Tech represents Team USA at World University Games
July 14, 2025 | Women's Basketball
LUBBOCK, Texas – The Texas Tech Lady Raiders are representing Team USA at the 2025 FISU World University Games from July 18-25 in Germany.
Competition begins with group play in a pod of four teams. Team USA is a part of Group B alongside Chinese Taipei, Poland and host-country Germany. Team USA's first game will take place on July 18 against Germany beginning at 8 p.m. Central European Summer Time (CEST) at Grugahalle arena in Essen, Germany. They will then face Chinese Taipei the following day at 5:30 p.m. CEST at Ischelandhalle arena in Hagen, Germany. The final game of group play is against Poland on July 20 at 12 p.m. CEST, also in Hagen.
After group play, the top two teams from each pod will advance to compete for places 1-8, while all remaining teams will compete for positions 9-16. Winners of the quarterfinals will advance to the semifinals. Semifinal winners will compete for first and second place, while semifinal runners-ups will compete for third and fourth place. Teams not advancing to the top 8 will participate in classification matches to determine their final rankings from ninth to 16th place. These games will be played on July 22, July 23 and July 25.
GROUPS
Group A
India
Finland
Argentina
Czechia
Group B
USA
Germany
Chinese Taipei
Poland
Group C
Lithuania
Brazil
Hungary
Japan
Group D
Chile
People's Republic of China
Portugal
Romania
Held every two years, the FISU World University Games is governed by the International University Sports Federation and has become known as the most important competition in international university sport since its debut in 1923. Texas Tech will be joined by the Baylor men's basketball team to represent the United States at the competition. In addition to basketball, the summer edition of the FISU World University Games will include: archery, artistic gymnastics, athletics, badminton, diving, fencing, judo, rhythmic gymnastics, swimming, taekwondo, tennis, table tennis, volleyball, water polo, 3x3 basketball, 3x3 wheelchair basketball, beach volleyball and rowing.
The opening ceremony takes place on July 16, while the closing ceremony is set for July 26. During this time frame, more than 8,500 athletes and officials from up to 150 countries come together to participate at the FISU World University Games for a chance to medal for their country.
HOW TO FOLLOW ALONG
All games will be streamed live on fisu.tv. Other information on the tournament and how to keep up with information can be found at the links below.
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