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

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

Tournament details
Host country	Japan
City	Tokyo
Dates	24–28 July 2021
Teams	8 (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

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]

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

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

Legend

G

Group stage

¼

Quarter-finals

½

Semi-finals

B

Bronze medal match

F

Gold medal match

Sat 24	Sun 25	Mon 26	Tue 27		Wed 28
G	G	G	G	1⁄4	1⁄2	B	F

Qualification

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

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

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

Standings

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. Belgium 2–0, Latvia 1–1, Netherlands 0–2
2. Japan 1–1, 123 PS; Poland 1–1, 120 PS; China 1–1, 119 PS

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

Results

24 July 2021 (2021-07-24) 11:35 v

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Belgium	16–18 (OT)	Japan
Pts: Bogaerts 5		Pts: Yasuoka 7

Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Vlad Ghizdareanu (ROU), Su Yu-yen (TPE)

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25 July 2021 (2021-07-25) 11:35 v

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Latvia	21–18	Japan
Pts: Lasmanis 7		Pts: Tominaga 9

Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Edmond Ho (HKG), Marek Maliszewski (POL)

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26 July 2021 (2021-07-26) 11:35 v

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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)

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27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 14:40 v

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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

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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

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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

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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

Bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Gold medal
					28 July
					Serbia	10
	27 July
					ROC	21
	Netherlands	19
									28 July
	ROC	21
									ROC	18
									Latvia	21
					28 July
					Belgium	8
	27 July
					Latvia	21			Bronze medal
	Latvia	21
									28 July
	Japan	18
									Serbia	21
									Belgium	10

Quarterfinals

27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 21:00 v

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Netherlands	19–21	ROC
Pts: Van der Horst 8		Pts: Zuev 9

Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Edmond Ho (HKG), Markos Michaelides (SUI)

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27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 22:20 v

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Latvia	21–18	Japan
Pts: Krūmiņš 9		Pts: Tominaga 8

Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Jasmina Juras (SRB), Marek Maliszewski (POL)

Semifinals

28 July 2021 (2021-07-28) 17:30 v

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Serbia	10–21	ROC
Pts: Domović Bulut 5		Pts: Zuev 11

Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Marek Maliszewski (POL), Markos Michaelides (SUI)

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28 July 2021 (2021-07-28) 18:40 v

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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

28 July 2021 (2021-07-28) 21:15 v

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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

28 July 2021 (2021-07-28) 22:25 v

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ROC	18–21	Latvia
Pts: Karpenkov 7		Pts: Lasmanis 10

Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo Referees: Jasmina Juras (SRB), Markos Michaelides (SUI)

Final ranking

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

Points leaders

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

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External links

• Official website