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Pools for the upcoming World Cup. Top 3 teams other than France qualify for the Olympics.

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Apparently the medalists actually only qualify for the qualifying tournament. Exactly how this works seems to be described in contradictory ways in a couple of places.

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USA Basketball is planning for a college heavy field at the Nationals this year:
https://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2023/04/2023-3x-nationals-announced.aspx

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Video for Saturday's pool play at the USA Nationals:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7WdszXb7kc

The FIBA Women's Series also starts this weekend and the qualifying tournament for those last three spots at the World Cup will be played.

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Sunday's USA Nationals video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoRF3MWk5wc

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Creighton defeats Duke in the USA National Final.

Australia, the Czech Republic, and Israel take the last three spots in the World Cup.

China wins the first World Series event, which they were hosting. Australia made the finals despite having to field teams in two different events.

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The United State team of Linnae Harper, Cierra Burdick, Cameron Brink, and Hailey Van Lith splits the opening games, losing to old foes Canada and defeating Hungary:
https://fiba3x3.com/2023/worldcup/games/2a9b12f2-a310-45f6-b9e1-433c83c7bde2
https://fiba3x3.com/2023/worldcup/games/e2684260-a54c-4528-8939-062a6419fddf

FIBA's YouTube channel has the broadcasts for each day.

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The United States struggled with Mongolia before winning. That meant that even a big win over the Czech Republic could not give them the top spot in the group and a bye to the quarterfinals.
https://fiba3x3.com/2023/worldcup/games/53a64dc0-cbd3-44c8-b934-caf26a46fdc2
https://fiba3x3.com/2023/worldcup/games/54e7bc92-bd0b-4011-8a5c-93a16f94c96d

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Honestly, the United States may have played themselves into the easier half of the bracket. They defeated Japan and Austria to give themselves two shots at a medal:
https://fiba3x3.com/2023/worldcup/games/259cf16a-78cc-42eb-944b-e8812e0fe7cf
https://fiba3x3.com/2023/worldcup/games/72ca1e58-e8d3-4636-8c28-5702334e177f

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The United States defeats China and France to win the championship:
https://fiba3x3.com/2023/worldcup/games/a8fd83b5-d632-40d6-aa0f-353d87379589
https://fiba3x3.com/2023/worldcup/games/f84b6c74-2656-4a21-9414-b55de5f93c1d

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Woo hoo!!

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USA Basketball fielded teams at a Women's Series event for this first time this year with two teams in Orleans. The senior team was Blake Dietrick, Linnae Harper, Breanna Richardson, and Camille Zimmerman and they made it to the final before losing to Spain. A U24 crew featuring Lexi Donarski, Madison Scott, Celeste Taylor, and Kayla Wells split their group games and lost to Spain in the quarterfinals.

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USA Basketball swapped in Cierra Burdick for Zimmerman for the tournament in Poitiers and kept the same U24 group. Both teams split their group stage games and fell to Canada and China respectively in the quarterfinals.

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