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The Australian Opals are 3-1 at the 2026 FIBA Women's World Cup campaign – beating Puerto Rico 70-54 and Türkiye 87-71 but falling to Belgium 80-68 in the group phase and surviving Italy in a knock-out qualifier in Berlin, Germany.

Isobel Borlase, 21, finished with 30 points, four rebounds and five assists in 31 minutes as Australia survived Italy’s stunning fourth-quarter comeback, erasing a 26-point deficit to tie the game at 77 with 1:09 to go. Still, Australia gutted it out to win quarter-finals qualifier 82-80 despite being down to nine healthy players.

Set your smartphone alarm for 4:40am on Friday, September 11, 2026.

ESPN holds the Australian and New Zealand rights as official broadcast partner.

In Australia that means three ways in. ESPN is a channel on Foxtel, Kayo Sports and on Disney+, so a subscription to either carries the ESPN feed.

DAZN has it as well – listing the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup for live and on-demand streaming.

Courtside 1891 will more than likely be benched. FIBA blacks it out where a broadcast deal exists.

A word on the clock, because it is the thing most likely to trip you up.

FIBA's own game pages will confuse you further. Each one prints the tip-off twice.

The large unlabelled number at the top is rendered in the timezone of whoever is looking at it, so it changes from reader to reader. The line beneath it reading "Local Time: 11:30 AM (GMT+2)" is the time in the arena in Berlin, not the time where you are sitting.

The tournament runs in Berlin from September 4 to September 13, 2026.