2021 Olympic basketball TV schedule

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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