2026 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup Betting & Schedule
The 2026 FIBA Women’s World Cup odds go through Team USA, which is currently listed at -400 to win the prestigious international basketball tournament in Berlin, Germany. The USA enters the FIBA Women’s World Cup 2026 as the overwhelming favorite, well ahead of Belgium, France, Australia, and China, among other FIBA World Cup contenders.
The WNBA will take a break as the women begin to prepare for the 2026 FIBA Women’s World Cup. The women’s basketball World Cup odds will shift considerably ahead of the tournament, which begins Friday, Sept. 4 in Berlin, Germany. The 2026 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup will be held in Berlin, Germany, from September 4 to 13, 2026, with games hosted at Uber Arena and the Max-Schmeling-Halle.
The tournament features 16 teams, with the field expanded from 12 teams in 2022. The 16-team tournament runs Sept. 4-13 in Berlin with 36 games in 10 days. The winner of each four-team group advances directly to the quarterfinals. The second- and third-place teams meet in a Sept. 8-9 qualification round played as single-game elimination. Semifinals are Sept. 12, and the final is Sept. 13.
FIBA Women’s World Cup Odds 2026
- USA: -400 (83.33% Implied Probability)
- France: +800 (10.00% Implied Probability)
- Belgium: +1000 (8.33% Implied Probability)
- Australia: +1600 (6.67% Implied Probability)
- Spain: +2500 (3.85% Implied Probability)
- China: +3000 (2.94% Implied Probability)
- Germany: +4000 (2.44% Implied Probability)
- Nigeria: +8000 (0.99% Implied Probability)
- Japan: +10000 (0.99% Implied Probability)
- Italy: +10000 (0.99% Implied Probability)
2026 FIBA Women’s World Cup Roster Breakdowns & Injury Updates
Team USA FIBA Odds (-400)
Team USA coming in as heavy favorites shouldn’t come as much of a surprise largely because their roster combines generational superstars in their primes with top-tier young talent, giving them an unmatched level of depth and versatility. The simplest case for the USA in the FIBA Women’s World Cup 2026 is its combination of talent, depth and history. The Americans have won four consecutive World Cups, including an 83-61 victory over China in the 2022 final, and have captured 11 titles overall.
The U.S. is seeking its fifth straight World Cup gold medal and 12th overall. It returns five players from the 2022 championship team: Kahleah Copper, Gray, Clark, Stewart and Bueckers. The U.S. roster is highlighted by 12 athletes with extensive USA Basketball experience, combining for 10 Olympic and five World Cup gold medals. That sheer volume of WNBA talent (from Paige Bueckers, Napheesa Collier, Caitlin Clark, just to name a few) enables them to play a relentless 40-minute pace that wears down international opponents who rely on much shorter rotations.
Stewart supplies the group’s deepest World Cup experience. Berlin will be her fourth appearance, and she is 20-0 in World Cup games with three gold medals. Stewart was the 2018 World Cup MVP and earned All-Star Five honors in 2018 and 2022. She was averaging 20.4 points, 8.1 rebounds and 3.2 assists for New York. Clark, Bueckers, Boston and Angel Reese will be making their first U.S. appearances at a senior major event. Clark was averaging 22.5 points and 8.4 assists for Indiana, Bueckers was at 20.6 points and 5.9 assists for Dallas, and Boston was averaging 16.9 points, 8.3 rebounds and 1.3 blocks. Reese enters the competition after the best run of her career. She grabbed 26 rebounds in an Aug. 24 win at Los Angeles, breaking Chamique Holdsclaw’s single-game WNBA record and passing A’ja Wilson’s single-season rebounding record in the same game.
Major Roster Shakeup: USA Basketball announced this morning that A’ja Wilson and Kelsey Plum are out due to health reasons. Sonia Citron and Kiki Iriafen have been added to 2026 USA Women’s National Team. Plum and Wilson, both two-time World Cup gold medalists, are no longer able to compete in Berlin due to health reasons. Citron will make her USA Basketball senior debut in Berlin. Drafted No. 3 in the 2025 WNBA Draft by the Washington Mystics after playing collegiately at Notre Dame, Citron participated in the December 2025 Women’s National Team Training Camp. Iriafen made her USA Basketball debut at the 2026 FIBA Women’s World Cup Qualifying Tournament San Juan, Puerto Rico, where she averaged 5.4 points and 4.2 rebounds through five games. Iriafen played collegiately at Stanford University and USC before being drafted No. 4 overall by the Washington Mystics in the 2025 WNBA Draft.
