FIBA Women’s World Cup: Hungary Reach Historic Quarter-Finals as D’Tigress Watch On
Hungary have reached the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup quarter-finals for the first time in their history after defeating Japan 84-63 in Berlin.
The 2026 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup continued on Tuesday, September 8, with Hungary and hosts Germany securing impressive victories in the first round of the knockout phase.
Hungary produced a commanding performance against Japan, pulling away from their Asian opponents to seal a 21-point victory and book a place in the final eight.
The historic result sets up a mouth-watering quarter-final against tournament favourites the United States on Thursday.
Hungary’s achievement comes as the competition continues without Nigeria’s D’Tigress, who are out of the 2026 tournament after three consecutive group stage loss.
Hungary scored their first ever victory in the competition by defeating a more facied D’Tigress in the group to keep their hope of a deep run alive.
Hosts Germany also thrilled their home supporters with an emphatic 94-56 victory over South Korea.
Germany dominated from the opening stages and never allowed South Korea to settle, eventually completing a 38-point rout to secure their place in the quarter-finals.
The hosts will now face Belgium in the last eight on Thursday as they continue their bid to make a deep run on home soil.
Two more quarter-final places will be decided on Wednesday, September 9.
Puerto Rico will take on China at 16:45 local time, while Italy face Australia at 19:45 in the second qualification game of the day.
With the quarter-final line-up nearing completion, attention now turns to the heavyweight clashes that will determine the teams competing for the 2026 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup title.
