The 2021 Tokyo Summer Olympics, also known as Tokyo 2021, is an international multi-sport event scheduled to be held from 24 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. In basketball, the 12 sides that are taking part have been split into three groups of four.
Venue: Saitama Super Arena, Aomi Urban Sports Park (3×3)
Dates: 24 July – 8 August 2021
No. of events: 4
Competitors: 352 from 24 nations
Tokyo Olympics 2021 Basketball Live Steaming + TV Channel, TV Broadcasters
The Sony Pictures Networks India has been awarded the broadcast rights in India and its subcontinent for the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games. It will provide television coverage on Sony and live streaming through their SonyLiv app and website with a premium subscription. Jio users can enjoy live streaming of Olympics for free on Jio TV app. DD Sports will also televise all Indian matches of Olympics 2021. DD sports is free to air channel in India.
In Australia, Seven West Media secured the exclusive Australian free-to-air and subscription broadcast television rights, as well as radio rights with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) through until 2020. CBC/Radio-Canada, Canada’s Olympic network will telecast event for Canadian audiences. CBC’s detailed coverage of Tokyo 2020 will feature live broadcasts from every venue and include every Canadian medal-winning moment, with more than 3775 hours of live coverage on multiple platforms and it also partners with TSN and Sportsnet to provide live event coverage, giving audiences multiple options as to what to watch on TV each day.
Channel 7 hold the exclusive broadcast rights to the Tokyo Olympics and the coverage will be spread across the network’s channels — 7, 7TWO and 7mate. The coverage will also be streamed via 7plus, with a 24/7 live stream and a dedicated Olympic channel throughout the games. 7plus will also be free once you sign up with an email address and some personal details.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has awarded broadcast rights in Africa for the next four editions of the Olympic Games. DStv SuperSport, Econet Media and the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has secured free-to-air rights to provide detailed coverage in the Sub-Saharan.
In the United Kingdom the BBC will be sole broadcaster of the games. BBC One and BBC Two will broadcast more than 350 hours of action live from Tokyo, covering all 33 sports, while a second live stream will be available on BBC iPlayer. The Tokyo 2021 Tokyo Games also going to be live on Eurosport.
NBCUniversal, the parent company of CNBC will show more than 7,000 hours of content from the Tokyo Olympics across its networks and streaming platforms. NBCUniversal will air more than 7,000 hours of Olympics coverage including the USA men’s basketball team’s chase for a 16th gold medal, women’s basketball, women’s soccer, swimming and gymnastics featuring USA champion Simone Biles. More than 5,000 hours will stream on NBColympics website. In addition, cable sports network NBCSN will broadcast more than 440 hours and USA Network more than 380 hours on USA Network. The Olympic Channel will show Team USA competitions, including wrestling and tennis. The Golf Channel will show golf events, and Telemundo Deportes will air competitions in Spanish language.
European fans can watch live coverage of Summer Olympics on Discovery, Inc. and Eurosport. German spectators can watch TV telecast of Tokyo summer Olympics 2021 on ARD and ZDF TV channels as well as on its digital platform that include official website and apps. Host Japan sports enthusiasts can enjoy live streaming of Olympics 2021 on Japan Consortium TV channel.
