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.
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Qualification Means of qualification Date Venue Berths Qualified Host nation 1 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 22–30 September 2018 1 2020 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments 6–9 February 2020 Ostend 2 Bourges 3 Belgrade 2 3 Total 12 </onlyinclude>
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 Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
Referees The following 30 referees were selected for the tournament.
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
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
Group B
Group C
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
Semifinals
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
Result 2020 Women's Olympic Basketball Champions United States Ninth title
Final ranking
Rank Team Record6–04–2 3–34 3–35 3–16 3–17 2–28 1–39 1–210 0–311 0–312 0–3
Statistics and awards Statistical leaders Players
Points Name PPG Emma Meesseman 27.3 Astou Ndour 22.7 A'ja Wilson 20.0 Jazmon Gwathmey 18.0 Brittney Griner 17.3
Rebounds Name RPG Breanna Stewart 11.3 Park Ji-su 10.7 Emma Meesseman 10.3 Astou Ndour 10.0 Laura Gil 9.3 A'ja Wilson
Assists Name APG Rui Machida 10.8 Cristina Ouviña 7.7 Julie Allemand 7.3 Sue Bird 6.5 Breanna Stewart 5.5
Blocks Name BPG Park Ji-su 3.3 A'ja Wilson 2.8 Astou Ndour 2.3 Han Xu 2.0 Laura Gil 1.7
Steals Name SPG Emma Meesseman 3.7 Gabby Williams 3.5 Ezinne Kalu 2.3 Laura Gil Kyara Linskens 2.0 Natalie Achonwa Kia Nurse Promise Amukamara Allison Gibson
Efficiency Name EFFPG Emma Meesseman 36.7 Astou Ndour 29.3 A'ja Wilson 28.8 Breanna Stewart 23.8 Li Yueru 21.0 Brittney Griner
Teams
Points Team PPG 84.7 82.2 79.8 79.3 78.0
Rebounds Team RPG 45.5 43.0 39.8 39.3 38.7
Assists Team APG 26.0 25.5 24.8 23.2 22.3
Blocks Team BPG 5.5 4.0 3.8 3.3
Steals Team SPG 9.3 8.8 8.7
Efficiency Team EFFPG 113.5 102.8 99.0 92.7 87.5
Awards The awards were announced on 8 August 2021.
All-Star TeamGuardForwardsCenter Rui Machida Emma Meesseman Breanna Stewart A'ja Wilson Sandrine GrudaMVP: Breanna Stewart
See also Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
References
External links Official website