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 3x3 basketball tournament for women 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 played at the Place de la Concorde. This was only the second time that 3x3 basketball for women was part of the Olympic Games.

Germany won their first gold medal by beating Spain in the final match. The United States team earned the bronze medal after winning against Canada.

How the Tournament Worked

The tournament had eight teams. They all played against each other once in a "round robin" style. This means every team played every other team.

The top two teams from this round robin went straight to the semi-finals. Teams ranked third to sixth played special "play-in" games. These games decided which two teams would join the semi-finals. After that, it was a knockout system, where losing a game meant you were out.

A game could end in two ways: either a team scored 21 points first, or the team with the most points after 10 minutes won.

How Teams Qualified

Eight teams got to play in the women's 3x3 basketball tournament. Each country sent a team of three players and one substitute. Teams qualified in a few different ways:

• Some teams qualified based on their world ranking by FIBA (the international basketball federation).
• Other teams earned their spot through special Olympic qualifying tournaments. These tournaments gave more countries a chance to compete.
• The host country, France, was guaranteed a spot in one of the 3x3 events. For the women's tournament, they got a direct entry.

Game Schedule

Team Players

Here are the players who were on each team:

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

For the United States team, Dearica Hamby joined the roster. She replaced Cameron Brink, who was injured during a WNBA game.

Game Officials

These referees were chosen to make sure the games were fair:

Group Stage

Team Standings

This table shows how each team did in the first round of games.

Game Results

All game times are local to Paris (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 Concordde, 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)

Final Rounds

Tournament Tree

This chart shows how teams moved through the final knockout games.

	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 Games

These games decided which teams would move on to the semi-finals.

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)

Semi-finals

The winners of these games played for the gold medal.

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

This game was played to decide who won the bronze medal.

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

This was the final game to decide the Olympic champion!

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 Standings

This table shows where each team finished in the tournament.

Player Stats and Awards

Top Scorers

These players scored the most points during the tournament:

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

Special Awards

The best players were given awards on August 7, 2024.

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