The FIBA Women’s World Cup Qualifying Tournament tips off this Thursday, with the Opals’ schedule running through to the early hours of Monday the 14th of February AEDT.
Although having automatically qualified for the FIBA Women’s World Cup, the Opals will still compete in three games in Belgrade, Serbia to identify seedings for the World Cup fixture.
An experienced team, selectors have combined a mix of Olympians and FIBA Asia Cup bronze medallists to represent the Opals in Serbia and are also working two Opals debutants- Shyla Heal and Maddy Rocci- into the lineup after stellar WNBL performances.
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— Basketball Australia (@BasketballAus) February 4, 2022
What you need to know:
Ranked third in the world, Australia was drawn in Group B alongside host nation Serbia (10), Brazil (17) and Korea (14).
Schedule: Times listed AEDT.
Thursday, February 10: v Brazil, 10pm.
Sunday, February 13: v Serbia, 7am.
Monday, February 14: v Korea, 1am.
Where to watch:
All Australia AND Team USA games will be broadcast live across ESPN and Kayo Sports.
For access to all other games, you can watch via the FIBA LBTV platform.
The full qualifying tournament schedule can be found here.
For all updates, follow @BasketballAus on all social platforms and @aus_opals via Instagram.
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