France vs USA FIBA Women Threats (+800)
France drew a favorable Group B, and its depth and two-way talent make it the most credible challenger to the United States. With a heartbreaking home loss in the gold-medal game at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, Les Bleues are looking for revenge. France enters the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup as a premier contender, building on the blueprint that brought them within one shot of beating Team USA for Olympic gold.
Anchored by elite multi-positional stars like Gabby Williams alongside explosive shot-makers such as Marine Johannes, Les Bleues possess a uniquely balanced perimeter attack capable of shredding sophisticated European and global defenses. Williams, who led her team in Paris, gives France a versatile defender who can also score from the perimeter. She was averaging 14.3 points, 3.3 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.6 steals for Golden State, and she started the WNBA All-Star Game in July in what was her second All-Star selection. Malonga gives France size few teams can duplicate. The 6-6 Seattle center was averaging 17.0 points, 8.8 rebounds, 1.7 assists, 1.0 steal and 1.5 blocks in 30 WNBA games, and she was named a first-time WNBA All-Star reserve.
Belgium Betting Contenders (+1000)
Belgium is the reigning Women’s EuroBasket champion. The Belgian Cats are chasing a first World Cup medal, and Meesseman gives them the veteran frontcourt talent to beat anyone in the field. Don’t sleep when it comes to Belgium who is powered by the generational brilliance of Emma Meesseman, whose elite all-around playmaking, scoring efficiency, and court vision make her one of the most dominant forces in international basketball. Meesseman, a WNBA champion with the Washington Mystics and the 2019 Finals MVP, has won back-to-back EuroBasket MVP awards. FIBA ranked her third among its 20 World Cup players to watch.
The Belgian Cats operate with exceptional continuity and team chemistry, utilizing a fluid offensive system orchestrated by elite guards like Julie Allemand and Julie Vanloo that routinely breaks down opposing defenses with precise ball movement. Allemand directs the offense. Berlin will be her third World Cup. She led the 2018 tournament in assists at 8.2 per game, then averaged 10.2 points and 6.3 assists in 2022. FIBA describes her career World Cup assist average as the highest in the competition’s history.
Australia (+1600) and Sleepers
Australia won Olympic bronze in Paris, but the Opals arrive in Berlin without one of the guards who helped them get there. Sami Whitcomb withdrew in late August with knee soreness. Miela Sowah, a Golden State guard and two-time WNBL champion who helped Australia win gold at the 2025 Asia Cup, replaced her. Magbegor is Australia’s most important interior defender. The Seattle Storm forward was averaging 6.7 points, 3.9 rebounds, 1.8 assists, 0.6 steals and 1.2 blocks in 13 games after missing the start of the WNBA season with a right foot injury. Her numbers understate her international role, where her mobility and rim protection anchor the Australian defense.
China, Germany, Spain and Nigeria are not among the four contenders above, but each has enough talent or a favorable route to become a difficult opponent in the knockout stage. Spain returns after missing the 2022 tournament, China was the 2022 runner-up, Germany has home-court support and Nigeria has an experienced, talented group capable of reaching the quarterfinals.
FIBA Women’s World Cup Predictions 2026
Anchored by perennial MVPs A’ja Wilson and Napheesa Collier, Team USA has the electrifying frontcourt versatility and rim protection that effortlessly dictates the tempo of international games. When their fully locked in, they’re damn near untouchable. Complementing this veteran core is a thrilling backcourt led by Caitlin Clark and Paige Bueckers, Jackie Young & plenty more whose exceptional playmaking and outer-range perimeter shooting create a virtually unguardable, 40-minute offensive juggernaut. I’ll throw everything in on this lethal roster knowing that they’ll walk away with the gold for a fifth consecutive title. Pick: Team USA (-400 at DraftKings).
