2021 OLYMPIC REPECHAGE, VICTORIA, CANADA
| FINAL STANDINGS 1. Czech Republic 2. Greece 3. CANADA Turkey 5. China Uruguay | CANADIANS Nickeil Alexander-Walker – Toronto, Ont. R.J. Barrett – Mississauga, Ont. Trae Bell-Haynes – Toronto, Ont. Anthony Bennett – Toronto, Ont. Aaron Doornekamp – Napanee, Ont. Luguentz Dort – Montreal, Que. Cory Joseph – Toronto, Ont. Trey Lyles – Saskatoon, Sask. Mychal Mulder – Windsor, Ont. Andrew Nicholson – Mississauga, Ont. Dwight Powell – Toronto, Ont. Andrew Wiggins – Vaughan, Ont. Andrew Nembhard – Aurora, Ont. – alternate Zach Edey – Toronto, Ont. – alternate Nick Nurse – coach Nate Bjorkgren – assistant Jon Goodwillie – assistant Gordie Herbert – assistant Michael Meeks – assistant Nate Mitchell – assistant John Corbacio – scout David Blatt – consultant |
| POOL A | CAN | GRE | CHN | RECORD |
| Canada (21) | —– | 97-91 | 105-79 | (2-0) |
| Greece (7) | 91-97 | —– | 105-80 | (1-1) |
| China (26) | 79-105 | 80-105 | —– | (0-2) |
| POOL B | TUR | CZE | URU | RECORD |
| Turkey (15) | —– | 87-70 | 95-86 | (2-0) |
| Czech Republic (10) | 70-87 | —– | 80-79 | (1-1) |
| Uruguay (43) | 86-95 | 79-80 | —– | (0-2) |
| SEMIS | Czech Republic 103 Canada 101 |
| SEMIS | Greece 81 Turkey 63 |
| FINAL | Czech Republic 97 Greece 72 |
Under a revised format, qualification for the 2020 (delayed to 2021 by the covid-19 pandemic) Tokyo Olympics was through the 2019 World Cup, with provisos to ensure that each continent was represented to honor the Games commitment to universality. Qualifying for the Games through the World Cup were the United States and Argentina (Americas two berths); Spain and France (Europe’s two berths); Australia (Oceania’s berth); Iran (Asia’s berth); and Nigeria (Africa’s berth). Japan automatically received a berth as host. The remaining four berths were determined through four Olympic qualifying tournaments, each featuring six teams, with the winner to advance to Tokyo. Qualification for those four tournaments was determined in part by results in World Cup 2019 and in part on FIBA rankings, with the 16 “best-placed non-qualified” teams advancing, along with the “two highest-ranked countries per region.” Canada finished in second place in its consolation pool in World Cup 2019 and FIBA announced that it would be placed 21st overall in the final standings, largely as a consequence of their positive scoring margin. That assured Canada of a berth in a qualifying tournament. They were slated into a draw to be held in Victoria, British Columbia.
