FIBA Women's World Cup

The Opals will play for a medal at their home FIBA World Cup after taking care of Belgium in their quarter-final in Sydney on Thursday night.

Thursday’s results mean the Americans and Opals are the only teams to make the final four in each of the last three World Cups. A dream start saw the Opals lead 26-16 at the opening break, capped off by a Lauren Jackson three and fast transition layup in the last 90 seconds, as the legend played a larger role than seen in the group stages. The Opals will play for a medal at their home FIBA World Cup after taking care of Belgium in their quarter-final in Sydney on Thursday night.

Canada hasn't won a medal at the FIBA Women's World Cup since 1986, but that could all change after they booked their spot in the semi-finals with a ...

For Achonwa, Canada's opportunity to write their name in the history books is more than just about success, but building on the legacy of the national team program and creating a blueprint for the next generation. Their reward for advancing in the tournament is a semi-final date with Team USA, who is riding a 28-game win streak in the competition and is just two games removed from setting the World Cup record for most points scored in a game with 145 against South Korea. “This is what all the sacrifice the work, the grind is all for and to be able to put our country in a semi-final game is huge for us."

Team USA looks to keep the momentum going as they are now two games away from a gold medal.

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Julie Vanloo (R) of Belgium dribbles the ball during the quater-final match between Australia and Belgium at the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2022 in ...

(Photo by Hu Jingchen/Xinhua) Kyara Linskens (R) of Belgium dribbles the ball during the quater-final match between Australia and Belgium at the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2022 in Sydney, Australia, Sept. Julie Vanloo (R) of Belgium dribbles the ball during the quater-final match between Australia and Belgium at the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2022 in Sydney, Australia, Sept.

The Opals train has kept on rolling, as they took out a comfortable 17-point win in their quarter-final clash with Belgium.

"They have a lot of fans here, the stadium into their game was really loud, so I think the top will have to be open, it's going to be packed tomorrow it's going to be real rowdy. "The Opals squad is really hard to make and then the Opals team for a big event is even harder to make, so we have a lot of depth and we really pride ourselves on that and we have each other's back." Lauren Jackson made her first two-point field goal of the tournament. "My teammates just instill a heap of confidence in me and when I was hot, I was hot, I guess," George said after the game. "We knew she was playing well and getting the ball in her hands and I think that's just a credit to the team, we know we're 12 deep, anyone can step up on any night and that was Cayla tonight." But it was Cayla George who was the star of the show, mixing inside and outside scoring to finish with a game-high 19 points, which she paired with nine rebounds, two assists, one steal, and one block.

Hosts Australia are one game away from reaching the International Basketball federation Women's Basketball World Cup after defeating Belgium 86-69 in the ...

Meng Li top-scored with 23-points and four assists for the Chinese and was supported by Han Xu, who came on from the bench to grab 13 points and nine rebounds. "That was a really great win for us, it’s been a great lead up to this tournament, and we’re really excited to be in the position that we’re in," said George after the game. Australia wasted no time in making a statement and the strong start paved the way for the victory.

The 2022 FIBA Women's World Cup began elimination games in the Quarter-Finals, with four Chicago Sky players taking action with their respective countries: ...

CST on ESPN2. CST on ESPN+. The Final will be played on Saturday, Oct. The Semi-Finals will be played on Friday, Sept. China will now play against the host country Australia in the Semis. The two defeated teams in the Semis will play each other in the Third Place game on Sept. Belgium's run in the World Cup ultimately fell short to Australia, 69-86. Team USA trailed for the first time in the competition, 11-7, but not before taking a 20-0 to pave the way for a bigger lead. Kelsey Plum led the team once again in scoring with 17 points. Copper finished with two points and an assist off the bench for Team USA. She has withdrawn from the competition and her timeline to return has not been determined. The Chicago Sky has no further updates.

Alyssa Thomas and her United States teammates were tested for the first time in the FIBA Women's World Cup by a physical Serbia team.

Jewell Loyd returned to the U.S. Serbia held a 20-16 advantage at the half and ended up outscoring the Americans 28-26 in the game by constantly having two or three players inside to clog up the middle. The U.S. starting lineup a game after resting according to the team. Then, with 2:59 left in the half and the U.S. After going unbeaten in pool play again, the U.S. The Serbians scored the first basket of the game — marking the first time the Americans trailed in the tournament. That cut the deficit to 22 points. Thomas had 13 points, six rebounds, four assists and two steals in the opening 20 minutes. Thomas had 13 points, 14 rebounds and seven assists to help the U.S. She landed hard on her hip and had to be helped off the court by the U.S. It was back-and-forth for the first 17 minutes, with the U.S.

