Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 3x3 tournament


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The 2024 Summer Olympics men's 3x3 basketball tournament in Paris, France, began on 30 July and ended on 5 August 2024. All games were played at the Place de la Concorde.[1] It was the second time the 3x3 basketball men's event was held at the Olympic Games.

Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 3x3 tournament
Tournament details
Host countryFrance
CityParis
Dates30 July – 5 August
Teams8 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Netherlands (1st title)
Runners-up France
Third place Lithuania
Fourth place Latvia
Tournament statistics
MVPNetherlands Worthy de Jong

The Netherlands defeated France 18–17 in a closely contested final to win the gold medal, while France took home the silver in front of a home crowd. In the battle for bronze, Lithuania overcame Latvia, who were the top seed from the pool stage, to secure the third-place finish.[2]

The eight teams played a round robin. The teams placed first and second qualified for the semifinals. The teams three to six played a playoff. After that, a knockout system was used. Additionally, the games could be won in two ways: by being the first team to score 21 points or having the highest score through 10 minutes.[1]

Eight teams participated in the men's basketball tournament, with each National Olympic Committee (NOC) sending a roster of three players and a substitute. The qualification process consisted of four phases one based in the FIBA ranking list and three olympic qualifiers:[3][4]

  • The first phase gave three quota places to the highest ranked NOCs on the FIBA ranking list of 1 November. However, not more than two NOCs from a continent could qualify in this phase. Also a quota place was guaranteed to the host nation for only one of the 3x3 events which was given to the women's 3x3 tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
  • The second phase consisted of the first of three FIBA Universality-driven Olympic tournament where one quota place was awarded to the highest positioned NOC were the seven highest ranked NOCs that have not been qualified yet as well as France (for being the host nation) participated.
  • The third phase was an Olympic tournament which awarded one place to the highest positioned team were the highest placed NOC's of each continental tournament and the hosts of both the tournament and the olympics, if not qualified, participated.
  • The fourth phase saw the sixteen highest-ranked eligible NOCs based on the FIBA global standings, including the tournament host and host nation France, if not yet qualified, participated in another Olympic qualifier with the top three securing the remaining berths for Paris 2024.[5]
Qualification method Date Venue Berths Qualified team
Host nation — — 0 —
FIBA 3x3 World Ranking 1 November 2023 — 3   Serbia
  United States
  China
2024 FIBA Universality Olympic Qualifying Tournament 1 12–14 April 2024   Hong Kong 1   Latvia
2024 FIBA Universality Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2 3–5 May 2024   Utsunomiya 1   Netherlands
2024 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament 16–19 May 2024   Debrecen 3   France
  Lithuania
  Poland
Total 8

Competition schedule

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Legend
G Group stage ¼ Quarter-finals ½ Semi-finals B Bronze medal match F Gold medal match
Tue 30[6] Wed 31 Thu 1 Fri 2 Sat 3 Sun 4 Mon 5
G G G G G ¼ ½ B F
Team Players
  Serbia[7][8] Marko Branković Strahinja Stojačić Dejan Majstorović Mihailo Vasić
  United States[9][10] Jimmer Fredette Canyon Barry Kareem Maddox Dylan Travis
  Lithuania[11][12] Šarūnas Vingelis Gintautas Matulis Aurelijus Pukelis Evaldas Džiaugys
  China[13][14] Zhang Ning Lu Wenbo Zhao Jiaren Zhu Yuanbo
  Netherlands[15][16] Jan Driessen Dimeo van der Horst Arvin Slagter Worthy de Jong
  France[17][18] Lucas Dussoulier Timothé Vergiat Jules Rambaut Franck Seguela
  Latvia[19][20] Nauris Miezis Kārlis Lasmanis Francis Lācis Zigmārs Raimo
  Poland[21][22] Filip Matczak Michał Sokołowski Przemysław Zamojski Adrian Bogucki

The following referees were selected for the tournament.[23]

  •   Shi Qirong
  •   Najib Chajiddine
  •   Edmond Ho
  •   Brigitta Csabai-Kaskötő
  •   Marek Maliszewski
  •   Vlad Ghizdareanu
  •   Jasmina Juras
  •   Kim Ga-in
  •   Eric Bertrand
  •   Markos Michaelides
  •   Deanna Jackson
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification
1   Latvia 7 7 0 147 103 +44 Semifinals
2   Netherlands 7 5 2 133 112 +21
3   Lithuania 7 4[a] 3 134 125 +9 Play-ins
4   Serbia 7 4[a] 3 129 123 +6
5   France (H) 7 3 4 131 132 −1
6   Poland 7 2[b] 5 116 139 −23
7   United States 7 2[b] 5 116 138 −22
8   China 7 1 6 107 141 −34

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:

  1. ^ a b Lithuania 20–18 Serbia
  2. ^ a b United States 17–19 Poland

All times are local (UTC+2).[24]

Play-inSemifinalsGold medal
          
5 August
  Latvia14
4 August
  France21
  Serbia19
5 August
  France22
  France17
  Netherlands (OT)18
5 August
  Netherlands20
4 August
  Lithuania9 Bronze medal
  Lithuania21
5 August
  Poland15
  Latvia18
  Lithuania21
Pos Team Pld W L
    Netherlands 9 7 2
    France 10 5 5
    Lithuania 10 6 4
4   Latvia 9 7 2
5   Serbia 8 4 4
6   Poland 8 2 6
7   United States 7 2 5
8   China 7 1 6

Statistics and awards

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Rank Name Points[25]
1   Kārlis Lasmanis 67
2   Worthy de Jong 65
3   Aurelijus Pukelis 63
4   Nauris Miezis 59
  Canyon Barry

The awards were announced on 7 August 2024.[26]

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