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

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

Tournament details
Host country	France
City	Paris
Dates	30 July – 5 August
Teams	8 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Germany (1st title)
Runners-up	Spain
Third place	United States
Fourth place	Canada
Tournament statistics
MVP	Sonja Greinacher
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The 2024 Summer Olympics women'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 women's event was held at the Olympic Games.

Germany defeated Spain in the final to win their first title. The United States took home bronze after defeating Canada.

Competition format

The eight teams played a round robin. The first and second placed teams qualified for the semi-finals. The teams three to six competed in play-in games for the remaining two spots in the semi-finals. 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 will participate in the women's basketball tournament, with each 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 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 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.

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

Competition schedule

Rosters

Team	Players
Australia	Alex Wilson	Marena Whittle	Anneli Maley	Lauren Mansfield
Azerbaijan	Dina Ulyanova	Tiffany Hayes	Alexandra Mollenhauer	Marcedes Walker
Canada	Michelle Plouffe	Katherine Plouffe	Kacie Bosch	Paige Crozon
China	Zhang Zhiting	Chen Mingling	Wan Ji Yuan	Wang Lili
France	Marie-Ève Paget	Myriam Djekoundade	Laëtitia Guapo	Hortense Limouzin
Germany	Marie Reichert	Elisa Mevius	Sonja Greinacher	Svenja Brunckhorst
Spain	Vega Gimeno	Sandra Ygueravide	Juana Camilión	Gracia Alonso de Armiño
United States	Dearica Hamby*	Cierra Burdick	Hailey Van Lith	Rhyne Howard

In the United States team, Dearica Hamby replaced Cameron Brink on the roster after the latter tore her ACL during a WNBA game on June 18, 2024.

Referees

The following referees were selected for the tournament.

Pool

Standings

Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

30 July 2024 17:30

Germany	17–13	United States
Pts: Greinacher, Reichert 5		Pts: Van Lith 6

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Markos Michaelides (SUI), Kim Ga-in (KOR)

30 July 2024 18:00

Australia	14–22	Canada
Pts: Wilson 6		Pts: K. Plouffe 10

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Najib Chajiddine (FRA), Shi Qirong (CHN)

30 July 2024 21:00

Spain	18–16	Azerbaijan
Pts: Gimeno, Alonso de Armiño 5		Pts: Hayes 10

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Edmond Ho (HKG), Dorothy Okatch (BOT)

30 July 2024 21:30

France	19–21	China
Pts: Limouzin 6		Pts: Chen 10

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

31 July 2024 17:30

Germany	19–21	Australia
Pts: Greinacher 9		Pts: Whittle 9

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Marek Maliszewski (POL), Dorothy Okatch (BOT)

31 July 2024 18:00

Canada	21–11	China
Pts: Crozon, M. Plouffe 7		Pts: Chen 5

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Deanna Jackson (USA), Najib Chajiddine (FRA)

31 July 2024 21:00

France	12–17	Spain
Pts: four players 3		Pts: Ygueravide 9

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Shi Qirong (CHN), Kim Ga-in (KOR)

31 July 2024 21:30

United States	17–20	Azerbaijan
Pts: Hamby 7		Pts: Hayes 11

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Jasmina Juras (SRB), Kim Ga-in (KOR)

1 August 2024 09:00

China	15–21	Australia
Pts: Wang 5		Pts: Wilson 11

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

1 August 2024 09:30

Germany	19–15	Canada
Pts: Greinacher 8		Pts: K. Plouffe, M. Plouffe 5

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Jasmina Juras (SRB), Dorothy Okatch (BOT)

1 August 2024 12:30

Azerbaijan	10–15	France
Pts: Hayes 5		Pts: Limouzin 5

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

1 August 2024 13:00

United States	15–17	Australia
Pts: Howard 8		Pts: Wilson 8

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

1 August 2024 18:00

China	14–11	Spain
Pts: Wang 5		Pts: Camilión 7

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Vlad Ghizdareanu (ROU), Marek Maliszewski (POL)

1 August 2024 18:30

Germany	12–8	Azerbaijan
Pts: Brunckhorst, Reichert 4		Pts: Mollenhauer 4

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Kim Ga-in (KOR), Edmond Ho (HKG)

1 August 2024 21:30

Spain	11–17	United States
Pts: Gimeno 5		Pts: Howard, Van Lith 5

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Shi Qirong (CHN), Marek Maliszewski (POL)

