Basketball at the 2021 Summer World University Games – Men's tournament

The men's tournament in basketball at the 2021 Summer Universiade in Chengdu, China was held from 29 July to 6 August.[1]

Men's basketball
at the Universiade
Venuevarious
Dates29 July–6 August
Teams15
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Czech Republic
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Brazil
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) United States
2019
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Preliminary round

Qualified for the Final eight
Qualified for the Placement 9th–16th

Pool A

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
 Brazil330291217+746
 Lithuania321257221+365
 Chinese Taipei312227302−754
 China303230265−353
29 July 2023
19:30 UTC+8
Lithuania  100–70  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by quarter: 32–18, 19–24, 25–13, 24–15
Fenghuangshan Sports Park Gymnasium
29 July 2023
19:30 UTC+8
China  79–89  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 17–20, 26–20, 16–22, 20–27
Sichuan Gymnasium

30 July 2023
15:00 UTC+8
Brazil  118–60  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by quarter: 28–19, 22–13, 31–11, 37–17
Sichuan Gymnasium
30 July 2023
19:30 UTC+8
China  67–79  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 14–23, 10–19, 22–17, 21–20
Fenghuangshan Sports Park Gymnasium

31 July 2023
19:30 UTC+8
Lithuania  78–84  Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 17–18, 24–21, 9–21, 28–24
Qingshuihe Campus Gymnasium
31 July 2023
19:30 UTC+8
Chinese Taipei  97–84  China
Scoring by quarter: 20–26, 26–22, 30–18, 21–18
Qingbaijiang Sports Centre Gymnasium

Pool B

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
 Argentina330261163+986
 Romania321228165+635
 Mongolia312207218−114
 South Africa303117267−1503
29 July 2023
11:00 UTC+8
Romania  81–62  Mongolia
Scoring by quarter: 20–9, 17–17, 19–16, 25–20
Qingshuihe Campus Gymnasium
29 July 2023
15:30 UTC+8
Argentina  102–36  South Africa
Scoring by quarter: 29–6, 27–12, 23–12, 23–6
Qingshuihe Campus Gymnasium

30 July 2023
11:00 UTC+8
Romania  56–70  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 16–13, 13–19, 11–19
Fenghuangshan Sports Park Gymnasium
30 July 2023
19:30 UTC+8
Mongolia  74–48  South Africa
Scoring by quarter: 18–13, 24–13, 15–12, 17–10
Qingshuihe Campus Gymnasium

31 July 2023
15:00 UTC+8
Argentina  84–71  Mongolia
Scoring by quarter: 16–16, 25–19, 22–12, 26–24
Sichuan Gymnasium
31 July 2023
19:30 UTC+8
South Africa  33–91  Romania
Scoring by quarter: 12–27, 12–22, 2–20, 7–22
Sichuan Gymnasium

Pool C

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
 United States330265210+556
 Czech Republic321237200+375
 Poland312219234−154
 Japan303161238−773
29 July 2023
11:00 UTC+8
Japan  56–76  Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 15–21, 11–17, 8–23, 22–15
Qingbaijiang Sports Centre Gymnasium
29 July 2023
15:00 UTC+8
United States  96–82  Poland
Scoring by quarter: 33–18, 26–21, 18–16, 19–27
Qingbaijiang Sports Centre Gymnasium

30 July 2023
11:00 UTC+8
Poland  68–89  Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 18–26, 12–29, 16–10, 22–24
Sichuan Gymnasium
30 July 2023
11:00 UTC+8
United States  93–56  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 30–17, 19–12, 31–10, 13–17
Qingbaijiang Sports Centre Gymnasium

31 July 2023
15:00 UTC+8
Japan  49–69  Poland
Scoring by quarter: 13–18, 13–13, 3–19, 20–19
Fenghuangshan Sports Park Gymnasium
31 July 2023
19:30 UTC+8
Czech Republic  72–76  United States
Scoring by quarter: 9–20, 21–12, 21–18, 21–26
Fenghuangshan Sports Park Gymnasium

Pool D

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
 Finland22018599+864
 South Korea211121126−53
 Azerbaijan20289170−812
29 July 2023
11:00 UTC+8
Finland  105–43  Azerbaijan
Scoring by quarter: 31–7, 22–12, 23–14, 29–10
Sichuan Gymnasium

30 July 2023
19:30 UTC+8
South Korea  56–80  Finland
Scoring by quarter: 9–17, 15–16, 17–24, 15–23
Qingbaijiang Sports Centre Gymnasium

31 July 2023
15:00 UTC+8
Azerbaijan  46–65  South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 9–17, 12–13, 13–14, 12–21
Qingshuihe Campus Gymnasium

9th to 15th place classification

Bracket

9–15th place quarterfinals9–12th place semifinals9th place
         
C3  Poland
Bye
 Poland85
 Chinese Taipei82
A3  Chinese Taipei102
B4  South Africa64
 Poland87
 China76
D3  Azerbaijan48
C4  Japan104
 Japan6211th place
 China84
B3  Mongolia71  Chinese Taipei84
A4  China75  Japan82

