51 WNBA players will represent their countries at FIBA World Cup: full list per team
The FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup will tip off on Friday, September 4th in Berlin, and 52 players from across the WNBA’s 15 teams will lace up to represent their countries.
The US has a tournament-high 12 WNBA players, trailed by Australia (8), France (8), Spain (6), Germany (4), Belgium (3), and Nigeria (2). China, Mali, Italy, Korea, Hungary, Japan, Turkey, and Czechia each have one WNBA player. Puerto Rico is the only country without a WNBA player on its national team.
Atlanta Dream – 4 players
- Isobel Borlase (Australia)
- Rhyne Howard (United States)
- Sika Koné (Mali)
- Angel Reese (United States)
Dallas Wings – 2 players
- Paige Bueckers (United States)
- Alanna Smith (Australia)
Connecticut Sun – 2 players
- Kennedy Burke (Turkey)
- Leïla Lacan (France)
Golden State Valkyries – 4 players
- Janelle Salaün (France)
- Milea Sowah (Australia)
- Gabby Williams (France)
- Cecilia Zandalasini (Italy)
Indiana Fever – 2 players
- Aliyah Boston (United States)
- Caitlin Clark (United States)
Las Vegas Aces – 4 players
- Chelsea Gray (United States)
- Stephanie Talbot (Australia)
- Mai Yamamoto (Japan)
- Jackie Young (United States)
Los Angeles Sparks – 1 player
- Jihyun Park (Korea)
Minnesota Lynx – 5 players
- Chloe Bibby (Australia)
- Napheesa Collier (United States)
- Antonia Delaere (Belgium)
- Eliska Joklova (Czechia)
- Dorka Juhász (Hungary)
New York Liberty – 8 players
- Rebecca Allen (Australia)
- Pauline Astier (France)
- Elizabeth Balogun (Nigeria)
- Raquel Carrera (Spain)
- Leonie Fiebich (Germany)
- Marine Johannès (France)
- Breanna Stewart (United States)
- Han Xu (China)
Phoenix Mercury – 3 players
- Valériane Ayayi (France)
- Kahleah Copper (United States)
- Kyara Linskens (Belgium)
Portland Fire – 6 players
- Freida Bühner (Germany)
- Megan DiLeo (Spain)
- Luisa Geiselsöder (Germany)
- Carla Leite (France)
- Iyana Martín (Spain)
- Amy Okonkwo (Nigeria)
Seattle Storm – 4 players
- Awa Fam (Spain)
- Ezi Magbegor (Australia)
- Dominique Malonga (France)
- Jade Melbourne (Australia)
Toronto Tempo – 3 players
- Julie Allemand (Belgium)
- Maria Condé (Spain)
- Nyara Sabally (Germany)
Washington Mystics – 3 players
- Sonia Citron (United States)
- Kiki Iriafen (United States)
- Alicia Floréz (Spain)
One note: Team USA initially had A’ja Wilson (Las Vegas Aces) and Kelsey Plum (Phoenix Mercury) on their roster, but both players bowed out due to injury. They have been replaced by the Mystics’ Sonia Citron and Kiki Iriafen.
Dallas Wings center Li Yueru was supposed to be on the Chinese national team, but posted on Instagram on Wednesday that her passport had been lost in the mail, and that she would not be participating.
The Chicago Sky are the only team in the WNBA without any players participating in the World Cup.
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