Women’s Basketball World Cup: Scores, groups, standings, and more

The 2026 FIBA Women’s World Cup begins on Friday in Berlin, with the United States among the favorites in the 16-team field.

Team USA, coached by Duke women’s basketball coach Kara Lawson, has a roster with a mix of veterans such as Brenna Stewart, Napheesa Collier, and Chelsea Gray, as well as some young stars including Paige Bueckers, Angel Reese, and Caitlin Clark.

Two veterans that initially made the roster withdrew for health reasons: Four-time WNBA MVP A’ja Wilson and five-time All-Star Kelsey Plum. They were replaced by Sonia Citron and Kiki Iriafen.

Team USA is seeking a fourth straight FIBA World Cup title, and they have won nine of the last 12 FIBA World Cups.

Here are all the teams, the groups, the full schedule, and everything else you need to know.

FIBA World Cup Groups

Here are the four groups for the 2026 FIBA Women’s World Cup. The teams were seeded into the four groups based on the FIBA Women’s World Rankings as of April of this year. Host nation Germany was placed in Pot 1 along with the three highest-ranked teams in the world (United States, France, and Australia), the next four teams were placed in Pot 2, and so on. Teams within each group were then redrawn for scheduling purposes.

As the host nation, Germany was automatically placed into Group A.

Group A

Here are the four teams in Group A, along with their FIBA ranking:

Japan: 10
Spain: 6
Germany: 11
Mali: 18

Group B

Here are the four teams in Group B, along with their FIBA ranking:

Hungary: 19
South Korea: 15
Nigeria: 8
France: 2

Group C

Here are the four teams in Group C, along with their FIBA ranking:

Belgium: 5
Australia: 3
Puerto Rico: 13
Türkiye: 16

Group D

Here are the four teams in Group D, including the United States, along with their FIBA ranking:

United States: 1
Czechia: 17
Italy: 14
China: 4

Knockout stage format

For the knockout stage of the FIBA Women’s World Cup, three teams from each group advance. The top seed from each group receives a bye into the Quarterfinals, while the other eight teams face off in the Qualification round as follows:

Qualification round

Here is the format for the Qualification round.

The first two games are played on September 8, with the second two played on September 9. Quarterfinals take place on September 10.

Schedule and results

Here is the full slate for the FIBA Women’s World Cup, along with how you can watch. All times listed are Eastern.

Friday, September 4

Australia vs. Puerto Rico, 5:30 a.m., HBO Max
Japan vs. Mali, 5:30 a.m., HBO Max
South Korea vs. Nigeria, 6:30 a.m., HBO Max
United States vs. China, 8:15 a.m., TNT/truTV
Belgium vs. Türkiye, 11:30 a.m., HBO Max
Spain vs. Germany, 11:45 a.m., truTV
Czechia vs. Italy, 2:15 p.m., HBO Max
Hungary vs. France, 3:00 p.m., truTV

Saturday, September 5

Mali vs. Spain, 5:30 a.m., HBO Max
Nigeria vs. Hungary, 8:15 a.m., HBO Max
Germany vs. Japan, 12:00 p.m., HBO Max
France vs. South Korea, 2:45 p.m., HBO Max

Sunday, September 6

Türkiye vs. Australia, 5:30 a.m., HBO Max
China vs. Czechia, 8:30 a.m., HBO Max
Puerto Rico vs. Belgium, 11:45 a.m., truTV
Italy vs. United States, 2:45 p.m., TNT

Monday, September 7

Puerto Rico vs. Türkiye, 5:30 a.m., HBO Max
Belgium vs. Australia, 5:30 a.m., HBO Max
Hungary vs. South Korea, 8:30 a.m., HBO Max
Nigeria vs. France, 8:30 a.m., truTV
Japan vs. Spain, 11:50 a.m., truTV
Germany vs. Mali, 11:50 a.m., HBO Max
Italy vs. China, 2:45 p.m., HBO Max
United States vs. Czechia, 2:45 p.m., TNT/truTV

FIBA Women’s World Cup standings

Here are the current standings in each group for the FIBA Women’s World Cup. The top three teams advance to the knockout round as outlined above. Teams receive two points for a win, one point for a loss, one point for a loss by “default” — where a team has fewer than two players ready to play — and no points for a loss by forfeit. For determining the standings within the group, teams are classified first by points, then by tiebreakers in the following order:

Group A standings

Here are the current standings in Group A:

Group B standings

Here are the current standings in Group B:

Group C standings

Here are the current standings in Group C:

Group D standings

Here are the current standings in Group D: