Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
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Article ImagesThe 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]
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Japan |
City | Saitama |
Dates | 26 July – 8 August 2021 |
Teams | 12 |
Venue(s) | Saitama Super Arena |
Final positions | |
Champions | United States (9th title) |
Runners-up | Japan |
Third place | France |
Fourth place | Serbia |
Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 26 |
Attendance | 0 (0 per game) |
MVP | Breanna Stewart |
Top scorer | Emma Meesseman (27.3 points per game) |
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]
Competition schedule
G | Group stage | ¼ | Quarter-finals | ½ | Semi-finals | BM | Bronze medal game | GM | Gold medal game |
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 |
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G | G | G | G | G | G | 1⁄4 | 1⁄2 | BM | GM |
Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified |
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Host nation | — | — | 1 | Japan |
2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup | 22–30 September 2018 | Spain | 1 | United States |
2020 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments | 6–9 February 2020 | Ostend | 2 | Belgium |
Canada | ||||
Bourges | 3 | Australia | ||
France | ||||
Puerto Rico | ||||
Belgrade | 2 | Nigeria | ||
Serbia | ||||
3 | China | |||
South Korea | ||||
Spain | ||||
Total | 12 |
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.
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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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
- Yu Jung
- Maj Forsberg
- Yohan Rosso
- Ahmed Al-Shuwaili
- Manuel Mazzoni
- Takaki Kato
- Yevgeniy Mikheyev
- Mārtiņš Kozlovskis
- Rabah Noujaim
- Samir Abaakil
- Kingsley Ojeaburu
- Gizella Györgyi
- Ferdinand Pascual
- Luis Vázquez
- Aleksandar Glišić
- Luis Castillo
- Antonio Conde
- Yener Yılmaz
- Amy Bonner
- Steven Anderson
All 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]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 234 | 205 | +29 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
2 | Serbia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 207 | 214 | −7 | 5 | |
3 | Canada | 3 | 1 | 2 | 208 | 201 | +7 | 4 | |
4 | South Korea | 3 | 0 | 3 | 183 | 212 | −29 | 3 |
Source: TOCOG and FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) classification points; 2) head-to-head results; 3) head-to-head game points difference; 4) head-to-head number of game points scored.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 260 | 223 | +37 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
2 | Japan (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 245 | 239 | +6 | 5 | |
3 | France | 3 | 1 | 2 | 239 | 229 | +10 | 4 | |
4 | Nigeria | 3 | 0 | 3 | 217 | 270 | −53 | 3 |
Source: TOCOG and FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) classification points; 2) head-to-head results; 3) head-to-head game points difference; 4) head-to-head number of game points scored.
(H) Hosts
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | China | 3 | 3 | 0 | 247 | 191 | +56 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
2 | Belgium | 3 | 2 | 1 | 234 | 196 | +38 | 5 | |
3 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 240 | 230 | +10 | 4 | |
4 | Puerto Rico | 3 | 0 | 3 | 176 | 280 | −104 | 3 |
Source: TOCOG and FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) classification points; 2) head-to-head results; 3) head-to-head game points difference; 4) head-to-head number of game points scored.
Third-placed teams ranking
Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | C | Australia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 240 | 230 | +10 | 4 | Quarterfinals |
2 | B | France | 3 | 1 | 2 | 239 | 229 | +10 | 4 | |
3 | A | Canada | 3 | 1 | 2 | 208 | 201 | +7 | 4 |
Source: TOCOG and FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) classification points; 2) game points difference; 3) number of game points scored; 4) FIBA ranking.
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:
- 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 the third-placed teams from Pot E.[14]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | China | 3 | 3 | 0 | 247 | 191 | +56 | 6 | Seeded |
2 | United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 260 | 223 | +37 | 6 | |
3 | Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 234 | 205 | +29 | 6 | |
4 | Belgium | 3 | 2 | 1 | 234 | 196 | +38 | 5 | Seeded |
5 | Japan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 245 | 239 | +6 | 5 | Unseeded |
6 | Serbia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 207 | 214 | −7 | 5 | |
7 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 240 | 230 | +10 | 4 | Unseeded |
8 | France | 3 | 1 | 2 | 239 | 229 | +10 | 4 |
Source: TOCOG
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) points difference; 3) points scored.
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Gold medal | ||||||||
4 August | ||||||||||
Australia | 55 | |||||||||
6 August | ||||||||||
United States | 79 | |||||||||
United States | 79 | |||||||||
4 August | ||||||||||
Serbia | 59 | |||||||||
China | 70 | |||||||||
8 August | ||||||||||
Serbia | 77 | |||||||||
United States | 90 | |||||||||
4 August | ||||||||||
Japan | 75 | |||||||||
Japan | 86 | |||||||||
6 August | ||||||||||
Belgium | 85 | |||||||||
Japan | 87 | |||||||||
4 August | ||||||||||
France | 71 | Bronze medal | ||||||||
Spain | 64 | |||||||||
7 August | ||||||||||
France | 67 | |||||||||
Serbia | 76 | |||||||||
France | 91 | |||||||||
Rank | Team[15] | Record |
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United States | 6–0 | |
Japan | 4–2 | |
France | 3–3 | |
4 | Serbia | 3–3 |
5 | China | 3–1 |
6 | Spain | 3–1 |
7 | Belgium | 2–2 |
8 | Australia | 1–3 |
9 | Canada | 1–2 |
10 | South Korea | 0–3 |
11 | Nigeria | 0–3 |
12 | Puerto Rico | 0–3 |
Statistics and awards
The awards were announced on 8 August 2021.[18]
All-Star Team | ||
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Guard | Forwards | Center |
Rui Machida | Emma Meesseman Breanna Stewart A'ja Wilson |
Sandrine Gruda |
MVP: Breanna Stewart |
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