{"id":842739,"date":"2026-09-10T08:54:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T08:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/842739\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T08:54:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T08:54:23","slug":"team-usa-vs-hungary-start-time-how-to-watch-caitlin-clark-and-the-fiba-quarterfinal-at-530-a-m-et","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/842739\/","title":{"rendered":"Team USA vs. Hungary Start Time: How to Watch Caitlin Clark and the FIBA Quarterfinal at 5:30 a.m. ET"},"content":{"rendered":"

Team USA plays Hungary in the quarterfinals of the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup on Thursday morning, and American viewers will need an alarm.<\/p>\n

How to watch<\/p>\n

USA vs. Hungary \u2014 Quarterfinals
Thursday, Sept. 10 \u2014 5:30 a.m. ET \/ 11:30 a.m. local
Berlin Arena, Berlin<\/p>\n

TV: TNT and truTV<\/p>\n

Streaming: HBO Max. TNT also streams through YouTube TV and DirecTV.<\/p>\n

Every game of the tournament: Courtside 1891<\/a> via DAZN \u2014 $11.99 a month or $44.99 for the year, live and on demand, English commentary with Spanish on select games.<\/p>\n

Semifinals are Saturday. The third-place game and final are Sunday.<\/p>\n

The rest of Thursday’s quarterfinals<\/p>\n

5:30 a.m. \u2014 USA vs. Hungary
8:30 a.m. \u2014 France vs. the Puerto Rico\u2013China winner
11:45 a.m. \u2014 Belgium vs. Germany
2:45 p.m. \u2014 Australia vs. Spain<\/p>\n

Caitlin Clark has not started a game<\/p>\n

She has come off the bench in all three group games, and the results have swung hard.<\/p>\n

Against China she had 14 points and 11 assists in 25 minutes. Against Italy she scored one point on 0-for-6 shooting with one assist and two turnovers, and sat the final seven minutes of a 55-52 win \u2014 the first time in her college or professional career she failed to make a field goal. Against Czechia she had nine points and seven assists in a blowout.<\/p>\n

\"AP26252551513311\"United States players Caitlin Clark, right, and Angel Reese, second right, react during the Women’s Basketball World Cup match between the United States and Czechia in Berlin, Monday, Sept. 7, 2026. \u2014 (AP Photo\/Ebrahim Noroozi)<\/p>\n

Coach Kara Lawson told OutKick she’s staying with her veteran starting group for the quarterfinal, saying she likes where the team is. She said the same about Angel Reese and Paige Bueckers, who have also come off the bench.<\/p>\n

Breanna Stewart, Napheesa Collier, Kahleah Copper, Chelsea Gray and Jackie Young have started all three.<\/p>\n

Hungary is not a walkover<\/p>\n

The United States has beaten Hungary four times in four meetings, but the last one was in 1986.<\/p>\n

Dorka Juh\u00e1sz plays for the Minnesota Lynx. She had 22 points and 11 rebounds in Hungary’s 82-73 win over Korea on Sunday, shooting 8-of-13 with no turnovers and no fouls. She’s the reason this team is here.<\/p>\n

\"AP26246633947301\"Minnesota Lynx forward Dorka Juhasz (14) during a WNBA basketball game against the Golden State Valkyries in San Francisco, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026. \u2014 (AP Photo\/Jeff Chiu)<\/p>\n

Vir\u00e1g Tak\u00e1cs-Kiss added 14 points and eight rebounds in that game and plays for Valencia in Spain. Kinga Josepovits, an 18-year-old center listed at 6-foot-5, scored the go-ahead basket in the fourth quarter.<\/p>\n

Hungary averages 72.5 points a game to the Americans’ 84.7, but shoots better from three \u2014 34.8 percent to 29 percent.<\/p>\n

The WPBL playoffs are the same two nights<\/p>\n

The first professional women’s baseball postseason in more than seventy years began Wednesday in Springfield, Illinois.<\/p>\n

Wednesday, Sept. 9 \u2014 Boston at San Francisco, 8:00 p.m. ET
Thursday, Sept. 10 \u2014 Los Angeles at New York, 8:00 p.m. ET<\/p>\n

