Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

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Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
Tournament details
Host countryFrance
Dates28 July – 11 August
Teams12 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)Pierre Mauroy Stadium
Accor Arena (in 1 host city)

The women's basketball tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics will be the 21st edition of the event for women at the Summer Olympic Games. It will be held from 28 July to 11 August 2024. Preliminary matches will occur at Pierre Mauroy Stadium in Lille, with the final phase staged at the Accor Arena in Paris.

Format

The twelve teams will be split into three groups of four teams, and a single round-robin will be held within each group. The first- and second-placed teams of each group advance to the quarterfinals as well as the two best third-placed teams. After the preliminary round, the teams will be grouped according to their results, and a draw pair teams between the groups for the quarterfinals. For the draw the teams will be seeded in four pots, with the top two-ranked teams (Pot D), 3rd–4th ranked teams (Pot E), 5–6th ranked teams (Pot F) and 7–8th ranked teams (Pot G). Teams from Pot D face a team from Pot G and teams from Pot E a team from Pot F. Teams from the same group can't face each other again. If both teams from Pot D qualify for the semifinals, they can not play against each other.

Schedule

The schedule of the tournament is as follows.

Legend
G Group stage ¼ Quarterfinals ½ Semifinals B Bronze medal match F Gold medal match
Sun 28 Mon 29 Tue 30 Wed 31 Thu 1 Fri 2 Sat 3 Sun 4 Mon 5 Tue 6 Wed 7 Thu 8 Fri 9 Sat 10 Sun 11
G G G G G G ¼ ½ B F

Qualified teams

Qualification method Date Venue Berths Qualified team
Host nation 1  France
2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 22 September – 1 October 2022 Australia Sydney 1  United States
2024 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments 8–11 February 2024 China Xi'an 2  China
 Puerto Rico
Belgium Antwerp 2  Belgium
 Nigeria
Brazil Belém 3  Australia
 Germany
 Serbia
Hungary Sopron 3  Japan
 Spain
 Canada
Total 12


Draw

The draw was held on 19 March 2024.

The 12 teams were divided into four pots of three teams based on their FIBA World Ranking. The three groups were formed by drawing one team from each pot. Two teams from the same continent could not be placed into the same group, with the exception of European teams, where up to two teams could be in the same group.

For broadcast purposes, defending champions the United States and hosts France were both be drawn into either Group B or C.

Seeding

The seeding was announced on 15 March 2024.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
 United States
 China
 Australia
 Spain
 Canada
 Belgium
 France
 Japan
 Serbia
 Puerto Rico
 Nigeria
 Germany

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Serbia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quarterfinals
2  Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible quarterfinals, based on ranking
4  Puerto Rico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 28 July 2024. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) classification points; 2) head-to-head results; 3) head-to-head game points difference; 4) head-to-head number of game points scored.


28 July 2024
13:30
v
Spain  vs.  China
28 July 2024
21:00
v
Serbia  vs.  Puerto Rico

31 July 2024
11:00
v
Puerto Rico  vs.  Spain
31 July 2024
13:30
v
China  vs.  Serbia

3 August 2024
11:00
v
China  vs.  Puerto Rico
3 August 2024
13:30
v
Serbia  vs.  Spain

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quarterfinals
2  Nigeria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible quarterfinals, based on ranking
4  France (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 29 July 2024. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) classification points; 2) head-to-head results; 3) head-to-head game points difference; 4) head-to-head number of game points scored.
(H) Hosts


29 July 2024
11:00
v
Nigeria  vs.  Australia
29 July 2024
17:15
v
Canada  vs.  France

1 August 2024
13:30
v
Australia  vs.  Canada
1 August 2024
17:15
v
France  vs.  Nigeria

4 August 2024
13:30
v
Canada  vs.  Nigeria
4 August 2024
21:00
v
Australia  vs.  France

Group C

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quarterfinals
2  United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible quarterfinals, based on ranking
4  Belgium 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 29 July 2024. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) classification points; 2) head-to-head results; 3) head-to-head game points difference; 4) head-to-head number of game points scored.


29 July 2024
13:30
v
Germany  vs.  Belgium
29 July 2024
21:00
v
United States  vs.  Japan

1 August 2024
11:00
v
Japan  vs.  Germany
1 August 2024
21:00
v
Belgium  vs.  United States

4 August 2024
11:00
v
Japan  vs.  Belgium
4 August 2024
17:15
v
Germany  vs.  United States

Third-placed teams ranking

Pos Grp Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 A A3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quarterfinals
2 B B3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 C C3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 28 July 2024. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) classification points; 2) game points difference; 3) number of game points scored; 4) FIBA ranking.

Knockout stage

A draw after the preliminary round will decide the pairings, where a seeded team played an unseeded team. Teams qualified will be divided into four pots:

  • Pot D comprises the top two-ranked first-placed teams from the group phase.
  • Pot E comprises the lowest ranked first-placed team and the best-ranked second-placed team from the group phase.
  • Pot F comprises the remaining second-placed teams from the group phase.
  • Pot G comprises the two best third-placed teams.

Draw principles:

  • Teams from Pot D will be drawn against a team from Pot G and a team from Pot E against a team of Pot F.
  • Teams from the same group can not be drawn against each other in the quarterfinals.

Bracket

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsGold medal
 
          
 
7 August
 
 
F1
 
9 August
 
E1
 
 
 
7 August
 
 
 
D1
 
11 August
 
G1
 
 
 
7 August
 
 
 
G2
 
9 August
 
D2
 
 
 
7 August
 
 Bronze medal
 
E2
 
11 August
 
F2
 
 
 
 
 
 

Quarterfinals

7 August 2024

v
D1 vs. G1

7 August 2024

v
F1 vs. E1

7 August 2024

v
E2 vs. F2

7 August 2024

v
G2 vs. D2

Semifinals

9 August 2024

v
WQF2 vs. WQF1

9 August 2024

v
WQF4 vs. WQF3

Bronze medal game

11 August 2024
11:30
v
LSF1 vs. LSF2

Gold medal game

11 August 2024
15:30
v
WSF1 vs. WSF2

Final ranking

Rank Team
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

See also

References

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