Up to date Aug. 30, 2026, 10:08 p.m. ET
Caitlin Clark will make her debut on the FIBA senior World Cup on Friday, Sept. 4. If you wish to catch it, nevertheless, you are going to need to set your alarm. Group USA begins play in Berlin at 8:15 a.m. ET.
Paige Bueckers and Angel Reese will workforce up with Clark making their FIBA senior World Cup debuts. The three of them will spend Sept. 4-13 in Berlin subsequent to A’ja Wilson and Breanna Stewart, on a workforce Sue Chook picked and Kara Lawson will coach, defending a title america has held since 2010 and a streak that runs deeper than that.
The People haven’t misplaced a World Cup recreation since 2006, when Russia beat them 75-68.
The event round them has modified, nevertheless.
FIBA reduce the sector to 12 groups for Sydney in 2022 and has now put it again at 16, in 4 teams, with a play-in recreation bolted on. Win your group and also you go straight to the quarterfinals. End second or third and also you play an additional recreation to get there. End fourth and also you go residence after three.
Belgium gained EuroBasket final yr. Australia gained the Asia Cup, Nigeria gained AfroBasket, and China misplaced the final ultimate to the U.S. Germany is internet hosting and by no means completed higher than eleventh.
FIBA Girls’s Basketball World Cup 2026 Teams
- Group A: Germany, Spain, Japan, Mali
- Group B: France, Nigeria, Korea, Hungary
- Group C: Australia, Belgium, Puerto Rico, Turkey
- Group D: USA, China, Italy, Czechia
Schedule of video games
All instances Jap
FIBA Girls’s Basketball World Cup 2026: Full schedule – Group A
- Friday, Sept. 4, 5:30 a.m. – Japan vs Mali
- Friday, Sept. 4, 11:45 a.m. – Spain vs Germany
- Saturday, Sept. 5, Midday – Germany vs Japan
- Saturday, Sept. 5, 5:30 a.m. – Mali vs Spain
- Monday, Sept. 7, 11:50 a.m. – Japan vs Spain
- Monday, Sept. 7, 11:50 a.m. – Germany vs Mali
FIBA Girls’s Basketball World Cup 2026: Full schedule – Group B
- Friday, Sept. 4, 3 p.m. – Hungary vs France
- Friday, Sept. 4, 8:30 p.m. – Korea vs Nigeria
- Saturday, Sept. 5, 8:15 p.m. – Nigeria vs Hungary
- Saturday, Sept. 5, 2:45 p.m. – France vs Korea
- Monday, Sept. 7, 8:30 p.m. – Hungary vs Korea
- Monday, Sept. 7, 8:30 p.m. – Nigeria vs France
FIBA Girls’s Basketball World Cup 2026: Full schedule – Group C
- Friday, Sept. 4, 11:30 a.m. – Belgium vs Turkey
- Friday, Sept. 4, 5:30 a.m. – Australia vs Puerto Rico
- Sunday, Sept. 6, 11:45 a.m. – Puerto Rico vs Belgium
- Sunday, Sept. 6, 5:30 a.m. – Turkey vs Australia
- Monday, Sept. 7, 5:30 a.m. – Belgium vs Australia
- Monday, Sept. 7, 5:30 a.m. – Puerto Rico vs Turkey
FIBA Girls’s Basketball World Cup 2026: Full schedule – Group D
- Friday, Sept. 4, 8:15 a.m. – USA vs China
- Friday, Sept. 4, 2:15 p.m. – Czechia vs Italy
- Sunday, Sept. 6, 2:45 p.m. – Italy vs USA
- Saturday, Sept. 5, 8:30 a.m. – China vas Czechia
- Monday, Sept. 7, 2:45 p.m. – USA vs Czechia
- Monday Sept. 7, 2:45 p.m. – Italy vs China
Qualification Spherical
Eight groups come out of the group stage with no quarterfinal spot. They play for 4 spots.
Tuesday Sept. 8
PI-1: Group A runner-up vs. Group B third place, TBD
PI-2: Group B runner-up vs. Group A 3rd place, TBD
Wednesday, Sept. 9
PI-3: Group D third place vs. Group C runner-up, TBD
PI-4: Group C third place vs. Group D runner-up, TBD
Quarterfinals
Thursday Sept. 10
It is a single-elimination event from right here on out. The winner have not performed since Monday, they are going to face a workforce that performed its method by means of.
QF-1: Group A winner vs. PI-3 winner
QF-2: Group B winner vs. PI-4 winner
QF-3: Group C winner vs. PI-1 winner
QF-4: Group D winner vs. PI-2 winner
Semifinals
Saturday Sept. 12
QF-1 winner vs. QF-4 winner
QF-2 winner vs. QF-3 winner
Remaining and third-place video games
Sunday, Sept. 13
Third-place recreation 10:30 a.m.
Remaining 2 p.m.
Methods to watch the FIBA Basketball Girls’s World Cup
TNT has the unique U.S. English-language rights. All 36 video games stream on HBOMax. Seventeen air on TNT and truTV, together with each U.S. recreation.
Lauren Jbara hosts the studio present with Renee Montgomery and Tina Charles. Candace Parker will drop in for choose reveals. Brendan Glasheen calls video games with Sarah Kustok, and Allie LaForce works the sidelines.
Friday, Sept. 4: USA vs. China (8:00 AM ET) TNT, truTV
Sunday, Sept. 6: USA vs. Italy (2:30 PM ET) TNT
Monday, Sept. 7: USA vs. Czechia (2:30 PM ET) TNT
Tuesday, Sept. 8: Playoff Qualification Spherical truTV (choose video games)
Thursday, Sept. 10: Quarterfinals TNT or truTV
Saturday, Sept. 12: Semifinals TBS, truTV
Sunday, Sept. 13: Third-Place Sport & Remaining TNT, truTV
