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Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese, Kelsey Plum and Paige Bueckers are among the athletes suiting up for Team USA at the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup 2026 Qualifying Tournament, taking place March 11-17 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The U.S. women’s national team will attempt to qualify for the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup, taking place this September in Berlin. First they’ll have to get through this round-robin group, facing off against Puerto Rico, Senegal, Italy, New Zealand and Spain.
Want to watch the Women’s Basketball World Cup qualifiers? This week’s games will air on TNT, TBS and truTV, with extended coverage available on HBO Max. You can watch the Women’s Basketball World Cup qualifying games on TV with any cable package that includes the Warner Bros. Discovery channels.
Don’t have cable? You can livestream the U.S. women’s basketball team (USWBT) games online through DirecTV. The live streaming service offers 100+ live TV channels that you can watch online without cable and the DirecTV “Choice” plan includes a live feed of TNT, TBS and truTV. You can watch the FIBA Women’s World Cup qualifying games live as they air on those respective channels, streaming the matches on your phone, computer, tablet or TV.
Grab a five-day free trial to DirecTV here and use it to watch the women’s basketball qualifying tournament online free without cable.
You can also livestream the USWBT World Cup qualifiers online with Hulu + Live TV. The streaming service includes full access to Hulu’s library of shows and movies plus more than 95 live television channels that you can watch online. The Hulu + Live TV channel lineup includes TBS, TNT and truTV. Hulu + Live TV currently offers a three-day free trial that you can use to stream the women’s basketball games online for free.
HBO Max subscribers will also be able to watch the basketball tournament live and on-demand. You can sign up for an HBO Max account here, with plans from $10.99/month.
You can also get this current bundle offer, which includes HBO Max, Hulu and Disney+ together for just $19.99/month. That’s a savings of 43% off versus paying for each streamer separately.
Women’s World Cup basketball is getting a prime slot on television for the first time in U.S. broadcasting history, thanks to a new rights agreement between FIBA (the Fédération Internationale de Basketball) and TNT Sports. The multiyear deal will give TNT Sports (and parent company Warner Bros. Discovery) the exclusive U.S. English language rights for all men’s and women’s tentpole tournaments, including the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup 2026, the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2027, and FIBA EuroBasket 2029.
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In addition to Indiana Fever star Clark, the roster for the U.S. FIBA Women’s World Cup qualifiers team includes 2025 WNBA Rookie of the Year Paige Bueckers; WNBA all-star (and recent cast addition to “The Hunting Wives”) Angel Reese; 2024 Olympic gold medalists; Kahleah Copper, Chelsea Gray, Kelsey Plum and Jackie Young; and Dearica Hamby and Rhyne Howard, who won the 3×3 bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Games in Paris. Clark, Bueckers and Reese are making their senior national team debuts.
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The Americans are the reigning Women’s World Cup champions, having defeated China for the gold medal in 2022. Team USA defeated France for the gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
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