Basketball at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
Basketball at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 18 to 26 August at the Wutaishan Sports Center in Nanjing, China. As in 2010 the 3x3 format returned, along with a new event, the skill challenge.
Qualification
Each National Olympic Committee can enter a maximum of 2 teams, 1 team of 4 athletes per each gender. As hosts, China was given 2 teams, 1 per each gender. 6 teams, 3 per each gender will qualify from the 2013 U18 3x3 World Championships and another 6 teams, 3 per each gender will qualify from the 2013 3x3 World Tour Final. The remaining 13 teams per gender will qualify based on the FIBA 3x3 National Federation Ranking updated on 1 June 2014. All continents must have at least one team present in each gender and no more than 10 from the same continent can participate. Also a minimum of 30 NOCs must participate across all events.To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 1996 and 31 December 1997. Furthermore, all team members must have participated in two FIBA sanctioned 3x3 events between 1 April 2013 and 8 June 2014.
Boys
| Event | Location | Date | Total Places | Qualified |
| Host Nation | - | - | 1 | |
| 2013 U18 3x3 World Championships |  Jakarta | 26–29 September 2013 | 3 | |
| 2013 3x3 World Tour Final |  Istanbul | 4–5 October 2013 | 3 | |
| FIBA 3x3 National Federation Ranking | - | 1 June 2014 | 13 | |
| TOTAL | 20 |
Girls
| Event | Location | Date | Total Places | Qualified |
| Host Nation | - | - | 1 | |
| 2013 U18 3x3 World Championships | Jakarta | 27–29 September 2013 | 3 | |
| 2013 3x3 World Tour Final | Istanbul | 4–5 October 2013 | 3 | |
| FIBA 3x3 National Federation Ranking | - | 1 June 2014 | 13 | |
| TOTAL | 20 |
Format
The boys' and girls' tournament will adopt a round robin group stage and a single-elimination medal round, where the 20 participating teams are split into 2 pools of 10. Each team will play once against the other teams in its pool, and the top 8 teams from each pool will qualify for the knock-out stages.Boys
Girls
Note: Guam entered a girls' basketball team into Group B of the competition; there was no Guam boys' team at the tournament| Pool A | Pool B |
Schedule
The schedule was released by the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee.| Event Date | Event Day | Starting Time | Event Details |
| August 18 | Monday | 17:00 | Boys' Tournament: Group Stage Girls' Tournament: Group Stage |
| August 19 | Tuesday | 17:00 | Boys' Tournament: Group Stage Girls' Tournament: Group Stage |
| August 20 | Wednesday | 17:00 | Boys' Tournament: Group Stage Girls' Tournament: Group Stage |
| August 21 | Thursday | 19:30 | Boys' Dunk Contest Girls' Shoot-Out Contest |
| August 22 | Friday | 17:00 | Boys' Tournament: Group Stage Girls' Tournament: Group Stage |
| August 23 | Saturday | 17:00 | Boys' Tournament: Group Stage Girls' Tournament: Group Stage |
| August 24 | Sunday | 17:00 | Boys' Tournament: Group Stage Girls' Tournament: Group Stage |
| August 25 | Monday | 17:00 | Boys' Tournament: Round of 16 Girls' Tournament: Round of 16 Boys' Tournament: Quarterfinals Girls' Tournament: Quarterfinals |
| August 26 | Tuesday | 17:30 | Boys' Tournament: Semifinals Girls' Tournament: Semifinals Boys' Tournament: Medal Matches Girls' Tournament: Medal Matches |