Women’s Basketball World Cup

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Berlin · September 4–13, 2026

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HUN

Hungary

Group B

World Cup appearances

Best: 5th place (1957)

Olympic appearances

Best: Fourth place (1980)

How they qualified

Qualifier

Istanbul tournament →

Hungary have not played a World Cup since 1998, one of the longest absences in the field. Dorka Juhász of the Minnesota Lynx is the one familiar name for an American audience; Phoenix drafted Eszter Rátkai in 2026, though she has yet to play.

Head coach

Péter Völgyi

WNBA connection — 1 current player

Player	Pos	WNBA team
Dorka Juhász	C	MIN Minnesota Lynx

Also: Yvonne Turner (former, SEA), Eszter Rátkai (drafted, PHX).

Roster — provisional — 25-player pool

FIBA has published a 25-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 B fixtures

Fri 4 Sep	vs	🇫🇷 France	15:00 ET 21:00 CEST
Sat 5 Sep	vs	🇳🇬 Nigeria	08:15 ET 14:15 CEST
Mon 7 Sep	vs	🇰🇷 Korea	08:30 ET 14:30 CEST