Paige Bueckers, Caitlin Clark, Gabby Williams, Jackie Younger, and extra headline the sphere on the 2026 FIBA Basketball World Cup in Berlin.
World Cup fever is hitting the hardwood.
The 2026 FIBA Girls’s Basketball World Cup is ready to get underway in Berlin, as 16 nationwide squads will search gold medal glory. Workforce USA is looking for its record-extending twelfth title and its fifth in a row, bringing in a squad partly headlined by Paige Bueckers, Caitlin Clark, Jackie Younger, and extra. It’s going to be the primary main worldwide showcase for brand new head coach Kara Lawson, who has been tabbed to supervise the safety of homecourt on the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. She took excessive USA publish in September 2025, succeeding Cheryl Reeve.
Workforce USA’s stiffest competitors to its World Cup exclusivity will in all probability be France, because the Dominique Malonga/Gabby Williams-led squad gave the People all they might deal with within the gold medal sport on the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Australia is the newest non-American squad to prevail within the event and options the formidable defensive pairing of Ezi Magbegor and Alanna Smith.
The People are additionally stationed in a bunch with China, the sufferer of their newest World Cup closing victory in Australia again in 2022. Although it is partaking in simply its second World Cup, there’s sizable hope for host nation Germany, which is headlined by the work of Leonie Fiebich and Nyara Sabally.
Preserve monitor of the complete event slate under, with group play getting underway on Sept. 4 and the championship fruits arriving 9 days later.
Group A
Wins
Losses
Level Differential
1. Germany
0
0
0
2. Japan
0
0
0
3. Mali
0
0
0
4. Spain
0
0
0
Friday, September 4
Japan vs. Mali, 5:30 a.m., HBO MaxSpain vs. Germany, 11:30 a.m., TruTV
Saturday, September 5
Mali vs. Spain, 5:30 a.m., HBO MaxGermany vs. Japan, 11:45 a.m., HBO Max
Monday, September 7
Japan vs. Spain, 11:30 a.m., TruTVGermany vs. Mali, 11:45 a.m., HBO Max
Group B
Wins
Losses
Level Differential
1. France
0
0
0
2. Hungary
0
0
0
3. Nigeria
0
0
0
4. South Korea
0
0
0
Friday, September 4
South Korea vs. Nigeria, 8:30 a.m., HBO MaxHungary vs. France, 2:45 p.m., TruTV
Saturday, September 5
Nigeria vs. Hungary, 8:15 a.m., HBO MaxFrance vs. South Korea, 2:30 p.m., HBO Max
Monday, September 7
Nigeria vs. France, 8:15 a.m., TruTVHungary vs. South Korea, 8:30 a.m., HBO Max
Group C
Wins
Losses
Level Differential
1. Australia
0
0
0
2. Belgium
0
0
0
3. Puerto Rico
0
0
0
4. Turkey
0
0
0
Friday, September 4
Australia vs. Puerto Rico, 5:30 a.m., HBO MaxBelgium vs. Turkey, 11:30 a.m., HBO Max
Sunday, September 6
Turkey vs. Australia, 5:30 a.m., HBO MaxPuerto Rico vs. Belgium, 11:30 a.m., TruTV
Monday, September 7
Belgium vs. Australia, 5:30 a.m., HBO MaxPuerto Rico vs. Turkey, 5:30 a.m., HBO Max
Group D
Wins
Losses
Level Differential
1. China
0
0
0
2. Czech Republic
0
0
0
3. Italy
0
0
0
4. United States
0
0
0
Friday, September 4
United States vs. China, 8 a.m., TNT/TruTVCzech Republic vs. Italy, 2:15 p.m., HBO Max
Sunday, September 6
China vs. Czech Republic, 8:30 a.m., HBO MaxItaly vs. United States, 2:30 p.m., TNT
Monday, September 7
United States vs. Czech Republic, 2:30 p.m., TNT/TruTVItaly vs. China, 2:45 p.m., HBO Max
*All Instances Japanese*
Event Spherical
Qualification to Quarterfinals
Tuesday, September 8:Â TBDTuesday, September 8:Â TBDWednesday, September 9:Â TBDWednesday, September 9:Â TBD
Quarterfinals (Thursday, September 10)
TBD
Semifinals (Saturday, September 12)
TBD
Third-Place Sport (Sunday, September 13)
TBD, 10:15 a.m., TruTV
Championship Sport (Sunday, September 13)
TBD, 1:45 p.m., TNT/TruTV
Geoff Magliocchetti is on X @GeoffJMags
