FIBA Women's World Cup 2026 KO Bracket Qualified Teams, Schedule, Odds and Predictions

The United States enters the knockout round of the 2026 FIBA women's World Cup as one of three teams with perfect records from the group stage.

Team USA is one of four squads that earned byes into the quarterfinals of the knockout round.

The second-and-third-place teams from each group will battle on Tuesday and Wednesday in the knockout qualification round.

Spain, Belgium, France and the United States play their respective quarterfinal games on September 10.

The semifinals are scheduled for September 12 and the final takes place September 13 in Berlin.

Knockout Round Schedule

Tuesday, September 8

Hungary vs. Japan (11:45 a.m. ET)

Germany vs. South Korea (2:45 p.m. ET)

Wednesday, September 9

Italy vs. Australia (11:45 a.m. ET)

Puerto Rico vs. China (2:45 p.m. ET)

Thursday, September 10

Spain vs. Italy/Australia winner

United States vs. Hungary/Japan winner

France vs. Puerto Rico/China winner

Belgium vs. Germany/South Korea winner

Saturday, September 12

Semifinals

Sunday, September 13

Championship Game

Odds (via FanDuel Sportsbook)

United States (-350; bet $350 to win $100)

France (+700; bet $100 to win $700)

Belgium (+1200)

Spain (+2700)

Australia (+3000)

Italy (+4500)

The United States entered the tournament as the clear favorite and nothing has changed after the group stage.

Team USA won all three of its games, two of which were blowouts. It won a close game over Italy on Sunday.

Caitlin Clark, Paige Bueckers and Co. will face the Hungary-Japan winner on Thursday to kick off their knockout-round schedule.

Team USA needs to win three games in Berlin over a four-day span to repeat as world champion.

France and Belgium, who both went 3-0 in the group stage, are viewed as the two biggest threats to the Americans.

The assumption is that France and Belgium will meet in the semifinals with an opportunity to play Team USA in the final on the line.

France owns the deeper roster and it had a more dominant group stage.

The French squad should be the favorite in a potential semifinal meeting with Belgium.

A USA-France final would give fans the highest quality of championship game to watch.

Team USA has the best roster in the tournament and anything other than a title would be viewed as a huge disappointment.

Prediction: USA over France in Championship Game