Draft:Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 3x3 tournament

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Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 3x3 tournament
Tournament details
Host countryFrance
CityParis
Dates30 July – 5 August
Teams8
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)

The 2024 Summer Olympics men's 3x3 basketball tournament in Paris, France, will begin on 30 July and end on 5 August 2024. All games will be played at the Place de la Concorde.[1] It will be the second time the 3x3 basketball men's event is held at the Olympic Games.

Competition format[edit]

The eight teams will play a round robin. The teams placed first and second in each group will qualify for the quarter-finals. The teams three to six will play a playoff. After that, a knockout system will be used. Additionally, the games can be won in two ways: by being the first team to score 21 points or having the highest score through 10 minutes.[1]

Qualification[edit]

Eight teams will participate in the men's basketball tournament, with each NOC sending a roster of three players and a substitute. The qualification process will consist of four phases one based in the FIBA ranking list and three olympic qualifiers:[2][3]

  • The first phase gave three quota places to the highest ranked National Olympic Committees (NOC) on the FIBA ranking list of 1 November. However not more than two NOC´s from a continent could qualify in this phase. Also a quota place is 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 will consist of the first of three FIBA Universality-driven Olympic tournament where one quota place will be awarded to the highest positioned NOC were the 7 highest ranked NOCs that have not been qualified yet as well as France (For being the host nation) will participate.
  • The third phase will also be an Olympic tournament which will award 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, will participate.
  • The forth phase the sixteen highest-ranked eligible NOCs based on the FIBA global standings, including the tournament host and host nation France, if unqualified, will participate in another Olympic qualifier with the top three securing the remaining berths for Paris 2024.


Qualification method Date Venue Berths Qualified team
Host nation 0
FIBA 3x3 World Ranking 1 November 2023 3  Serbia
 United States
 China
2024 FIBA Universality Olympic Qualifying Tournament 1 12–14 April 2024 Hong Kong Hong Kong 1  Latvia
2024 FIBA Universality Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2 3–5 May 2024 Japan Utsunomiya 1  Netherlands
2024 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament 16–19 May 2024 Hungary Debrecen 3
 
 
Total 8


Competition schedule[edit]

Legend
G Group stage ¼ Quarterfinals ½ Semifinals B Bronze medal match F Gold medal match
Tue 30 Wed 31 Thu 1 Fri 2 Sun 4 Mon 5
G G G G G ¼ ½ B F

Rosters[edit]

Team Players Head Coach
 Serbia
 United States[4] Canyon Barry Jimmer Fredette Kareem Maddox Dylan Travis Joe Lewandowski
 China
 Latvia

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Basketball 3x3 at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games | NBC Olympics". www.nbcolympics.com. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  2. ^ "What is the 3x3 basketball qualification pathway for Paris 2024?". Olympics. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  3. ^ "QUALIFICATION SYSTEM – GAMES OF THE XXXIII OLYMPIAD – PARIS 2024" (PDF). FIBA. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  4. ^ "3x3 Men's National Team provides insight on Olympic selection prior to 2024 Summer Games". usab.com. 27 March 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2024.