Dominance continues: US women's national team is world champion again / News - Basketnews.com

The last time the US women's national team did not play in the finals was in 2006.

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The United States women's basketball team won gold medals at the Women's World Cup 2022.

The USA women's national team defeated the Chinese national team with a final score of 83-61 (18-13, 25-20, 25-14, 15-14) in the final in Sydney and won the tournament for the fourth time in a row.

Since 1998 Team USA has already won six gold medals at the World Championships and didn not play in the finals since then only in the 2006 championship.

It was China's first medal in the World Cup since 1994 when they also won silver.

A'Ja Wilson was the most productive player in the winning team and finished the game with 19 points (8/15 2PT, 3/4 FT), 5 rebounds, and 19 EFF in 26 minutes.

Yueru Li, who had 19 points (8/10 2PT, 3/4 FT), 12 rebounds, and 23 EFF in 28.5 minutes, did not save the Chinese team from the defeat.

USA: A'Ja Wilson 19 (5 REB), Kelsey Plum 17, Jewell Loyd 11, Chelsea Gray 10.

China: Yueru Li 19 (12 REB), Tongtong Wu 13, Siyu Wang 11.

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