Legends of Australian women’s basketball will lead ESPN’s broadcast team at the 2022 FIBA Women’s World Cup in Sydney, beginning this Thursday.
ESPN will broadcast every game of the tournament, with the 2022 FIBA Women’s World Cup beginning on Thursday September 22 through to Saturday October 1.
The Australian Opals will take on the best in the world on home soil, and a host of former Opals stars will help bring all the action and excitement to the viewers of ESPN.
Iconic Opal and The Sport Australia Hall of Famer Michele Timms will join legends Jenni Screen, Erin Phillips and Jenna O’Hea as ESPN’s expert analysts for the tournament.
Timms played 264 times for Australia and there is no one better credentialed in women’s basketball, having competed in four World Championships with the Opals.
Screen, Phillips and O’Hea have represented Australia across multiple Olympic, World Championship and Commonwealth Games campaigns – making the trio some of the most successful basketballers to wear the green and gold.
Screen and Phillips were part of the Opals 2006 World Championship winning squad and the 2008 Olympic Games campaign that netted silver.
O’Hea led the Opals at the Tokyo Olympics and recently retired from international basketball, following 81 appearances for Australia. She took silver at the 2018 FIBA Women’s World Cup and gold on home soil at the Commonwealth Games.
Accomplished broadcaster Neroli Meadows will anchor ESPN’s daily coverage of the tournament having previously hosted the Super Bowl and NBA Finals for the network.
Meadows is an avid basketball fan and has regularly featured across coverage of the National Basketball League.
Two iconic voices of Australian sport, Jason Bennett and John Casey will provide live commentary for ESPN’s coverage of the FIBA Women’s World Cup.
Expert Kelsey Griffin will be courtside and will join ESPN reporters Kane Pitman and Alexa Philippou in delivering hoops fans all the latest updates from across the tournament.
ESPN’s coverage of the 2022 FIBA Women’s World Cup is part of a long-term deal signed with FIBA, which will see ESPN the exclusive home of FIBA International tournaments, including the 2023 Men’s World Cup in Japan, Indonesia and the Philippines.
It continues ESPN’s strong commitment to basketball, as ‘Your Home for Hoops’, with the network also holding rights to the NBA, NBL, WNBA, WNBL, NCAA and FIBA content.
ESPN will soon announce exciting additions to its basketball rights package, further strengthening its position as the destination for hoops fans across Australia and New Zealand.
