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One flag, every court. Follow U.S. women’s basketball through the World Cup, Olympic 5x5, 3x3, wheelchair basketball, the Women’s AmeriCup, qualifying windows and the junior pipeline.

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SEPTEMBER 2026 · WORLD CHAMPIONS

Three world-title stories. One USA basketball hub.

The senior 5x5 team won a 12th FIBA Women’s World Cup title in Berlin. The U23 3x3 women followed with gold in Wuhan, beating Canada 15-10, and the U.S. women’s wheelchair team won its world championship in Ottawa. September became a three-court championship month.

OPEN WORLD CUP HQ →WHEELCHAIR WORLD CHAMPS ↓
WORLD CUP RECORDLoadingConnecting to the official FIBA feed
FIBA WORLD RANK#1Women’s 5x5 ranking
NEXT USA GAMESchedule loadingLocal tip time will appear here.
FIBA WORLD TITLES12Five straight through Berlin 2026
Heating every Team USA kitchen…

THE PROGRAM AT A GLANCE

The gold standard has more than one court.

This hub separates the competitions without losing the connection between them. Start with the event, then follow the roster, format, history and next assignment.

OLYMPIC 5x5 GOLD10Eight consecutive titles from Atlanta 1996 through Paris 2024.
FIBA WORLD CUP TITLES12Five consecutive titles through Berlin 2026.
WOMEN’S AMERICUP TITLES5The fifth came in 2025 with a 92–84 final win over Brazil.
2026 3x3 WORLD CUPGOLDJoyce Edwards, MiLaysia Fulwiley, Mikaylah Williams and Sahara Williams.
2026 U23 3x3 WORLD CUPGOLDBrackens · Carnegie · Fiso · McKinney. Tori McKinney named tournament MVP.
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WHEELCHAIR WORLD TITLES31990 · 2010 · 2026. The U.S. women are world champions again.

CHOOSE YOUR TEAM USA COURT

Seven doors into Team USA basketball.

Berlin 2026 is complete, Ottawa 2026 has a new champion, and the other rooms hold the Olympic legacy, halfcourt program, continental championship, qualifying road and next generation.

WORLD CHAMPS
5 ON 5 · GLOBAL CHAMPIONSHIP

FIBA World Cup

Berlin 2026 schedule, standings, results, official world rankings and individual Team USA statistics in one live dashboard.

OPEN WORLD CUP HQ →
LA 2028
5 ON 5 · OLYMPIC STAGE

The Olympics

Ten gold medals, eight straight titles, every medal run and the next chapter under head coach Kara Lawson.

ENTER THE OLYMPIC ROOM →
WORLD CHAMPS
HALFCOURT · 12 SECOND CLOCK

3x3 Basketball

Olympics, World Cup, Women’s Series, AmeriCup and Champions Cup, all connected by one fast, physical format.

STEP ON THE HALFCOURT →
2025 CHAMPS
5 ON 5 · AMERICAS

Women’s AmeriCup

The continental championship, a proving ground for rising stars and a direct route into the World Cup cycle.

OPEN AMERICUP →
THE ROAD IN
WINDOWS · CAMPS · ROSTER BUILDING

Qualifiers

World Cup and Olympic qualification, national team camps and the assignments that shape the final roster.

FOLLOW THE PATH →
NEXT UP
U16 · U17 · U18 · U19

Junior Teams

The international pipeline where future WNBA and senior national team stars first wear USA across their chest.

MEET THE NEXT WAVE →
2026 WORLD CHAMPS
WHEELCHAIR · IWBF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

Wheelchair Basketball

Ottawa 2026 gold, the 77–76 thriller against Canada, program history and the runway toward a home Paralympics at LA 2028.

ENTER THE PARA COURT ↓

USA WOMEN’S WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL · 2026 WORLD CHAMPIONS

One point in Ottawa ended a 16-year wait.

Canada tied the final at 76 with 39.1 seconds left. Courtney Ryan made the free throw that put the United States ahead for good with 20.8 seconds remaining, and Team USA closed out a 77–76 win for its first women’s world title since 2010.

Final report ↗
2026 IWBF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP · OTTAWAUSA 77FINALCANADA 76

Sept. 19, 2026 · first U.S. women’s world title since 2010

USA LEADERLindsey Zurbrugg · 26 PTS
THE DECIDING POINTCourtney Ryan · FT with 20.8 seconds left
ALL-AROUNDRyan · 17 PTS · 9 AST · 8 REB
CHAMPIONSHIP SUPPORTRose Hollermann · 17 PTS
WORLD TITLES3

1990 · 2010 · 2026

PARIS 2024SILVER

The same cycle now owns a world championship.

EXPERIENCE11 OF 12

Had Paralympic wheelchair basketball experience on the 2026 world roster.

NEXT HOME STAGELA 2028

The reigning world champions head toward a home Paralympics.

THE HISTORY FILE

USA women’s wheelchair basketball, title by title.

The para game has its own national-team structure and governing bodies, but it belongs in the Team USA story. The world championship timeline shows how long the road back to gold really was.

The first women’s worlds

St. Etienne, France hosted the inaugural women’s World Championship. The United States won the first title.

World champions again

The U.S. captured its second women’s world championship, the title that stood as its most recent until Ottawa.

Rio Paralympic gold

Team USA reached the top of the Paralympic podium in Rio, its most recent Paralympic gold.

Paris silver

The U.S. women reached the Paralympic final and took silver, setting up another veteran-heavy championship cycle.

Back on top of the world

USA 77, Canada 76 in Ottawa. The third world title arrives sixteen years after the second.

OFFICIAL PATHNWBA · IWBF · Team USA

Wheelchair basketball is part of the Paralympic program, with its own national-team selection process, world championships and Paralympic cycle.

2026 USA roster ↗IWBF history ↗Ottawa 2026 ↗

HOW THE MAP FITS TOGETHER

One flag, multiple national-team lanes.

Team USA is not one permanent roster. Players move through age groups, qualifying teams, 3x3 assignments and senior championships as each competition demands a different mix.

THE PIPELINEJunior national teams

U16 and U18 AmeriCups feed the U17 and U19 World Cups, with youth 3x3 adding another development track.

THE TESTAmeriCup and qualifiers

Continental events, qualifying windows and camps test depth while building the next senior player pool.

THE STAGEWorld Cup and Olympics

The senior 5x5 team chases the two biggest international championships on alternating cycles.

THE FAST LANE3x3 national teams

A separate halfcourt discipline with its own rankings, rosters, tour stops, World Cup and Olympic medals.

THE PARA COURTUSA Wheelchair Basketball

The women’s program moves through IWBF World Championships and the Paralympics, with a separate high-performance pathway led through the NWBA.

OFFICIAL SCOREKEEPERS

Built for quick reading, sourced at the source.

We Know the W organizes the story. USA Basketball, FIBA, FIBA 3x3, the NWBA and IWBF remain the official authorities for rosters, schedules, results, rankings and competition rules.

Program facts on this page are current through September 23, 2026.

USA Basketball ↗ FIBA Events ↗ FIBA 3x3 ↗ NWBA ↗ IWBF ↗
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