Team USA Women's Team , which is also expected to win the Gold, received a pretty good draw as they avoid the 2nd Best Women's Team in the World the Aussies but have arguably the 3rd Best Team in China in the US Group.
The London 2012 Summer Women's Basketball Grouping is sponsored by the Medals will be housed in the Tower of London in Vaults....just in case you wanted to know where they were at:
GROUP A
USA
Angola
Croatia
China
Czech Republic
Turkey
GROUP B
Australia
Brazil
Canada
France
Great Britain
Russia
The Preliminary Rounds begin on July 28th - August 5th......a day after the Opening Ceremonies
FIBA's WORLD Rankings are as Follows......
#1 USA
#2 Australia
#3 Russia
#4 Czech Republic
#6 Brazil
#7 China
#8 France
#11 Canada
#21 Turkey
#27 Angola
#31 Croatia
#49 Great Britain (Host Country)
Note: World Rankings from FIBA.com and Group Pairings from USAbasketball.com
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