After the excitement of the 2012 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony dies down Friday evening, women's basketball fires up the next day. Starting on Saturday, July 28, the United States will try for a fifth-straight gold medal, while everyone else will try to play the role of the spoiler. NBC has created a specialty channel devoted solely to basketball for the Olympics; check your local listings for channel information. Check out the listings below for date, times, and channels for every women's basketball game shown during the Olympics. All times are listed in Eastern Time, and each section is sorted by channel.
Saturday, July 28
NBC Specialty Channel: Basketball
4:00 a.m. - 6:00 a.m. - Women's Group A: CHN vs. CZE
6:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. - Women's Group B: CAN vs. RUS
8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. - Women's Group B: CAN vs. RUS (replay)
9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - Women's Group A: TUR vs. ANG
11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. - Women's Group A: USA vs. CRO
1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Women's Group A: USA vs. CRO (replay)
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Women's Group B: BRA vs. FRA
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. - Women's Group B: AUS vs. GBR
NBC
11:45 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. - Women's Basketball: USA vs. CRO
Monday, July 30
MSNBC
11:45 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. - Women's Basketball: RUS vs. BRA
NBC Specialty Channel: Basketball
4:00 a.m. - 6:15 a.m. - Women's Group A: CRO vs. CHN
6:15 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. - Women's Group A: CZE vs. TUR
8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. - Women's Group A: CRO vs. CHN (replay)
9:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. - Women's Group B: FRA vs. AUS
11:45 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. - Women's Group B: RUS vs. BRA
1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Women's Group B: RUS vs. BRA (replay)
3:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. - Women's Group B: GBR vs. CAN
5:15 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. - Women's Group A: ANG vs. USA
Wednesday, August 1
NBC Sports Network
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. - Women's Basketball: USA vs. TUR
NBC Specialty Channel: Basketball
4:00 a.m. - 6:15 a.m. - Women's Group B: CAN vs. FRA
6:15 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. - Women's Group A: CHN vs. ANG
8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. - Women's Group B: CAN vs. FRA (replay)
9:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. - Women's Group B: AUS vs. BRA
11:45 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. - Women's Group B: GBR vs. RUS
1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Women's Group B: AUS vs. BRA (replay)
3:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. - Women's Group A: CRO vs. CZE
5:15 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. - Women's Group A: USA vs. TUR
Friday, August 3
NBC Sports Network
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. - Women's Basketball: CZE vs. USA
4:00 a.m. - 6:15 a.m. - Women's Group A: ANG vs. CZE
6:15 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. - Women's Group B: RUS vs. AUS
8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. - Women's Group B: RUS vs. AUS (replay)
9:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. - Women's Group B: BRA vs. CAN
11:45 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. - Women's Group A: TUR vs. CHN
1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Women's Group B: BRA vs. CAN (replay)
3:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. - Women's Group B: FRA vs. GBR
5:15 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. - Women's Group A: CZE vs. USA
Sunday, August 5
NBC Specialty Channel: Basketball
4:00 a.m. - 6:15 a.m. - Women's Group B: FRA vs. RUS
6:15 a.m. - 8:00 a.m. - Women's Group A: ANG vs. CZE
8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. - Women's Group B: FRA vs. RUS (replay)
9:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. - Women's Group B: CAN vs. AUS
11:45 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. - Women's Group A: CHN vs. USA
1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Women's Group A: CHN vs. USA (replay)
3:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. - Women's Group A: CRO vs. TUR
5:15 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. - Women's Group B: GBR vs. BRA
NBC
11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. - Women's Basketball: CHN vs. USA
Tuesday, August 7
NBC Sports Network
9:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. - Women's Basketball Quarterfinal Game 1
4:30 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. - Women's Basketball Quarterfinal Game 3
5:15 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. - Women's Basketball Quarterfinal Game 4
NBC Specialty Channel: Basketball
9:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. - Women's Quarterfinal Game 1
11:15 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. - Women's Quarterfinal Game 2
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Women's Quarterfinal Game 1 or 2
3:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. - Women's Quarterfinal Game 3
5:15 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. - Women's Quarterfinal Game 4
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. - Women's Quarterfinal (replay)
Thursday, August 9
MSNBC
4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. - Women's Basketball Semifinal Game 2
NBC Sports Network
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. - Women's Basketball Semifinal Game 1
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. - Women's Semifinal Game 1
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. - Women's Semifinal Game 1 (replay)
4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. - Women's Semifinal Game 2
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. - Women's Semifinal Game 2 (replay)
8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. - Women's Semifinal Game 1 (replay)
10:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m. (8/10) - Women's Semifinal Game 2 (replay)
Saturday, August 11
MSNBC
12:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. - Women's Basketball Bronze Medal Game
NBC Specialty Channel: Basketball
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. - Women's Basketball Bronze Medal Game
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. - Women's bronze-medal game (replay)
4:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. - Women's gold-medal game
6:30 p.m. - 9:15 p.m. - Women's gold-medal game (replay)
9:15 p.m. - 12:00 a.m. (8/12) - Women's gold-medal game (replay)
NBC
4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. - Women's Basketball Gold Medal Game
