Where to Watch FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup 2023

Team USA are back on the world stage, chasing a title they haven’t tasted in four years, and Berlin is the next stop on that road. The FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup is here, and for fans, the real question is simple: where can you actually watch every minute?

The short answer in the US: the big games will be on TV, the full story lives online.

On American screens, select World Cup matchups will run across TNT, truTV, and TBS. Those networks will lean into the marquee clashes – key group-stage contests, including Team USA and Team France, and the knockout rounds where the tournament tightens and every possession starts to feel like a season in itself.

Anyone who wants every tip-off, every group game, every underdog, needs HBO Max. The platform carries comprehensive live coverage of the entire tournament, but only through its Standard and Premium tiers. The Basic with Ads option doesn’t include live sports. Standard starts at $18.49 a month, while a wider, ad-free bundle with Disney Plus, Hulu, and HBO Max comes in at $33 a month for viewers who want their basketball alongside a deeper streaming diet.

Some fans prefer to keep everything under one roof with a live TV streaming service. For them, YouTube TV stands out. It has the key channels – TNT, TBS, truTV – plus a broad range of networks that mirror a traditional cable lineup, and it currently tempts new customers with a free trial.

There’s more. A limited-time YouTube TV promotion cuts the cost of the first few months on both its main plan and its sports plan. The main package, normally $83 a month, drops by $15 for the first five months, taking it to $68 a month across that stretch. The sports plan, usually $65 a month, falls by $20 for the first six months, down to $45 a month for half a year. For fans planning to follow the World Cup and then roll straight into the rest of the sporting calendar, that discount window matters.

DAZN Courtside 1891 offers another route. This is not the standard DAZN subscription, but a separate service focused on basketball coverage. In the US and several other regions, Courtside 1891 will show tournament games, with flexible standard plans starting at $12 a month. All upcoming fixtures are listed on the US DAZN Courtside 1891 landing page, making it easy to map out a viewing schedule as the group stages unfold and the bracket begins to take shape.

Outside the US, the picture changes from country to country. Many national broadcasters hold rights to selected games, usually prioritizing their own teams’ fixtures and the later rounds. Local listings and TV guides remain essential: some fans will find wall-to-wall coverage, others only a curated slice of the action. DAZN Courtside 1891 steps in again here, offering tournament access in multiple territories, though blackout rules apply where exclusive local deals are in place.

That’s where technology enters the conversation. Fans traveling abroad, suddenly cut off from their usual services, often turn to VPNs – virtual private networks – to make their devices appear as if they’re still at home. It’s a simple concept with huge implications for sports viewing: change your virtual location, unlock your familiar apps, keep watching.

NordVPN sits at the top of many recommendation lists. It’s quick, straightforward to use, and comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee, giving viewers room to test whether it actually keeps them connected to their preferred streams during the tournament.

There is a line that can’t be ignored. VPN use is illegal in some countries, and using a VPN to bypass region-locked content can break the terms of use of certain services. That’s a legal and ethical call each viewer must weigh for themselves.

What’s clear is this: as Team USA land in Berlin with a title to defend and a four-year wait to erase, fans have more ways than ever to follow them – from traditional cable-style lineups to specialist basketball platforms and global tech workarounds. The only real question now is who’s willing to chase every game, every night, until a new world champion is crowned.