Two Canadians who’d indicated they would be delighted to join Canada in its bid for the Olympics were unable to compete because of injury. Denver Nuggets point guard Jamal Murray tore the ACL in his left knee, while Shae Gilgeous-Alexander tore his plantar fascia, late in the NBA campaign. Meanwhile, a raft of Canadians declined invitations to attend training camp or participation in the Olympic qualifying tournament, included Houston Rockets post Kelly Olynyk, a long-time stalwart of Canadian teams, Toronto Raptors posts Khem Birch and Chris Boucher, Boston Celtics post Tristan Thompson, Indiana Pacers forward Oshae Brissett, and Memphis Grizzlies forwards Brandon Clarke and Dillon Brooks. Olynyk and Birch were NBA free agents and ostensibly did not want to risk injury and compromise their chances of raking in new contracts, while Boucher said he wanted to focus on rehabbing a sprained knee. After selecting 19 players for training camp, the team was whittled to 14, cutting Charles Bediako (Brampton, Ont.); Bennedict Mathurin (Montreal, Que.), Isiaha Mike (Toronto, Ont.) and Owen Klassen (Kingston, Ont.), while Melvin Ejim (Toronto, Ont.) withdrew to “attend to a personal matter.” The final two cuts to the roster (and named alternates) were collegians: Andrew Nembhard (Gonzaga) and Zach Edey (Purdue)
In their opener, Canada clipped Greece 97-91. Canada struggled to defend the pick-and-roll in the first half and were constantly plagued by turnovers and defensive lapses. They trailed 23-19 after one quarter and 50-46 at the half despite a stellar offensive effort from reserve Nickeil Walker Alexander, who at one point in the second quarter notched eight consecutive points to keep Canada within reach of the Greeks. But the Canadians took their first lead at 67-65 with 3:44 to play in the third quarter and never again trailed as defensive stopper Luguentz Dort repeatedly broke down the Greek attack. Canada led 74-71 heading into the final frame, opened the fourth quarter with a 9-0 run initiated by a Mychal Mulder trey and led by as many as 12 as R.J. Barrett took command, repeatedly attacking off the dribble. Charis Giannopoulos notched a trey to draw Greece within four with a minute to play but Barrett buried Greek hopes with two free throws with 34 seconds remaining on the clock. “We did a good job of just figuring it out,” Barrett said. “Sometimes in basketball that’s how it goes. You can drop all the game plans, everything you want, but you’ve got to go out, feel the game out and just grind out the win any way you can. … I think like any team, it was tough at the beginning. [It was our] first time really playing against somebody new. [Greece] did a great job, they definitely are a well-oiled machine, they know how to run their stuff and they took it to us. Coach [Nurse] and the staff made a great adjustment and we were able to really play together and grind out a win.” Coach Nick Nurse said “I’m glad the way they bounced back. It should help as part of our learning experience. I’m certainly most happy with the result, no doubt. … We just had to keep playing. Hang in there, keep playing, learn. Play a little harder, play a little more together. It’s good. I’m glad of the way they bounced back through it. It should help us again as part of our learning experience.” Barrett said Dort’s defensive intensity and physicality were instrumental in the second-half rally. “That’s really what [Dort] does all game long,” Barrett said. “Every time he comes in, he brings energy, he plays defence, he’s running in transition, he’s moving the ball. He’s definitely a key guy for us and a guy you can always count on.” Nurse said Dort “can guard a lot of positions and he puts in a tremendous competitive spirit which transcends to the rest of our players.” Nurse added that Barrett and Andrew Wiggins elevated their game when Canada needed it. “They did a great job. I thought there was some good organization there, in getting those shots up, in getting the spacing right, in getting RJ and Wiggs involved. [It was] pretty good for the first game. It’s definitely nice having two guys that can score like that.” Wiggins said “we have a lot of guys that teams have to worry about. This is big. This