The USA Basketball Women's National Team, commonly known as Team USA, is governed by
USA Basketball
USA Basketball (USAB) is a non-profit organization and the governing body for basketball in the United States. The organization represents the United States in FIBA, and the men's and women's national basketball teams in the United States ...
and competes in
FIBA Americas
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. The team is by far the most successful in international women's basketball, having won 10 out of the 12 Olympic tournaments it has entered. It has also won 9 of the last 12 World Cups (including the last 4), and 11 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.
The team is one of the most dominant in all Olympic sports, with a 78–3 record in Olympic play, and a record eight consecutive titles. They have no Olympic losses since 1992, no losses in any major tournament since 2006, and their
gold medal in 2024 broke the
U.S. men's basketball team's record (1936–1968) for the most consecutive Olympic team victories in all Olympic sports.
Competitive record
Olympic Games
FIBA Women's World Cup
FIBA Women's AmeriCup
Team
Current roster
Roster for the
2024 Summer Olympics
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Past rosters
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1976 Summer Olympics
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1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the ...
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1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially branded as Seoul 1988 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. 159 nations were represe ...
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1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 ...
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1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...
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2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ...
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2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece.
The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...
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2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...
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2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
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2016 Summer Olympics
The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...
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2020 Summer Olympics
The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...
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2024 Summer Olympics
The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held in France from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with several events started from 24 July. P ...
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1953 FIBA World Championship
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1957 FIBA World Championship
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1964 FIBA World Championship
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1967 FIBA World Championship
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1971 FIBA World Championship
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1975 FIBA World Championship
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1979 FIBA World Championship
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1983 FIBA World Championship
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1986 FIBA World Championship
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1990 FIBA World Championship
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1994 FIBA World Championship
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1998 FIBA World Championship
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2002 FIBA World Championship
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2006 FIBA World Championship
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2010 FIBA World Championship
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2014 FIBA World Championship
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2018 FIBA World Cup
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2022 FIBA World Cup
Records
Olympic Games
Players medal leaders
Coaching staff
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Billie Moore (1975 PAG, 1976 Oly)
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Pat Summitt (1979 PAG, 1979 WC, 1979 JC, 1983 WC, 1984 Oly, 1984 JC)
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Kay Yow (1981 WUG, 1986 Good, 1986 WC, 1988 Oly)
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Theresa Grentz (1985 JC, 1990 Good, 1990 WC, 1992 Oly)
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Tara VanDerveer (1991 WUG, 1994 Good, 1994 WC, 1996 Oly)
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Nell Fortner (1998 JC, 1998 WC, 1999 PAG, 2000 Oly)
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Van Chancellor (2002 WC, 2004 Oly)
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Anne Donovan (2006 WC, 2008 Oly)
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Geno Auriemma (2010 WC, 2012 Oly, 2014 WC, 2016 Oly)
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Dawn Staley (2007 PAG, 2018 WC, 2019 Amer, 2021 Amer, 2021 Oly)
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Cheryl Reeve (2022 WC, 2024 Oly)
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Statistics
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=Points
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=Highest field goal percentage
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=Highest 3-point field goal percentage
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3-point field goals have been kept as an official statistic since the 1988 Olympics.
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=Rebounds
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=Steals
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Steals have been kept as an official statistic since the 1984 Olympics.
=Blocks
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Blocks have been kept as an official statistic since the 1984 Olympics.
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=Players records for a game
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=Team records (in a game)
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All-time results
Women's World Cup
All-time results
See also
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United States women's national under-19 basketball team
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United States women's national under-17 basketball team
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United States women's Pan American basketball team
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United States women's World University Games basketball team
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United States women's William Jones Cup basketball team
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United States women's national 3x3 team
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Timeline of women's basketball
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United States men's national basketball team
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United States men's national under-19 basketball team
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United States men's national under-17 basketball team
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USA Basketball
USA Basketball (USAB) is a non-profit organization and the governing body for basketball in the United States. The organization represents the United States in FIBA, and the men's and women's national basketball teams in the United States ...
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Basketball in the United States
References
External links
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FIBA profile
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