17:30 | Boys' Tournament: Semifinals Girls' Tournament: Semifinals Boys' Tournament: Medal Matches Girls' Tournament: Medal Matches |
| Boys' tournament | Teddy Cheremond Lucas Dussoulier Elie Fedensieu Karim Mouliom | Michel Divoy Rodrigo Gerhardt Juan Pablo Lugrin José Vildoza | ||
| Girls' tournament | De'Janae Boykin Napheesa Collier Arike Ogunbowale Katie Samuelson | Esther Fokke Fleur Kuijt Janis Ndiba Charlotte van Kleef | Ana Calvo Laia Flores Helena Orts Lucía Togores | |
| Boys' dunk contest | ||||
| Girls' shoot-out contest |