is big for the whole country. We have a chance here to do something special here for the country. We have to keep fighting, putting our heart out on the floor and hopefully make it in.” Nurse said Alexander-Walker kept Canada in the game during the first half. “He kind of came into camp with an ultra-aggressive mindset, so he played a lot like that in our scrimmages and intra-squad work and practice time. That’s him. He came with that and I just wanted to encourage him to keep doing it. He really was a big spark for us. It really was part of us being able to hang in there in the first half.” Alexander-Walker said “the win is the most important thing. It felt great. One step closer and that’s all that matters. We’re capable of scoring. We started slow, so we just kept fighting and competing. … This is our first game, all of us all together. Practice, you work on so much stuff, but nothing’s like that game experience and feel and flow, getting to go against a team that has good talent. We found a way to figure it out, keep our strengths going and play together and it flowed.” Nurse told Associated Press that “we’re not under any illusions of how good these teams are that we’re playing, and how experienced they are, and what traditions they have. It never entered our minds that it wasn’t going to be really hard. I think winning any game is really hard and then when you’re playing in meaningful competition, a good team, a physical team, a big team and a well-coached team, you’re going to be put under some duress.” Greek coach Rick Pitino said that Barrett effortlessly attacked off the dribble. “If you give him his left hand, he’s unstoppable. He’s strong. He’s tough.” Andrew Wiggins paced Canada with 23 on 6-10 from the floor, 3-6 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 6 boards and 2 assists. R.J. Barrett added 22 on 7-8 from the floor, 1-6 from the arc, 5-7 from the line, 5 boards and 3 assists. Nickeil Alexander-Walker notched 18 on 5-7 from the floor, 2-5 from the arc, 2-4 from the line, 3 boards and 3 assists. Dwight Powell scored 12 on 4-4 from the floor, 4-4 from the line and 7 boards. Trey Lyles added 8 on 2-6 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc, 1-1 from the line, 2 boards and 2 assists. Andrew Nicholson notched 5 on 1-1 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc and 2 boards. Luguentz Dort scored 3 on 0-1 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 3 boards and 2 steals. Cory Joseph added 3 on 1-1 from the floor, 1-2 from the line, 3 boards and 6 assists. Mychal Mulder scored 3 on 1-1 from the arc, while Anthony Bennett was scoreless and dished 2 assists. Aaron Doornekamp and Trae Bell-Haynes did not play. Canada hit 36-65 (.554) overall, 26-38 (.684) from the floor, 10-27 (.370) from the arc and 15-20 from the line, while garnering 35 boards, including 10 on the offensive glass, 19 assists, 16 fouls, 17 turnovers, 6 steals and 1 block. Konstantinos Mitoglou paced Greece with 14 on 4-8 from the floor, 2-5 from the arc, 10 boards and 3 steals. Nick Calathes added 12 on 4-6 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 9 assists. Kostas Sloukas scored 12 on 3-4 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 3-3 from the line, 2 boards, 8 assists and 3 steals. Georgios Papagiannis notched 11 on 5-10 from the floor, 1-2 from the line and 5 boards. Leonidas Kaselakis scored 10 on 2-2 from the floor, 2-2 from the arc and 2 boards. Giannoulis Larentzakis added 8 on 2-3 from the floor, 0-6 from the arc, 4-4 from the line, 3 boards and 3 assists. Linos Chrysikopoulos notched 6 on 2-4 from the arc. Vassilis Kavvadas scored 6 on 2-2 from the floor, 2-2 from the line, 5 boards and 2 assists. Charis Giannopoulos added 6 on 2-7 from the arc. Kostas Antetokounmpo scored 4 on 2-4 from the floor. Dimitrios Katsivelis added 2 on 2-2 from the line, while Nikos Rogkavopoulos did not play. Greece (coached by Rick Pitino, assisted by Sotiris Manolopoulos and Ilias Papatheodorou) hit 34-70 (.486) overall, 24-39 (.615) from the floor, 10-31 (.323) from the arc and 13-15 (.867) from the line, while garnering 31 boards, including 9 on the offensive glass, 24 assists, 22 fouls, 14 turnovers, 11 steals and 1 block.
