Women’s Basketball World Cup

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Berlin · September 4–13, 2026

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CZE

Czechia

Group D

World Cup appearances

Best: Runners-up (2010)

Olympic appearances

Best: 5th place (2004)

How they qualified

Qualifier

Wuhan tournament →

Czechia have not played a World Cup since 2014, and the last time they reached the podium, in 2010, they were hosting. Eliška Joklová and Emma Čechová joined the Minnesota Lynx in 2026, the first Czech players in the WNBA in sixteen years.

Head coach

Romana Ptáčková

WNBA connection — 2 current players

Player	Pos	WNBA team
Eliška Joklová	G	MIN Minnesota Lynx
Emma Čechová	F	MIN Minnesota Lynx

Roster — provisional — 16-player pool

FIBA has published a 16-name pool; the individual names are not yet available.

A pool, not a squad — it will be cut to 12 before the tournament. Nothing here should be read as a confirmed selection.

Group D fixtures

Fri 4 Sep	vs	🇮🇹 Italy	14:15 ET 20:15 CEST
Sun 6 Sep	vs	🇨🇳 China	08:30 ET 14:30 CEST
Mon 7 Sep	vs	🇺🇸 USA	14:45 ET 20:45 CEST