{"id":256555,"date":"2026-08-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/07\/usa-basketball-drops-12-player-roster-for-upcoming-fiba-womens-basketball-world-cup-the-gist\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T00:00:00","slug":"usa-basketball-drops-12-player-roster-for-upcoming-fiba-womens-basketball-world-cup-the-gist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/07\/usa-basketball-drops-12-player-roster-for-upcoming-fiba-womens-basketball-world-cup-the-gist\/","title":{"rendered":"USA Basketball drops 12-player roster for upcoming FIBA Women\u2019s Basketball World Cup | The GIST"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>The GIST: <\/strong>USA Basketball managing director Sue Bird dropped the red, white, and blue\u2019s 12-player FIBA Women\u2019s Basketball World Cup (WWC) roster yesterday \u2014 and it\u2019s 100% stacked. Here\u2019s more on the tourney before it tips off in Berlin next month, plus the WNBA superstars who\u2019ll be repping the stars and stripes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\ud83c\udfc6 The tournament: <\/strong>Just like its soccer counterpart, the FIBA WWC is held every four years. The 2026 edition will run from September 4th to 13th in Berlin while the WNBA is on international break. Team USA has won 11 of the 19 WWCs contested and is seeking its sixth consecutive gold medal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\ud83d\udcaa <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Dbs9bhwnfHw\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Team USA roster<\/a>: <\/strong>A star-studded mix of vets and first-timers, Team USA boasts four-time W MVP A\u2019ja Wilson, two-time MVP Breanna Stewart, and defensive legend Napheesa Collier, along with WWC newbies like Caitlin Clark, Paige Bueckers, and Angel Reese.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>As for the snubs, fans were surprised to see hoopers like FIBA 3&#215;3 gold medalist Kelsey Mitchell (Indiana Fever), Olympic gold medalist and 2022 WWC player Sabrina Ionescu (NY Liberty), and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/P8zrPy6H_sg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rookie WNBA MVP contender<\/a> Olivia Miles (Minnesota Lynx) left off the roster.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\ud83d\udcc5 Mark your calendar: <\/strong>The U.S. will face China (September 4th), Italy (September 6th), and Czechia (September 7th) in the group stage. Yes, they\u2019re loaded with talent, but their gold medal pursuit won\u2019t be without challenges. Other squads are only getting more competitive, including France, who gave Team USA a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/news\/paris-2024-womens-basketball-team-usa-france-gold\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tough time<\/a> at the 2024 Olympics. 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Here\u2019s more on the tourney before it tips off in Berlin next month, plus the WNBA superstars who\u2019ll be repping the stars and stripes. \ud83c\udfc6 The tournament: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":256556,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6805],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-256555","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-womens"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}