| FINAL STANDINGS 1. United States 2. France 3. Australia 4. Slovenia 5. Italy 6. Spain 7. Argentina 8. Germany 9. Czech Republic 10. Nigeria 11. Japan 12. Iran | CANADA Did not qualify |
| POOL A | FRA | USA | CZE | IRN | Record | ||
| France | —– | 83-76 | 97-77 | 79-62 | (3-0) | ||
| United States | 76-83 | —– | 119-84 | 120-66 | (2-1) | ||
| Czech Republic | 77-97 | 84-119 | —– | 84-78 | (1-2) | ||
| Iran | 62-79 | 66-120 | 78-84 | —– | (0-3) | ||
| POOL B | AUS | ITA | GER | NGR | Record | ||
| Australia | —– | 86-83 | 89-76 | 84-67 | (3-0) | ||
| Italy | 83-86 | —– | 92-82 | 80-71 | (2-1) | ||
| Germany | 76-89 | 82-92 | —– | 99-92 | (1-2) | ||
| Nigeria | 67-84 | 71-80 | 92-99 | —– | (0-3) | ||
| POOL C | SLO | SPN | ARG | JPN | Record | ||
| Slovenia | —– | 95-87 | 118-100 | 116-81 | (3-0) | ||
| Spain | 87-95 | —– | 81-71 | 88-77 | (2-1) | ||
| Argentina | 100-118 | 71-81 | —– | 97-77 | (1-2) | ||
| Japan | 81-116 | 77-88 | 77-97 | —– | (0-3) |
| QF | Slovenia 94 Germany 70 | |
| QF | United States 95 Spain 81 | |
| QF | France 84 Italy 75 | |
| QF | Australia 97 Argentina 59 | |
| Semi | United States 97 Australia 78 | |
| Semi | France 90 Slovenia 89 | |
| Bronze | Australia 107 Slovenia 93 | |
| Final | United States 91 France 76 |
Argentina, Germany and the Czech Republic finished (1-2) in pool play. Argentina and Germany qualified for the quarterfinals on the basis of point differential in games involving other teams in their respective pools. Germany was -8, Argentina was -16 and the Czech Republic -49.
Quarterfinal pairings were determined by a draw, with each pool winner and the best 2nd-place team (by point differential) being placing in pot D, and the remaining qualifiers in pot E. Each quarterfinal pairing had a one team from pot D and one from pot E. Teams from the same pool could not be drawn against one another in the quarterfinal, while the 2nd-place team in pot D could not be drawn against the 3rd-place team from pot E. Seeds in pot D were Slovenia (1); France (2); Australia (3); and the United States (4). In pot F were Italy (5); Spain (6); Argentina (7) and Germany (8).
The all-tournament team featured MVP Kevin Durrant (United States); Ricky Rubio (Spain); Patty Mills (Australia); Luka Doncic (Slovenia); and Rudy Gobert (France).
Calgary official Michael Weiland was selected to officiate the gold medal final.
Following the Olympics, Canada Basketball announces that it was extending national team coach Nick Nurse’s contract through the 2024 Paris Olympics. Canada Basketball President and CEO Glen Grunwald said “from the coaching staff to those players selected to represent Canada, we recognize that consistency and familiarity is critical for this program to continue its progress towards those goals.” General manager and executive vice-president Rowan Barrett said “Nick is a tremendous head coach with a proven history of success at each and every level he’s coached throughout his career. Extending Nick provides our program the excellence and leadership to continue growing our program at all levels, as we pursue the podium and establish Canada as global leader in international basketball.” Canada Basketball said it was “initially able to able to sign Nurse to a contract in 2019 thanks in part to a generous donation from the Dani Reiss Family Foundation to the Canadian Olympic Foundation, in support of basketball high performance programs.” Nurse told Canadian Press that the key to future success was a three-year commitment from coaching staff and players. “Part of what we’re building here is that culture, a lot of those countries have the culture where these guys play together, stick together, bond together and it becomes like a brotherhood for them to play.” Canada’s loss to the Czech Republic in the Olympic repechage tournament was a function of a lack of chemistry, compounded by COVID-19 and the inability to travel for any exhibition games, he added. “They deserved to win. Those same guys committed to play for a number of years together … You could feel the chemistry, you could feel the connections, you could feel the bond that they had and that’s super important in basketball. … When Rowan and Glen gave me this job a couple of years ago and they said, ‘Get us on the podium,’ this to me is the formula. Get this talent and keep them together, and let this team reach it’s potential and then we can let the chips fall where they do a little bit.” Nurse said in an open letter to supporters that “we believe that to get where we are going we need to lay out a three-year commitment — from today to Paris 2024 — and players need to decide that yes, they are in. We need to lay out what’s waiting on the other side, and how we’ll invest in their journey. This is what we’re truly after here, because this is one of the lessons we’ve learned time and again. I think everyone sees it clearly, including those of you reading these words now. Another lesson learned is that chemistry, camaraderie and continuity can – and often will – trump talent. Keeping a core group of players together is crucial. Accomplishing this is the key to getting where we want this program to be and to me, it is also a sign of immense respect for all of those countries and players that do it year after year. This is why we’re doing it.”