Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 3x3 tournament

The 2020 Summer Olympics men's 3x3 basketball tournament in Tokyo, began on 24 and ended on 28 July 2021. All games were played at the Aomi Urban Sports Park.[1]

Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 3x3 tournament
Tournament details
Host country Japan
CityTokyo
Dates24–28 July 2021
Teams8 (from 2 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Latvia (1st title)
Runners-up ROC
Third place Serbia
Fourth place Belgium

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] As a result of this pandemic, the games were played behind closed doors.[3]

Latvia won the title after defeating the Russian Olympic Committee team in the final, while Serbia captured the bronze medal over Belgium.[4]

The medals for the competition were presented by Nenad Lalović, Serbia; IOC Executive Board Member, and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Andreas Zagklis, Greece; FIBA Secretary General.

Format edit

The eight teams played a round robin. The teams placed first and second in group qualified for the semi-finals. The teams three to six played a playoff. After that, a knockout system was used.[5]

Competition schedule edit

Legend
G Group stage ¼ Quarterfinals ½ Semifinals B Bronze medal match F Gold medal match
Sat 24 Sun 25 Mon 26 Tue 27 Wed 28
G G G G 14 12 B F

Qualification edit

Means of qualification Date(s) Location Berth(s) Qualifier(s)
Host nation 1   Japan
FIBA 3x3 World Ranking[6] 1 November 2019   Utsunomiya 3   China
  ROC
  Serbia
2021 FIBA 3x3 Olympic Qualifying Tournament 26–30 May 2021   Graz 3   Poland
  Netherlands
  Latvia
2021 FIBA Universality Olympic Qualifying Tournament[7] 4–6 June 2021   Debrecen 1   Belgium
Total 8

Roster edit

Team Players Head Coach
  Serbia[8] Dušan Bulut Dejan Majstorović Aleksandar Ratkov Mihailo Vasić Goran Vojkić
  ROC[9] Ilia Karpenkov Kirill Pisklov Stanislav Sharov Alexander Zuev
  Latvia[10] Agnis Čavars Edgars Krūmiņš Kārlis Lasmanis Nauris Miezis Raimonds Feldmanis
  Netherlands[11] Ross Bekkering Dimeo van der Horst Arvin Slagter Jessey Voorn Brian Benjamin
  China[12] Hu Jinqiu Gao Shiyan Li Haonan Yan Peng
  Japan[13] Ira Brown Tomoya Ochiai Keisei Tominaga Ryuto Yasuoka Torsten Loibl
  Poland[14] Michael Hicks Paweł Pawłowski Szymon Rduch Przemysław Zamojski Piotr Renkiel
  Belgium[15] Rafael Bogaerts Nick Celis Thierry Mariën Thibaut Vervoort

Referees edit

The following 12 referees were selected for the tournament.[16]

  •   Vanessa Devlin
  •   Shi Qirong
  •   Su Yu-yen
  •   Sara El-Sharnouby
  •   Edmond Ho
  •   Cecília Tóth
  •   Marek Maliszewski
  •   Vlad Ghizdareanu
  •   Evgeny Ostrovskiy
  •   Jasmina Juras
  •   Markos Michaelides
  •   Glenn Tuitt

Pool edit

Standings edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1   Serbia 7 7 0 138 91 +47 Semifinals
2   Belgium 7 4[a] 3 126 127 −1
3   Latvia 7 4[a] 3 133 129 +4 Quarterfinals
4   Netherlands 7 4[a] 3 132 129 +3
5   ROC 7 3 4 116 125 −9
6   Japan (H) 7 2[b] 5 123 134 −11
7   Poland 7 2[b] 5 120 130 −10
8   China 7 2[b] 5 119 142 −23
Source: TOCOG and FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Belgium 2–0, Latvia 1–1, Netherlands 0–2
  2. ^ a b c Japan 1–1, 123 PS; Poland 1–1, 120 PS; China 1–1, 119 PS

All times are local (UTC+9).[17]