TV Channels/Broadcasting Rights |
| Armenia | APMTV |
| Asia | Dentsu |
| Australia | Seven Network |
| Austria | ORF |
| Argentina | TyC Sports |
| Barbados | CBC |
| Belarus | Belteleradio |
| Belgium | VRT, RTBF |
| Bolivia | Bolivisión |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | BHRT |
| Brazil | Grupo Globo, BandSports |
| Bulgaria | BNT |
| Canada | CBC/Radio-Canada, Sportsnet, TSN, TLN |
| Caribbean | International Media Content Ltd., SportsMax |
| Chile | TVN |
| China | CCTV, Migu |
| Chinese Taipei | Chunghwa Telecom, EBC, ELTA, PTS |
| Croatia | HRT |
| Colombia | Caracol Televisión |
| Costa Rica | Repretel |
| Czech Republic | ČT |
| Denmark | DR |
| Ecuador | RTS |
| Estonia | Postimees Group |
| Europe | Discovery, Inc., Eurosport |
| Finland | Yle |
| France | France Télévisions, Eurosport |
| Georgia | GPB |
| Germany | ARD, ZDF |
| Greece | ERT |
| Hungary | MTVA |
| Honduras | VTV |
| Hong Kong | i-Cable, PCCW, TVB |
| Iceland | RÚV |
| Indian subcontinent | Sony Pictures Networks |
| Indonesia | TVRI |
| Ireland | RTÉ |
| Italy | RAI |
| Japan | Japan Consortium |
| Kenya | KTN |
| Kosovo | RTK |
| Latin America | América Móvil, DirecTV |
| Latvia | LTV |
| Lithuania | TV3 |
| Luxembourg | RTL |
| Malaysia | Astro, RTM, Unifi TV |
| Mexico | Televisa, TV Azteca, Imagen Televisión |
| MENA | beIN Sports |
| Moldova | TVR |
| Montenegro | RTCG |
| Netherlands | NOS |
| New Zealand | Sky, TVNZ |
| North Korea | SBS |
| North Macedonia | MRT |
| Norway | TVNorge |
| Oceania | Sky |
| Paraguay | SNT |
| Peru | Grupo ATV |
| Philippines | Cignal TV |
| Poland | TVP |
| Portugal | RTP |
| Romania | TVR |
| Serbia | RTS |
| Singapore | Mediacorp |
| Slovakia | RTVS |
| Slovenia | RTV |
| Spain | RTVE |
| South Africa | SABC, SuperSport |
| South Korea | Coupang, KBS, MBC, SBS |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | Infront Sports & Media, SuperSport |
| Sweden | Kanal 5 |
| Switzerland | SRG SSR |
| Thailand | AIS, GMM25, Plan B, JKN18, PPTV, TV Pool, True4U |
| Turkey | TRT |
| Ukraine | Suspilne |
| United Kingdom | BBC, Eurosport |
| United States | NBC Universal, Candy TV, Plus+ |
Sub-Saharan Africa: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, United Republic of Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Tokyo Olympic Basketball 2021 Schedule/Fixtures
Men’s
Group A: Iran, France, USA, Czech Republic
Group B: Australia, Germany, Italy, Nigeria
Group C: Argentina, Japan, Spain, Slovenia
Women’s
Group A: South Korea, Spain, Serbia, Canada
Group B: Japan, France, Nigeria, USA
Group C: Australia, Belgium, Puerto Rico, China
Thursday 29th July 2021
Canada vs South Korea – 2 am
Slovenia vs Japan – 5:40 am