1 August 2024 22:00

Canada	13–9	France
Pts: Crozon, K. Plouffe 4		Pts: Limouzin 4

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Kim Ga-in (KOR), Shi Qirong (CHN)

2 August 2024 09:00

China	15–18	Germany
Pts: Chen 6		Pts: Reichert 7

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Marek Maliszewski (POL), Dorothy Okatch (BOT)

2 August 2024 09:30

Australia	21–12	Azerbaijan
Pts: Whittle 8		Pts: Hayes 6

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Deanna Jackson (USA), Dorothy Okatch (BOT)

2 August 2024 12:30

Australia	17–21	Spain
Pts: Whittle 7		Pts: Gimeno, Ygueravide 9

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Marek Maliszewski (POL), Deanna Jackson (USA)

2 August 2024 13:00

United States	14–13	France
Pts: three players 4		Pts: Guapo 5

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

2 August 2024 17:30

Azerbaijan	21–19	China	OT
Pts: Hayes 11		Pts: Chen 8

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Markos Michaelides (SUI), Kim Ga-in (KOR)

2 August 2024 18:00

United States	18–17	Canada	OT
Pts: Howard 7		Pts: K. Plouffe 10

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Kim Ga-in (KOR), Najib Chajiddine (FRA)

2 August 2024 21:00

Canada	20–22	Spain	OT
Pts: M. Plouffe 11		Pts: Ygueravide 10

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Shi Qirong (CHN), Markos Michaelides (SUI)

2 August 2024 21:30

France	13–14	Germany
Pts: Guapo 4		Pts: Greinacher 7

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Shi Qirong (CHN), Vlad Ghizdareanu (ROU)

3 August 2024 17:30

Azerbaijan	19–21	Canada
Pts: Hayes 9		Pts: M. Plouffe 8

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Dorothy Okatch (BOT), Edmond Ho (HKG)

3 August 2024 18:00

Spain	15–18	Germany
Pts: Alonso de Armiño 5		Pts: Greinacher, Reichert 5

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Najib Chajiddine (FRA), Shi Qirong (CHN)

3 August 2024 18:35

France	18–16	Australia	OT
Pts: Guapo 7		Pts: Whittle 8

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Marek Maliszewski (POL), Kim Ga-in (KOR)

3 August 2024 19:05

China	12–14	United States
Pts: Wan, Zhang 4		Pts: Van Lith 6

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

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Play-in				Semifinals				Gold medal
					5 August
					Germany	16
	3 August
					Canada	15
	Canada	21
									5 August
	Australia	10
									Germany	17
									Spain	16
					5 August
					Spain (OT)	18
	3 August
					United States	16			Bronze medal
	United States	21
									5 August
	China	13
									Canada	13
									United States	16

Play-in

3 August 2024 21:30

Canada	21–10	Australia
Pts: Bosch 9		Pts: Maley 5

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Najib Chajiddine (FRA), Deanna Jackson (USA)

3 August 2024 22:05

United States	21–13	China
Pts: Hamby 9		Pts: Chen, Wan 4

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Markos Michaelides (SUI), Kim Ga-in (KOR)

Semifinals

5 August 2024 17:30

Spain	18–16	United States	OT
Pts: Ygueravide 9		Pts: Van Lith 8

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Shi Qirong (CHN), Marek Maliszewski (POL)

5 August 2024 18:30

Germany	16–15	Canada
Pts: Greinacher 11		Pts: three players 4

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

Bronze medal game

5 August 2024 21:00

Canada	13–16	United States
Pts: K. Plouffe 5		Pts: Van Lith 6

Place de la Concorde, Paris Referees: Najib Chajiddine (FRA), Shi Qirong (CHN)

Gold medal game

5 August 2024 22:00

Germany	17–16	Spain
Pts: Greinacher 5		Pts: Camilión 6

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

Final ranking

Statistics and awards

Points leaders

Rank	Name	Points
1	Sonja Greinacher	56
2	Tiffany Hayes	54
	Katherine Plouffe
4	Michelle Plouffe	52
5	Alex Wilson	50
	Sandra Ygueravide

Awards

The awards were announced on 7 August 2024.

All-Star team
Sonja Greinacher
Sandra Ygueravide
Hailey Van Lith
MVP
Sonja Greinacher