Results edit

24 July 2021 (2021-07-24)
11:35
v
Poland   14–21   Latvia
Pts: Hicks 8 Pts: Miezis 7
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Markos Michaelides (SUI), Edmond Ho (HKG)
24 July 2021 (2021-07-24)
12:00
v
China   13–22   Serbia
Pts: Hu 6 Pts: Domović Bulut 11
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Marek Maliszewski (POL), Glenn Tuitt (USA)
24 July 2021 (2021-07-24)
15:00
v
ROC   21–13   China
Pts: Zuev 12 Pts: Hu 6
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Glenn Tuitt (USA), Cecília Tóth (HUN)
24 July 2021 (2021-07-24)
15:25
v
Serbia   16–15   Netherlands
Pts: Vasić 5 Pts: Voorn 6
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Edmond Ho (HKG), Marek Maliszewski (POL)
24 July 2021 (2021-07-24)
18:40
v
Latvia   20–21   Belgium
Pts: Lasmanis 11 Pts: Vervoort 11
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Markos Michaelides (SUI), Edmond Ho (HKG)
24 July 2021 (2021-07-24)
19:05
v
Japan   19–20 (OT)   Poland
Pts: Brown, Tominaga 7 Pts: Pawłowski, Zamojski 7
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Vlad Ghizdareanu (ROU), Jasmina Juras (SRB)
24 July 2021 (2021-07-24)
22:00
v
Netherlands   18–15   ROC
Pts: Van der Horst 9 Pts: Karpenkov 6
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Jasmina Juras (SRB), Markos Michaelides (SUI)
24 July 2021 (2021-07-24)
22:25
v
Belgium   16–18 (OT)   Japan
Pts: Bogaerts 5 Pts: Yasuoka 7
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Vlad Ghizdareanu (ROU), Su Yu-yen (TPE)

25 July 2021 (2021-07-25)
11:35
v
ROC   16–21   Belgium
Pts: Karpenkov 7 Pts: Celis, Vervoort 7
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Vlad Ghizdareanu (ROU), Cecília Tóth (HUN)
25 July 2021 (2021-07-25)
12:00
v
Poland   12–15   Serbia
Pts: Pawłowski 4 Pts: Vasić 5
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Evgeny Ostrovskiy (RUS), Markos Michaelides (SUI)
25 July 2021 (2021-07-25)
15:00
v
China   17–18   Latvia
Pts: Hu 12 Pts: Lasmanis 11
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Evgeny Ostrovskiy (RUS), Vlad Ghizdareanu (ROU)
25 July 2021 (2021-07-25)
15:25
v
Serbia   21–14   Belgium
Pts: Domović Bulut 13 Pts: Bogaerts 6
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Markos Michaelides (SUI), Cecília Tóth (HUN)
25 July 2021 (2021-07-25)
18:40
v
ROC   16–21   Poland
Pts: Pisklov 6 Pts: Pawłowski 8
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Edmond Ho (HKG), Jasmina Juras (SRB)
25 July 2021 (2021-07-25)
19:05
v
Japan   20–21   Netherlands
Pts: Tominaga 10 Pts: Bekkering, Slagter 6
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Marek Maliszewski (POL), Vanessa Devlin (AUS)
25 July 2021 (2021-07-25)
22:00
v
Netherlands   21–18   China
Pts: Van der Horst 8 Pts: Hu 17
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Glenn Tuitt (USA), Jasmina Juras (SRB)
25 July 2021 (2021-07-25)
22:25
v
Latvia   21–18   Japan
Pts: Lasmanis 7 Pts: Tominaga 9
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Edmond Ho (HKG), Marek Maliszewski (POL)

