The WNBA season has formally been placed on pause for the 2026 FIBA Ladies’s Basketball World Cup. There are a variety of thrilling issues taking place within the league, which has some pissed off about this several-week break.
However the excellent news is that girls’s basketball followers get to watch most of the sport’s largest stars characterize their house international locations in Berlin, Germany—particularly on Group USA, which has loads of must-see expertise.
Right here is every little thing you could find out about Group USA’s upcoming FIBA World Cup match.
Easy methods to Watch Group USA on the FIBA World Cup
Each FIBA World Cup sport is on the market to observe in the US. Followers who wish to stream video games can do so by HBO Max, and all 37 video games of the match might be accessible there.
17 video games, together with each Group USA contest, will air dwell on TNT and truTV for individuals who wish to tune in by cable.
Group USA FIBA World Cup Schedule
This is what Group USA’s schedule appears to be like like for the time being:
- Group Stage Sport 1: USA vs. China: Friday, September 4 at 8:00 a.m. ET
- Group Stage Sport 2: USA vs. Italy: Sunday, September 6 at 2:30 p.m. ET
- Group Stage Sport 3: USA vs. Czechia: Monday, September 7 at 2:30 p.m. ET
- Knockout Rounds: September 8–13, with the ultimate on Sunday, September 13 at 1:45 p.m. ET
Group USA FIBA World Cup Roster
The Group USA FIBA World Cup roster appears to be like completely different at this time than it was anticipated to look 24 hours in the past, as each A’ja Wilson and Kelsey Plum pulled out as a result of harm considerations. Due to this fact, here is the entire roster:
• Aliyah Boston
• Paige Bueckers
• Caitlin Clark
• Napheesa Collier
• Kahleah Copper
• Sonia Citron
• Chelsea Grey
• Rhyne Howard
• Kiki Iriafen
• Angel Reese
• Breanna Stewart
• Jackie Younger
Group USA Teaching Workers: Kara Lawson (head coach), Natalie Nakase, Stephanie White, Nate Tibbetts (assistant coaches).
FIBA World Cup Format
The FIBA World Cup options 16 groups which are divided into 4 teams of 4 (Teams A, B, C, and D). Group USA is in Group D with China, Italy, and Czechia.
Every group performs the opposite three squads of their respective group in a round-robin format. Every group that wins its group advances on to the quarterfinal spherical, whereas the second-and third-place groups go to a qualification spherical the place they play to advance to the knockout phases. The last-place group in every group is eradicated after round-robin play.
The match turns into a single-elimination knockout spherical on September 8. From there, it turns into like a standard match, with a quarterfinal, a semifinal, after which the championship sport. There may be additionally a third-place sport for a bronze medal.




