The 2010 FIBA World Championship for Women will be held next September and October in the Czech Republic, and the Phoenix Mercury are very well represented.

As of now, two players from the WNBA champion Mercury, Diana Taurasi and Cappie Pondexter, will be donning the red, white and blue for Team USA next fall.

FIBA has also conducted the draw for the tournament, and Team USA will participate in Group B, along with France, Greece and Senegal.

The rest of the squad is made up of the following WNBA players: Sue Bird (Seattle), Tamika Catchings (Indiana), Seimone Augustus (Minnesota), Sylvia Fowles (Chicago), Kara Lawson (Sacramento) and Candace Parker (Los Angeles).

UCONN head coach Geno Auriemma will guide the squad, and former Mercury great Jennifer Gillom will serve as one of his assistants. Gillom, who played with Phoenix from 1997 until 2002, is currently the head coach of the WNBA’s Minnesota Lynx.

November 25th, 2009 3:15 PM