Basketball at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Basketball
at the Games of the Olympiad
VenueWutaishan Sports Center
DatesAugust 18–26
Basketball at the
2014 Summer Youth Olympics
Tournament Boys Girls
Dunk Boys  
Shoot-out   Girls

Basketball at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics was held from August 18 to August 26. The events took place at the Wutaishan Sports Center in Nanjing, China. As in 2010 the 3x3 format will return along with a new event, the skill challenge.

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 2 teams, 1 team of 4 athletes per each gender. As hosts, China is given 2 teams, 1 per each gender. 6 teams, 3 per each gender will qualify from the 2013 U18 3x3 World Championships and another 6 teams, 3 per each gender will qualify from the 2013 3x3 World Tour Final. The remaining 13 teams per gender will qualify based on the FIBA 3x3 National Federation Ranking updated on 1 June 2014. All continents must have at least one team present in each gender and no more than 10 from the same continent can participate. Also a minimum of 30 NOCs must participate across all events.[1]

To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 1996 and 31 December 1997. Furthermore all team members must have participated in two FIBA sanctioned 3x3 events between 1 April 2013 and 8 June 2014.[1]


Boys

Event Location Date Total Places Qualified
Host Nation - - 1 China
2013 U18 3x3 World Championships[2][3] Indonesia Jakarta 26–29 September 2013 3 Argentina
France
Russia
2013 3x3 World Tour Final[2][3] Turkey Istanbul 4–5 October 2013 3 Romania
Slovenia
Venezuela
FIBA 3x3 National Federation Ranking[2][3] - 1 June 2014 13 Andorra
Brazil
Germany
Guatemala
Hungary
Indonesia
Lithuania
New Zealand
Poland
Puerto Rico
Spain
Tunisia
Uruguay
TOTAL 20

Girls

Event Location Date Total Places Qualified
Host Nation - - 1 China
2013 U18 3x3 World Championships[2][3] Indonesia Jakarta 27–29 September 2013 3 Estonia
Spain
United States
2013 3x3 World Tour Final[2][3] Turkey Istanbul 4–5 October 2013 3 Romania
Slovenia
Venezuela
FIBA 3x3 National Federation Ranking[2][3] - 1 June 2014 13 Andorra
Belgium
Brazil
Chinese Taipei
Czech Republic
Egypt
Germany
Guam
Hungary
Indonesia
Netherlands
Syria
Thailand
TOTAL 20

Format

The boys' and girls' tournament will adopt a round robin group stage and a single-elimination medal round, where the 20 participating teams are split into 2 pools of 10. Each team will play once against the other teams in its pool, and the top 8 teams from each pool will qualify for the knock-out stages.

Boys

Pool A Pool B
Hungary Andorra
Germany Spain
Uruguay Brazil
Lithuania Romania
Poland New Zealand
France Guatemala
Puerto Rico Venezuela
Indonesia Argentina
China Tunisia
Slovenia Guam

Girls

Pool A Pool B
Hungary Belgium
Spain Andorra
Germany Chinese Taipei
Brazil Czech Republic
Netherlands United States
China Romania
Estonia India
Venezuela Egypt
Syria Thailand
Slovenia Russia

Schedule

The schedule was released by the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee.[4]

All times are CST (UTC+8)
Event Date Event Day Starting Time Event Details
August 18 Monday 17:00 Boys' Tournament: Group Stage
Girls' Tournament: Group Stage
August 19 Tuesday 17:00 Boys' Tournament: Group Stage
Girls' Tournament: Group Stage
August 20 Wednesday 17:00 Boys' Tournament: Group Stage
Girls' Tournament: Group Stage
August 21 Thursday 19:30 Boys' Dunk Contest
Girls' Shoot-Out Contest
August 22 Friday 17:00 Boys' Tournament: Group Stage
Girls' Tournament: Group Stage
August 23 Saturday 17:00 Boys' Tournament: Group Stage
Girls' Tournament: Group Stage
August 24 Sunday 17:00 Boys' Tournament: Group Stage
Girls' Tournament: Group Stage
August 25 Monday 17:00 Boys' Tournament: Round of 16
Girls' Tournament: Round of 16
Boys' Tournament: Quarterfinals
Girls' Tournament: Quarterfinals
August 26 Tuesday 17:30 Boys' Tournament: Semifinals
Girls' Tournament: Semifinals
Boys' Tournament: Medal Matches
Girls' Tournament: Medal Matches

Medal Summary

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  France 1 1 0 2
2  Spain 1 0 1 2
2  United States 1 0 1 2
3  Lithuania 1 0 0 1
4 Slovenia 0 2 0 2
5  Netherlands 0 1 0 1
6  China 0 0 1 1
6  Argentina 0 0 1 1
Total 4 4 4 12

Events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Boys' tournament
 Lithuania  France  Argentina
Girls' tournament
 United States  Netherlands  Spain
Boys' dunk contest
 Karim Mouliom
France (FRA)
 Ziga Lah
Slovenia (SLO)
 Fu Lei
China (CHN)
Girls' shoot-out contest
 Lucia Togores Carpintero
Spain (ESP)
 Ela Micunovic
Slovenia (SLO)
 Katie Samuelson
United States (USA)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Qualification System: Basketball". FIBA. May 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "3x3 basketball". FIBA. 24 June 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 "3x3 - Pools unveiled for 3x3 event at 2014 Youth Olympic Games". FIBA. 24 June 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  4. "Sport Explanatory Brochure: Basketball". Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee. 4 March 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.