9–15th place quarterfinals

2 August 2023
15:00 UTC+8
Japan  104–48  Azerbaijan
Scoring by quarter: 31–8, 19–12, 25–20, 29–8
Qingbaijiang Sports Centre Gymnasium
2 August 2023
19:30 UTC+8
Chinese Taipei  102–64  South Africa
Scoring by quarter: 25–14, 21–19, 18–16, 38–15
Qingshuihe Campus Gymnasium
2 August 2023
19:30 UTC+8
China  75–71  Mongolia
Scoring by quarter: 26–18, 6–14, 18–17, 25–22
Qingbaijiang Sports Centre Gymnasium

13–15th place classification

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
13  Mongolia220147114+334
14  Azerbaijan211144127+173
15  South Africa202121171−502
3 August 2023
15:00 UTC+8
South Africa  62–79  Mongolia
Scoring by quarter: 19–15, 11–21, 8–25, 24–18
Qingshuihe Campus Gymnasium
4 August 2023
15:00 UTC+8
Mongolia  68–52  Azerbaijan
Scoring by quarter: 12–8, 16–12, 14–12, 26–20
Qingshuihe Campus Gymnasium
6 August 2023
11:00 UTC+8
Azerbaijan  92–59  South Africa
Scoring by quarter: 16–12, 27–18, 29–17, 20–12
Qingshuihe Campus Gymnasium

9–12th place semifinals

3 August 2023
15:30 UTC+8
Chinese Taipei  82–85  Poland
Scoring by quarter: 25–26, 19–20, 22–20, 16–19
Sichuan Gymnasium
4 August 2023
19:30 UTC+8
Japan  62–84  China
Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 23–25, 12–22, 13–21
Qingshuihe Campus Gymnasium

11th place game

6 August 2023
15:00 UTC+8
Chinese Taipei  84–82  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 27–22, 21–17, 18–18, 18–25
Qingshuihe Campus Gymnasium

9th place game

6 August 2023
11:00 UTC+8
Poland  87–76  China
Scoring by quarter: 16–20, 26–21, 27–12, 18–23
Sichuan Gymnasium

1st to 8th place classification

Bracket

5th place5–8th place semifinalsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsGold medal match
A1  Brazil84
B2  Romania66
 Romania66  Brazil95
 South Korea55  United States82
C1  United States86
D2  South Korea68
 Romania61  Brazil
 Finland76  Czech Republic
B1  Argentina78
A2  Lithuania75
7th place  Lithuania69  Argentina68Bronze medal match
 Finland84  Czech Republic85
 South Korea66D1  Finland66  United States102
 Lithuania99C2  Czech Republic68  Argentina91

Quarterfinals

2 August 2023
15:00 UTC+8
Brazil  84–66  Romania
Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 20–20, 24–10, 25–16
Fenghuangshan Sports Park Gymnasium
2 August 2023
15:00 UTC+8
Lithuania  75–78  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 22–19, 18–12, 13–24, 22–23
Sichuan Gymnasium
2 August 2023
19:30 UTC+8
United States  86–68  South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 16–13, 24–17, 29–9, 17–29
Fenghuangshan Sports Park Gymnasium
2 August 2023
19:30 UTC+8
Czech Republic  68–66  Finland
Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 17–16, 14–13, 22–18
Sichuan Gymnasium

5–8th place semifinals

4 August 2023
15:00 UTC+8
Romania  66–55  South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 10–15, 14–14, 22–10, 20–16
Sichuan Gymnasium
4 August 2023
19:30 UTC+8
Lithuania  69–84  Finland
Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 18–19, 18–22, 14–23
Sichuan Gymnasium

Semifinals

4 August 2023
15:00 UTC+8
Brazil  95–82  United States
Scoring by quarter: 26–20, 24–17, 20–24, 25–21
Fenghuangshan Sports Park Gymnasium
4 August 2023
19:30 UTC+8
Argentina  68–85  Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 10–23, 17–16, 18–23, 23–23
Fenghuangshan Sports Park Gymnasium

7th place game

6 August 2023
15:00 UTC+8
South Korea  66–99  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 22–20, 21–27, 14–27, 9–25
Sichuan Gymnasium

5th place game

6 August 2023
11:00 UTC+8
Romania  61–76  Finland
Scoring by quarter: 15–13, 19–24, 9–12, 18–27
Qingbaijiang Sports Centre Gymnasium

Bronze medal game

6 August 2023
15:00 UTC+8
United States  102–91  Argentina
Scoring by quarter: 29–30, 30–28, 20–12, 23–21
Fenghuangshan Sports Park Gymnasium

Gold medal game

6 August 2023
19:30 UTC+8
Brazil  67–69  Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 13–16, 21–18, 16–17, 17–18
Pts: Paulo Junior 17
Rebs: Victor da Silva 10
Asts: Paulo Junior 5
Pts: Zídek 24
Rebs: Zídek 9
Asts: Sýkora 4
Fenghuangshan Sports Park Gymnasium

Final standings

PlaceTeamRecord
 Czech Republic5–1
 Brazil5–1
 United States5–1
4  Argentina4–2
5  Finland4–1
6  Romania3–3
7  Lithuania3–3
8  South Korea1–4
9  Poland3–2
10  China2–4
11  Chinese Taipei3–3
12  Japan1–5
13  Mongolia3–3
14  Azerbaijan1–4
15  South Africa0–6

References