2022 FIBA Women's World Cup: Team USA roster, schedule, games, how to watch, live stream – CBS Sports

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Later this month, the best women’s basketball players on the planet will converge on Australia for the 2022 FIBA Women’s World Cup, which runs from Sept. 22 until Oct. 1. All games will be played in Sydney, though there are multiple venues in the city. 
As the sport’s current and historical powerhouse, Team USA is once again the favorite to win the competition; the Americans have won a record 10 World Cup gold medals and are looking for a fourth consecutive title. In fact, Team USA has not even lost a game in the competition since falling to Russia in the semifinals of the 2006 tournament. 
Ahead of all the action, here’s everything you need to know about Team USA:
Team USA has been drawn into Group A along with Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, China, Puerto Rico and South Korea. They will play each team once, with two points awarded for a win and one point for a draw. The Americans must finish in the top four of the group in order to advance to the knockout stage. 
Preliminary round
Knockout stage
Team USA was waiting to release a final roster until the conclusion of the WNBA Finals. If the series had gone to a decisive Game 5, then players from the Las Vegas Aces and Connecticut Sun likely would not have been included. As it was, the Aces took care of business in four games, winning their first-ever title. 
Now, the roster has been set, and regular season MVP and Defensive Player of the Year A’ja Wilson, Finals MVP Chelsea Gray, Kelsey Plum, triple-double history-maker Alyssa Thomas and Sixth Player of the Year Brionna Jones have all made the cut. It would have been fascinating to see the roster if those Finals stars weren’t able to go to Australia. 
As its stands, this will already be a new-look national team. Stalwarts such as Sue Bird, Tina Charles, Sylvia Fowles and Diana Taurasi have aged out, Napheesa Collier is still recovering from her pregnancy, Skylar Diggins-Smith has taken a hiatus from basketball due to personal reasons and Brittney Griner remains detained in Russia.
Only five members of the gold medal-winning team from the 2020 Olympics are on this team: Ariel Atkins, Chelsea Gray, Jewell Loyd, Breanna Stewart and A’ja Wilson. Of course, the two best players in the world, the reigning Finals MVP and two other All-Stars is a good place to start any roster. 
Ariel Atkins
Guard
Washington Mystics
Shakira Austin
Forward/Center
Washington Mystics
Kahleah Copper
Guard/Forward
Chicago Sky
Chelsea Gray
Guard
Las Vegas Aces
Sabrina Ionescu
Guard
New York Liberty
Brionna Jones
Center
Connecticut Sun
Betnijah Laney
Guard/Forward
New York Liberty
Jewell Loyd
Guard
Seattle Storm
Kelsey Plum
Guard
Las Vegas Aces
Breanna Stewart
Forward
Seattle Storm
Alyssa Thomas
Forward
Connecticut Sun
A’ja Wilson
Forward
Las Vegas Aces
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