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Basketball national side

USA Women

National team · United States

«Team USA»

59 Matches
56 wins
3 losses
5201–3533 Points
+1668 Difference
88.2 Average per match
Form W 4 Sep · Home China Women · 94:61 W 6 Sep · Away Italy Women · 55:52 W 7 Sep · Home Czech Republic Women · 105:64 W 10 Sep · Home Hungary Women · 108:56 W 12 Sep · Away Spain Women · 76:66 W 13 Sep · Home France Women · 97:79

That habit goes back further than any of its current players. The women's national team first took the floor on 8 March 1953 in Santiago, beating Paraguay 60–28 under head coach John L. Head, at the inaugural FIBA World Championship for Women.

Eleven world championships have followed, the most recent in 2022, alongside a run of Olympic gold that stretches from 1984 to 2024 without a single gap wider than four years — interrupted only by a bronze in 1976, back when the tournament was still new to women's basketball.

The team travels without a fixed home floor, playing wherever the tournament sends it, though its players train and report in at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. That is an administrative base rather than a stadium with a story attached, which is why it rarely comes up when the team is discussed.

What has held constant across generations of rosters — Sheryl Swoopes and Lisa Leslie giving way to Sue Bird and Tamika Catchings, then to Breanna Stewart and Taurasi herself — is who keeps them honest on the podium. Australia has pushed the closest for two decades, and France ended a run of Olympic finals against the Americans before losing the rematch. Spain has done the same at World Cup level. None of the three has yet turned a good tournament into a title against them.

Latest results

Fixtures and results
13 Sep FIBA World Cup Women France Women H 97:79 W
12 Sep FIBA World Cup Women Spain Women A 76:66 W
10 Sep FIBA World Cup Women Hungary Women H 108:56 W
7 Sep FIBA World Cup Women Czech Republic Women H 105:64 W
6 Sep FIBA World Cup Women Italy Women A 55:52 W
4 Sep FIBA World Cup Women China Women H 94:61 W

Standing

FIBA Women's AmeriCup

Group stage · Group B

# Team M W L Goals Pts
1 USA Women 4 4 0 372:200 0
2 Puerto Rico Women 4 3 1 282:243 0
3 Colombia Women 4 2 2 238:241 0
4 Mexico Women 4 1 3 244:311 0
5 Chile Women 4 0 4 177:318 0
Full table

Team statistics

matches counted in total: 59
59 Matches
56 wins
3 losses
5201–3533 Points
+1668 Difference
88.2 Average per match
Match outcomes matches counted in total: 59
56wins: 56 · 94% 3losses: 3 · 5%
wins losses
Scored and conceded last matches
4 Sep · Home China Women · 94:61
6 Sep · Away Italy Women · 55:52
7 Sep · Home Czech Republic Women · 105:64
10 Sep · Home Hungary Women · 108:56
12 Sep · Away Spain Women · 76:66
13 Sep · Home France Women · 97:79
scored — above the line conceded — below the line
Metric Total Home Away
Matches 59 31 28
Scored 5201 2773 2428
Conceded 3533 1836 1697
Average per match 88.2 89.5 86.7
Conceded per game 59.9 59.2 60.6
Difference +1668 +937 +731

Fixtures of USA Women

Honours of USA Women

  • FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 1953, 1957, 1979, 1986, 1990, 1998, 2002, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022 11
  • Olympic Games 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, 2024 11
  • FIBA Women's AmeriCup 1993, 2007, 2019, 2021, 2025 5
  • FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 1983 1
  • FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 1994, 2006 2
  • Olympic Games 1976 1