The 2021 Olympic basketball TV schedule on NBC, Peacock, USA, NBCSN and NBCOlympics.com. The majority of the men’s and women’s basketball tournaments will air via livestream on NBCSports.com, the NBC Sports app, or the NBC streaming service Peacock. Peacock will have live coverage of the three U.S. men’s group play games.
The NBC broadcast network is scheduled to carry both the men’s and women’s gold medal games live during its primetime window.
Olympic basketball TV schedule 2021
The full Tokyo Summer Olympics TV schedule is available here.
Saturday, August 7
| Time ET | Game | TV |
| 3:00a | France – Serbia Women’s third-place game |
CNBC, NBCOlympics.com |
| 7:00a | Slovenia – Australia Men’s third-place game |
USA, NBCOlympics.com |
| 10:30p | United States – Japan Women’s gold medal game |
NBC, NBCOlympics.com |
How to stream Olympic basketball games
Most of the Olympic basketball games will only be available via a streaming platform. The majority of games will be available on NBCOlympics.com or the NBC Sports app, both of which require authentication from a cable, streaming or satellite provider. Some games, including all three U.S. men’s group stage games, will be available live on Peacock Premium — a direct-to-subscriber service that costs $6 per month. One does not need to have a traditional cable subscription to purchase and watch Peacock Premium.
More Olympics TV schedules
Additional sport-specific 2021 Tokyo Summer Olympics TV schedules are available here: men’s and women’s soccer, swimming, gymnastics, track & field, baseball and softball, tennis.
Completed days
Saturday, July 24
| Time ET | Game | TV |
| 9:00p | Iran – Czech Republic Men’s group play |
NBC Sports app, NBCOlympics.com |
Sunday, July 25
| Time ET | Game | TV |
| 12:40a | Germany – Italy Men’s group play |
NBC Sports app, NBCOlympics.com |
| 4:20a | Australia – Nigeria Men’s group play |
NBC Sports app, NBCOlympics.com |
| 8:00a | United States – France Men’s group play |
Peacock*, NBCOlympics.com |
| 9:00p | South Korea – Spain Women’s group play |
NBC Sports app, NBCOlympics.com |
* United States-France will be available live on Peacock, with re-airs on NBC during the afternoon and NBCSN in primetime.
Monday, July 26
| Time ET | Game | TV |
| 12:40a | Argentina – Slovenia Men’s group play |
CNBC, NBCOlympics.com |
| 4:20a | Serbia – Canada Women’s group play |
NBC Sports app, NBCOlympics.com |
| 8:00a | Japan – Spain Men’s group play |
NBC Sports app, NBCOlympics.com |
| 9:00p | Japan – France Women’s group play |
NBC Sports app, NBCOlympics.com |
Tuesday, July 27
| Time ET | Game | TV |
| 12:40a | United States – Nigeria Women’s group play |
USA, NBCOlympics.com |
| 4:20a | Australia – Belgium Women’s group play |
NBC Sports app, NBCOlympics.com |
| 8:00a | Puerto Rico – China Women’s group play |
NBC Sports app, NBCOlympics.com |
| 9:00p | Nigeria – Germany Men’s group play |
NBC Sports app, NBCOlympics.com |
Wednesday, July 28
| Time ET | Game | TV |
| 12:40a | United States – Iran Men’s group play |
Peacock*, NBCOlympics.com |
| 4:20a | Italy – Australia^ Men’s group play |
NBC Sports app, NBCOlympics.com |
| 8:00a | Czech Republic – France Men’s group play |
NBC Sports app, NBCOlympics.com |
| 9:00p | Canada – South Korea Women’s group play |
NBC Sports app, NBCOlympics.com |
* United States-Iran will be available live on Peacock, with re-airs on NBC during the afternoon and NBCSN in primetime.
^ Italy-Australia re-airs on NBCSN at 11:30 PM ET.
