Date | R | Home vs Away | - |
---|---|---|---|
08/07 11:00 | 20 | Slovenia vs Australia | 93-107 |
08/07 02:30 | 1 | [1] France vs USA [2] | 82-87 |
08/05 12:30 | 2 | [2] USA vs Australia [1] | 97-78 |
08/05 11:00 | 2 | France vs Slovenia | 90-89 |
08/03 12:30 | 3 | [2] Spain vs USA [2] | 81-95 |
08/03 12:00 | 3 | [1] Australia vs Argentina [3] | 97-59 |
08/03 08:20 | 3 | [2] Italy vs France [1] | 75-84 |
08/03 01:00 | 3 | [1] Slovenia vs Germany [3] | 94-70 |
08/01 08:20 | 3 | [2] Spain vs Slovenia [1] | 87-95 |
08/01 04:40 | 3 | [3] Argentina vs Japan [4] | 97-77 |
07/31 12:00 | 3 | [2] USA vs Czech Republic [3] | 119-84 |
07/31 11:00 | 3 | [2] Australia vs Germany [3] | 89-76 |
The men's basketball tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics was the 20th edition of the event for men at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held from 25 July to 7 August 2021. All games were played at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
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. Because of this pandemic, the games were played behind closed doors.
The United States won their 16th overall and fourth consecutive gold medal, after defeating France in the final. Australia won the bronze with a 107–93 win over Slovenia, winning its first medal in men's basketball after a series of losses in bronze medal games.
The medals for the competition were presented by IOC vice-president Anita DeFrantz and the medalists' bouqets by FIBA first vice-president Sheikh Saud Ali Al-Thani.
With a FIBA World Cup Changed a format & A Champions in FIBA World Cup will no longer be automatically qualify to the Olympics 11 Teams will battle for the Olympics through The 2019 FIBA World Cup along with 2 Best Teams in America & Europe, Best Teams in Asia, Africa and Oceania & 4 winners of 2020 FIBA Olympics Qualifying Tournament in Different Places alongside with a Host Country Japan who automatically qualify to the Olympics as host & For The First Time since 1996 that the slots are using 11 for qualify to the Olympics and the format will also change from 6 teams in each group (Group A & B) to 4 team in each group (Group A, B and C) The Top 2 teams in each group along with the 2 best 3rd place in their different group will advance to the knockout round.