Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 3x3 tournament facts for kids

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

Tournament details
Host country	France
City	Paris
Dates	30 July – 5 August
Teams	8 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (1st title)
Runners-up	France
Third place	Lithuania
Fourth place	Latvia
Tournament statistics
MVP	Worthy de Jong
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The men's 3x3 basketball tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics took place in Paris, France. It started on July 30 and finished on August 5, 2024. All the exciting games were held at the Place de la Concorde. This was only the second time that 3x3 basketball for men was part of the Olympic Games.

In a very close final game, the Netherlands beat France 18–17 to win the gold medal. France earned the silver medal, playing in front of their home crowd. For the bronze medal, Lithuania won against Latvia, who had been the top team in the first round.

How the Tournament Worked

The tournament started with eight teams playing against each other. This is called a round robin. Each team played every other team once. The top two teams from this round robin went straight to the semifinals. Teams ranked third to sixth played in a special playoff round. After that, it became a knockout system, meaning if you lost, you were out!

Games could be won in two ways. A team could win by being the first to score 21 points. Or, if no team reached 21 points, the team with the highest score after 10 minutes won the game.

How Teams Qualified for the Olympics

To play in the Olympics, teams had to earn their spot. Eight teams competed in the men's 3x3 basketball tournament. Each country's Olympic Committee (NOC) sent a team of three players and one substitute. Teams qualified in a few different ways:

• Some teams qualified based on their high ranking on the FIBA list.
• Other teams earned their spot through special Olympic qualifying tournaments. These tournaments gave more countries a chance to compete.

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

Game Schedule

Team Rosters

Here are the players who competed for each team:

Team	Players
Serbia	Marko Branković	Strahinja Stojačić	Dejan Majstorović	Mihailo Vasić
United States	Jimmer Fredette	Canyon Barry	Kareem Maddox	Dylan Travis
Lithuania	Šarūnas Vingelis	Gintautas Matulis	Aurelijus Pukelis	Evaldas Džiaugys
China	Zhang Ning	Lu Wenbo	Zhao Jiaren	Zhu Yuanbo
Netherlands	Jan Driessen	Dimeo van der Horst	Arvin Slagter	Worthy de Jong
France	Lucas Dussoulier	Timothé Vergiat	Jules Rambaut	Franck Seguela
Latvia	Nauris Miezis	Kārlis Lasmanis	Francis Lācis	Zigmārs Raimo
Poland	Filip Matczak	Michał Sokołowski	Przemysław Zamojski	Adrian Bogucki

Referees

These are the referees who made sure the games were fair:

Pool Stage: Standings and Results

The teams played a round-robin, and here's how they ranked:

Here are the results from all the games in the pool stage. All times are local (UTC+2).

30 July 2024 18:35 v

Latvia	21–14	Lithuania
Pts: Miezis 9		Pts: Pukelis 8

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Marek Maliszewski (POL), Jasmina Juras (SRB)

30 July 2024 19:05 v

China	16–21	Netherlands
Pts: Zhang 7		Pts: De Jong 9

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Markos Michaelides (SUI), Najib Chajiddine (FRA)

30 July 2024 22:05 v

Poland	19–21	France
Pts: Bogucki, Zamojski 6		Pts: Dussoulier 9

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Brigitta Csabai-Kaskötő (HUN), Vlad Ghizdareanu (ROU)

30 July 2024 22:35 v

Serbia	22–14	United States
Pts: Branković 8		Pts: Maddox 6

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Vlad Ghizdareanu (ROU), Edmond Ho (HKG)

31 July 2024 18:35 v

Latvia	21–12	Netherlands
Pts: Lasmanis 8		Pts: De Jong 7

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Brigitta Csabai-Kaskötő (HUN), Deanna Jackson (USA)

31 July 2024 19:05 v

Serbia	15–21	China
Pts: Majstorović 7		Pts: Zhang 11

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Markos Michaelides (SUI), Dorothy Okatch (BOT)

31 July 2024 22:05 v

Lithuania	20–21	France
Pts: Džiaugys, Pukelis 7		Pts: Rambaut 9

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Edmond Ho (HKG), Shi Qirong (CHN)

31 July 2024 22:35 v

United States	17–19	Poland
Pts: Barry, Travis 6		Pts: Bogucki 7

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Jasmina Juras (SRB), Vlad Ghizdareanu (ROU)

1 August 2024 10:05 v

Netherlands	19–21	Serbia
Pts: Van der Horst, De Jong 8		Pts: Branković 9

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Markos Michaelides (SUI), Brigitta Csabai-Kaskötő (HUN)

1 August 2024 10:35 v

China	8–22	Latvia
Pts: Zhang 6		Pts: Lācis 8

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Deanna Jackson (USA), Jasmina Juras (SRB)

1 August 2024 13:25 v

Lithuania	21–12	Poland
Pts: Džiaugys 10		Pts: Bogucki 6

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Markos Michaelides (SUI), Deanna Jackson (USA)

1 August 2024 14:05 v

Netherlands	20–13	France
Pts: van der Horst 8		Pts: Dussoulier 6

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Jasmina Juras (SRB), Brigitta Csabai-Kaskötő (HUN)

1 August 2024 19:05 v

United States	18–20	Lithuania
Pts: Barry 9		Pts: Pukelis 7

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Edmond Ho (HKG), Najib Chajiddine (FRA)

