The 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.

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 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.

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.

Format

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.

Competition schedule

Qualification

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:

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.

Seeding

Referees

The following 30 referees were selected for the tournament.

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+9).

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.

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Third-placed teams ranking

Knockout stage

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. 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.

Bracket

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Final ranking

Statistics and awards

Statistical leaders

Players

Teams

Awards

The awards were announced on 8 August 2021.

See also

• Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

References

External links

• Official website