Fever forwards Tamika Catchings and Natalie Achonwa will play in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Catchings, a three-time gold medalist, will be making her fourth appearance for the USA, while Achonwa will play in her second Olympics for Canada.
Team USA has won five consecutive gold medals dating back to 1996 in Atlanta. Canada basketball has had a resurgence in recent years, and reached the Olympic quarterfinals in 2012.
The 2016 Olympic basketball tournament consists of 12 teams split into two groups of six. The teams will play a round robin preliminary round within their groups, and the top four from each group will advance to the single-elimination knockout phase. USA and Canada will match up at least twice this Olympic season, once in an exhibition on July 29th, and once on Aug. 12 in a Group B preliminary round game.
See below for the schedules of Team USA and Team Canada:
USA EXHIBITION GAMES
Monday, July 25: Team USA 88, USA Select Team 84 | Game Recap »»
Wednesday, July 27: Team USA 84, France 62 | 7:30 p.m. ET (Newark, Del.) | Game Recap »»
Friday, July 29: USA vs. Canada | 7:00 p.m. ET (Bridgeport, Conn.) | NBATV, Facebook Live
Sunday, July 31: USA vs. Australia | 4:00 p.m. ET (New York, N.Y.) | NBATV, Facebook Live
USA OLYMPIC GAMES
Sunday, August 7: USA vs. Senegal | 11:00 a.m. ET
Monday, August 8: USA vs. Spain | 11:00 a.m. ET
Wednesday, August 10: USA vs. Serbia | 2:30 p.m. ET
Friday, August 12: USA vs. Canada | 2:30 p.m. ET
Sunday, August 14: USA vs. China | 11:15 a.m. ET
Tuesday, August 16: Quarterfinals | Time TBD
Thursday, August 18: Semifinals | Time TBD
Saturday, August 20: Gold Medal/Bronze Medal Games | Time TBD
CANADA EXHIBITION GAMES
Wednesday, July 27: Canada 67, Australia 80 | 5:00 p.m. ET (Newark, Del.) | Game Recap »»
Friday, July 29: Canada vs. USA | 7:00 p.m. ET (Bridgeport, Conn.) | NBATV, Facebook Live
Sunday, July 31: Canada vs. France | 1:30 p.m. ET (New York, N.Y.) |
CANADA OLYMPIC GAMES
Saturday, August 6: Canada vs. China | 1:15 p.m. ET
Monday, August 8: Canada vs. Serbia | 1:15 p.m. ET
Wednesday, August 10: Canada vs. Senegal | 4:45 p.m. ET
Friday, August 12: Canada vs. USA | 2:30 p.m. ET
Sunday, August 14: Canada vs. Spain | 4:45 p.m. ET
Tuesday, August 16: Quarterfinals | Time TBD
Thursday, August 18: Semifinals | Time TBD
Saturday, August 20: Gold Medal/Bronze Medal Games | Time TBD