| Basketball-Weltmeisterschaft der Damen 2026 | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Germany |
| City | Berlin |
| Dates | 4–13 September |
| Teams | 16 (from 4 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
The 2026 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup will be the 20th tournament of the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup for women's national basketball teams. The tournament will be hosted in Berlin, Germany, from 4 to 13 September 2026. [1]
The follow countries expressed interest in hosting: [2] [3] [4]
During its Central Board meeting in Manila, Philippines, on 28 April 2023, FIBA announced that Germany will host the upcoming World Cup in 2026. [5] It will be the second World Cup to be held in the Germany after the 1998 tournament.
On 25 March 2022, following a review of the current FIBA women's basketball system, FIBA expanded the World Cup back to 16 teams after reducing the teams to 12 teams in 2022. [6] The expansion brings the numbers of teams that qualified back to the same amount as the world cups between 1990 and 2018.
Germany as the hosts automatically qualified for the tournament in April 2023. All other teams will qualify through qualifying tournaments, after finishing as the top teams during their regional tournament. A total of 24 teams will be played in those qualifying tournaments for the remaining 15 spots.
| Team | Qualification | Appearance | Best performance | FIBA World Ranking [7] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| As | Date | Last | Total | Streak | |||
 Germany | Host | 28 April 2023 | 1998 | 2 | 1 | 11th place (1998) | TBD |
According to the plans, the tournament will be played in Berlin across two venues.
| Berlin | ||
|---|---|---|
| Uber Arena | Max-Schmeling-Halle | |
| Capacity: 14,500 | Capacity: 8,500 | |
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The senate in Berlin decided to contribute 6 million euros to the event. [8]
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