Minneapolis/St. Louis Paul – The Minnesota Lynx announced today that Cheryl Reeve and Nafeesa Collier will represent the Minnesota Lynx and the United States in this week’s 2024 FIBA Women’s Olympic Qualification Tournament, to be held in Antwerp, Belgium, from February 8-11. . Other Lynx players representing their countries in the qualifying tournament include Bridget Carleton (Canada), Dorka Juhasz (Hungary) and Alana Smith (Australia).
After a three-day training camp in Brooklyn, New York, Collier was selected to the 12-man roster to represent the United States throughout the qualifying games. Her co-stars include Ariel Atkins, Aliyah Boston, Carlea Copper, Ryne Howard, Sabrina Ionescu, Jewell Lloyd, Kelsey Plumb, Brianna Stewart, Diana Taurasi, Alyssa Thomas, and Jackie.・Young etc. This will be Collier’s second time wearing the red, white and blue uniform, after he played for the U.S. team at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, where the U.S. won the gold medal by defeating host Japan in the Olympic final. Become.
Minnesota head coach and director of basketball operations Cheryl Reeve will lead the team and continue in her role as head coach of the U.S. Basketball Women’s National Team from 2021-24. She will be supported by Mike Thibault (Washington Mystics) and Kurt Miller (Los Angeles Sparks). The four-nation competition to be held in Antwerp will be against Belgium on February 8th at 1:45pm (Central time), against Nigeria on February 9th at 11:15am (Central time), and on February 11th in the afternoon. The match against Senegal will be played at 12:15 (Central time).
Returning veteran Lynx forward Carlton will don the red and white uniform for Canada at the qualifying tournament in Sopron, Hungary. Team Canada’s games include Hungary on February 8th at 12:00 pm (Central Time), Spain on February 9th at 8:30 am (Central Time), and Japan on February 11th at 8:00 am (Central Time). Chubu time). Carleton also represented his country at the 2020 Summer Olympics, where Canada finished in ninth place.
After an impressive rookie season with the Lynx, Juhasz will play for the Hungarian team, which will host one of the qualifying tournaments. She is in the same four-nation pool as Canada at Carleton, and Hungary’s schedule includes games against Canada on February 8th at 12:00 PM CT, Japan on February 9th at 11:00 AM CT, and It includes a game against Spain on February 9 at 11 a.m. 10:30 a.m. Central Time on the 11th.
Newly signed Lynx forward Smith will represent his native Australia at the FIBA Olympic Qualification Tournament in Belem, Brazil. Team Australia will play Brazil on February 8th at 5pm Central Time, February 10th at 2pm Central Time against Germany, and February 11th at 2pm Central Time against Serbia. included. This will be Smith’s second Olympic appearance, having helped lead Australia to an eighth-place finish at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
The U.S. team had previously won gold at the 2022 World Cup and qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. All matches from the United States, Canada, Hungary and Australia will be streamed for free to Courtside 1891 subscribers.