United States women's national 3x3 team

United States
FIBA ranking7
FIBA zoneFIBA Americas
National federationUSA Basketball
Olympic Games
Appearances2
Medals Gold: (2020)
Bronze: (2024)
World Cup
Appearances7
Medals Gold: (2012, 2014, 2023)
Bronze: (2016)
Pan American Games
Appearances2
Medals Gold: (2019, 2023)
AmeriCup
Appearances5
Medals Gold: (2021, 2023, 2025)
Silver: (2024)
Bronze: (2022)

The USA Women's 3x3 Teams are two of the 3x3 basketball teams under the auspices of the USA Basketball organization. In 2007, FIBA decided to start championships for the 3x3 event (also called three-on-three),[1] starting in 2010. The open events are held every other year, in even-numbered years, starting in 2012.[2]

Tournament record

Olympic Games

Year Result Position Pld W L Players
2020 Tokyo Gold medalists 1st 9 8 1 Dolson, Gray, Plum, Young
2024 Paris Bronze medalists 3rd 10 6 4 Burdick, Hamby, Howard, Van Lith
Total 1 Title 2/2 19 14 5

World Cup

Year Result Position Pld W L Players
2012 Athens Champions 1st 9 9 0
2014 Moscow Champions 1st 9 9 0
2016 Guangzhou Third place 3rd 7 5 2
2017 Nantes Did not qualify
2018 Bocaue Quarter-finals 5th 5 4 1 Boley, Gildon, Hebard, Ionescu
2019 Amsterdam Did not qualify
2022 Antwerp Quarter-finals 7th 5 4 1 Burdick, Cox, Joens, Van Lith
2023 Vienna Champions 1st 8 7 1 Brink, Burdick, Harper, Van Lith
2025 Ulaanbaatar Quarter-finals 6th 5 4 1 Maly, Strong, M. Williams, S. Williams
2026 Warsaw To be determined
2027 Singapore
Total 3 Titles 7/11 48 42 6

Pan American Games

Year Result Position Pld W L Players
2019 Lima Gold medalists 1st 7 7 0 Hebard, Ionescu, Nelson-Ododa, Williams
2023 Santiago Gold medalists 1st 5 5 0 Burdick, Dietrick, Hull, Stevens
Total 2 Titles 2/2 12 12 0

AmeriCup

Year Result Position Pld W L Players
2021 Miami Champions 1st 5 5 0
2022 Miami Third place 3rd 5 4 1
2023 San Juan Champions 1st 5 5 0
2024 San Juan Runners-up 2nd 5 4 1
2025 León Champions 1st 5 5 0
Total 3 Titles 5/5 25 23 2

2020 Olympics

The Olympic event in 2021 was held as part of the 2020 Olympic Games held in Tokyo, Japan, July 24–28, 2021.

The players for the USA team were:

Young was a late replacement to the team after Katie Lou Samuelson contracted COVID-19 just prior to the start of the games.[3] The team won all but one game in pool play to take a 6–1 record into the knock-out round. They beat France in the semi-final 18–16, which set up the gold medal match against ROC. The USA team won that match 18–15 to win the first ever gold medal at an Olympic Games 3x3 basketball tournament.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Could three-on-three join the Olympic lineup?". USA Today. August 12, 2012. Retrieved September 19, 2014.
  2. ^ "FIBA 3x3 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS". FIBA. Archived from the original on June 25, 2012. Retrieved September 19, 2014.
  3. ^ "Katie Lou Samuelson off Tokyo Olympic 3x3 team after falling ill with COVID-19". Yahoo! Sport.