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5.9. ← 1988. 1996 →. The 1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team, nicknamed the " Dream Team ", was the first American Olympic team to feature active professional players from the National Basketball Association (NBA). The team has often been described as the greatest sports team ever assembled.
The men's national basketball teamof the United Stateswon the gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympicsin Atlanta, Georgia. Led by Basketball Hall of Famehead coach Lenny Wilkens, the team won gold for the second straight Olympics. Nicknamed Dream Team III,[2][3]the team included five players who were Olympic teammates on the original "Dream Team ...
The 1988 United States men's Olympic basketball team represented the United States at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. The team's head coach was John Thompson, of Georgetown University. Team USA won the tournament 's bronze medal, their lowest finish to that point in any Olympic basketball tournament.
The men's national basketball team of the United States competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The team was led by future Basketball Hall of Fame head coach Larry Brown . The Americans were favored to win the gold medal, after winning the previous three tournaments. [ 2][ 3] However, the team won only bronze, while losing three ...
2004 →. The men's national basketball team of the United States won the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. They defeated France by a score of 85–75 in the gold medal game. Team USA won gold for the 12th time in 14 Olympic basketball tournaments. [2]
Williams was selected as one of 12 players to play for the US at the 2015 World University games, held in Gwangju, South Korea in July 2015. The USA team opened with a win over Italy. In the second game against China, Williams was the leading scorer with 18 points. The USA team won the next two points to earn a berth in the semifinal against Japan.
Two of its gold medal-winning teams were inducted to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in August 2010: the 1960 team, which featured six Hall of Famers (4 players, 2 coaches), and the 1992 "Dream Team", featuring 14 Hall of Famers (11 players, 3 coaches). The team is currently ranked first in the FIBA World Rankings.
FIFA World Cup Dream Team. The FIFA World Cup Dream Team is an all-time FIFA World Cup all-star team published by FIFA in 2002 after conducting an internet poll of fans to select a World Cup dream team. [1] [2] Diego Maradona of Argentina received the most votes. More than one-and-a-half million fans worldwide voted in the poll, conducted by ...