Thursday, July 29
| Time ET | Game | TV |
| 12:40a | Slovenia – Japan Men’s group play |
NBC Sports app, NBCOlympics.com |
| 4:20a | Spain – Serbia Women’s group play |
NBC Sports app, NBCOlympics.com |
| 8:00a | Spain – Argentina^ Men’s group play |
NBCSN, NBCOlympics.com |
| 9:00p | Belgium – Puerto Rico Women’s group play |
NBC Sports app, NBCOlympics.com |
^ Spain-Argentina re-airs at 6 PM ET on USA Network.
Friday, July 30
| Time ET | Game | TV |
| 12:40a | United States – Japan^ Women’s group play |
USA, NBCOlympics.com |
| 4:20a | France – Nigeria Women’s group play |
NBC Sports app, NBCOlympics.com |
| 8:00a | China – Australia Women’s group play |
NBC Sports app, NBCOlympics.com |
| 9:00p | Iran – France Men’s group play |
NBC Sports app, NBCOlympics.com |
^ United States-Japan re-airs on NBCSN during the afternoon (2-6 PM ET) block.
Saturday, July 31
| Time ET | Game | TV |
| 12:40a | Italy – Nigeria Men’s group play |
NBC Sports app, NBCOlympics.com |
| 4:20a | Australia – Germany^ Men’s group play |
NBC Sports app, NBCOlympics.com |
| 8:00a | United States – Czech Republic Men’s group play |
Peacock, NBCOlympics.com |
| 9:00p | Canada – Spain Women’s group play |
NBC Sports app, NBCOlympics.com |
* United States-Czech Republic will air live on Peacock and re-air in the afternoon on NBC (4 PM ET).
^ Australia-Germany re-airs during the late morning window on USA Network (10:30 AM-2 PM ET).
Sunday, August 1
| Time ET | Game | TV |
| 12:40a | Argentina – Japan Men’s group play |
NBC Sports app, NBCOlympics.com |
| 4:20a | Slovenia – Spain Men’s group play |
USA, NBCOlympics.com |
| 8:00a | South Korea – Serbia Women’s group play |
NBC Sports app, NBCOlympics.com |
| 9:00p | Nigeria – Japan Women’s group play |
NBC Sports app, NBCOlympics.com |
Monday, August 2
| Time ET | Game | TV |
| 12:40a | United States – France^ Women’s group play |
USA, NBCOlympics.com |
| 4:20a | China – Belgium Women’s group play |
NBC Sports app, NBCOlympics.com |
| 8:00a | Puerto Rico – Australia Women’s group play |
NBC Sports app, NBCOlympics.com |
| 9:00p | Slovenia – Germany Men’s quarterfinal |
NBC Sports app, NBCOlympics.com |
^ Following the live airing on USA at 12:40 AM ET, United States-France re-airs on the same network at some point during the day.
Tuesday, August 3
| Time ET | Game | TV |
| 12:40a | United States – Spain Men’s quarterfinal |
Peacock*, NBCOlympics.com |
| 4:20a | Italy – France Men’s quarterfinal |
NBC Sports app, NBCOlympics.com |
| 8:00a | Australia – Argentina Men’s quarterfinal |
USA, NBCOlympics.com |
| 9:00p | China – Serbia Women’s quarterfinal |
NBC Sports app, NBCOlympics.com |
* United States-Spain airs live solely on Peacock (and NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Sports app), re-airing on NBC Tuesday afternoon at 3 PM ET.
Wednesday, August 4
| Time ET | Game | TV |
| 12:40a | United States – Australia Women’s quarterfinal |
USA NBCOlympics.com |
| 4:20a | Japan – Belgium Women’s quarterfinal |
USA NBCOlympics.com |
| 8:00a | Spain – France Women’s quarterfinal |
USA NBCOlympics.com |
Thursday, August 5
| Time ET | Game | TV |
| 12:15a | United States – Australia Men’s semifinal |
Peacock*, NBCOlympics.com |
| 7:00a | Slovenia – France Men’s semifinal |
NBCSN, NBCOlympics.com |
Friday, August 6
| Time ET | Game | TV |
| 12:40a | United States – Serbia Women’s semifinal |
NBC, NBCOlympics.com |
| 7:00a | Japan – France Women’s semifinal |
NBCSN, NBCOlympics.com |
| 10:30p | United States – France Men’s gold medal game |
NBC, Peacock, NBCOlympics.com |
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