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Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
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Tournament details
Host country France
Dates 27 July – 10 August
Teams 12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s) Stade Pierre-Mauroy
Accor Arena (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions United States (17th title)
Runners-up  France
Third place Serbia
Fourth place  Germany
Tournament statistics
Games played 26
Attendance 564,474 (21,711 per match)
MVP United States LeBron James
Top scorer Greece Giannis Antetokounmpo (25.8 ppg)
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The men's 5x5 basketball tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics was the 21st edition of the event for men at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held from 27 July to 10 August 2024. Preliminary games occurred at Stade Pierre-Mauroy in Lille, with the final phase staged at the Accor Arena (referred to as the Bercy Arena due to IOC rules disallowing Olympic host venues to be named after corporate sponsors) in Paris.

The United States went unbeaten to win a seventeenth overall and fifth consecutive gold medal, after defeating France 98–87 in a rematch of the previous final. Serbia won the bronze with a 93–83 win over Germany, winning its second medal and first bronze in men's basketball as an independent nation.

Format

The twelve teams were split into three groups of four teams, and a single round-robin was held within each group. The first- and second-placed teams of each group advanced to the quarterfinals, as well as the two best third-placed teams. After the preliminary round, the teams were grouped according to their results, and a draw paired teams between the groups for the quarterfinals. For the draw, the teams were seeded in four pots, with the top two-ranked teams (Pot D), 3rd–4th ranked teams (Pot E), 5–6th ranked teams (Pot F) and 7–8th ranked teams (Pot G). Teams from Pot D faced a team from Pot G and teams from Pot E a team from Pot F. Teams from the same group could not face each other again. If both teams from Pot D qualified for the semifinals, they could not play against each other.

Schedule

The schedule of the tournament was as follows.


Legend
G Group stage ¼ Quarterfinals ½ Semifinals B Bronze medal match F Gold medal match
Sat 27 Sun 28 Mon 29 Tue 30 Wed 31 Thu 1 Fri 2 Sat 3 Sun 4 Mon 5 Tue 6 Wed 7 Thu 8 Fri 9 Sat 10
G G G G G G ¼ ½ B F

Qualified teams

Qualification method Date Venue Berths Qualified team
Host nation N/A N/A 1  France
2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup Africa 25 August – 10 September 2023  Philippines
 Indonesia
 Japan
1  South Sudan
Americas 2  Canada
 United States
Asia 1  Japan
Europe 2  Germany
 Serbia
Oceania 1  Australia
2024 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments 2–7 July 2024 Spain Valencia 1  Spain
Latvia Riga 1  Brazil
Greece Piraeus 1  Greece
Puerto Rico San Juan 1  Puerto Rico
Total 12


Squads

Each roster consisted of 12 players.

Draw

The draw was held on 19 March 2024.

The 12 teams were divided into four pots of three teams based on their FIBA 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 each group had to contain a minimum of two and a maximum of three European teams.

For broadcast purposes, defending champions the United States were allocated to Group C, while hosts France could only be drawn into Group A or B.

Seeding

The seeding was announced on 15 March 2024. As the four winners of the 2024 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments (OQTs) were yet to be decided at the time of the draw, they were assigned placeholders. Each of the four placeholders were seeded based on the highest-ranked team in each tournament.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
 United States
 Spain (ESP)
 Germany
 Serbia
 Australia
 Brazil (LAT)
 Canada
 France
 Puerto Rico (PUR)
 Greece (GRE)
 Japan
 South Sudan

Referees

The following 30 referees were selected for the tournament.

  • Argentina Juan Fernández
  • Australia James Boyer
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Ademir Zurapović
  • Canada Matthew Kallio
  • Canada Maripier Malo
  • Croatia Martin Vulić
  • Denmark Maj Forsberg
  • Ecuador Carlos Peralta
  • France Yohan Rosso
  • Hungary Péter Praksch
  • Japan Takaki Kato
  • Kazakhstan Yevgeniy Mikheyev
  • Latvia Mārtiņš Kozlovskis
  • Latvia Gatis Saliņš
  • Lebanon Rabah Noujaim
  • Madagascar Yann Davidson
  • Mexico Omar Bermúdez
  • Norway Viola Györgyi
  • Panama Julio Anaya
  • Poland Wojciech Liszka
  • Puerto Rico Johnny Batista
  • Puerto Rico Roberto Vázquez
  • Slovenia Boris Krejić
  • Spain Luis Castillo
  • Spain Ariadna Chueca
  • Spain Antonio Conde
  • Uruguay Andrés Bartel
  • United States Amy Bonner
  • United States Blanca Burns
  • United States Jenna Reneau

