Full Schedule for Phoenix Mercury Players in Rio Olympics
Six Phoenix Mercury players are set to compete for their countries at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women’s basketball tournament, which concludes on Aug. 20 with the gold medal game.
Diana Taurasi and Brittney Griner will star for USA, Penny Taylor will suit up for Australia, Marta Xargay will lead Spain, Sonja Petrovic will play for Serbia and Lindsey Harding will represent Belarus.
In the preliminary round-robin portion of tourney, there will be four games in which Mercury players will face off against each other. After that, there could be additional meetings in bracket play.
The United States is the heavy favorite to capture its sixth-straight gold medal. Australia, Spain and Serbia are medal contenders as well. Below is each player’s schedule in Brazil for the first five games.
| United States | Australia | Spain | Serbia | Belarus |
| vs. Senegal, Aug. 7 | vs. Brazil, Aug. 6 | vs. Serbia, Aug. 7 | vs. Spain, Aug. 7 | vs. Japan, Aug. 6 |
| vs. Spain, Aug. 8 | vs. Turkey, Aug. 7 | vs. USA, Aug. 8 | vs. Canada, Aug. 8 | vs. France, Aug. 7 |
| vs. Serbia, Aug. 10 | vs. France, Aug. 9 | vs. China, Aug. 10 | vs. USA, Aug. 10 | vs. Brazil, Aug. 9 |
| vs. Canada, Aug. 12 | vs. Japan, Aug. 11 | vs. Senegal, Aug. 12 | vs. China, Aug. 12 | vs. Turkey, Aug. 11 |
| vs. China, Aug. 14 | vs. Belarus, Aug. 13 | vs. Canada, Aug. 14 | vs. Senegal, Aug. 14 | vs. Australia, Aug. 13 |
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