Canada closed out pool play at 2-0 by dusting China 109-79, while qualifying for the semi-finals. Despite struggling to contain Qi Zhou in the blocks or stop the dribble penetration of China’s quick guards, Canada led 27-19 after one quarter as R.J. Barrett delivered on several aggressive takes and the squad hit five treys off crisp ball movement. Canada drilled six more treys over China’s 2-3 zone, dominated the offensive boards and generated several runouts off their pressure defence as they extended their lead to 20 before a pair of late treys drew China within 59-46 at the half. Canada rebuilt its lead to 23 by continuing to dominate the boards before several defensive lapse allowed to China to rip-off a late 9-0 run to draw within 79-65 after three quarters. But Barrett and Andrew Wiggins continued to break down China off the dribble, often playing penetrate-and-pitch to open perimeter shooters, as Canada pulled away down the stretch. “It was a hard fought game from both sides,” Andrew Wiggins told reporters. “We’re still learning to play together, you know, it’s a new squad. But every game we’re getting better, you know, every moment we are on the court together guys are, you know, the chemistry is building. We’re getting more comfortable, and hopefully we can keep it going. When you play together, the game comes easy. Everyone’s in a good rhythm, we know everyone’s gonna get after it offensively, defensively. … We’ve got unselfish guys. We all want to see each other win, do good, and out there we’re just trying to play aggressive, play to win, play the right way. I feel like if we keep playing that way, keep playing together, then the sky’s the limit for us. … We have a lot of guys on this team that, at the end of the day, can put the ball in the hoop, that can play at a high level, that do play at a high level. When they’re making shots it makes the game easier for everybody. The floor starts to open up. Everyone’s in a great rhythm. We’re playing together, so it’s winning basketball.” Coach Nick Nurse said “I thought we did a good job. China came out really ready to play. We knew that, and we were on a back-to-back, we did a good job of building the lead. We expected them to keep coming and we knew they had good shooters. They strung together a few threes on us there to come back in a couple of different stretches of the game, but for the most part, I thought we did a good job of challenging enough of their shots and limiting their second shots and we certainly did a great job at the offensive end today. … In the two games we have seen quite a bit. We saw a little zone switching back to man [Tuesday]. Obviously full court man-to-man. We’re seeing a lot … we saw a three quarter-court press today. We saw a one-three-one zone today. A two-three [zone]. We’ve seen multiple pick-and-roll coverages as well. It’s hard to simulate some of these things in practice, right? You do the best you can, but there’s nothing like doing it live and then being able to teach and learn from there.” Trey Lyles said the squad became more effective once it began moving the ball. “In training camp we were sharing the ball and I think it’s transitioned a bit into the games. I think we can do a little bit even more of that, sharing the ball, making the extra pass, hitting the open guy and getting easier shots. If we play defence like we did tonight … we buckled down from the first half into the second half and it just shows that we can blow these teams out of the water. I think we were lackadaisical to start game and I think it showed … but when we picked it up, the game turned around.” Nurse noted that Dwight Powell was effective in the blocks. “I think just his energy and his effort in a lot of facets just with his speed, rebounding, physicality and communication. He’s really got some key put-backs I think. “He’s been a real problem on the glass at both ends for the other team. But no, he’s been really good. He’s been solid, like you said, the anchor of our defence and the anchor of our rebounding so he’s played really good.” Nurse added that Andrew Nicholson’s experience was also an asset. He’s got a unique ability to find open areas on the court, either posting up or holding position, filtering into the high post, trailing on a three, picking/popping on a three. He really can score the ball … He’s certainly an important part of our team.” Wiggins said “they threw a lot of different defenses at us. I feel that we reacted well.” Luguentz Dort said “we didn’t let China get second chances.” Andrew Wiggins paced Canada with 20 on 2-2 from the floor, 3-7 from the arc, 7-7 from the line, 4 boards, 2 