Spain vs Serbia – 9:20 am
Spain vs Argentina – 1 pm
Friday 30th July 2021
Belgium vs Puerto Rico – 2 am
USA vs Japan – 5:40 am
France vs Nigeria – 9:40 am
China vs Australia – 1 pm
Saturday 31st July 2021
Iran vs France – 2 am
Italy vs Nigeria – 5:40 am
Australia vs Germany – 9:20 am
USA vs Czech Republic – 1 pm
Sunday 1st August 2021
Canada vs Spain – 2 am
Argentina vs Japan – 5:40 am
Spain vs Slovenia – 9:20 am
South Korea vs Serbia – 1 pm
Monday 2nd August 2021
Nigeria vs Japan – 2 am
France vs USA – 5:40 am
China vs Belgium – 9:20 am
Australia vs Puerto Rico – 1 pm
Tuesday 3rd August 2021
Men’s Quarterfinal – 2 am
Men’s Quarterfinal – 5:40 am
Men’s Quarterfinal – 9:20 am
Men’s Quarterfinal – 1 pm
Wednesday 4rd August 2021
Women’s Quarterfinal – 2 am
Women’s Quarterfinal – 5:40 am
Women’s Quarterfinal – 9:20 am
Women’s Quarterfinal – 1 pm
Thursday 5th August 2021
Men’s Semifinal – 5:15 am
Men’s Semifinal – 12 am
Friday 6th August 2021
Women’s Semifinal – 5:40 am
Men’s Semifinal – 12 am
Saturday 7th August 2021
Men’s Gold Medal Game – 3:30 am
Women’s Bronze Medal Game – 8 am
Men’s Bronze Medal Game – 12 pm
Sunday 8th August 2021
Women’s Gold Medal Game – 3:30 am
Tokyo Olympics Basketball 2021 Rosters (All Teams)
Men’s
Australia: Chris Goulding, Patty Mills, Joshua Benjamin Green, Matisse Thybulle, Dante Exum, Joe Ingles, Matthew Dellavedova, Nathan Sobey, Aaron Baynes, Jock Landale, Duop Thomas Reath, Nic Kay
Japan: Yudai Baba, Gavin Edwards, Daiki Tanaka, Yuki Togashi, Rui Hachimura, Tenketsu Harimoto, Makoto Hiejima, Kosuke Kanamaru, Avi Schafer, Leo Vendrame, Hugh Watanabe, Yuta Watanabe
Argentina: Lautaro Berra, Leandro Bolmaro, Marcos Delia, Juan Francisco Fernandez, Nicolas Brussino, Francisco Caffaro, Facundo Campazzo, Gabriel Deck, Maximo Fjellerup, Tayavek Gallizzi, Patricio Garino, Nicolas Laprovittola, Luis Scola, Juan Pablo Vaulet, Lucas Vildoza
Czech Republic: Patrik Auda, Ondrej Balvin, Tomas Satoransky, Blake Schilb, Jaromir Bohacik, Lukas Palyza, Martin Peterka, Patrick Samoura, Ondrej Sehnal, Jakub Sirina, Jan Vesely, Tomas Vyoral
France: Andrew Albicy, Nicolas Batum, Petr Cornelie, Rudy Gobert, Thomas Heurtel, Nando de Colo, Moustapha Fall, Evan Fournier, Timothé Luwawu Kongbo, Frank Ntilikina, Vincent Poirier, Guerschon Yabusele
Germany: Danilo Barthel, Robin Benzing, Isaac Bonga, Joshiko Saibou, Johannes Thiemann, Niels Giffey, Justus Hollatz, Leon Kratzer, Moado Lo, Andres Obst, Johannes Voigtmann, Moritz Wagner, Lukas Wank, Jan Niklas Wimberg.
Italy: Simone Fontecchio, Danilo Gallinari, Nicolo Mannion, Achille Polonara, Giampaolo Ricci, Nicolo Melli, Ricardo Moraschini, Alessandro Pajola, Marco Spissu, Amedeo Tessitori, Stefano Tonut, Michele Vitali.
