Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament explained

Size:150
Country:Japan
Dates:25 July – 7 August 2021
Num Teams:12
Confederations:5
Venues:Saitama Super Arena
Champion Other: United States
Count:16
Second:FRA
Third:AUS
Fourth:SLO
Games:26
Attendance:0
Mvp: Kevin Durant
Top Scorer: Ricky Rubio
(25.5 points per game)
Prevseason:Rio de Janeiro 2016
Nextseason:Paris 2024

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.[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] Because of this pandemic, the games were played behind closed doors.[3]

The United States won their 16th overall and fourth consecutive gold medal, after defeating France in the final.[4] 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.[5]

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.[6]

Schedule

The schedule of the tournament was as follows.[7]

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 F B

Qualified teams

See main article: Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification.

Squads

See main article: Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters.

Draw

The draw was held on 2 February 2021.[8] [9]

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, defending 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.

Notes

Referees

The following 30 referees were selected for the tournament.[10]

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+9).[11] [12]

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.[13]

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Third-placed teams ranking

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.[14] [15] 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.

Bracket

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Statistics and awards

Statistical leaders

Players

Points[16]
Player PPG
25.5
23.8
23.3
22.3
21.0
Rebounds
Player RPG
10.5
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Luka Dončić
9.3
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Yuta Watanabe
Assists
Player APG
9.5
8.7
6.3
6.2
6.0
Blocks
Player BPG
1.7
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Makoto Hiejima
Precious Achiuwa
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Kevin Durant
Jayson Tatum
Steals
Player SPG
3.0
2.3
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Tomáš Satoranský
Arsalan Kazemi
Chimezie Metu
Efficiency
Player EFFPG
29.2
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Kevin Durant
21.3
20.5

Teams

Points

Team PPG[17]
100.8
99.0
90.2
85.8
84.3
Rebounds
Team RPG
47.2
43.0
38.8
37.3
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United States
Assists
Team APG
24.7
24.3
23.3
22.7
22.0

Blocks

Team BPG
5.2
4.7
4.0
3.5
3.0
Steals
Team SPG
11.0
9.8
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8.5
Efficiency
Team EFFPG
121.7
118.7
106.5
102.5
95.8

Awards

The awards were announced on 8 August 2021.[18]

FIBA All-Star Five[19]
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Patty Mills
Ricky Rubio		 Luka Dončić
Kevin Durant		 Rudy Gobert
MVP

Kevin Durant[20]

Final ranking

Rankings were 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 were classified 9th–12th based on the win–loss record in the preliminary round group.

Rank width=150pxTeam !width=20pxPld !width=20pxW !width=20pxL !width=30pxPF !width=30pxPA !width=30pxPD !Standing New rank
Gold medal game participants
6 5 1 594 474 +120 1
6 5 1 515 466 +49 5 (2)
Bronze medal game participants
6 5 1 541 475 +66 3
4th 6 4 2 605 535 +70 4 (12)
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5th 4 2 2 330 323 +7 B–2nd 8 (2)
6th 4 2 2 337 338 −1 C–2nd 2
7th 4 1 3 327 373 −46 C–3rd 7 (3)
8th 4 1 3 327 367 −40 B–3rd 11 (6)
Eliminated in the preliminary round
9th 3 1 2 245 294 −49 A–3rd 12
10th 3 0 3 230 263 −33 B–4th 23 (1)
11th 3 0 3 235 301 –66 C–4th 35 (7)
12th 3 0 3 206 283 −77 A–4th 22 (1)

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: IOC announces dates for basketball events at Tokyo Games. Fédération Internationale de Basketball. fiba.basketball. 17 July 2020.
  2. Web site: Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee. olympic.org. 24 March 2020.
  3. Web site: Tokyo Olympics to be held without fans after new COVID-19 state of emergency declared. usatoday.com. 8 July 2021.
  4. Web site: Durant flirts with a record as USA take fourth straight Olympic gold. fiba.basketball. 7 August 2021. Fédération Internationale de Basketball.
  5. Web site: Mills takes over, sends Australia men to first Olympic podium finish. fiba.basketball. 7 August 2021. Fédération Internationale de Basketball.
  6. Web site: Competition System. fiba.basketball. Fédération Internationale de Basketball. 2 February 2021.
  7. Web site: Basketball Competition Schedule . . 18 July 2020.
  8. Web site: Tokyo 2020 Olympic Basketball Tournaments Draw set for February 2nd. fiba.basketball. 29 January 2021. Fédération Internationale de Basketball.
  9. Web site: Groups confirmed for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Basketball Tournaments . fiba.basketball. Fédération Internationale de Basketball. 2 February 2021.
  10. Web site: Record number of women to referee major FIBA events this summer. fiba.basketball. Fédération Internationale de Basketball. 31 March 2021.
  11. Web site: Tokyo 2020 Men's Basketball Tournament Game Schedule. fiba.basketball. 2 February 2021. Fédération Internationale de Basketball.
  12. Web site: Schedule and tip-off times confirmed for Olympic Basketball Tournaments. fiba.basketball. Fédération Internationale de Basketball. 1 March 2021.
  13. Web site: 2020 Official Basketball Rules . fiba.basketball. Fédération Internationale de Basketball. 3 August 2021.
  14. Web site: Olympic basketball Final Phase Draw coming after last group stage game. fiba.basketball. Fédération Internationale de Basketball. 30 July 2021.
  15. Web site: Final Phase Draw results: Pairings confirmed for the men’s knockout rounds at Tokyo 2020. fiba.basketball. Fédération Internationale de Basketball. 1 August 2021.
  16. Web site: Player statistical leaders. FIBA. 8 August 2021.
  17. Web site: Teams statistical leaders. FIBA. 8 August 2021.
  18. Web site: Five nations represented in the All-Star Five of the Men's Olympic Basketball Tournament. FIBA. 8 August 2021. 8 August 2021.
  19. News: Ben. Golliver. MVP Kevin Durant headlines FIBA’s ‘All-Star Five’ in men’s basketball. 9 August 2021. The Washington Post. 9 August 2021.
  20. Web site: Kevin Durant takes MVP honors from the Men's Olympic Basketball Tournament in Tokyo. FIBA. 8 August 2021. 8 August 2021.

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