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), starting in 2010. The open events are held every other year, in even-numbered years, starting in 2012.
Tournament record Olympic Games Year ResultPosition Players 2020 TokyoGold medalists1st981Dolson, Gray, Plum, Young 2024 ParisBronze medalists3rd1064 Burdick, Hamby, Howard, Van LithTotal1 Title2/219145
World Cup YearResultPositionPlayers 2012 AthensChampions1st990 2014 MoscowChampions1st990 2016 GuangzhouThird place3rd752 2017 NantesDid not qualify 2018 BocaueQuarter-finals5th541Boley, Gildon, Hebard, Ionescu 2019 AmsterdamDid not qualify 2022 AntwerpQuarter-finals7th541Burdick, Cox, Joens, Van Lith 2023 ViennaChampions1st871Brink, Burdick, Harper, Van Lith 2025 UlaanbaatarQuarter-finals6th541Maly, Strong, M. Williams, S. Williams 2026 WarsawChampions1st770Edwards, Fulwiley, M. Williams, S. Williams 2027 SingaporeTo be determinedTotal4 Titles8/1155496
Pan American Games YearResultPositionPlayers 2019 LimaGold medalists1st770Hebard, Ionescu, Nelson-Ododa, Williams 2023 SantiagoGold medalists1st550Burdick, Dietrick, Hull, StevensTotal2 Titles2/212120
AmeriCup YearResultPositionPlayers 2021 MiamiChampions1st550 2022 MiamiThird place3rd541 2023 San JuanChampions1st550 2024 San JuanRunners-up2nd541 2025 LeónChampions1st550Total3 Titles5/525232
Champions Cup
YearResultPosition 2025 BangkokDid not qualify 2026 Bangkok Third place 3rd 5 4 1Total0 Title1/2541
History 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: Stefanie Dolson Allisha Gray Kelsey Plum Jackie Young
Young was a late replacement to the team after Katie Lou Samuelson contracted COVID-19 just prior to the start of the games. 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.
Open record 2012 9–0 1st 2014 9–0 1st 2016 5–2 3rd 2018 4–1 5th
2012 Open The first FIBA 3x3 World Championship For Women was held in Athens, Greece, August 23–26, 2012. The original team chosen to represent the USA included: Skylar Diggins Bria Hartley Chiney Ogwumike Alyssa Thomas
However, Thomas was unable to compete, so she was replaced by Ann Strother Strother was in nursing school. but had participated in the 3x3 tournament on a different team. She had planned a vacation for the time period of the world tournament, so was able to accept the request to play as a replacement player.
The USA won their first five games easily to advance to the knockout round. They then defeated Estonia to move into the quarterfinals with Hungary. They defeated Hungary easily and faced Australia in the semi-final. The Aussies gave them their toughest challenge to date, but the USA team held on to win 19–18. They faced France in the goal medal game and fell behind, but came back to win a close game 17–16 to win the first ever gold medal in the 3x3 open event.
2014 Open The second FIBA 3x3 World Championship For Women was held in Moscow, Russia, June 5–8, 2015. The players for the USA team were: Cierra Burdick Sara Hammond Jewell Loyd Tiffany Mitchell The USA team started pool play strong, winning each of the first five games by at least a 10-point margin. Only Argentina and Spain were within ten points. The USA then defeated Uruguay 19–6 to earn a place in the medal rounds. France proved to be a tough opponent, but the USA team prevailed 12–9. In the semi-final game, USA faced Belgium and came away with the win, 18–14. The gold medal game was against the host team, Russia, and the USA won 15–8 to finish undefeated and take home the gold medal.
2016 Open The third FIBA 3x3 World Championship For Women was held in Guanzhou, China, June 5–8, 2015. Team USA won Group C and their quarterfinal game. They would lose in the semi-finals to the Czech Republic, but rebound to win the bronze medal. The roster for 2016 was:
Linnae Harper Alexis Jennings Natalie Romeo Chatrice White
2018 Open The 2018 World Cup was held in Bocaue, Philippines from June 8–12, 2018. Team USA won Group C, but lost their quarterfinal game to Italy. They would finish in 5th place.
For this event, Team USA consists of four University of Oregon players who had won the 2018 US open women's championship that April: Erin Boley Otiona Gildon Ruthy Hebard Sabrina Ionescu
See also USA Basketball United States women's national basketball team United States women's national under-19 basketball team United States women's national under-17 basketball team United States men's national 3x3 team 3x3 basketball
References
External links
FIBA profile