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The Olympics were delayed a year until 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] It was the fourth consecutive Olympic gold medal for the Americans. Team USA qualified for the Olympics by finishing as one of the top two teams from the Americas at the FIBA Basketball World Cup in 2019. [2]
2019–20 National Basketball League: Canceled due to coronavirus pandemic in Bulgaria. 2020 Bulgarian Basketball Cup: Levski Lukoil: Balkan Botevgrad: 86–78 Single-game final Canada: 2019–20 NBL Canada season: Canceled due to coronavirus pandemic in Canada. Chile: 2018-19 LNB Chile season: Canceled due to coronavirus pandemic in Chile. China
Second largest USA margin of victory in Olympic competition [4] Game 3: Philippines: W 121–53 +68: Preliminary Group Play: Tied for third largest USA margin of victory in Olympic competition [4] Game 4: Bulgaria: W 85–44 +41: Quarterfinal Group Play [4] Game 5: Brazil: W 113–51 +62: Quarterfinal Group Play [4] Game 6: USSR: W 85–55 +30 ...
(6) The 2020 U18U Women's AmeriCup World Championship was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (7) The 2020 Olympics was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (8) In 2018, the U.S. was represented by the University of Louisville. [3] (9) The 2022 Youth Olympics was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Sources [4] [5] [6] [7]
However, the event retained the Tokyo 2020 branding for marketing purposes. [2] The basketball tournament was held behind closed doors with no public spectators permitted due to the declaration of a state of emergency in the Greater Tokyo Area in response to the pandemic, the first and only Olympic Games to be held without official spectators. [3]
Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan was held from 24 July to 8 August 2021. [1] The basketball competitions were held at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama , while the debuting 3x3 competitions were held at the temporary Aomi Urban Sports Park in Tokyo.
The men's basketball tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics was the 20th edition of the event for men at the Summer Olympic Games. It was held from 25 July to 7 August 2021. All games were played at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan. [1]
The 2020 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments involved four basketball tournaments contested by 23 national teams, and the top teams earned a place in the 2020 Summer Olympics basketball tournament. They were originally scheduled to take place from 23 to 28 June 2020 but were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, to 29 June to 4 July ...