Basketball / FIBA Women’s World Cup 2026: record engagement across the tournament’s digital platforms

The 2026 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup, held in Berlin (Germany) from 4 to 13 September 2026, recorded record levels of viewership, digital engagement and traffic across its digital platforms, according to a report published by the International Basketball Federation on 24 September 2026. The competition had already recorded the highest attendance "in its modern history," with 236,015 spectators attending 36 games, an average of 6,556 spectators per game.

China recorded the competition’s highest audience, with an average of 14.1 million viewers for the China-Czech Republic game (74-70, 6 September). In the United States, the final against France (97-79, 13 September) recorded an average audience of 1.2 million viewers, peaking at 1.5 million. In France, the same game peaked at 1.84…