When does the 2024 Paris Olympics basketball event start? Date & time explored
The 2024 Paris Olympics Games are almost here and will be officially declared open on Friday, July 26, with the opening ceremony in the French capital. The basketball event of the Olympics will begin on Saturday, July 27, as 12 nations from around the world will participate in the tournament to be crowned world champions of the sport.
The basketball event itself is split into men's and women's tournaments. The men's basketball event will be the first to begin as Team Australia faces Team Spain for their Group A league matchup on July 27, with tipoff set for 5 a.m. ET. The event is scheduled to have the championship game take place on Aug. 11, which will conclude the men's basketball tournament.
Meanwhile, the women's basketball event will begin on Sunday, July 28, with the first matchup scheduled between Team Spain and Team China, with tipoff set for 7:30 a.m. ET. The women's championship game will take place on Aug. 12, which will conclude the basketball event of the 2024 Olympics.
The group phase of the basketball tournaments will be hosted at Pierre-Mauroy Stadium in Lille, France. All the games will be aired live by the various networks of NBC, the United States' official media rights holder for the Paris Olympics.
Team USA's schedule for basketball event at 2024 Paris Olympics
Both men's and women's USA basketball teams will play three games each in the group stage, which will determine if they will advance to the quarterfinal rounds.
Men's basketball event
The USA men's basketball team has been drawn into Group C for the league stage of the Olympic tournament alongside Serbia, South Sudan and Puerto Rico. The Americans will begin their 2024 Paris Olympics when they clash against the Serbian national team on July 28, with tipoff set for 11:15 a.m. ET.
Team USA will then face South Sudan on July 31 at 3 p.m. ET and will conclude the group stage after it takes on Puerto Rico on Aug. 3 at 11:15 a.m. ET.
Women's basketball event
Meanwhile, the USA women's basketball team has been drawn to Group C for the league stage of the Olympic tournament alongside Germany, Japan and Belgium. The U.S. will start its 2024 Paris Olympics when it locks horns with the Serbian national team on July 29, with tipoff set for 3 p.m. ET.
The USA women will then square off against Belgium on Aug. 1 at 3 p.m. ET. The team will conclude its group-stage games after it faces Germany on Aug. 4 at 11:15 a.m. ET.