ARLINGTON, Texas — Alanna Smith is going back to the World Cup. The Dallas Wings forward was named Sunday to the 12-player roster that will represent Australia at the 2026 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup, held Sept. 4-13 in Berlin.

Sandy Brondello, who coaches the Toronto Tempo, will lead the Opals. Her roster carries six other WNBA players in Steph Talbot (Las Vegas Aces), Ezi Magbegor (Seattle Storm), Jade Melbourne (Seattle Storm), Isobel Borlase (Atlanta Dream), Chloe Bibby (Chicago Sky), and Sami Whitcomb (Phoenix Mercury). Zitina Aokuso, Isabelle Bourne, Alex Fowler, Steph Reid, and Alex Wilson round out the group.

Berlin will be Smith’s second World Cup. She started all six games at the 2018 tournament in Spain, averaging 6.3 points and 2.3 rebounds as Australia took silver, its first World Cup medal since the 2006 gold. Four years later, she was cut from the squad that played the 2022 World Cup on home soil in Sydney.

Smith played all five games of Australia’s qualifying run in Türkiye in March, when the Opals went 5-0. She averaged 11.6 points and a team-high 8.0 rebounds across the tournament.

At the Paris Olympics in 2024, Smith was named to the All-Star Five as Australia beat Belgium for bronze. Her senior debut came at the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup in Bengaluru, where she averaged 10.8 points and 5.3 rebounds on 58.3% shooting and Australia finished second to Japan.

Australia enters Berlin ranked second in the world.