Women’s Basketball World Cup

stats at a glance

Berlin · September 4–13, 2026

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ESP

Spain

Group A

World Cup appearances

Best: Runners-up (2014)

Olympic appearances

Best: Runners-up (2016)

How they qualified

Qualifier

San Juan tournament →

Spain medalled at three consecutive World Cups and then missed the next one entirely. Iyana Martín Carrión went seventh in the 2026 WNBA draft and turned the Portland Fire down to train with Spain for this tournament, one of several in the squad with WNBA ties.

Head coach

Miguel Méndez

WNBA connection — 5 current players

Player	Pos	WNBA team
Awa Fam	C	SEA Seattle Storm
Raquel Carrera	C	NYL New York Liberty
María Conde	F	TOR Toronto Tempo
Megan Gustafson	C	POR Portland Fire
Alicia Flórez	G	WAS Washington Mystics

Also: Maite Cazorla (former, ATL), Iyana Martín Carrión (drafted, POR), Alba Torrens (drafted, CON), Aina Ayuso (drafted, LAS), Helena Pueyo (drafted, CON), Txell Alarcón (drafted, WAS).

Roster — provisional — 21-player pool

FIBA has published a 21-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 A fixtures

Fri 4 Sep	vs	🇩🇪 Germany	11:45 ET 17:45 CEST
Sat 5 Sep	vs	🇲🇱 Mali	05:30 ET 11:30 CEST
Mon 7 Sep	vs	🇯🇵 Japan	11:50 ET 17:50 CEST