| Sport: | basketball |
| Size: | 150 |
| Boysevents: | 2 |
| Girlsevents: | 2 |
Basketball was inducted at the Youth Olympic Games at the inaugural edition in 2010 for both boys and girls. The tournaments use the FIBA 3x3 rules. The program also includes skill challenge.
| Year | Host | width=1% rowspan=8 bgcolor=ffffff | Gold medal game | width=1% rowspan=8 bgcolor=ffffff | Bronze medal game | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=15% | Gold medalist | width=9% | Score | width=15% | Silver medalist | width=15% | Bronze medalist | width=9% | Score | width=15% | Fourth place |
| 2010 Details | Singapore | 22–9 | 34–25 | ||||||||
| 2014 Details |  Nanjing | 18–16 | 17–14 | ||||||||
| 2018 Details |  Buenos Aires | 20–15 | 21–13 | ||||||||
| 2026 Details |  Dakar | ||||||||||
| width=170 | Team | 2010 | 2014 | 2018 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 17th | 19th | |||
| 7th | 3rd | 1st | |||
| - | - | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | ||
| - | 7th | 7th | |||
| 15th | - | - | |||
| - | 12th | 12th | |||
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd | - | - | ||
| 13th | - | - | |||
| - | - | 9th | |||
| - | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | - | ||
| - | - | 8th | |||
| - | 18th | - | |||
| 3rd | - | - | |||
| - | 20th | - | |||
| - | 14th | - | |||
| 18th | - | - | |||
| - | 19th | - | |||
| 11th | - | - | |||
| 6th | - | - | |||
| - | - | 5th | |||
| - | - | 20th | |||
| - | - | 15th | |||
| - | - | 18th | |||
| - | - | 13th | |||
| 5th | bgcolor=gold | 1st | - | ||
| - | - | 17th | |||
| 14th | 11th | 11th | |||
| 20th | - | - | |||
| 9th | - | - | |||
| - | 5th | - | |||
| 10th | 13th | - | |||
| - | 8th | - | |||
| - | 4th | 6th | |||
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | - | - | ||
| - | - | Q | |||
| 17th | - | - | |||
| - | 9th | 3rd | |||
| 19th | - | - | |||
| 8th | 10th | - | |||
| - | 15th | - | |||
| 12th | - | - | |||
| - | - | 16th | |||
| - | - | 4th | |||
| 4th | - | 10th | |||
| - | 16th | - | |||
| - | 6th | 14th | |||
| 16th | - | - |
| 2014 Nanjing | ||||
| 2018 Buenos Aires | ||||
| 2026 Dakar |
| Year | Host | width=1% rowspan=8 bgcolor=ffffff | Gold medal game | width=1% rowspan=8 bgcolor=ffffff | Bronze medal game | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=15% | Gold medalist | width=9% | Score | width=15% | Silver medalist | width=15% | Bronze medalist | width=9% | Score | width=15% | Fourth place |
| 2010 Details | Singapore | 33–29 | 34–25 | ||||||||
| 2014 Details | Nanjing | 19–10 | 12–11 | ||||||||
| 2018 Details | Buenos Aires | 18–4 | 16–13 | ||||||||
| 2026 Details | Dakar | ||||||||||
| width=170 | Team | 2010 | 2014 | 2018 | 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 18th | 20th | ||||
| 16th | - | - | ||||
| - | - | 5th | ||||
| bgcolor=silver | 2nd | - | 3rd | |||
| 12th | - | - | ||||
| - | 5th | - | ||||
| 6th | 14th | - | ||||
| 4th | - | - | ||||
| 18th | - | - | ||||
| bgcolor=gold | 1st | 7th | 4th | |||
| 13th | 10th | 16th | ||||
| - | 13th | 18th | ||||
| - | 6th | 14th | ||||
| 10th | - | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | |||
| 8th | 8th | 11th | ||||
| - | 16th | - | ||||
| - | 4th | 6th | ||||
| - | 20th | 15th | ||||
| - | - | 19th | ||||
| 9th | - | - | ||||
| 15th | - | - | ||||
| 5th | - | - | ||||
| 14th | - | - | ||||
| - | - | 9th | ||||
| - | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 8th | |||
| - | 12th | 12th | ||||
| 11th | - | - | ||||
| - | - | Q | ||||
| 19th | - | - | ||||
| - | 17th | - | ||||
| 7th | - | - | ||||
| - | 3rd | 10th | ||||
| - | - | 17th | ||||
| - | 19th | - | ||||
| - | 11th | - | ||||
| 17th | 9th | - | ||||
| - | - | 7th | ||||
| 3rd | bgcolor=gold | 1st | bgcolor=gold | 1st | ||
| 20th | - | - | ||||
| - | 15th | 13th |
| 2014 Nanjing | ||||
| 2018 Buenos Aires | ||||
| 2026 Dakar |
As of the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.