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FIBA World Cup 2026 Results, Day 2 Group Box Scores, Highlights & Day 3 Schedule Before KO Bracket

Saturday's FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup action started out with an upset.

· 337 words· updated September 5, 2026 at 11:04 AM

Saturday's FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup action started out with an upset.

Mali kicked off the day of group phase competition in Berlin by securing an upset of world No. 6 Spain.

Here's a look at Saturday's results and highlights from Germany.

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Sika Kone recorded a double-double to help Mali start out Saturday's action with an upset win over Spain.

The game started out with a tightly-contested first half that saw Spain take a two-point lead into the break.

Mali took over in the third quarter by going on a 12-2 run on their way to outscoring Spain 31-19.

Mali protected that advantage during the fourth quarter to close out the upset win.

Kone's double-double made her the first player since at least 1994 to achieve the feat in five straight Women's World Cup games, per Opta .

The victory marked Mali's first of the tournament after suffering a 102-97 loss to Japan Friday. The team will look to ride that momentum into a Monday matchup against Berlin.

Spain will look to get back in the win column the same day against Japan after falling to 1-1 in the group stage.

Hungary staved off a late comeback push from Nigeria as Dorka Juhasz and Virag Takacs-Kiss recorded double-doubles in the team's first win of the tournament.

Nigeria fell into an early deficit thanks in part to a first-half double-double from Juhasz. Hungary ultimately went into the halftime break with a 10-point lead.

Nigeria started to push back in the second half before a clutch shot from Elizabeth Balogun got the team within two points of a tie score in the final seconds.

Reka Lelik ended the game by drawing a foul and making both ensuing free throws to close out Hungary's win.

Hungary will look to carry momentum from Saturday's victory into a Monday matchup against Korea, while Nigeria continues seeking its first victory of the tournament the same day against France.

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