1 August 2024 19:35 v

China	17–22	Poland
Pts: Zhang 9		Pts: Zamojski 9

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Najib Chajiddine (FRA), Vlad Ghizdareanu (ROU)

1 August 2024 22:35 v

Serbia	19–16	France
Pts: Majstorović 9		Pts: Seguela 7

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Edmond Ho (HKG), Marek Maliszewski (POL)

1 August 2024 23:05 v

United States	19–21	Latvia
Pts: Barry 10		Pts: Miezis 10

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Najib Chajiddine (FRA), Vlad Ghizdareanu (ROU)

2 August 2024 10:05 v

Lithuania	21–16	China
Pts: Džiaugys 9		Pts: Zhao 6

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Marek Maliszewski (POL), Brigitta Csabai-Kaskötő (HUN)

2 August 2024 10:35 v

Poland	17–21	Netherlands
Pts: Zamojski 8		Pts: three players 6

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Deanna Jackson (USA), Jasmina Juras (SRB)

2 August 2024 13:25 v

Netherlands	19–18	Lithuania
Pts: De Jong 6		Pts: Pukelis 7

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Deanna Jackson (USA), Jasmina Juras (SRB)

2 August 2024 14:05 v

France	20–22	Latvia
Pts: Seguela 10		Pts: Miezis 10

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Brigitta Csabai-Kaskötő (HUN), Marek Maliszewski (POL)

2 August 2024 18:35 v

France	19–21	United States
Pts: Seguela 7		Pts: Barry 16

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Shi Qirong (CHN), Edmond Ho (HKG)

2 August 2024 19:05 v

Latvia	21–14	Serbia
Pts: Lācis, Lasmanis 8		Pts: Majstorović 7

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Markos Michaelides (SUI), Vlad Ghizdareanu (ROU)

2 August 2024 22:05 v

Serbia	21–12	Poland
Pts: Majstorović 7		Pts: Bogucki 6

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Edmond Ho (HKG), Najib Chajiddine (FRA)

2 August 2024 22:35 v

China	17–21	United States
Pts: Zhao 9		Pts: Barry 14

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Kim Ga-in (KOR), Vlad Ghizdareanu (ROU)

4 August 2024 17:30 v

France	21–12	China
Pts: Dussoulier, Rambaut 6		Pts: Zhang 4

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Jasmina Juras (SRB), Vlad Ghizdareanu (ROU)

4 August 2024 18:00 v

Poland	16–22	Latvia
Pts: Sokołowski 6		Pts: Miezis 13

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Brigitta Csabai-Kaskötő (HUN), Edmond Ho (HKG)

4 August 2024 18:35 v

Lithuania	20–18	Serbia
Pts: Pukelis 10		Pts: Majstorović 10

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Markos Michaelides (SUI), Vlad Ghizdareanu (ROU)

4 August 2024 19:05 v

United States	6–21	Netherlands
Pts: three players 2		Pts: De Jong 11

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Edmond Ho (HKG), Jasmina Juras (SRB)

Knockout Stage

This is where the competition got even more intense! Teams played single-elimination games to see who would win the medals.

Tournament Bracket

	Play-in				Semifinals				Gold medal
					5 August
					Latvia	14
	4 August
					France	21
	Serbia	19
									5 August
	France	22
									France	17
									Netherlands (OT)	18
					5 August
					Netherlands	20
	4 August
					Lithuania	9			Bronze medal
	Lithuania	21
									5 August
	Poland	15
									Latvia	18
									Lithuania	21

Play-in Games

These games decided which teams would move on to the semifinals.

4 August 2024 21:30 v

Lithuania	21–15	Poland
Pts: Džiaugys, Vingelis 9		Pts: Sokołowski 7

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Jasmina Juras (SRB), Najib Chajiddine (FRA)

4 August 2024 22:05 v

Serbia	19–22	France
Pts: Stojačić 8		Pts: Rambaut 8

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Vlad Ghizdareanu (ROU), Deanna Jackson (USA)

Semifinals

The winners of these games played for the gold medal!

5 August 2024 18:00 v

Netherlands	20–9	Lithuania
Pts: De Jong 8		Pts: Pukelis 4

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Markos Michaelides (SUI), Deanna Jackson (USA)

5 August 2024 19:00 v

Latvia	14–21	France
Pts: Lasmanis 11		Pts: Dussoulier 9

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Brigitta Csabai-Kaskötő (HUN), Edmond Ho (HKG)

Bronze Medal Game

This game was played to decide who would win the bronze medal.

5 August 2024 21:30 v

Latvia	18–21	Lithuania
Pts: Lasmanis 9		Pts: Vingelis 9

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Markos Michaelides (SUI), Deanna Jackson (USA)

Gold Medal Game

The final game decided the Olympic champion!

5 August 2024 22:30 v

France	17–18	Netherlands	OT
Pts: Dussoulier, Seguela 5		Pts: De Jong 7

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Vlad Ghizdareanu (ROU), Jasmina Juras (SRB)

Final Rankings

Here's how all the teams finished in the tournament:

Awards and Top Players

Top Scorers

These players scored the most points during the tournament:

Rank	Name	Points
1	Kārlis Lasmanis	67
2	Worthy de Jong	65
3	Aurelijus Pukelis	63
4	Nauris Miezis	59
	Canyon Barry

Special Awards

The best players were recognized with these awards on August 7, 2024:

All-Star Team
Worthy de Jong
Lucas Dussoulier
Aurelijus Pukelis
MVP (Most Valuable Player)
Worthy de Jong