Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

The 2020 Summer Olympics women's basketball tournament in Tokyo, will begin on 26 July and will end on 8 August 2021. All games will be played at the Saitama Super Arena in Tokyo, Japan.[1]

Tournament details
Host nation	Japan
Dates	26 July – 8 August 2021
Teams	12 (from 6 federations)
Venues	1 (in 1 host city)
Games played	26
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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]

Format

The twelve teams will be split in to three groups of four teams. The teams placed first and second in each group and the two best third-placed teams will qualify for the quarter-finals. The eight teams will be divided in a group D (best 4 teams) and a group E (remaining 4 teams). The quarter-final pairings will be drawn on 2 July after the end of the group phase. After that, a knockout system will be used.[3]

Competition schedule

G	Group stage	¼	Quarter-finals	½	Semi-finals	B	Bronze medal match	F	Final

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	Sat 8
	G	G		G	G		G	G		¼		½	B	F

Qualification

Means of qualification	Date	Venue	Berths	Qualified
Host nation	N/A	N/A	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
		Ostend	2	Canada
		Bourges	3	Australia
				France
				Puerto Rico
		Belgrade	2	Nigeria
			2	Serbia
			3	China
				South Korea
				Spain
Total			12

Squads

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.

Draw

The draw was held at the FIBA Headquarters in Mies, Switzerland on 2 February 2021:[4][5]

Seeding

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
United States Australia Spain	Canada France Belgium	Serbia China Japan	Nigeria South Korea Puerto Rico

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+9).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals
2	Serbia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals
3	Canada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible quarterfinals
4	Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Eliminated

First match(es) will be played on 26 July 2021. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head points difference; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.

26 July 2021

v

vs.

Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo

26 July 2021

v

vs.

Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo

29 July 2021

v

vs.

Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo

29 July 2021

v

vs.

Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo

1 August 2021

v

vs.

Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo

1 August 2021

v

vs.

Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nigeria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals
2	Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals
3	France	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible quarterfinals
4	United States	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Eliminated

First match(es) will be played on 27 July 2021. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head points difference; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.

27 July 2021

v

vs.

Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo

27 July 2021

v

vs.

Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo

30 July 2021

v

vs.

Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo

30 July 2021

v

vs.

Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo

2 August 2021

v

vs.

Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo

2 August 2021

v

vs.

Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals
2	Puerto Rico	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals
3	China	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible quarterfinals
4	Belgium	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Eliminated

First match(es) will be played on 27 July 2021. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head points difference; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.

27 July 2021

v

vs.

Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo

27 July 2021

v

vs.

Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo

30 July 2021

v

vs.

Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo

30 July 2021

v

vs.

Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo

2 August 2021

v

vs.

Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo

2 August 2021

v

vs.

Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo

Third-placed teams ranking

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Third place in Group A	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals
2	Third place in Group B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals
3	Third place in Group C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Eliminated

First match(es) will be played on 25 July 2021. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head points difference; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.

Knockout stage

Ranking

A draw after the preliminary round will decide the pairings.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Team 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Seeded
2	Team 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Team 3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Team 4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

5	Team 5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Unseeded
6	Team 6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Team 7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Team 8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on unknown. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) points difference; 3) points scored.

Bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Gold medal

	4 August


					6 August


	4 August


									8 August


	4 August


					6 August


	4 August
									Bronze medal

									7 August

Quarterfinals

4 August 2021

v

TBD

vs.

TBD

Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo

4 August 2021

v

TBD

vs.

TBD

Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo

4 August 2021

v

TBD

vs.

TBD

Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo

4 August 2021

v

TBD

vs.

TBD

Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo

Semifinals

6 August 2021

v

WQF1

vs.

WQF2

Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo

6 August 2021

v

WQF3

vs.

WQF4

Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo

Bronze medal game

7 August 2021
16:00
v

LSF1

vs.

LSF2

Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo

Gold medal game

8 August 2021
11:30
v

WSF1

vs.

WSF2

Saitama Super Arena, Tokyo

References

"IOC announces dates for basketball events at Tokyo Games". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
"Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". olympic.org. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
"Competition System". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
"Tokyo 2020 Olympic Basketball Tournaments Draw set for February 2nd". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
"Groups confirmed for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Basketball Tournaments". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 2 February 2021.

External links

Official website

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