2026 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup

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2026 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup
Basketball-Weltmeisterschaft der Frauen 2026
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Tournament details
Host countryGermany
CityBerlin
Dates4–13 September
Teams16 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
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The 2026 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup will be the 20th edition of the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for women's national basketball teams, sanctioned by FIBA. The tournament will be hosted in Berlin, Germany, from 4 to 13 September 2026. [1] This is Germany's second time hosting after previously organising the event in 1998, after being awarded the hosting rights in spring 2023.

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16 teams will take part in the tournament, four more than the previous edition but returning to the same amount as was between 1990 and 2018. The Germans automatically qualify as hosts. Qualifiers will be decided via a mixture continental champions and teams progressing from the qualifying tournaments.

United States are the four-time defending champions.

Host selection

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 second World Cup to be held in the Germany after the 1998 tournament.

Qualified teams

Expansion

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 count as the World Cups between 1990 and 2018.

Qualification

Germany as the hosts automatically qualified for the tournament in April 2023. Each winner of the continental championship will qualify. All other teams play in a qualifying tournament after finishing as the top teams during their regional tournament. A total of 24 teams will be playing in those qualifying tournaments for the remaining eleven spots. [7]

Qualified teams

QualificationHostDatesVacanciesQualified
Host nation Flag of the Philippines.svg Manila 28 April 20231Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Winner of EuroBasket Women 2025 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Brno / Flag of Germany.svg Hamburg
Flag of Greece.svg Piraeus / Flag of Italy.svg Bologna 		18–29 June 20251Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Winner of 2025 Women's AmeriCup Flag of Chile.svg Santiago 28 June – 6 July 20251Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Winner of 2025 Women's Asia Cup Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Shenzhen 13–20 July 20251Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Winner of 2025 Women's Afrobasket Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Abidjan 26 July – 3 August 20251Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Qualifying Tournaments Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wuhan 11–17 March 20263
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg San Juan 3
Flag of Turkey.svg Istanbul 3
Flag of France.svg Lyon 2

Summary of qualified teams

TeamQualification methodDate of qualificationAppearance(s)Previous best performance WR
TotalFirstLastStreak
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Host nation28 April 20232nd 1998 1Eleventh place (1998)TBD
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Winner of EuroBasket Women 2025 29 June 20253rd 2018 2022 3Fourth place (2018)TBD
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Winner of 2025 Women's AmeriCup 6 July 202519th 1953 17Champions (Eleven times) [a] TBD
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Winner of 2025 Women's Asia Cup 20 July 202517th 1957 16Champions (2006)TBD
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Winner of 2025 Women's Afrobasket 3 August 20253rd 2006 2018 1Eighth place (2018)TBD
Qualified through Qualifying Tournaments TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD

Venues

The tournament will be played in Berlin across two venues.

Berlin
Arena Berlin Max-Schmeling-Halle
Capacity: 14,500Capacity: 8,500
Mercedes-Benz Arena Berlin August 2015.JPG Aussenansicht vom Falkplatz aus.jpg

Preparations

The senate (city-state government) in Berlin decided to allocate €6 million to the event. [8]

The logo was unveiled on 12 August 2024. [9] According to FIBA, the logo is supposed to depict "Berlin's status as a united metropolis that loves to party and celebrate". [10]

Notes

  1. ↑ United States have won in 1953, 1957, 1979, 1986, 1990, 1998, 2002, 2010, 2014, 2018 and 2022.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2026: Deutschland erhält Zuschlag!". German Basketball Federation. 28 April 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  2. ↑ "ARGENTINA BUSCARÁ SER SEDE DEL MUNDIAL FEMENINO 2026". Cancha Latina. 3 August 2022.
  3. ↑ "Rio de Janeiro tem Pan de 2031 nos planos esportivos da cidade". Surto Olímpico. 3 February 2023.
  4. ↑ "FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2026 - Der DBB ist an einer Bewerbung als Ausrichter interessiert". bblprofis.de. 22 September 2022.
  5. ↑ "Germany to host the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2026". FIBA. 28 April 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  6. ↑ "FIBA Central Board approves expansion of Women's World Cup 2026". FIBA.basketball.
  7. ↑ "Qualification Tracker: Who has punched their ticket to the Women's World Cup 2026?". fiba.basketball. 19 June 2025. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
  8. ↑ "Sportmetropole Berlin unterstützt die Ausrichtung des FIBA Women's Basketball World Cups 2026". berlin.de. 12 March 2024.
  9. ↑ "Logo für FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2026 enthüllt". German Basketball Association (DBB).
  10. ↑ "FIBA and global icon Sue Bird launch the brand for FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2026" (Press release). FIBA. 12 August 2024.
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