{"id":160606,"date":"2026-09-06T15:57:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T15:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/160606\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T15:57:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T15:57:16","slug":"womens-world-cup-teams-forced-to-evacuate-berlin-hotel-overnight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/160606\/","title":{"rendered":"Women&#8217;s World Cup teams forced to evacuate Berlin hotel overnight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the hotel where all FIBA Women&#8217;s World Cup teams were staying, except Team USA, the fire alarm went off during the night, forcing an immediate evacuation of the building.<\/p>\n<p>An unusual incident disrupted the night for nearly all teams competing at the FIBA Women&#8217;s Basketball World Cup in Berlin, Germany.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Dc8EgGFguAz\/?stkn=b3BkdnJ6eGlpNGpv\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sky Sport<\/a>, every team except Team USA, which is staying at a different hotel, was woken up during the night after a fire alarm forced an immediate evacuation of the building.<\/p>\n<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Dc8EgGFguAz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">  <\/p>\n<p>Hotel management later explained that someone had activated the fire alarm manually. The hotel apologized for the incident, describing it as &#8220;beyond our control,&#8221; and asked guests not to trigger the alarm unless there is an actual emergency.<\/p>\n<p> Team USA&#8217;s opponent affected by overnight evacuation <\/p>\n<p>The incident comes ahead of another busy day at the World Cup, with eight teams scheduled to take the court.<\/p>\n<p>Among them is Italy, which was affected by the overnight evacuation and is set to face Team USA later tonight.<\/p>\n<p>The Italy-USA matchup is scheduled to tip off at 8:45 p.m. local time in Berlin, which is 2:45 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<p>It will be the second game of the tournament for both teams. Italy opened its World Cup campaign with a win over Czechia, while Team USA cruised past China in its first game.<\/p>\n<p>                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/basketnews.com\/plus?utm_source=basketnews_com&amp;utm_medium=bn_plus&amp;utm_id=UA-259273-31&amp;utm_campaign=banners_free_content_for_not_members_bottom_6\" class=\"banners_paid_content_info_block_white banners-paid-content-info-block-white\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>                                                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bn-plus-img img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bn-plus.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                            Thank you for reading us! 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