The 2024 Summer Olympics men's 3x3 basketball tournament in Paris, France, began on 30 July and ended on 5 August 2024. All games were played at the Place de la Concorde. It was the second time the 3x3 basketball men's event was held at the Olympic Games.
The Netherlands defeated France 18–17 in a closely contested final to win the gold medal, while France took home the silver in front of a home crowd. In the battle for bronze, Lithuania overcame Latvia, who were the top seed from the pool stage, to secure the third-place finish.
Competition format The eight teams played a round robin. The teams placed first and second qualified for the semifinals. The teams three to six played a playoff. After that, a knockout system was used. Additionally, the games could be won in two ways: by being the first team to score 21 points or having the highest score through 10 minutes.
Qualification
Eight teams participated in the men's basketball tournament, with each National Olympic Committee (NOC) sending a roster of three players and a substitute. The qualification process consisted of four phases one based in the FIBA ranking list and three olympic qualifiers:
The first phase gave three quota places to the highest ranked NOCs on the FIBA ranking list of 1 November. However, not more than two NOCs from a continent could qualify in this phase. Also a quota place was guaranteed to the host nation for only one of the 3x3 events which was given to the women's 3x3 tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics. The second phase consisted of the first of three FIBA Universality-driven Olympic tournament where one quota place was awarded to the highest positioned NOC were the seven highest ranked NOCs that have not been qualified yet as well as France (for being the host nation) participated. The third phase was an Olympic tournament which awarded one place to the highest positioned team were the highest placed NOC's of each continental tournament and the hosts of both the tournament and the olympics, if not qualified, participated. The fourth phase saw the sixteen highest-ranked eligible NOCs based on the FIBA global standings, including the tournament host and host nation France, if not yet qualified, participated in another Olympic qualifier with the top three securing the remaining berths for Paris 2024.
Competition schedule
Tue 30 Wed 31 Thu 1 Fri 2 Sat 3 Sun 4 Mon 5G G G G G ¼ ½ B F
Rosters Team Players Marko Branković Strahinja Stojačić Dejan Majstorović Mihailo Vasić Jimmer Fredette Canyon Barry Kareem Maddox Dylan Travis Šarūnas Vingelis Gintautas Matulis Aurelijus Pukelis Evaldas Džiaugys Zhang Ning Lu Wenbo Zhao Jiaren Zhu Yuanbo Jan Driessen Dimeo van der Horst Arvin Slagter Worthy de Jong Lucas Dussoulier Timothé Vergiat Jules Rambaut Franck Seguela Nauris Miezis Kārlis Lasmanis Francis Lācis Zigmārs Raimo Filip Matczak Michał Sokołowski Przemysław Zamojski Adrian Bogucki
Referees The following referees were selected for the tournament.
Shi Qirong Najib Chajiddine Edmond Ho Brigitta Csabai-Kaskötő Marek Maliszewski Vlad Ghizdareanu Jasmina Juras Kim Ga-in Eric Bertrand Markos Michaelides Deanna Jackson
Pool Standings
Results All times are local (UTC+2).
Knockout stage Bracket
Play-in
Semifinals
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
Final ranking
Statistics and awards Points leaders Rank Name Points1 Kārlis Lasmanis 672 Worthy de Jong 653 Aurelijus Pukelis 634 Nauris Miezis 59 Canyon Barry
Awards The awards were announced on 7 August 2024.
All-Star team Worthy de Jong Lucas Dussoulier Aurelijus Pukelis MVP Worthy de Jong
References
External links Official website