The 2024 WNBA All-Star Game will be played Saturday, July 20 (8:30 p.m. ET, ABC/ESPN App) at Footprint Center in Phoenix.
The 20th edition of the event will see a matchup of the All-Stars on the U.S. women's national team -- which will be competing for an eighth consecutive gold medal at the Paris Olympic Games -- against the remaining WNBA All-Stars.
A skills challenge and a 3-point contest will take place July 19 (6 p.m. ET, ESPN).
The All-Star Game also marks the WNBA's regular-season break (July 18 to Aug. 15) while the Olympics (July 26 to Aug. 11) are being held.
The last time the WNBA used this format for the All-Star Game, ahead of the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, Team WNBA defeated Team USA 93-85 in Las Vegas, with Arike Ogunbowale of the Dallas Wings earning MVP honors.
Sabrina Ionescu of the New York Liberty won last year's 3-point contest with a record 37 points, while the Las Vegas Aces ' Kelsey Plum and Chelsea Gray won the 2023 skills challenge.
Come back here for more updates right through the All-Star Game.
Team WNBA roster revealed
Rookie sensations Caitlin Clark of the Indiana Fever and Angel Reese of the Chicago Sky headline the 12-player Team WNBA , the league announced Tuesday.
Clark and Reese, the No. 1 and No. 7 picks in the 2024 draft, are the only first-time All-Stars of the group. Nneka Ogwumike will be making her ninth All-Star appearance.
Indiana has the most selections of any team with three, as Aliyah Boston and Kelsey Mitchell join Clark.
The Team WNBA roster:
DeWanna Bonner , Connecticut Sun
Aliyah Boston , Indiana Fever
Caitlin Clark , Indiana Fever
Allisha Gray , Atlanta Dream
Dearica Hamby , Los Angeles Sparks
Brionna Jones , Connecticut Sun
Jonquel Jones , New York Liberty
Kayla McBride , Minnesota Lynx
Kelsey Mitchell , Indiana Fever
Arike Ogunbowale , Dallas Wings
Nneka Ogwumike , Seattle Storm
Angel Reese , Chicago Sky
Snubs and biggest questions around the Team WNBA roster
Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese as WNBA All-Star teammates has "breaking the Internet" potential on gameday.
But Seattle Storm center Ezi Magbegor being left off is perhaps "the most egregious omission ever from the WNBA All-Star Game." ESPN's Kevin Pelton, Michael Voepel and Alexa Philippou break down the All-Star Game roster .
Team WNBA All-Star roster: How the players were chosen
The top 10 All-Star vote-getters -- determined by 50% fan voting, 25% current player voting and 25% media voting -- were automatically named to the All-Star Game, with those who weren't previously named to the Olympic 5-on-5 team assigned to Team WNBA.
Those 10 were, in alphabetical order: Boston, Clark, Napheesa Collier , Kahleah Copper , Hamby, Sabrina Ionescu , Ogunbowale, Breanna Stewart , A'ja Wilson and Jackie Young . Clark (700,735 votes) and Boston (618,680) received the most fan votes, followed by Wilson (607,300), Stewart (424,135) and Reese (381,518).
How to watch
Skills Challenge: Friday, July 19, 6 p.m. ET, on ESPN
3-Point Contest: Friday, July 19, after the Skills Challenge, on ESPN
All-Star Game: Saturday, July 20, 8:30 p.m. ET, ABC
Team USA roster
The U.S. national team's roster was announced June 11 .
Diana Taurasi of the Phoenix Mercury , who will be appearing in her record sixth Olympic Games, headlines the roster. She will be joined by Breanna Stewart , A'ja Wilson , Chelsea Gray , Napheesa Collier , Jewell Loyd and Brittney Griner -- all of whom played on the 5-on-5 team in Tokyo in 2021.
Kelsey Plum and Jackie Young , who helped the U.S. women win the inaugural 3x3 gold medal at the Tokyo Games in 2021, are also on the roster, along with first-time Olympians Ionescu, Alyssa Thomas and Kahleah Copper . All three played on the American team that won the World Cup in Australia in 2022.
This is the full squad:
Napheesa Collier , Minnesota Lynx
Kahleah Copper , Phoenix Mercury
Chelsea Gray , Las Vegas Aces
Brittney Griner , Phoenix Mercury
Sabrina Ionescu , New York Liberty
Jewell Loyd , Seattle Storm
Kelsey Plum , Las Vegas Aces
Breanna Stewart , New York Liberty
Diana Taurasi , Phoenix Mercury
Alyssa Thomas , Connecticut Sun
A'ja Wilson , Las Vegas Aces
Jackie Young , Las Vegas Aces
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