Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 3x3 qualification

In the 2020 Summer Olympics, eight teams qualified for the Olympic 3x3 women's basketball tournament. The 2020 Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

Format edit

Four teams qualified based on the 1 November 2019 world ranking list. Japan, as the host nation, was guaranteed one quota spot between the men's and women's tournaments. If Japan would have not ranked within the top four NOCs in either men's or women's on the ranking list, Japan's higher-ranked team between the two genders (if evenly ranked, Japan's women's team) qualified and only the top three teams in the rankings for that gender qualified. No more than two NOCs from any given continent may qualify through the ranking list.[2]

Three teams qualified through the 2020 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament (OQT). This was a 20-team tournament. NOCs already qualified through the ranking list will not be eligible to play in the OQT. The 20 teams for the OQT consisted of the OQT hosts, the three highest-placed teams at the 2019 FIBA 3x3 World Cup, and 16 teams on the world ranking list (with Japan being guaranteed a spot if not already qualified for the Olympics). The first ten quota spots for the OQT are open to any team that has not qualified for the women's Olympic tournament, but the remaining ten spots are subject to two restrictions. First, an NOC that has a team qualified for the men's tournament was excluded from these restricted quota places. Second, no more than ten NOCs from any given continent may compete at the OQT.[2]

The final quota place was determined through the 2020 FIBA Universality Olympic Qualifying Tournament (UOQT). This was a 6-team tournament. NOCs already qualified through the ranking list or the OQT were not eligible to play in the UOQT. Further, any NOC that has had a men's or women's team play in the basketball at the 2012 Summer Olympics or basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics tournaments was ineligible for the UOQT. The six teams for the UOQT consisted of the UOQT hosts and five teams on the world ranking list (with Japan being guaranteed a spot if not already qualified for the Olympics; Japan was eligible for the UOQT despite having a women's team play basketball in the 2016 Summer Olympics).[2]

Table edit

Means of qualification Date(s) Location Berth(s) Qualifier(s)
Host nation 0
FIBA 3x3 World Ranking[3] 1 November 2019   Utsunomiya 4   ROC
  China
  Mongolia
  Romania
2021 FIBA 3x3 Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament 26–30 May 2021   Graz 3   United States
  France
  Japan
2020 FIBA Universality Olympic Qualifying Tournament[4] 4–6 June 2021   Debrecen 1   Italy
Total 8

World ranking edit

The top four teams (three if Japan uses the host quota place in the women's tournament) on the FIBA 3x3 women's basketball ranking list on 1 November 2019 qualified for the Olympics. These rankings were also used to determine entrants to both the OQT and UOQT.

OQT edit

Teams already qualified for the Olympics are excluded. The hosts of the OQT, the top three teams from the World Cup, and 16 teams from the rankings (including Japan, if not already qualified) competed for three Olympic qualifying places. It was initially scheduled to be held from 18 to 22 March 2020.[5] but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6] The tournament was initially scheduled to be held in Bangalore, India[5] but the tournament was moved to Graz, Austria and was held from 26 to 30 May 2021.[7]

Qualified teams edit

Means of qualification Date Venue Berth(s) Qualifier(s)
OQT hosts 1   Austria
2019 FIBA 3x3 World Cup 23 June 2019   Amsterdam 2   Hungary
  France
FIBA 3x3 World Ranking 1 November 2019   Utsunomiya 17   United States
  Germany
  Uruguay
  Indonesia
  Iran
  Japan
  Thailand
  Australia
  Netherlands
  Estonia
  Belarus
  Sri Lanka
  Italy
  Chinese Taipei
  Spain
   Switzerland
  Ukraine
Total 20

Final standings edit

# Team Pld W L PF PA PD
1st   United States 6 6 0 127 64 +63
2nd   France 6 5 1 109 79 +30
3rd   Japan 7 6 1 138 88 +40
4th   Spain 7 4 3 123 112 +11
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5th   Hungary 5 4 1 98 61 +37
6th   Australia 5 3 2 86 54 +32
7th    Switzerland 5 3 2 84 70 +14
8th   Belarus 5 2 3 78 75 +3
Eliminated at the preliminary round
9th   Austria 4 3 1 69 66 +3
10th   Germany 4 2 2 67 63 +4
11th   Ukraine 4 2 2 67 49 +18
12th   Netherlands 4 2 2 65 54 +11
13th   Estonia 4 2 2 65 62 +3
14th   Italy 4 1 3 69 77 −8
15th   Indonesia 4 1 3 44 76 −32
16th   Thailand 4 1 3 39 84 −45
17th   Chinese Taipei 4 0 4 50 85 −35
18th   Uruguay 4 0 4 41 85 −44
19th   Iran 4 0 4 33 82 −49
20th   Sri Lanka 4 0 4 22 88 −66
Qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics

UOQT edit

Teams already qualified for the Olympics were excluded. NOCs which have had teams in either the men's or women's competitions at the 2012 or 2016 Olympics were also excluded, except for Japan. The hosts of the UOQT and five teams from the rankings (including Japan, if not already qualified) competed for one Olympic qualifying place.[8]

Qualified teams edit

Means of qualification Date Venue Berth(s) Qualifier(s)
UOQT hosts 1   Hungary
FIBA 3x3 World Ranking 1 November 2019 5   Iran
  Netherlands
  Italy
  Chinese Taipei
  Estonia
Total 6

Preliminary round edit

Pool A edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification      
1   Italy 2 2 0 42 16 +26 Semifinals 21–11 21–5
2   Chinese Taipei 2 1 1 27 31 −4 Quarterfinals
3   Iran 2 0 2 15 37 −22 10–16
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Points scored; 4) Higher seed.

Pool B edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Qualification      
1   Hungary (H) 2 2 0 27 22 +5 Semifinals 13–10
2   Netherlands 2 1 1 23 24 −1 Quarterfinals 12–14 11–10
3   Estonia 2 0 2 20 24 −4
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Points scored; 4) Higher seed.
(H) Hosts

Knockout stage edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
6 June
 
 
  Italy16
 
6 June
 
  Netherlands11
 
  Netherlands20
 
6 June
 
  Iran10
 
  Italy13
 
 
  Hungary12
 
 
6 June
 
 
  Hungary21
 
6 June
 
  Chinese Taipei9
 
  Chinese Taipei21
 
 
  Estonia17
 

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee". IOC. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Qualification System – Games of the XXXII Olympiad" (PDF). Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  3. ^ "National Federation ranking" (PDF). FIBA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 November 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Debrecen to host FIBA 3x3 Universality Olympic Qualifying Tournament 2021". FIBA. 25 February 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Bengaluru to host FIBA 3x3 Olympic Qualifying Tournament". FIBA. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  6. ^ Lozada, Bong (21 May 2020). "Fiba moves 3x3 Olympic qualifiers to 2021". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Austria to host FIBA 3x3 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in May 2021". FIBA. 23 June 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
  8. ^ "Pools set for FIBA 3x3 Universality Olympic Qualifying Tournament". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

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