Team USA defeated Serbia 88-55 on Thursday to advance to the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup semifinals. Three players registered double-digit scores for the ...

[Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. Jovana Nogic finished the game with 11 points. "Serbia really tested us.

Here's all you need to know about Canada's matchup with the USA in the semi-finals.

Canada and the USA will meet in the semi-finals of the 2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup at 3:00 a.m. The four remaining teams at the 2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup are Canada, USA, Australia and China. The tournament's final will be played on Saturday, Oct. Fans can also stream the action on ESPN+ and Sportsnet NOW in their respective countries. The game will be played at Australia's Sydney SuperDome. The USA enters the matchup with a perfect record.

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The United States will continue their march for a fourth consecutive crown against Canada in the semi-finals on Friday 30 September. Find out more here.

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Centre Cayla George says the Opals will do their utmost to ignore 'not very nice' memories of their last meeting at the Tokyo Olympics.

It’s going to be a really big challenge for us and I think we’re up for it.” “You see the chemistry that they have,” she said. “It’s not really a comparable year, to be honest,” George said.

Read the preview of the semi-finals as United States, Canada, China and Australia are the last four teams standing after the quarter-finals of the ...

In their 77-63 group game loss to behemoths Team USA Li still managed to up 21 points for her team. Despite a surge by France in the early period of the third, the Asian team swallowed the pressure to stave off the 2021 EuroBasket silver medallists. It was an award she would claim again after the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, in 2021, where she consistently shone for her team. After retiring she had two sons before mounting her comeback. The last time China reached the semi-finals of the World Cup was in 1994, with that 28-year-long wait broken could Li lead China to silverware in Sydney? Here's how they'll line up for the semi-finals on 30 September. 2022 Women’s Basketball World Cup: The road to the final [Rio 2016](https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/rio-2016) and Tokyo 2020 in 2021 (14-0) and at the 2014 and 2018 FIBA World Cups (12-0). [Lauren Jackson](https://olympics.com/en/athletes/lauren-jackson) to the roster is surely one. In the final against Japan, Stewart claimed 14 points, 14 rebounds, five assists and four steals to end with a tournament double-double of 15 points and 10 rebounds per game. After a tied first quarter, China emerged the stronger of the two teams after the break to stretch out to a lead of 50-39. Defending champions United States, Canada, China and Australia all came out on top of their first knockout phase games to book their place in the final four in Sydney.

Breanna Stewart and the United States used a dominant defensive effort to beat Canada and reach the gold medal game of the World Cup for the fourth ...

[Kahleah Copper](https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/2998938/kahleah-copper) sat out after injuring her left hip in the win over Serbia in the quarterfinals. [Betnijah Laney](https://www.espn.com/wnba/player/_/id/2593770/betnijah-laney), who also got hurt in the Serbia game, did play against Canada. The U.S. By the end of the quarter, the U.S. The victory was the 29th in a row in World Cup play for the Americans, who haven't lost since the 2006 semifinals against Russia. The team's best mark ever coming into the tournament was 99.1, set in 1994. "We're starting to build that identity," Wilson said of the defensive effort. The Americans were up 45-21 at the half, and the lead kept expanding in the final 20 minutes. has won seven of the eight meetings with Canada in the World Cup, although the most recent previous one came in 2010. Canada had committed four turnovers -- the same number the team had against Puerto Rico in the quarterfinals, which was the lowest total in a game in 30 years. (7-0), which is on a record pace for points and margin of victory in the tournament, took control of the game early, scoring the first 15 points. Stewart scored 17 points and the Americans raced out to an early lead to put away Canada 83-43 on Friday.

Team USA has a fourth-straight World Cup gold medal in their sights after advancing to the final with an 83-43 win over Canada in the semi-final.

Australia in the World Cup final on Saturday, October 1 with tip-off set for 2:00 a.m. Team USA will take on the winner of China vs. Maybe in December, I'll look back on it, but it's been a crazy week but I'm glad to be here."