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Basketball, Women

Date26 July – 8 August 2021
StatusOlympic
LocationSaitama Super Arena, Chūō-ku, Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan
Participants142 from 12 countries
FormatRound-robin pools advance teams to classification matches.

All the games took place at Saitama Super Arena. The United States women had been the dominant team in international basketball for decades and came into Tokyo having won the previous six Olympic titles. The USA team was older now, however, and pre-Olympic games saw them lose to a college all-star team and to Australia in a friendly, and their dominance seemed at risk.

It was not to be. The USA won Group B by winning all three games to advance to the knockout round. The other groups were won by China and Spain while Australia finished only third in Group C, but still advanced.

Australia met the United States in the first round and was beaten soundly, 79-55, with the pre-Olympic match only a memory. Serbia, Japan, and France also made it to the semi-finals. The USA handled Serbia comfortably, winning by 20 points, while Japan defeated France easily to make it to the finals. In the final, Japan was no match for the USA team, which won its seventh consecutive gold medal, 90-75, but it was Japan’s first-ever basketball medal, either gender. France defeated Serbia for the bronze medal, reversing the result of the recent EuroBasket final.

The United States was led by its long-time guard duo of Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi, who won their fifth consecutive gold medals, bettering the record of four that they shared with Lisa Leslie and Teresa Edwards. They also equalled Edwards’ Olympic basketball record by winning their fifth medals.

PosNumberTeamNOC
1United StatesUSAGold
4Jewell Loyd
5Skylar Diggins-Smith
6Sue Bird
7Ariel Atkins
8Chelsea Gray
9A'ja Wilson
10Breanna Stewart
11Napheesa Collier
12Diana Taurasi
13Sylvia Fowles
14Tina Charles
15Brittney Griner
CoachDawn Staley
2JapanJPNSilver
0Moeko Nagaoka
8Maki Takada
12Naho Miyoshi
13Rui Machida
15Nako Motohashi
20Nanako Todo
27Saki Hayashi
30Evelyn Mawuli
32Saori Miyazaki
52Yuki Miyazawa
88Himawari Akaho
99Monica Okoye
CoachThomas Hovasse
3FranceFRABronze
4Marine Fauthoux
5Endéné Miyem
6Alexia Chartereau
7Sandrine Gruda
8Héléna Ciak
10Sarah Michel
11Valériane Ayayi-Vukosavljević
12Iliana Rupert
15Gabby Williams
23Marine Johannès
39Alix Duchet
93Diandra Tchatchouang
CoachValérie Garnier
4SerbiaSRB
5Sonja Petrović-Vasić
6Saša Čađo
8Nevena Jovanović
9Jelena Milovanović-Brooks
10Dajana Butulija
11Aleksandra Crvendakić
12Yvonne Anderson
14Dragana Stanković
23Ana Dabović
24Maja Škorić
32Angela Dugalić
33Tina Krajišnik
CoachMarina Maljković
5People's Republic of ChinaCHN
3Yang Liwei
4Li Yuan
5Wang Siyu
6Wu Tongtong
7Shao Ting
8Zhang Ru
9Li Meng
10Pan Zhenqi
11Huang Sijing
13Sun Mengran
14Li Yueru
15Han Xu
CoachXu Limin
6SpainESP
5Cristina Ouviña
6Sílvia Domínguez
7Alba Torrens
9Laia Palau
11Leonor Rodríguez
12Maite Cazorla
14Raquel Carrera
18Queralt Casas
22María Conde
24Laura Gil
45Astou Ndour
13Tamara Abalde DNS
CoachLucas Mondelo
7BelgiumBEL
5Kim Mestdagh
6Antonia Delaere
9Marjorie Carpréaux
11Emma Meesseman
12Ann Wauters
13Kyara Linskens
22Hanne Mestdagh
32Heleen Nauwelaers
34Billie Massey
35Julie Vanloo
42Jana Raman
55Julie Allemand
CoachPhilip Mestdagh
8AustraliaAUS
4Jenna O'Hea
5Leilani Mitchell
6Stephanie Talbot
7Tess Madgen
8Sara Blicavs
9Bec Allen
10Katie Ebzery
11Alanna Smith
12Tessa Lavey
13Ezi Magbegor
14Marianna Tolo
15Cayla George
CoachSandy Brondello
9CanadaCAN
1Shaina Pellington
5Kia Nurse
6Bridget Carleton
7Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe
8Kim Smith-Gaucher
9Miranda Ayim
11Natalie Achonwa
13Shay Colley
14Kayla Alexander
15Laeticia Amihere
21Nirra Fields
24Aaliyah Edwards
CoachLisa Thomaidis
10Republic of KoreaKOR
1Shin Ji-Hyun
3Gang Lee-Seul
4Yun Ye-Bin
5An Hye-Ji
7Park Hye-Jin
9Park Ji-Hyun
11Bae Hye-Yun
13Kim Jeong-Eun
19Park Ji-Su
23Kim Dan-Bi
31Jin An
2Han Eom-Ji DNS
CoachJeon Ju-Won
11NigeriaNGR
0Amy Okonkwo
3Pallas Kunaiyi-Akpanah
4Elizabeth Balogun
9Aisha Mohamed
10Promise Amukamara
11Adaora Elonu
21Atonye Nyingifa
22Oderah Chidom
23Ezinne Kalu
25Victoria Macaulay
31Erinma Ogwumike
52Ify Ibekwe
CoachOtis Hughley
12Puerto RicoPUR
0Jennifer O'Neill
1Tayra Meléndez
5Pamela Rosado
9Ali Gibson
10Jada Stinson
12Dayshalee Salamán
24Jazmon Gwathmey
25Isalys Quiñones
28Sabrina Lozada-Cabbage
33India Pagán
55Jackie Benítez
91Michelle González
CoachGerardo Batista

