USA vs. China 🇺🇸🇨🇳 | FULL HIGHLIGHTS | FIBA Women’s World Cup 2026

As we take you inside, Max Schmeling Hall in Berlin. The United States is in search of a fifth consecutive FIBA World Cup gold medal. They take on the team they faced last in 2022, China. Short, and Stewart collects the miss. Overall for USA, good job on their pick-and-hold coverage, defense, and communication. Chelsea Gray, number seven all-time in WNBA assists, finds her ace, his teammate Young. Short, and cleaned up by Stewart. Stewart playing in her fourth FIBA World Cup, three gold medals. Again, the four appearances matches her Huskies in Byrd and Taurasi. Stewart presents versatility, so does Collier to bring the ball up the floor. The United States, two of seven. Gray, a walk-up three is true. Chelsea Gray makes it rain. On the offensive rebound, comes up empty on the put-back. Seven-four United States, as Gray directs traffic. First touch for Copper was so crucial in Paris a few years ago. We saw Allie giving us perspective and standing next to her and what that looked like, but you see the size already. Jackie Young drills the mid-range. A pair of Indiana Fever. On the perimeter, they work it. Chung Ziyu, the flip inside, close to way. Yang, the dish, shot clock to five. Contested shot, it goes. 12-6 USA, Clark at the controls. Three-pointer, Ryan Howard, true. Fresh into action, Ryan Howard. And you know when base and openings with China in the drawback. Howard, the league leader in the WNBA in three-point makes. China answers Lua from deep. Clark, a crisp chest pass to Young. Penetrates, mid-range, rattles in. So China sitting in that zone at USA. Tips the ball into her lap, here she comes. Wraps a pass to Young, in rhythm three. Got it. Bottom, and there is rhythm, there is flow, there is pace to this USA. Waldeen boards it for the US. And those are looks that China can't miss. Howard from deep. Ryan Howard can't miss. Quick on the push. From distance, Beckers passes up the three-pointer. Collier touch pass. Boston flips to Clark. Clark back to Boston. Maneuvers inside for two. Get a little bit of run and just get yourself acclimated to what this stage is and will be. Kaitlin Clark and the foul. Those will open up as well when you get different individuals out of position. In the qualifying tournament back in March as Clark fires from way deep. Kaitlin Clark with a missile from outside. Great passing to try and open up that three-point line. The United States shooting 44% from the floor. Deep triple. China has cut it to nine. Asia Cup team, and now he's just really continued to find her footing and then an important piece for what this team has done. Chung Man Man down the runway. Darts by Citron. States has gone cold. They hit six threes in the first. They have not made a three in quarter number two. That's the areas where China becomes a key strength and concern of what they can do. What have they done played to their strength? Sitting on seven points. Deep in the paint. Hopper. Stewart. Young in the spin cycle. Puts it up and in. Jackie Young plus a foul. Tap out by Collier. 14 second reset just as you see in the WNBA entry. Collier fade away. Her patented move got the friendly front rim bounce. There you go, and she was. Documented with seven new players to the senior level. Howard catches the outlet. Got Han in the air and hits from the mid range. Ryan Howard. Clark hit one early in the second quarter. Runner by Young. She's draped on. Kick to Clark. Into the paint. Howard again. Light it up. Has it stripped? US runs. The shovel by Young to Stewart. Gallops in for two. Working that defense to offense. Smothered by- It started with getting stops and it's allowed them to flow more easily into their offense. Here comes Stewart to set the screen for Clark. Clips it back to Stewart. Jump shot is good. Clark with her sixth assist. Three returners to the World Cup in 22. Jackie Young corrals the miss for the United States. Dashes the other way. Deep in the paint with a flick of the wrist. Jackie Young's got 12. Beautiful pace. Germany has built towards this moment to host. We will see them later today here on TNT Sports against Spain. That's our next ball game. Dashing to the basket. Great rim run by Wang. That's three of those three pointers. Han. Got it. Huntschuh has showcased a lot of- Chung Ziyu. Beckers navigates into the paint. Out with Boston. Three ball is good. Aaliyah Boston, 41% three-point shooter. More so this season. In her third pro year, Beckers the snag and the bucket. Paige Beckers is on the board. You know that rule-out process that you're going through in these early stages. Chung Ziyu missed her first free throw. Clark push pass. Boston streaks the floor. The Fever team definitely made her presence felt in March. Clark is pestered. Finds Beckers. Drives, slithering, and scoring. Paige Beckers, her second bucket in the third quarter. She's nice. She knows what it's through. Top mid-range players in the world. Paige Beckers, area fan with the block, doing all she can with Chung Ziyu with the second effort. Now up to 11 points. And at some point, that's as much as you can do. Area fan deposits on the other end of the floor. So exactly. They've got perimeter players that can deliver. Clark is the orchestrator. Area fan sets the screen. Clark is drifting with five to fire. Feeds Beckers. Outlet, Howard three, and the air is good. Howard's first three-pointer in the second half. She's got four for the game. As well, not only now as a head coach, an assistant coach, gold as players, and... Citron, Beckers, Clark, area fan, and Reese for the United States. Chang, man-man, drills it. Nothing but net from deep. For five in this fourth quarter. And Beckers threw it away. Leak out. Lua lays it in. And overall for USA through the course of this game, right now as they sit with nearly a 30-point lead, but it's also about refining things for themselves. Clark in rhythm. Triple is good. Kaitlin Clark's second three in Germany. On the ball, off the ball, find one another, threats from everywhere. Now 10 three-pointers for the United States. Clark has two. Howard with four. Meanwhile, Chyna answers. Uses her footwork to separate. Got it back again. The outlet to Clark. Bounce pass, Citron to area fan. Back to Citron with eight to shoot. Skip pass to Clark. Three in the air. Got it. What ball movement by United States. It is poppin'. Beckers with the handle. Going to school. Feeds it, intercepted by Hahn. Leak out. Chang, man-man, lays it in. Points here in the fourth. Six of her 14, 21 assists for USA on 29 made baskets. Clark maneuvers into the paint. Bounce pass to Beckers, mid-range. Automatic. Tall, tall task and heavy load. Done a tremendous job for us. Heard a five-time Olympic gold medalist. Spray it out. Off the backboard, Chen. Two minutes. Clark is flirting with a double-double. Area fan the extra. Citron the lob. Caught by Beckers. She's nasty. She's got 11. The fourth USA player in double figures. She's on the floor that she becomes nearly unstoppable. And a turnover. Citron leads the break. Three on two. Beckers on the wing. In rhythm, three. Got them all. Paige Beckers, 14 points. I want to see them call this out for Citron. Clark scans the landscape. Finds an edge. Feed, Therese lays it in. Kaitlyn Clark, her 10th assist. She's got a double-double. Leads the United States. And the block shot by Angel Reese. Clips it to Clark. Showtime. Citron is on the board. All 12 US players have scored. What a play. They're, of course, led by Gabby Williams. But Dominique Malaga, you can go down the list of steep competition they will bring here. Step one of the journey to a fifth consecutive FIBA World Cup gold medal complete. USA Basketball defeat.