ESPN+, ESPN Combine To Carry 40 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup 2018 Games

ESPN+ and ESPN will combine to carry 40 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup 2018 games starting this Saturday, Sept. 22, with eight games. The event will culminate with the Championship Game on Sunday, Sept. 30, at 3 p.m. on ESPN and the ESPN App. The majority of the event’s games will be available exclusively on ESPN+, the premium direct-to-consumer subscription streaming service from The Walt Disney Company Direct-to-Consumer and International (DTCI) group and ESPN. The FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup 2018 event will emanate from Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.

The 40-game schedule tips off with 16 games this weekend, including two Team USA games. Team USA will play Senegal on Saturday, Sept. 29, at 1 p.m. and they will play China on Sunday, Sept. 23, at 1 p.m. Team USA’s roster will include three members of the WNBA Champion Seattle Storm – Sue Bird, Jewell Loyd and Breanna Stewart. Additionally, WNBA stars Brittney Griner, Nneka Ogwumike and Diana Taurasi will be in action.

Play-by-play commentator Pam Ward and analyst Kara Lawson will call the Championship Game on Sept. 30, as well as the Semifinals on Saturday, Sept. 29, and a Quarterfinal game on Fri, Sat. 28. The full schedule is below.

Platform	Date	Time (ET)	Game	Round
ESPN+	Sat, Sept. 22	6 a.m.	China vs. Latvia	Group Phase
ESPN+	Sat, Sept. 22	6:30 a.m.	Nigeria vs. Australia	Group Phase
ESPN+	Sat, Sept. 22	8:30 a.m.	France vs. Korea	Group Phase
ESPN+	Sat, Sept. 22	9 a.m.	Argentina vs. Turkey	Group Phase
ESPN+	Sat, Sept. 22	12:30 p.m.	Canada vs. Greece	Group Phase
ESPN+	Sat, Sept. 22	1 p.m.	Senegal vs. USA	Group Phase
ESPN+	Sat, Sept. 22	3 p.m.	Spain vs. Japan	Group Phase
ESPN+	Sat, Sept. 22	3:30 p.m.	Belgium vs. Puerto Rico	Group Phase
ESPN+	Sun, Sept. 23	6 a.m.	Australia vs. Argentina	Group Phase
ESPN+	Sun, Sept. 23	6:30 a.m.	Korea vs. Canada	Group Phase
ESPN+	Sun, Sept. 23	8:30 a.m.	Japan vs. Belgium	Group Phase
ESPN+	Sun, Sept. 23	9 a.m.	Latvia vs. Senegal	Group Phase
ESPN+	Sun, Sept. 23	12:30 p.m.	Greece vs. France	Group Phase
ESPN+	Sun, Sept. 23	1 p.m.	USA vs. China	Group Phase
ESPN+	Sun, Sept. 23	3 p.m.	Puerto Rico vs. Spain	Group Phase
ESPN+	Sun, Sept. 23	3:30 p.m.	Turkey vs. Nigeria	Group Phase
ESPN+	Tue, Sept. 25	6 a.m.	Puerto Rico vs. Japan	Group Phase
ESPN+	Tue, Sept. 25	6:30 a.m.	Turkey vs. Australia	Group Phase
ESPN+	Tue, Sept. 25	8:30 a.m.	Greece vs. Korea	Group Phase
ESPN+	Tue, Sept. 25	9 a.m.	China vs. Senegal	Group Phase
ESPN+	Tue, Sept. 25	12:30 p.m.	Nigeria vs. Argentina	Group Phase
ESPN+	Tue, Sept. 25	1 p.m.	USA vs. Latvia	Group Phase
ESPN+	Tue, Sept. 25	3 p.m.	Spain vs. Belgium	Group Phase
ESPN+	Tue, Sept. 25	3:30 p.m.	France vs. Canada	Group Phase
ESPN+	Wed, Sept. 26	6:30 a.m.	TBD	TBD
ESPN+	Wed, Sept. 26	9 p.m.	TBD	TBD
ESPN+	Wed, Sept. 26	12:30 p.m.	TBD	TBD
ESPN+	Wed, Sept. 26	3 p.m.	TBD	TBD
TBD	Fri, Sept. 28	6:30 a.m.	TBD	Quarterfinal
TBD	Fri, Sept. 28	9 a.m.	TBD	Quarterfinal
TBD	Fri, Sept. 28	12:30 p.m.	TBD	Quarterfinal
TBD	Fri, Sept. 28	3 p.m.	TBD	Quarterfinal
ESPN+	Sat, Sept. 29	6:30 a.m.	TBD	5th to 8th Place
ESPN+	Sat, Sept. 29	9 a.m.	TBD	5th to 8th Place
TBD	Sat, Sept. 29	12:30 p.m.	TBD	Semifinal
TBD	Sat, Sept. 29	3 p.m.	TBD	Semifinal
ESPN+	Sun, Sept. 30	6:30 a.m.	TBD	5th to 8th Place
ESPN+	Sun, Sept. 30	9 a.m.	TBD	5th to 8th Place
TBD	Sun, Sept. 30	12:30 p.m.	TBD	Third Place Game
ESPN	Sun, Sept. 30	3 p.m.	TBD	Championship