Sport Data: USA vs. China | Friday, Sept. 4 | 8:15 a.m. ET | Berlin, Germany

The way to watch: TNT, truTV and HBO Max

Crew USA begins their 2026 Girls’s Basketball World Cup title protection in the present day in opposition to China in a rematch of the 2022 World Cup closing. America enters the match as four-time defending champions and has not misplaced a World Cup recreation since falling to Russia in 2006.

Nevertheless, this 12 months’s staff appears youthful and fewer skilled than the dominant groups of the previous, with six gamers below 25 and simply 5 gamers with earlier World Cup expertise. Veterans Breanna Stewart, Napheesa Collier and Jackie Younger are nonetheless enjoying at an elite degree, however the roster additionally options loads of rising superstars, together with Paige Bueckers, Caitlin Clark, Aliyah Boston and Angel Reese.

China can be led by the 2 tallest gamers within the match: 6’8″ Han Xu and seven’3″ Zhang Ziyu, who’s eligible for the 2027 WNBA Draft. Additionally they have dynamic 6’0″ guard Shuyu Zang, who averaged 10.6 factors and 5.4 assists over 5 video games within the Qualifying Match. China can be with out certainly one of their greatest gamers, although, as Li Yueru will miss the World Cup .

Keep tuned for dwell updates, highlights and evaluation all through the sport.