2022 FIBA Women’s World Cup: Team USA schedule, scores, games, roster, how to watch, live stream

Team USA is through to the semifinals of the FIBA ​​Women’s World Cup 2022 after a comfortable 88-55 win over Serbia in their quarterfinals on Wednesday night. The first quarter of the game was tight, with the Americans holding a slender two-point lead at the first break . After that, however, it was all Team USA that kept Serbia at just 32 points for the rest of the game.

Alyssa Thomas led with a brilliant overall performance. She finished the game with 13 points, 14 rebounds and seven assists, and her defense helped spark the Americans’ game-changing run in the second quarter. Kelsey Plum had a team-high with 17 points while A’ja Wilson had 15 points.

Next up is Canada’s winner against Puerto Rico, to be played in the early hours of Thursday morning.

This edition of the World Cup will take place in Australia from September 22nd to October 1st. All matches will be played in Sydney, although there are several venues in the city. 12 teams take part in the tournament, which are divided into two groups of six for the preliminary round. The top four teams in each group then advance to the single-elimination KO round.

As the sport’s current and historical powerhouse, Team USA are once again the favorites to win the competition. The Americans have won a record 10 World Cup gold medals and are aiming for a fourth straight title. In fact, Team USA hasn’t lost a single game in this competition since losing to Russia in the semi-finals of the 2006 tournament.

Ahead of all the action, here’s everything you need to know about Team USA:

Schedule, streaming information

Team USA was drawn into Group A along with Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, China, Puerto Rico and South Korea. They play each team once, with two points awarded for a win and one point for a loss. The Americans need to finish in the top four of the group to advance to the knockout rounds.

preliminary round

KO phase

• Quarterfinals: Team USA 88, Serbia 55 (Box Score)
• Semifinals: Team USA vs. TBD

roster

Team USA waited until the conclusion of the WNBA Finals to release a final roster. If the series had gone to a crucial Game 5, players from the Las Vegas Aces and Connecticut Sun probably wouldn’t have been there. So the Aces went about their business in four games and won their first-ever title.

Now the roster is in place, and regular-season MVP and defensive player of the year A’ja Wilson, Finals MVP Chelsea Gray, Kelsey Plum, triple-doubles history-maker Alyssa Thomas, and sixth-placed player Brionna Jones year, everyone made it the cut. It would have been fascinating to see the roster if these finals stars weren’t able to travel to Australia.

From the looks of it, this will already be a new-look national team. Die-hards like Sue Bird, Tina Charles, Sylvia Fowles and Diana Taurasi have all grown old, Napheesa Collier is still recovering from her pregnancy, Skylar Diggins-Smith has taken a break from basketball for personal reasons, and Brittney Griner remains incarcerated in Russia.

Only five members of the 2020 Olympics gold medal winning team are on this team: Ariel Atkins, Chelsea Gray, Jewell Loyd, Breanna Stewart and A’ja Wilson. Of course, having the two best players in the world, the reigning Finals MVP, and two other All-Stars is a good starting point for any roster.

Ariel Atkins	Guard	Washington mystic
Shakira Austin	Forward/Center	Washington mystic
Kahleah Copper	Guard/Forward	Chicago sky
Chelsea Grey	Guard	Las Vegas Aces
Sabrina Ionescu	Guard	New York freedom
Briona Jones	center	Connecticut sun
Betnya Laney	Guard/Forward	New York freedom
Jewel Loyd	Guard	Seattle Storm
Kelsey Plum	Guard	Las Vegas Aces
Breanna Stewart	Forward	Seattle Storm
Alisa Thomas	Forward	Connecticut sun
Aye Wilson	Forward	Las Vegas Aces

coaching staff

• Head Coach: Cheryl Reeve (Minnesota Lynx)
• Assistant: Mike Thibault (Washington Mystics)
• Assistant: Kara Lawson (Duke)
• Assistant: Joni Taylor (Texas A&M)