With the Paris 2024 Olympics basketball set to start this weekend, despite no GB team presence, every UK hoops fan is wondering where to watch the basketball from the UK.
Tipping off on Saturday 27th July, 12 of the best teams in the world are split into 3 groups, with the top 2 set to advance from each pool, along with the two best third-placed teams to set up the quarter-finals.
On the men’s side the groups look like this:
Group A: Australia, Greece, Canada, Spain
Group B: France, Germany, Japan, Brazil
Group C: Serbia, South Sudan, Puerto Rico, United States
On the women’s side, the groups are as follows;
Group A: Serbia, Spain, People’s Republic of China, Puerto Rico.
Group B: Canada, Nigeria, Australia, France.
Group C: Germany, United States, Japan, Belgium.
The key dates are as follows:
Group stage: Saturday 27 July to August 3
Quarterfinals: August 6
Semifinals: August 8
Bronze medal game: August 10
Gold medal game: August 10
The official Olympics website points to three broadcasters with the rights, all via Warner Brothers Discovery; Eurosport, Discovery+ and BBC iPlayer.
BBC One and BBC Two will broadcast over 250 hours of live coverage across the entire 16-day event; whilst Olympics Extra, a second curated live stream on BBC iPlayer, will aim to have all the key moments, however, there is not a clear advance schedule on what they will actually be covering during their broadcast times. You can check this page to see the schedule each day, and we can see on the opening day, and true to form, there is no basketball coverage.
Therefore, the best option is Eurosport, which will be shown on their broadcast channel, the Eurosport app and discovery+ – which will cost just £3.99 for the duration of the Olympics (goes up to £6.99 a month after).
Eurosport will feature the basketball in its entirety.
And if you are looking for a team to adopt – try South Sudan. Former GB superstar Luol Deng is now the president of the federation, with a number of Brits or people with ties to the UK involved in and around the team, including Steve Vear who manages all of the operations.
UK tip times
Saturday 27th July
Men
10:00 Australia vs Spain
12:30 Germany vs Japan
16:15 France vs Brazil
20:00 Greece vs Canada
Sunday 28th July
Men
10:00 South Sudan vs Puerto Rico
16:15 Serbia vs United States
Women
12:30 Spain vs China
20:00 Serbia vs Puerto Rico
Monday 29th July
Women
10:00 Nigeria vs Australia
12:30 Germany vs Belgium
16:15 Canada vs France
20:00 United States vs Japan
Tuesday 30th July
Men
10:00 Spain vs Greece
12:30 Canada vs Australia
16:15 Japan vs France
20:00 Brazil vs Germany
Wednesday 31st July
Women
10:00 Puerto Rico vs Spain
12:30 China vs Serbia
Men
16:15 Puerto Rico vs Serbia
20:00 United States vs South Sudan
Thursday 1st August
Women
10:00 Japan vs Germany
12:30 Australia vs Canada
16:15 France vs Nigeria
20:00 Belgium vs United States
Friday 2nd August
Men
10:00 Japan vs Brazil
12:30 Australia vs Greece
16:15 Canada vs Spain
20:00 France vs Germany
Saturday 3rd August
Women
10:00 China vs Puerto Rico
12:30 Serbia vs Spain
Men
16:15 Puerto Rico vs United States
20:00 Serbia vs South Sudan
Sunday 4th August
Women
10:00 Japan vs Belgium
12:30 Canada vs Nigeria
16:15 Germany vs United States
20:00 Australia vs France
Tuesday 6th August
10:00 Men’s Quarter-Final
13:30 Men’s Quarter-Final
17:00 Men’s Quarter-Final
20:30 Men’s Quarter-Final
Wednesday 7th August
10:00 Women’s Quarter-Final
13:30 Women’s Quarter-Final
17:00 Women’s Quarter-Final
20:30 Women’s Quarter-Final
Thursday 8th August
16:30 Men’s Semi-Final
20:00 Men’s Semi-Final
Friday 9th August
16:30 Women’s Semi-Final
20:00 Women’s Semi-Final
Saturday 10th August
10:00 Men’s Bronze Medal Game
20:30 Men’s Gold Medal Game
Sunday 11th August
10:00 Women’s Bronze Medal Game
20:30 Women’s Gold Medal Game
The 3×3 basketball – featuring in the Olympics for the second time – is also available on Eurosport.
Find the full schedule of the 3×3 basketball here.
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