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) classification points; 2) head-to-head results; 3) head-to-head game points difference; 4) head-to-head number of game points scored.
27 July 2024
11:00
Australia  92–80  Spain   
Scoring by quarter: 31–21, 18–21, 20–18, 23–20
Pts: Landale 20
Rebs: Landale 9
Asts: Giddey 8
Pts: Aldama 27
Rebs: Garuba 7
Asts: Brown 7
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
Attendance: 26,991
Referees: Gatis Saliņš (LAT), Omar Bermúdez (MEX), Juan Fernández (ARG)
27 July 2024
21:00
Greece  79–86  Canada   
Scoring by quarter: 22–26, 16–22, 22–20, 19–18
Pts: Antetokounmpo 34
Rebs: Mitoglou 8
Asts: Calathes 7
Pts: Barrett 23
Rebs: Olynyk 6
Asts: Gilgeous-Alexander 7
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
Attendance: 26,421
Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Johnny Batista (PUR), Wojciech Liszka (POL)

30 July 2024
11:00
Spain  84–77  Greece   
Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 28–13, 13–21, 22–21
Pts: Aldama 19
Rebs: Aldama 12
Asts: Brown 10
Pts: Antetokounmpo 27
Rebs: Antetokounmpo 11
Asts: Calathes 7
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
Attendance: 26,980
Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Julio Anaya (PAN)
30 July 2024
13:30
Canada  93–83  Australia   
Scoring by quarter: 26–28, 19–21, 27–21, 21–13
Pts: Barrett 24
Rebs: Powell 9
Asts: Barrett, Murray 5
Pts: Giddey 19
Rebs: Landale 12
Asts: Giddey 6
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
Attendance: 26,980
Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Johnny Batista (PUR), Takaki Kato (JPN)

2 August 2024
13:30
Australia  71–77  Greece   
Scoring by quarter: 24–25, 12–28, 14–9, 21–15
Pts: Landale 17
Rebs: Giddey 11
Asts: Daniels 8
Pts: Antetokounmpo 20
Rebs: three players 7
Asts: Calathes 8
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
Attendance: 26,850
Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Johnny Batista (PUR)
2 August 2024
17:15
Canada  88–85  Spain   
Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 30–19, 15–18, 24–29
Pts: Gilgeous-Alexander 20
Rebs: Brooks, Murray 4
Asts: Murray 6
Pts: Brizuela 17
Rebs: Aldama 11
Asts: three players 4
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
Attendance: 26,133
Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Julio Anaya (PAN), Gatis Saliņš (LAT)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) classification points; 2) head-to-head results; 3) head-to-head game points difference; 4) head-to-head number of game points scored.
27 July 2024
13:30
Germany  97–77  Japan   
Scoring by quarter: 28–21, 24–23, 22–17, 23–16
Pts: F. Wagner 22
Rebs: Theis 7
Asts: Schröder 12
Pts: Hachimura 20
Rebs: Hawkinson 11
Asts: Kawamura 7
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
Attendance: 26,991
Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Boris Krejić (SLO), Amy Bonner (USA)
27 July 2024
17:15
France  78–66  Brazil   
Scoring by quarter: 15–23, 24–13, 18–9, 21–21
Pts: Batum, Wembanyama 19
Rebs: Wembanyama 9
Asts: Albicy 4
Pts: Felício, Meindl 14
Rebs: Felício 6
Asts: Dos Santos 6
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
Attendance: 26,766
Referees: Matthew Kallio (CAN), Luis Castillo (ESP), Carlos Peralta (ECU)

30 July 2024
17:15
Japan  90–94  France OT 
Scoring by quarter: 25–32, 19–17, 20–20, 20–15, OT: 6–10
Pts: Kawamura 29
Rebs: Hawkinson, Watanabe 8
Asts: Kawamura 6
Pts: Wembanyama 18
Rebs: Gobert 15
Asts: Fournier, Wembanyama 6
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
Attendance: 26,900
Referees: Matthew Kallio (CAN), Wojciech Liszka (POL), Blanca Burns (USA)
30 July 2024
21:00
Brazil  73–86  Germany   
Scoring by quarter: 10–22, 30–18, 11–20, 22–26
Pts: Dos Santos 18
Rebs: Meindl 6
Asts: Dos Santos 8
Pts: Schröder 20
Rebs: Voigtmann 8
Asts: Schröder 6
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
Attendance: 23,884
Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Omar Bermúdez (MEX), Gatis Saliņš (LAT)

