Date | 26 July – 8 August 2021 | |
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Status | Olympic | |
Location | Saitama Super Arena, Chūō-ku, Saitama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan | |
Participants | 142 from 12 countries | |
Format | Round-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.
Date | 26 July – 2 August 2021 |
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Format | Round-robin pools. |
Date | 26 July – 1 August 2021 |
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Format | Round-robin pools. |
Pos | Team | NOC | Wins | Losses | Points | Points | ||
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1 | Spain | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 6 | 234-205 | ||
2 | Serbia | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 4 | 207-214 | ||
3 | Canada | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 2 | 208-201 | ||
4 | Republic of Korea | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 0 | 183-212 |
Match | Date/Time | Team | NOC | Result | Team | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 26 Jul 10:00 | Spain | ![]() | 73 – 69 | Republic of Korea | ![]() | |
Match #2 | 26 Jul 17:20 | Serbia | ![]() | 72 – 68 | Canada | ![]() | |
Match #3 | 29 Jul 10:00 | Canada | ![]() | 74 – 53 | Republic of Korea | ![]() | |
Match #4 | 29 Jul 17:20 | Serbia | ![]() | 70 – 85 | Spain | ![]() | |
Match #5 | 01 Aug 10:00 | Spain | ![]() | 76 – 66 | Canada | ![]() | |
Match #6 | 01 Aug 21:00 | Serbia | ![]() | 65 – 61 | Republic of Korea | ![]() |
Date | 27 July – 2 August 2021 |
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Format | Round-robin pools. |
Pos | Team | NOC | Wins | Losses | Points | Points | ||
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1 | United States | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 6 | 260-223 | ||
2 | Japan | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 4 | 245-239 | ||
3 | France | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 2 | 239-229 | ||
4 | Nigeria | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 0 | 217-270 |
Match | Date/Time | Team | NOC | Result | Team | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 27 Jul 10:00 | Japan | ![]() | 74 – 70 | France | ![]() | |
Match #2 | 27 Jul 13:40 | United States | ![]() | 81 – 72 | Nigeria | ![]() | |
Match #3 | 30 Jul 13:40 | United States | ![]() | 86 – 69 | Japan | ![]() | |
Match #4 | 30 Jul 17:20 | France | ![]() | 87 – 62 | Nigeria | ![]() | |
Match #5 | 02 Aug 10:00 | Japan | ![]() | 102 – 83 | Nigeria | ![]() | |
Match #6 | 02 Aug 13:40 | United States | ![]() | 93 – 82 | France | ![]() |
Date | 27 July – 2 August 2021 |
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Format | Round-robin pools. |
Pos | Team | NOC | Wins | Losses | Points | Points | ||
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1 | People's Republic of China | ![]() | 3 | 0 | 6 | 247-191 | ||
2 | Belgium | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 4 | 234-196 | ||
3 | Australia | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 2 | 240-230 | ||
4 | Puerto Rico | ![]() | 0 | 3 | 0 | 176-280 |
Match | Date/Time | Team | NOC | Result | Team | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 27 Jul 17:20 | Belgium | ![]() | 85 – 70 | Australia | ![]() | |
Match #2 | 27 Jul 21:00 | People's Republic of China | ![]() | 97 – 55 | Puerto Rico | ![]() | |
Match #3 | 30 Jul 10:00 | Belgium | ![]() | 87 – 52 | Puerto Rico | ![]() | |
Match #4 | 30 Jul 21:00 | People's Republic of China | ![]() | 76 – 74 | Australia | ![]() | |
Match #5 | 02 Aug 17:20 | People's Republic of China | ![]() | 74 – 62 | Belgium | ![]() | |
Match #6 | 02 Aug 21:00 | Australia | ![]() | 96 – 69 | Puerto Rico | ![]() |
Date | 4 August 2021 — 10:00 |
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Format | Winner of each match advanced to the semi-finals. |
Match | Date/Time | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 04 Aug 10:00 | Serbia | ![]() | 77 – 70 | People's Republic of China | ![]() | |
Match #2 | 04 Aug 13:40 | United States | ![]() | 79 – 55 | Australia | ![]() | |
Match #3 | 04 Aug 17:20 | Japan | ![]() | 86 – 85 | Belgium | ![]() | |
Match #4 | 04 Aug 21:00 | France | ![]() | 67 – 64 | Spain | ![]() |
Date | 6 August 2021 — 13:40 |
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Format | Winner of each match advanced to the final round. |
Match | Date/Time | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
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Match #1 | 06 Aug 13:40 | United States | ![]() | 79 – 59 | Serbia | ![]() | |
Match #2 | 06 Aug 20:00 | Japan | ![]() | 87 – 71 | France | ![]() |
Date | 7 – 8 August 2021 |
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Format | Medal round. |
Match | Date/Time | Competitors | NOC | Result | Competitors | NOC | |
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Match 1/2 | 08 Aug 11:30 | United States | ![]() | 90 – 75 | Japan | ![]() | |
Match 3/4 | 07 Aug 16:00 | France | ![]() | 91 – 76 | Serbia | ![]() |