Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics
First Olympic 3x3 basketball tournament held in Tokyo.
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The International Olympic Committee announced the addition of 3x3 basketball to the Olympics on June 9, 2017.[1][2]
Life and work
The 3x3 competition began on July 24 and continued through July 28.[3] FIBA serves a global community of over a billion people as the world governing body for basketball.[4] A total of twelve national teams participated in the women's basketball event.[5] Automatic qualification was granted to the host country and the team that won the 2018 World Cup.[5]
In the World Qualifying Tournaments, the top three finishers from two of them earned quota spots, whereas the other two tournaments awarded spots only to the top two teams, with an additional spot going to either the host or the World Cup champion.[5]
What the cited sources add
The FIBA Internal Regulations document states that FIBA's strategic objectives for 2023 to 2027 include making 3x3 "the Most Thrilling Urban Sport"[4] The same document notes that FIBA was founded in 1932 and has 212 member regions.[4] The NBA announcement of the IOC decision quotes NBA Deputy Commissioner Mark Tatum calling the inclusion "great news" that signifies basketball's growing popularity.[2] The announcement describes 3x3 events as staggable indoors, outdoors, or in iconic locations with a compact temporary stage.[2]
The FIBA announcement of the competition schedule confirms that all events in 2021 used the same venues planned for 2020.[3]
References
- Wikipedia, "Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "IOC adds 3-on-3 basketball to 2020 Olympics", National Basketball Association, 9 June 2017 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- "IOC adds 3-on-3 basketball to 2020 Olympics", National Basketball Association, 9 June 2017. facts only, no text reused. nba.com
- "IOC announces dates for basketball events at Tokyo Games", fiba.basketball. facts only, no text reused. fiba.basketball
- "FIBA Internal Regulations – Competitions". facts only, no text reused. fiba.basketball
- Wikipedia, "Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "FIBA Internal Regulations – Competitions" (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
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- Wikipedia: Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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