Both are best-of-three semifinals. Every game is on ESPN. Full schedule, standings and how to watch here.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"AP26078835343029\"Boston Red Sox mascot Wally takes a selfie with Women’s Pro Baseball League players including Samantha Gutierrez, right, ahead of a spring training game between the Red Sox and the Minnesota Twins, Thursday, March 19, 2026, in Fort Myers, Fla. \u2014 (AP Photo\/Rebecca Blackwell)Why this is on a baseball site<\/p>\n

Clark has a documented history with the game.<\/p>\n

She threw a ceremonial first pitch at Wrigley Field before a Cubs-Cardinals game in August 2022, while she was still at Iowa.<\/p>\n

\"AP22235476437801\"University of Iowa Women’s basketball player Caitlin Clark throws out a ceremonial first pitch before a baseball game between the Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis Cardinals Monday, Aug. 22, 2022, in Chicago. \u2014 (AP Photo\/Charles Rex Arbogast)\"AP26154662832448\"Indiana Fever basketball player Caitlin Clark, left, talks with San Francisco Giants CEO Larry Baer, right, during a baseball game between the Giants and the Arizona Diamondbacks Wednesday, May 27, 2026, in San Francisco \u2014 (AP Photo\/Jeff Chiu)<\/p>\n

She’s turned up at Yankee Stadium and at Oracle Park, where she sat near the home dugout and called the ballpark a bucket-list stop.<\/p>\n

\"AP24223567622820\"WNBA basketball player Caitlin Clark and Texas Rangers Josh Jung are photographed before a baseball double header game between the New York Yankees and the Texas Rangers, Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024 in New York. \u2014 (AP Photo\/Noah K. Murray)<\/p>\n

She tried play-by-play on TikTok during a Phillies-Brewers game <\/a>with teammate Lexie Hull and concluded that calling baseball is hard work \u2014 Phillies broadcaster Tom McCarthy invited her into the booth afterward.<\/p>\n

She posted during extra innings of the World Series.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/CaitlinClark22\/status\/1984828031811113236<\/a><\/p>\n

She is also playing during the arrival of ten new professional women’s leagues since 2024. The New York Times counted them last week: hockey, softball, two volleyball leagues, three basketball ventures, lacrosse, rugby, baseball, and a flag football league coming next year.<\/p>\n

\"AP22107048051886\"Jewell Lloyd, a WNBA basketball player for the Seattle Storm, throws out the first pitch of a baseball game between the Seattle Mariners and the Houston Astros, Saturday, April 16, 2022, in Seattle. \u2014 (AP Photo\/Ted S. Warren)<\/p>\n

The Times led that story with Denae Benites, the New York Heights catcher, hitting a home run over the left-center fence at Robin Roberts Stadium<\/a>. Benites finished the WPBL regular season hitting .552 with 11 home runs in 15 games. She plays Thursday night.<\/p>\n

The video game noticed first<\/p>\n

NBA 2K27 shipped last week with Clark on the global Deluxe Edition cover \u2014 the first WNBA player on a premium NBA 2K cover \u2014 alongside Victor Wembanyama.<\/p>\n

The game also added a playable FIBA World Cup mode<\/a>, where MyPLAYER characters can leave their club season to represent their countries. And it opened MyPLAYER creation to female characters for the first time, in a fully co-ed online environment where height, weight, wingspan and ratings drive everything regardless of who you built.<\/p>\n

Both cover athletes spent the launch window playing for their national teams. Wembanyama was in Belgrade and Orl\u00e9ans for FIBA World Cup qualifiers two weeks ago. Clark is in Berlin.<\/p>\n

Nobody had to be argued into any of this. You build a lineup, she’s available, and three quarters later you’ve watched her shoot next to Bam Adebayo and a vintage Gail Goodrich. The interest arrives after the fact.<\/p>\n

That’s roughly what the WPBL is banking on too, and what MLB has quietly encouraged without owning any of it \u2014 Rob Manfred taped a welcome for the league’s first draft, the Red Sox hosted the opening stop of its promotional tour at Fenway, and the league plays by MLB’s modern rules, pitch clock and extra-innings runner included.<\/p>\n

Schedule, rosters and statistics via FIBA and the WPBL. Lawson quote via OutKick. League count via The New York Times.<\/p>\n