26 July 2021 (2021-07-26)
11:35
v
Belgium   20–21   China
Pts: Vervoort 10 Pts: Hu 9
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Marek Maliszewski (POL), Cecília Tóth (HUN)
26 July 2021 (2021-07-26)
12:00
v
Serbia   21–11   Japan
Pts: Domović Bulut 7 Pts: Yasuoka 8
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Edmond Ho (HKG), Glenn Tuitt (USA)
26 July 2021 (2021-07-26)
15:00
v
Japan   16–19   ROC
Pts: Brown 7 Pts: Pisklov 7
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Glenn Tuitt (USA), Cecília Tóth (HUN)
26 July 2021 (2021-07-26)
15:25
v
Latvia   16–22   Serbia
Pts: three players 5 Pts: Majstorović 11
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Edmond Ho (HKG), Marek Maliszewski (POL)
26 July 2021 (2021-07-26)
18:40
v
Netherlands   17–18 (OT)   Belgium
Pts: Voorn 10 Pts: Vervoort 7
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Markos Michaelides (SUI), Evgeny Ostrovskiy (RUS)
26 July 2021 (2021-07-26)
19:05
v
Poland   19–21   China
Pts: Pawłowski 7 Pts: Hu 12
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Vlad Ghizdareanu (ROU), Jasmina Juras (SRB)
26 July 2021 (2021-07-26)
22:00
v
ROC   19–15   Latvia
Pts: Zuev 7 Pts: Lasmanis 6
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Vlad Ghizdareanu (ROU), Jasmina Juras (SRB)
26 July 2021 (2021-07-26)
22:25
v
Netherlands   22–20 (OT)   Poland
Pts: Bekkering, Van der Horst 6 Pts: Hicks 8
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Markos Michaelides (SUI), Evgeny Ostrovskiy (RUS)

27 July 2021 (2021-07-27)
14:40
v
Belgium   16–14   Poland
Pts: Vervoort 11 Pts: Hicks 8
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Edmond Ho (HKG), Vlad Ghizdareanu (ROU)
27 July 2021 (2021-07-27)
15:05
v
China   16–21   Japan
Pts: Gao 8 Pts: Tominaga, Yasuoka 8
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Markos Michaelides (SUI), Jasmina Juras (SRB)
27 July 2021 (2021-07-27)
18:00
v
Serbia   21–10   ROC
Pts: Vasić 8 Pts: Karpenkov 5
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Markos Michaelides (SUI), Cecília Tóth (HUN)
27 July 2021 (2021-07-27)
18:25
v
Latvia   22–18   Netherlands
Pts: Miezis 9 Pts: Van der Horst 8
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Edmond Ho (HKG), Jasmina Juras (SRB)

Knockout stage edit

Bracket edit

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsGold medal
 
          
 
 
 
 
28 July
 
 
  Serbia10
 
27 July
 
  ROC21
 
  Netherlands19
 
28 July
 
  ROC21
 
  ROC18
 
 
  Latvia21
 
 
28 July
 
 
  Belgium8
 
27 July
 
  Latvia21 Bronze medal
 
  Latvia21
 
28 July
 
  Japan18
 
  Serbia21
 
 
  Belgium10
 

Quarterfinals edit

27 July 2021 (2021-07-27)
21:00
v
Netherlands   19–21   ROC
Pts: Van der Horst 8 Pts: Zuev 9
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Edmond Ho (HKG), Markos Michaelides (SUI)

27 July 2021 (2021-07-27)
22:20
v
Latvia   21–18   Japan
Pts: Krūmiņš 9 Pts: Tominaga 8
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Jasmina Juras (SRB), Marek Maliszewski (POL)

Semifinals edit

28 July 2021 (2021-07-28)
17:30
v
Serbia   10–21   ROC
Pts: Domović Bulut 5 Pts: Zuev 11
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Marek Maliszewski (POL), Markos Michaelides (SUI)

28 July 2021 (2021-07-28)
18:40
v
Belgium   8–21   Latvia
Pts: Vervoort 5 Pts: Lasmanis 9
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Edmond Ho (HKG), Markos Michaelides (SUI)

Bronze medal game edit

28 July 2021 (2021-07-28)
21:15
v
Serbia   21–10   Belgium
Pts: Domović Bulut 7 Pts: Vervoort 5
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Edmond Ho (HKG), Marek Maliszewski (POL)

Gold medal game edit

28 July 2021 (2021-07-28)
22:25
v
ROC   18–21   Latvia
Pts: Karpenkov 7 Pts: Lasmanis 10
Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Jasmina Juras (SRB), Markos Michaelides (SUI)

Final ranking edit

Rank Team[18]
    Latvia
    ROC
    Serbia
4   Belgium
5   Netherlands
6   Japan
7   Poland
8   China

Points leaders edit

Rank Name Points[19]
1   Kārlis Lasmanis 76
2   Hu Jinqiu 65
3   Thibaut Vervoort 61
  Nauris Miezis
5   Dušan Domović Bulut 60

References edit

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External links edit