assists and 3 steals. R.J. Barrett added 16 on 2-7 from the floor, 3-7 from the arc, 3-6 from the line, 3 boards and 5 assists. Andrew Nicholson notched 14 on 3-7 from the floor, 2-4 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 7 boards. Dwight Powell scored 12 on 5-7 from the floor, 2-3 from the line, 9 boards and 3 assists. Luguentz Dort added 11 on 1-2 from the floor, 3-6 from the arc, 3 boards and 3 assists. Nickeil Alexander-Walker notched 11 on 1-5 from the floor, 3-5 from the arc, 8 boards and 5 assists. Trey Lyles scored 11 on 1-4 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 6-6 from the line, 7 boards and 2 assists. Mychal Mulder scored 7 on 2-2 from the floor and 1-3 from the arc. Cory Joseph added 3 on 0-1 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 2 boards and 7 assists. Trade Bell-Haynes scored 2 on 1-1 from the floor and 2 assists. Anthony Bennett added 2 on 1-2 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 2 boards, while Aaron Doornekamp was scoreless. Canada hit 36-83 (.430) overall, 19-40 (.480) from the floor, 17-43 (.400) from the arc and 20-24 (.830) from the line, while garnering 55 boards, including 20 on the offensive glass, 30 assists, 19 fouls, 9 turnovers, 8 steals and 1 block. Mingxuan Hu paced China with 24 on 5-10 from the floor, 4-7 from the arc and 2-2 from the line. Qi Zhou added 12 on 5-6 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 2-5 from the line, 7 boards and 2 blocks. Zijie Shen notched 11 on 5-10 from the floor, 1-1 from the line and 8 boards. Jie Xu added 8 on 0-2 from the floor, 2-4 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 3 assists. Peng Zhou scored 8 on 1-4 from the floor, 2-5 from the arc, 0-1 from the line, 3 boards and 2 steals. Jiwei Zhao added 6 on 0-1 from the floor, 1-6 from the arc, 3-4 from the line, 6 boards and 5 assists. Junfei Rein notched 6 on 1-1 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 4 boards. Qian Wu scored 4 on 1-3 from the floor, 0-5 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 2 assists, while Zhelin Zhang, Chaunxing Liu, Wenbo Lu and Shaojie Wang were scoreless. Zhang nabbed 7 boards. China (coached by Feng Du, assisted by Shiqiang Guo and Wenhai Yang) hit 28-70 (.400) overall, 18-38 (.470) from the floor, 10-32 (.310) from the arc and 13-19 (.680) from the line, while garnering 37 boards, including 10 on the offensive glass, 14 assists, 16 fouls, 15 turnovers, 6 steals and 3 blocks.
Canada again failed to qualify for the Olympics (for the fifth consecutive time) after being bullied 103-101 by the Czech Republic, and by the officials, while shooting just 24 per cent from the arc in the semi-finals. Canada nearly pulled off an altogether improbable and miraculous win by scoring nine points in the final 44 seconds of regulation to force the extra session. But they faltered down the stretch in overtime and saw tournament MVP Tomas Satoransky bank a fallaway 17-footer with 1.4 seconds to play to give the Czechs the upset win. The Czechs led 29-27 after one quarter as Blake Schilb lit up Canada from the perimeter and Canadian seemed incapable of defending the paint or boxing out on the boards. The Czechs continued to dominate Canada in the blocks and drain treys off quick ball movement as they extended their lead to 52-44 at the half. With Canada’s bigs in foul trouble on some horrific calls, the Czechs continued to play over top of the Canadians as they stretched their lead to 13 and Canada struggled to find the range over a 2-3 zone. R.J. Barrett ignited to 9-1 run as Canada clawed within four but Schilb nailed another trey to give the Czechs a 67-60 lead after three quarters. Canada went to a full-court press and rallied within 80-77 with four minutes to play as Nickeil Alexander-Walker re-ignited the offence. Schilb hit his sixth trey of the night and Satoransky drove for a slam to again give the Czech Republic a comfortable lead. But Luguentz Dort forced several turnovers, while Barrett drained a trey and Wiggins notched an and-one and then a trey with three seconds to play to force overtime and cap a 9-0 Canada run over the final 44 seconds of regulation play. Alexander-Walker hit a trey and Barrett drove for a bucket as Canada opened the extra session with a 5-0 run. But the Czechs answered with a 7-0 run off four free throws and Schilb’s seventh trey. Wiggins responded with a bucket but Satoransky banked in the winner with 1.8 seconds remaining on the clock. An open Trey Lyles baseline jumper rimmed out at the buzzer in a failed bid to force a second overtime session. As much as anything, Canada was undone by a ridiculous