Preliminary Round

Date26 July – 2 August 2021
FormatRound-robin pools.

Group A

Date26 July – 1 August 2021
FormatRound-robin pools.
PosTeamNOCWinsLossesPointsPoints
1SpainESP306234-205
2SerbiaSRB214207-214
3CanadaCAN122208-201
4Republic of KoreaKOR030183-212
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #126 Jul 10:00SpainESP73 – 69Republic of KoreaKOR
Match #226 Jul 17:20SerbiaSRB72 – 68CanadaCAN
Match #329 Jul 10:00CanadaCAN74 – 53Republic of KoreaKOR
Match #429 Jul 17:20SerbiaSRB70 – 85SpainESP
Match #501 Aug 10:00SpainESP76 – 66CanadaCAN
Match #601 Aug 21:00SerbiaSRB65 – 61Republic of KoreaKOR

Group B

Date27 July – 2 August 2021
FormatRound-robin pools.
PosTeamNOCWinsLossesPointsPoints
1United StatesUSA306260-223
2JapanJPN214245-239
3FranceFRA122239-229
4NigeriaNGR030217-270
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #127 Jul 10:00JapanJPN74 – 70FranceFRA
Match #227 Jul 13:40United StatesUSA81 – 72NigeriaNGR
Match #330 Jul 13:40United StatesUSA86 – 69JapanJPN
Match #430 Jul 17:20FranceFRA87 – 62NigeriaNGR
Match #502 Aug 10:00JapanJPN102 – 83NigeriaNGR
Match #602 Aug 13:40United StatesUSA93 – 82FranceFRA

Group C

Date27 July – 2 August 2021
FormatRound-robin pools.
PosTeamNOCWinsLossesPointsPoints
1People's Republic of ChinaCHN306247-191
2BelgiumBEL214234-196
3AustraliaAUS122240-230
4Puerto RicoPUR030176-280
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #127 Jul 17:20BelgiumBEL85 – 70AustraliaAUS
Match #227 Jul 21:00People's Republic of ChinaCHN97 – 55Puerto RicoPUR
Match #330 Jul 10:00BelgiumBEL87 – 52Puerto RicoPUR
Match #430 Jul 21:00People's Republic of ChinaCHN76 – 74AustraliaAUS
Match #502 Aug 17:20People's Republic of ChinaCHN74 – 62BelgiumBEL
Match #602 Aug 21:00AustraliaAUS96 – 69Puerto RicoPUR

Quarter-Finals

Date4 August 2021 — 10:00
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the semi-finals.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #104 Aug 10:00SerbiaSRB77 – 70People's Republic of ChinaCHN
Match #204 Aug 13:40United StatesUSA79 – 55AustraliaAUS
Match #304 Aug 17:20JapanJPN86 – 85BelgiumBEL
Match #404 Aug 21:00FranceFRA67 – 64SpainESP

Semi-Finals

Date6 August 2021 — 13:40
FormatWinner of each match advanced to the final round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #106 Aug 13:40United StatesUSA79 – 59SerbiaSRB
Match #206 Aug 20:00JapanJPN87 – 71FranceFRA

Final Round

Date7 – 8 August 2021
FormatMedal round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match 1/208 Aug 11:30United StatesUSA90 – 75JapanJPN
Match 3/407 Aug 16:00FranceFRA91 – 76SerbiaSRB