United States women's national basketball team

United States
FIBA ranking1 Steady (February 15, 2024)[1]
FIBA zoneFIBA Americas
National federationUSA Basketball
CoachCheryl Reeve
Nickname(s)Team USA
USBWNT
Olympic Games
Appearances11
MedalsGold Gold: (1984, 1988,1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020)
Silver Silver: (1976)
Bronze Bronze: (1992)
World Cup
Appearances17
MedalsGold Gold: (1953, 1957, 1979, 1986, 1990, 1998, 2002, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022)
Silver Silver: (1983)
Bronze Bronze: (1994, 2006)
FIBA AmeriCup
Appearances7
Medals Gold: (1993, 2007, 2019, 2021)
Silver: (1997, 2023)
Home jersey
Team colours
Home
Away jersey
Team colours
Away
First international
 Paraguay 28–60 United States 
(Santiago, Chile; March 8, 1953)
Biggest win
 South Korea 69–145 United States 
(Sydney, Australia; September 26, 2022)
Biggest defeat
 United States 77–112 Soviet Union 
(Montreal, Canada; July 23, 1976)

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, no losses in any tournament since 2006, 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]

  1. ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. February 15, 2024. Retrieved February 15, 2024.
  2. ^ "USA Basketball Women's National Team". USA Basketball.
  3. ^ "USA Basketball Annual Awards". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on March 13, 2015.
  4. ^ "USA Basketball Women's National Team: Tokyo 2020". USA Basketball. Retrieved August 19, 2021.

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