unsportsmanlike foul against Lyles with three minutes to play, which gave the Czechs four free throws and the ball. Coach Nick Nurse said “I’m very disappointed for these guys. They committed and we worked super hard and we prepared hard and they played their guts out. When you do all that you want them to be rewarded for it. … It just didn’t bounce our way tonight. And that happens. But extremely proud of the players who committed and the effort that they gave and it was a tremendous learning experience for our organization. … It was ultra, ultra physical out there. The screening and those kind of things, but that’s the style. I kinda wish we would have maybe been able to execute a little more at the offensive end. … We played the way we needed to play in the second half. It was kind of one of those days, the ball didn’t go in as much as we needed it to. … You can just look at the last two plays. They made a bank shot and ours went in and out and that’s the deciding factor.” Point guard Cory Joseph said “we gave ourselves a chance to win. It was OT. We didn’t get the job done. We had lots of open shots. The ball didn’t drop. That’s the way it goes sometimes. … I’m very disappointed, of course, who wouldn’t be. I think the whole country is disappointed. We haven’t been able to go where we’ve wanted to go but it’s always been a helluva experience and it’s always been good to me,” Joseph added. “As long as I can do it, I’ll continue to. It’s always been a pleasure, that’s how I look at it every summer. A chance to play for my country, honour my country and just go out there and have fun. These games happen too much for our liking but it’s something we have to continue to chip at, continue to hammer the rock because FIBA’s not going anywhere for a long time. Even if it’s not me, the younger generation that’s who I think we all do it for. We go, obviously, out for ourselves, but we want the younger generation to be inspired like we were inspired with [Steve] Nash and all of those guys.” Andrew Nicholson said “Cory [Joseph] actually made a nice speech to us. The future’s bright, we just need to stay together and it’s just sometimes how the ball game goes. We’re just going to stay positive and look forward to our next opportunity as a basketball team.” Blake Schilb paced the Czech Republic with 31 on 4-7 from the floor, 7-12 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 3 boards and 7 assists. Tomas Satoransky added 18 on 3-7 from the floor, 3-5 from the arc, 3-4 from the line, 7 boards and 5 assists. Patrik Auda notched 16 on 5-9 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 6-9 from the line, 4 boards and 2 assists. Ondrej Balvin scored 14 on 5-13 from the floor, 4-4 from the line, 19 boards, 4 assists and 5 blocks. Jan Vesely added 8 on 4-7 from the floor, 8 boards and 4 assists. Jaromir Bohacik notched 7 on 2-4 from the floor, 1-6 from the arc and 2 boards. Jakub Sirina added 6 on 0-1 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc and 2 boards. Martin Peterka scored 3 on 3-4 from the line, while Ondrej Sehnal, Tomas Vyoral, Patrick Samoura and Lukas Palyza were scoreless. The Czech Republic (coached by Ronen Ginzburg, assisted by Jan Pospisil and Petr Czudek) hit 36-76 (.470) overall, 23-48 (.480) from the floor, 13-28 (.460) from the arc and 18-23 (.780) from the line, while garnering 52 boards, including 12 on the offensive glass, 24 assists, 25 fouls, 19 turnovers, 3 steals and 6 blocks. R.J. Barrett paced Canada with 23 on 7-11 from the floor, 2-6 from the arc, 3-7 from the line, 5 boards and 6 assists. Andrew Wiggins added 22 on 6-9 from the floor, 2-6 from the arc, 4-5 from the line, 8 boards, 3 assists and 3 steals. Nickeil Alexander-Walker notched 21 on 5-10 from the floor, 2-8 from the arc, 5-6 from the line, 2 boards, 4 assists and 2 steals. Trey Lyles added 10 on 1-3 from the floor, 0-4 from the arc, 8-9 from the line and 11 boards. Andrew Nicholson scored 10 on 5-6 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc, 0-1 from the line and 4 boards. Dwight Powell added 6 on 1-5 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc, 1-1 from the line, 3 boards and 2 assists. Lyguentz Dort scored 6 on 1-1 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 4 boards. Cory Joseph added 3 on 1-4 from the floor and 2 steals, while Trae Bell-Haynes, Mychal Mulder, Aaron Doornekamp and Anthony Bennett were scoreless. Canada hit 35-82 (.430) overall 26-45 (.580) from the floor, 9-37 (.240) from the arc and 22-31 (.710) from the line, while garnering 39 boards, including 11 on the offensive glass, 17 assists, 22 fouls, 8 turnovers, 10 steals and 3 blocks.
