Women's national basketball team representing the United States
The USA Basketball Women's National Team,[2] commonly known as the United States women's national basketball team, is governed by USA Basketball and competes in FIBA Americas. The team is by far the most successful in international women's basketball, having won nine out of the eleven Olympic tournaments it had entered. It has also won nine of the last twelve World Cups (including the last four), and eleven titles overall. The team is currently ranked first in the FIBA World Rankings.
In 2016, it was named the USA Basketball Team of the Year for a record sixth time (having been previously honored in 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, and 2012). It was also named the USOC Team of the Year in 1996.[3]
The team is one of the most dominant in all Olympic sports, with a 70–3 record in Olympic play, and a record seven consecutive titles. They have no Olympic losses since 1992, and their gold medal in 2021 tied the U.S. men's basketball team's record (1936–1968) for the most consecutive Olympic team victories in all Olympic sports.[4]
Team
Current roster
Sources:[5][6][7]
Past rosters
Competitive record
Olympic Games
FIBA Women's World Cup
FIBA Women's AmeriCup
Records
Olympic Games
Players medal leaders
Coaching staff
List of head coaches
- Billie Moore (1975 PAG, 1976 Oly)
- Pat Summitt (1979 PAG, 1979 WC, 1979 JC, 1983 WC, 1984 Oly, 1984 JC)
- Kay Yow (1981 WUG, 1986 Good, 1986 WC, 1988 Oly)
- Theresa Grentz (1985 JC, 1990 Good, 1990 WC, 1992 Oly)
- Tara VanDerveer (1991 WUG, 1994 Good, 1994 WC, 1996 Oly)
- Nell Fortner (1998 JC, 1998 WC, 1999 PAG, 2000 Oly)
- Van Chancellor (2002 WC, 2004 Oly)
- Anne Donovan (2006 WC, 2008 Oly)
- Geno Auriemma (2010 WC, 2012 Oly, 2014 WC, 2016 Oly)
- Dawn Staley (2007 PAG, 2018 WC, 2019 Amer, 2021 Amer, 2021 Oly)
- Cheryl Reeve
Olympic records
Statistics
All-time results
Women's World Cup
All-time results
See also
References
- ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. February 15, 2024. Retrieved February 15, 2024.
- ^ "USA Basketball Women's National Team". USA Basketball.
- ^ "USA Basketball Annual Awards". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on March 13, 2015.
- ^ "USA Basketball Women's National Team: Tokyo 2020". USA Basketball. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
- ^ "2023 USA Women's AmeriCup Roster Announced". usab.com. June 23, 2023.
- ^ "Team Roster: United States". fiba.basketball. July 1, 2023. Retrieved July 1, 2023.
- ^ "5x5 Women's Olympics".
External links
- Official website
- FIBA profile