2 August 2024
11:00
Japan  84–102  Brazil   
Scoring by quarter: 20–31, 24–24, 29–22, 11–25
Pts: Hawkinson 26
Rebs: Hawkinson 10
Asts: Kawamura 10
Pts: Caboclo 33
Rebs: Caboclo 17
Asts: Huertas 8
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
Attendance: 26,850
Referees: Matthew Kallio (CAN), Boris Krejić (SLO), Wojciech Liszka (POL)
2 August 2024
21:00
France  71–85  Germany   
Scoring by quarter: 18–24, 9–24, 19–21, 25–16
Pts: Wembanyama 14
Rebs: Wembanyama 12
Asts: Batum 3
Pts: Schröder, F. Wagner 26
Rebs: Theis 8
Asts: Schröder 9
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
Attendance: 26,860
Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Juan Fernández (ARG), Andrés Bartel (URU)

Group C

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) classification points; 2) head-to-head results; 3) head-to-head game points difference; 4) head-to-head number of game points scored.
28 July 2024
11:00
South Sudan  90–79  Puerto Rico   
Scoring by quarter: 20–28, 28–26, 23–15, 19–10
Pts: Jones 19
Rebs: Gabriel 9
Asts: Jones 6
Pts: Alvarado 26
Rebs: Conditt IV, Romero 6
Asts: Alvarado 5
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
Attendance: 27,021
Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Takaki Kato (JPN), Martin Vulić (CRO)
28 July 2024
17:15
Serbia 84–110 United States   
Scoring by quarter: 20–25, 29–33, 16–26, 19–26
Pts: Jokić 20
Rebs: Bogdanović 6
Asts: Jokić 8
Pts: Durant 23
Rebs: Davis 8
Asts: James 9
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
Attendance: 27,328
Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Julio Anaya (PAN), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT)

31 July 2024
17:15
Puerto Rico  66–107 Serbia   
Scoring by quarter: 12–24, 23–28, 16–27, 15–28
Pts: Ortiz 19
Rebs: Ortiz 6
Asts: Howard, Waters 3
Pts: Petrušev 15
Rebs: Jokić 15
Asts: Jokić 9
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
Attendance: 17,882
Referees: Julio Anaya (PAN), Juan Fernández (ARG), Boris Krejić (SLO)
31 July 2024
21:00
United States 103–86  South Sudan   
Scoring by quarter: 26–14, 29–22, 18–21, 30–29
Pts: Adebayo 18
Rebs: three players 7
Asts: Booker 6
Pts: Omot 24
Rebs: Gabriel 10
Asts: Jones 7
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
Attendance: 27,056
Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Takaki Kato (JPN)

3 August 2024
17:15
Puerto Rico  83–104 United States   
Scoring by quarter: 29–25, 16–39, 14–23, 24–17
Pts: Alvarado 18
Rebs: Romero 10
Asts: Conditt IV 5
Pts: Edwards 26
Rebs: Tatum 10
Asts: James 8
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
Attendance: 27,244
Referees: Julio Anaya (PAN), Gatis Saliņš (LAT), Martin Vulić (CRO)
3 August 2024
21:00
Serbia 96–85  South Sudan   
Scoring by quarter: 23–22, 24–22, 25–23, 24–18
Pts: Bogdanović 30
Rebs: Jokić 13
Asts: Bogdanović 8
Pts: Jones, Shayok 17
Rebs: Gabriel 8
Asts: Jones 10
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
Attendance: 20,916
Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Yohan Rosso (FRA), Juan Fernández (ARG)

Third-placed teams ranking

Pos Grp Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) classification points; 2) game points difference; 3) number of game points scored; 4) FIBA ranking.

Knockout stage

A draw after the preliminary round decided the pairings, where a seeded team played an unseeded team. Teams qualified were divided into four pots:

  • Pot D comprised the top two-ranked first-placed teams from the group phase.
  • Pot E comprised the lowest ranked first-placed team and the best-ranked second-placed team from the group phase.
  • Pot F comprised the remaining second-placed teams from the group phase.
  • Pot G comprised the two best third-placed teams.

Draw principles:

  • Teams from Pot D were drawn against a team from Pot G and a team from Pot E against a team of Pot F.
  • Teams from the same group could not be drawn against each other in the quarterfinals.

Ranking

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) points difference; 3) points scored.

