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2024 Olympic Games Basketball 3 x 3 schedule: Every match in Australian time, full fixtures

Basketball 3 x 3 is quickly gaining popularity and again features at the Olympics.

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Both men and women's tournaments in the shorter form of basketball - 3 x 3 - will again feature at the Olympic Games in 2024 as the world descends on Paris.

The tournaments will get underway on July 30 (the morning of July 31 Australian time), with eight mens and eight women's teams qualifying.

In both tournaments, the eight teams will play a single phase round robin - that is, seven matches per team - before the top two teams go directly to the semi-finals, and the teams ranked third through to sixth take part in Play In games to determine the other teams in the semi-finals.

Teams name four-player rosters for the tournament, with three on the court at any one time.

All matches for the tournament will be held at the Place de la Concorde in Paris.

What are the rules of 3 x 3 basketball?

Unlike traditional basketball, 3 x 3 basketball is played on a half court with only one hoop. Games are played out to a maximum of ten minutes with no halves or quarters, no breaks, and the first team to 21 points picking up the win.

If overtime is required by ten minutes being elapsed and neither team reaching 21 points, it's the first to two poins in overtime winning.

Field goals are either one or two points, rather than the traditional two or three points, while there is also no break after a score, whereas traditional basketball sees an inbound pass.

Are Australia playing?

Australia's women's team qualified for the tournament at the Olympics by winning the FIBA University Olympic Qualifying tournament, however, the men's team failed in their bid to play.

All times are AEST. For those in South Australia or the Northern Territory, subtract 30 minutes. For those in Western Australia, subtract two hours.

Men's tournament fixtures

The men's tournament features Serbia, the United States of America, China, Latvia, the Netherlands, France, Lithuania and Poland.

Date Time Match
Wed Jul 31 2:35am Lithuania vs Latvia
Wed Jul 31 3:05am Netherlands vs China
Wed Jul 31 6:05am France vs Poland
Wed Jul 31 6:35am USA vs Serbia
Thu Aug 1 2:05am Latvia vs Netherlands
Thu Aug 1 2:35am Serbia vs China
Thu Aug 1 6:05am Lithuania vs France
Thu Aug 1 6:35am USA vs Poland
Thu Aug 1 6:05pm Netherlands vs Serbia
Thu Aug 1 6:35pm China vs Latvia
Thu Aug 1 9:35pm Poland vs Lithuania
Thu Aug 1 10:05pm France vs Netherlands
Fri Aug 2 3:05am Lithuania vs USA
Fri Aug 2 3:35am China vs Poland
Fri Aug 2 6:35am Serbia vs France
Fri Aug 2 7:05am Latvia vs USA
Fri Aug 2 6:05pm Lithuania vs China
Fri Aug 2 6:35pm Poland vs Netherlands
Fri Aug 2 9:35pm Netherlands vs Lithuania
Fri Aug 2 10:05pm Latvia vs France
Sat Aug 3 2:35am USA vs France
Sat Aug 3 3:05am Serbia vs Latvia
Sat Aug 3 6:05am Poland vs Serbia
Sat Aug 3 6:35am China vs USA
Mon Aug 5 1:30am France vs China
Mon Aug 5 2:00am Latvia vs Poland
Mon Aug 5 2:35am Serbia vs Lithuania
Mon Aug 5 3:05am USA vs Netherlands
Mon Aug 5 5:30am Play In Game 1
Mon Aug 5 6:05am Play In Game 2
Tue Aug 6 2:00am semi-final 1
Tue Aug 6 3:00am Semi-final 2
Tue Aug 6 5:30am Bronze Medal match
Tue Aug 6 6:35am Gold Medal match

Women's tournament fixtures

The women's tournament features France, China, the United States of America, Azerbaijan, Australia, Germany, Spain and Canada.

Date Time Match
Wed Jul 31 1:30am USA vs Germany
Wed Jul 31 2:00am Australia vs Canada
Wed Jul 31 5am Azerbaijan vs Spain
Wed Jul 31 5:30am France vs China
Thu Aug 1 1:30am Australia vs Germany
Thu Aug 1 2:00am Canada vs China
Thu Aug 1 5am Spain vs France
Thu Aug 1 5:30am USA vs Azerbaijan
Thu Aug 1 5pm China vs Australia
Thu Aug 1 5:30pm China vs Canada
Thu Aug 1 8:30pm Azerbaijan vs France
Thu Aug 1 9:00pm USA vs Australia
Fri Aug 2 2am China vs Spain
Fri Aug 2 2:30am Germany vs Azerbaijan
Fri Aug 2 5:30am USA vs Spain
Fri Aug 2 6:00am Canada vs France
Fri Aug 2 5pm Germany vs China
Fri Aug 2 5:30pm Australia vs Azerbaijan
Fri Aug 2 8:30pm Australia vs Spain
Fri Aug 2 9:00pm France vs USA
Sat Aug 3 1:30am Azerbaijan vs China
Sat Aug 3 2:00am Canada vs USA
Sat Aug 3 5am Spain vs Canada
Sat Aug 3 5:30am Germany vs France
Sun Aug 4 1:30am Canada vs Azerbaijan
Sun Aug 4 2:00am Spain vs Germany
Sun Aug 4 2:35am France vs Australia
Sun Aug 4 3:05am China vs USA
Sun Aug 4 5:30am Play In Game 1
Sun Aug 4 6:05am Play In Game 2
Tue Aug 6 1:30am Semi-final 1
Tue Aug 6 2:30am Semi-final 2
Tue Aug 6 5am Bronze Medal match
Tue Aug 6 6:05am Gold Medal match

All Sport has gone to every effort to ensure this schedule is accurate, however, it is subject to change without notice.

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