Nigeria; Precious Achiuwa, Kezie Okpala, Miye Oni, Josh Okogie, Jordan Nwora, Chimezie Metu, Ike Iroegbu, Michael Gbinije, Obi Emegano, Calab Agada, Stanley Okoye, Ekpe Udoh, Chima Moneke, Jahlil Okafor, Gabe Vincent
Slovenia: Žiga Dimec, Klemen Prepelič, Jaka Blažič, Jakob Čebašek, Edo Murić, Zoran Dragić, Mike Tobey, Luka Dončić, Vlatko Cančar, Luka Rupnik, Aleksej Nikolić, Gregor Hrovat
Iran: Mohammadsina Vahedi, Mohammad Jamshidi, Hamed Haddadi, Mohammad Hassanzadeh, Navid Rezaeifar, Behnam Yakhchali, Mike Rostampour, Arsalan Kazemi, Saeid Davarpanah, Samad Nikkhah Bahrami, Philip Jalalpoor, Aaron Geramipoor
Spain: Alberto Abalde, Alex Abrines, Carlos Alocen, Dario Brizuela, Victor Claver, Rudy Fernandez, Usman Garuba, Marc Gasol, Pau Gasol, Juancho Hernangomez, Willy Hernangomez, Sergio Llull, Xabi Lopez-Arostegui, Pierre Oriola, Sergio Rodriguez, Ricky Rubio
USA: Bam Adebayo, Devin Booker, Kevin Durant, Jerami Grant, Draymond Green, Jrue Holiday, Keldon Johnson, Zach LaVine, Damian Lillard, JaVale McGee, Khris Middleton, Jayson Tatum
Women’s
Canada: Bridget Carleton, Natalie Achonwa, Miranda Ayim, Shay Colley, Nirra Fields, Kayla Alexander, Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe, Shaina Pellington, Kia Nurse, Kim Gaucher, Laeticia Amihere, Aaliyah Edwards
South Korea: Park Ji-su, An He-ji, Yoon Yebin, Park Hye-jin, Kim Jung-eun, Bae Hye-yoon, Han Eomji, Park Ji-hyun, Jin An, Kang Lee-seul, Shin Ji-hyun, Kim Dan-bi
China: Yang Liwei, Shao Ting, Sun Mengran, Li Meng, Huang Sijing, Li Yueru, Li Yuan, Han Xu, Wang Siyu, Wu Tongtong, Pan Zhenqi, Zhang Ru
Australia: Leilani Mitchell, Jenna O’Hea, Marianna Tolo, Sara Blicavs, Tessa Lavey, Tess Madgen, Cayla George, Rebecca Allen, Stephanie Talbot, Katie-Rae Ebzery, Ezi Magbegor, Alanna Smith
France: Sandrine Gruda, Endy Miyem, Diandra Tchatchouang, Valériane Vukosavljević, Héléna Ciak, Gabby Williams, Sarah Michel, Marine Johannes, Alexia Chartereau, Iliana Rupert, Alix Duchet, Marine Fauthoux
Nigeria: Ify Ibekwe, Aisha Mohammed, Erica Ogwumike, Victoria Macaulay, Adaora Elonu, Oderah Chidom, Amy Okonkwo, Ezinne Kalu, Elizabeth Balogun, Atonye Nyingifa, Pallas Kunaiyi-Akpanah, Promise Amukamara
USA: Diana Taurasi, Sue Bird, Sylvia Fowles, Tina Charles, Skylar Diggins-Smith, Breanna Stewart, Chelsea Gray, Jewell Loyd, A’ja Wilson, Napheesa Collier, Ariel Atkins, Brittney Griner
Japan: Rui Machida, Moeko Nagaoka, Maki Takada, Naho Miyoshi, Yuki Miyazawa, Evelyn Mawuli, Saori Miyazaki, Saki Hayashi, Nako Motohashi, Himawari Akaho, Monica Okoye
Belgium: Ann Wauters, Emma Meesseman, Marjorie Carpréaux, Julie Vanloo, Antonia Delaere, Kim Mestdagh, Heleen Nauwelaers, Kyara Linskens, Hanne Mestdagh, Jana Raman, Julie Allemand, Billie Massey
Puerto Rico: Jennifer O’Neill, Jazmon Gwathmey, Sabrina Lozada-Cabbage, Michelle González, Dayshalee Salamán, Allison Gibson, Jackie Benitez, Pamela Rosado, Isalys Quinones, Tayra Meléndez, India Pagan, Jada Shanice Stinson
Spain: Alba Torrens, Raquel Carrera, Leonor Rodríguez, María Conde, Maite Cazorla, Astou Ndour, Laura Gil, Silvia Domínguez, Tamara Abalde, Queralt Casas, Laia Palau, Cristina Ouviña
Serbia: Saša Čađo, Angela Dugalic, Dragana Stanković, Maja Skoric, Aleksandra Crvendakić, Yvonne Anderson, Tina Krajišnik, Jelena Brooks, Sonja Vasić, Nevena Jovanović, Ana Dabović, Dajana Butulija
