| Size: | 150 |
| City: | Saitama |
| Country: | Japan |
| Dates: | 26 July – 8 August 2021 |
| Venues: | Saitama Super Arena |
| Num Teams: | 12 |
| Count: | 9 |
| Games: | 26 |
| Attendance: | 0 |
| Mvp: | Breanna Stewart |
| Top Scorer: | Emma Meesseman (27.3 points per game) |
| Prevseason: | Rio de Janeiro 2016 |
| Nextseason: | Paris 2024 |
The 2020 Summer Olympics women's basketball tournament in Tokyo, began on 26 July and ended on 8 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 the title for the ninth overall and seventh consecutive time by defeating Japan in the final, while France secured the bronze medal with a win over Serbia.[4] [5]
The medals for the competition were presented by Samira Asghari, IOC Member, Afghanistan, and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Andreas Zagklis, Secretary General of FIBA, Greece.
The twelve teams were split into three groups of four teams. The teams placed first and second in each group and the two best third-placed teams qualified for the quarter-finals. The eight teams were divided in a group D (best 4 teams) and a group E (remaining 4 teams). The quarter-final pairings were drawn on 2 August after the end of the group phase. After that, a knockout system was used.[6]
| 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 | Sun 8 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | G | G | G | G | G | BM | GM |
| Means of qualification | Date ! | Venue ! | Berths | Qualified | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | 1 | ||||||
| 22–30 September 2018 | 1 | ||||||
| 6–9 February 2020 | 2 | ||||||
| 3 | |||||||
| 2 | |||||||
| 3 | |||||||
| Total | 12 | ||||||
See main article: article and Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters. Each NOC was limited to one team per tournament. Each team had a roster of twelve players, one of which could be a naturalized player.
The draw was held at the FIBA Headquarters in Mies, Switzerland on 2 February 2021:[7] [8]
The 12 teams were divided into four pots of three teams based on their FIBA Women's 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 and hosts Japan were drawn into either Group B or C.
| width=16.7% | Pot 1 ! | width=16.7% | Pot 2 ! | width=16.7% | Pot 3 ! | width=16.7% | Pot 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The following 30 referees were selected for the tournament.[9]
Juan Fernández Leandro Lezcano
Scott Beker James Boyer
Ademira Zurapović
Guilherme Locatelli Andreia Silva
Matthew Kallio Maripier Malo Michael Weiland
Yohan Rosso
Ahmed Al-Shuwaili
Manuel Mazzoni
Takaki Kato
Yevgeniy Mikheyev
Samir Abaakil
Gizella Györgyi
Aleksandar Glišić
Luis Castillo Antonio Conde
Yener Yılmaz
Amy Bonner Steven AndersonAll times are local (UTC+9).[10] [11]
In the preliminary round, teams receive 2 classification points for a win, 1 classification point for a loss, and 0 classification points for a forfeit.[12]
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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 2 August.[13] Teams qualified were divided into two pots:
Draw principles:
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| Rank | Team[15] | Record | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6–0 | |||
| 4–2 | |||
| 3–3 | |||
| 4 | 3–3 | ||
| 5 | 3–1 | ||
| 6 | 3–1 | ||
| 7 | 2–2 | ||
| 8 | 1–3 | ||
| 9 | 1–2 | ||
| 10 | 0–3 | ||
| 11 | 0–3 | ||
| 12 | 0–3 |
| Name | PPG | |
|---|---|---|
| 27.3 | ||
| 22.7 | ||
| 20.0 | ||
| 18.0 | ||
| 17.3 |
| Name | RPG | |
|---|---|---|
| 11.3 | ||
| 10.7 | ||
| 10.3 | ||
| 10.0 | ||
| align=center rowspan=2 | 9.3 | |
| A'ja Wilson |
| Name | APG | |
|---|---|---|
| 10.8 | ||
| 7.7 | ||
| 7.3 | ||
| 6.5 | ||
| 5.5 |
| Name | BPG | |
|---|---|---|
| 3.3 | ||
| 2.8 | ||
| 2.3 | ||
| 2.0 | ||
| 1.7 |
| Name | SPG | |
|---|---|---|
| 3.7 | ||
| 3.5 | ||
| align=center rowspan=2 | 2.3 | |
| Laura Gil | ||
| align=center rowspan=5 | 2.0 | |
| Natalie Achonwa | ||
| Kia Nurse | ||
| Promise Amukamara | ||
| Allison Gibson |
| Name | EFFPG | |
|---|---|---|
| 36.7 | ||
| 29.3 | ||
| 28.8 | ||
| 23.8 | ||
| align=center rowspan=2 | 21.0 | |
| Brittney Griner |
Points
| Team | PPG[17] | |
|---|---|---|
| 84.7 | ||
| 82.2 | ||
| 79.8 | ||
| 79.3 | ||
| 78.0 |
| Team | RPG | |
|---|---|---|
| 45.5 | ||
| 43.0 | ||
| 39.8 | ||
| 39.3 | ||
| 38.7 |
| Team | APG | |
|---|---|---|
| 26.0 | ||
| 25.5 | ||
| 24.8 | ||
| 23.2 | ||
| 22.3 |
Blocks
| Team | BPG | |
|---|---|---|
| 5.5 | ||
| align=center rowspan=2 | 4.0 | |
| 3.8 | ||
| 3.3 |
| Team | SPG | |
|---|---|---|
| align=center rowspan=2 | 9.3 | |
| 8.8 | ||
| align=center rowspan=2 | 8.7 | |
| Team | EFFPG | |
|---|---|---|
| 113.5 | ||
| 102.8 | ||
| 99.0 | ||
| 92.7 | ||
| 87.5 |
The awards were announced on 8 August 2021.[18]
| All-Star Team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Guard | Forwards | Center |
| Rui Machida | Emma Meesseman Breanna Stewart A'ja Wilson | Sandrine Gruda |
| MVP Breanna Stewart |