2021 OLYMPIC REPECHAGE, SPLIT, CROATIA
| FINAL STANDINGS 1. Germany 2. Brazil 3. Mexico Croatia 5. Russia Tunisia |
| POOL A | GER | MEX | RUS | Record |
| Germany (18) | —– | 82-76 | 69-67 | (2-0) |
| Mexico (25) | 76-82 | —– | 72-64 | (1-1) |
| Russia (9) | 67-69 | 64-72 | —– | (0-2) |
| POOL B | BRZ | CRO | TUN | Record |
| Brazil | —– | 94-67 | 83-57 | (2-0) |
| Croatia | 67-94 | —– | 75-70 | (1-1) |
| Tunisia | 57-83 | 70-75 | —– | (0-2) |
| SEMIS | Brazil 102 Mexico 74 |
| SEMIS | Germany 86 Croatia 76 |
| FINAL | Germany 75 Brazil 64 |
Germany’s Moritz Wagner was named MVP of the tournament.
2021 OLYMPIC REPECHAGE, KAUNAS, LITHUANIA
| FINAL STANDINGS 1. Slovenia 2. Lithuania 3. Poland Venezeula 5. South Korea Angola |
| POOL A | LTH | VEN | KOR | RECORD |
| Lithuania (8) | —– | 76-65 | 96-57 | (2-0) |
| Venezuela (20) | 65-76 | —– | 94-80 | (1-1) |
| South Korea (30) | 57-96 | 80-94 | —– | (0-2) |
| POOL B | SLO | POL | ANG | RECORD |
| Slovenia (16) | —– | 112-77 | 118-68 | (2-0) |
| Poland (13) | 77-112 | —– | 83-64 | (1-1) |
| Angola (32) | 68-118 | 64-83 | —– | (0-2) |
| SEMIS | Slovenia 98 Venezeula 70 |
| SEMIS | Lithuania 88 Poland 69 |
| FINAL | Slovenia 96 Lithuania 85 |
Slovenia’s Luka Doncic was named MVP of the tournament.
2021 OLYMPIC REPECHAGE, BELGRADE, SERBIA
| FINAL STANDINGS 1. Italy 2. Serbia 3. Puerto Rico Dominican Republic 5. Philippines 6. Senegal |
| POOL A | SER | DOM | PHI | RECORD |
| Serbia (6) | —– | 94-76 | 83-76 | (2-0) |
| Dom. Republic (19) | 76-94 | —– | 94-67 | (1-1) |
| Philippines (31) | 76-83 | 67-94 | —– | (0-2) |
| POOL B | ITA | PUR | SEN | RECORD |
| Italy (12) | —– | 90-83 | 2-0 | (2-0) |
| Puerto Rico (17) | 83-90 | —– | 2-0 | (1-1) |
| Senegal (35) | 0-2 | 0-2 | —– | (0-2) |
| SEMIS | Italy 79 Dominican Republic 59 |
| SEMIS | Serbia 102 Puerto Rico 84 |
| FINAL | Italy 102 Serbia 95 |
Hours before the start of the draw, Senegal withdrew because of a covid-19 outbreak.
Italy’s Achille Polonara was named MVP of the tournament.