Bracket

 
Quarterfinals Semifinals Gold medal
 
                   
 
6 August
 
 
 France 82
 
8 August
 
 Canada 73
 
 France 73
 
6 August
 
 Germany 69
 
 Germany 76
 
10 August
 
 Greece 63
 
 France 87
 
6 August
 
United States 98
 
 Brazil 87
 
8 August
 
United States 122
 
United States 95
 
6 August
 
Serbia 91 Bronze medal
 
Serbia (OT) 95
 
10 August
 
 Australia 90
 
 Germany 83
 
 
Serbia 93
 

Quarterfinals

6 August 2024
11:00
Germany  76–63  Greece   
Scoring by quarter: 11–21, 25–15, 23–16, 17–11
Pts: F. Wagner 18
Rebs: Theis 8
Asts: Schröder 8
Pts: Antetokounmpo 22
Rebs: Papanikolaou 9
Asts: Antetokounmpo 3
Accor Arena, Paris
Attendance: 12,288
Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Johnny Batista (PUR)

6 August 2024
14:30
Serbia 95–90  Australia OT 
Scoring by quarter: 17–31, 25–23, 25–11, 15–17OT: 13–8
Pts: Jokić 21
Rebs: Jokić 14
Asts: Jokić 9
Pts: Mills 26
Rebs: Landale, Magnay 6
Asts: Exum 5
Accor Arena, Paris
Attendance: 12,317
Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Julio Anaya (PAN), Wojciech Liszka (POL)

6 August 2024
18:00
France  82–73  Canada   
Scoring by quarter: 23–10, 22–19, 16–21, 21–23
Pts: Yabusele 22
Rebs: Wembanyama 12
Asts: Wembanyama 5
Pts: Gilgeous-Alexander 27
Rebs: Powell 9
Asts: Gilgeous-Alexander 4
Accor Arena, Paris
Attendance: 12,258
Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Omar Bermúdez (MEX), Gatis Saliņš (LAT)

6 August 2024
21:30
Brazil  87–122 United States   
Scoring by quarter: 21–33, 15–30, 35–31, 16–28
Pts: Caboclo 30
Rebs: Georginho 8
Asts: Meindl 7
Pts: Booker 18
Rebs: Davis 8
Asts: James 9
Accor Arena, Paris
Attendance: 12,364
Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Luis Castillo (ESP), Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ)

Semifinals

8 August 2024
17:30
France  73–69  Germany   
Scoring by quarter: 18–25, 15–8, 23–17, 17–19
Pts: Yabusele 17
Rebs: three players 7
Asts: Wembanyama 4
Pts: Schröder 18
Rebs: Theis 11
Asts: Theis 6
Accor Arena, Paris
Attendance: 12,454
Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Boris Krejić (SLO), Wojciech Liszka (POL)

8 August 2024
21:00
United States 95–91 Serbia   
Scoring by quarter: 23–31, 20–23, 20–22, 32–15
Pts: Curry 36
Rebs: James 12
Asts: James 10
Pts: Bogdanović 20
Rebs: three players 5
Asts: Jokić 11
Accor Arena, Paris
Attendance: 12,213
Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Julio Anaya (PAN), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT)

Bronze medal game

10 August 2024
11:00
Germany  83–93 Serbia   
Scoring by quarter: 21–30, 17–16, 25–26, 20–21
Pts: F. Wagner 18
Rebs: F. Wagner 9
Asts: Schröder, Weiler-Babb 6
Pts: Jokić, Micić 19
Rebs: Jokić 12
Asts: Jokić 11
Accor Arena, Paris
Attendance: 12,406
Referees: Matthew Kallio (CAN), Yohan Rosso (FRA), Johnny Batista (PUR)

Gold medal game

10 August 2024
21:30
France  87–98 United States   
Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 26–29, 25–23, 21–26
Pts: Wembanyama 26
Rebs: Batum 8
Asts: Batum 4
Pts: Curry 24
Rebs: Davis 9
Asts: James 10
Accor Arena, Paris
Attendance: 12,121
Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Julio Anaya (PAN), Wojciech Liszka (POL)

Statistics and awards

Statistical leaders

Players

Source:

Teams

Source:

Awards

The awards were announced by FIBA on 10 August 2024, following the conclusion of the tournament.

FIBA All-Star Five
Guards Forward Centers
United States Stephen Curry
Germany Dennis Schröder
United States LeBron James Serbia Nikola Jokić
France Victor Wembanyama
FIBA All-Second Team
Guards Forwards
Serbia Bogdan Bogdanović
Canada Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
Greece Giannis Antetokounmpo
Germany Franz Wagner
France Guerschon Yabusele
MVP: United States LeBron James
Rising Star: France Victor Wembanyama
Best Defensive Player: Serbia Aleksa Avramović
Best Coach: France Vincent Collet
 2024 Olympic Basketball champions 

United States
Seventeenth title

Final ranking

Rankings were determined by:

  • 1st–4th:
    • Results of gold and bronze medal games
  • 5th–8th:
    • Win–loss record of the teams eliminated in the quarterfinals
  • 9th–12th:
    • Teams eliminated in the preliminary round groups were classified 9th–12th based on the win–loss record in the preliminary round group.
Pos Team Pld W L Pts
Source:

See also

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