2026 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup Pre-Qualifying Tournaments

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2026 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup Pre-Qualifying Tournaments
Tournament details
Host countriesMexico
Rwanda
City Mexico City
Kigali
Dates19–25 August 2024
Teams16 (from 4 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)

The 2026 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup Pre-Qualifying Tournaments will be held from 19 to 25 August 2024 in Mexico City, Mexico and Kigali, Rwanda. [1] The winner of each tournament, are qualified for the 2026 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup Qualifying Tournaments. [2]

Contents

Creation

On 2 February 2022, FIBA announced a new tournament that would act as pre qualifiers for the next Olympics or World Cup. [3] It would replace the regional pre-qualifiers that started in 2019 and was created to give more opportunities for member associations to play more meaningful games. [3]

Format

16 teams (four per continent) will participate in two tournaments, where the winning team will advance to the 2026 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup Qualifying Tournaments. [1] Originally, the 16 teams would play for only 1 spot in the global qualifiers. However, on 28 November 2023, FIBA decided to increase to spots from one to two. [4]

Teams

Teams qualified via their final ranking at the FIBA Continental Cups in 2023. [5] Despite originally qualifying, Colombia (5th at the 2023 FIBA Women's AmeriCup) and Italy (9th at the EuroBasket Women 2023) didn't enter. [6] Mexico and Great Britain took the vacant spots.

ContinentTeam(s)
Africa Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal QT
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali (3rd)
Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda (4th)
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique (5th)
Americas Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil QT
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela (6th)
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina (7th)
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico (8th)
Asia/Oceania Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand QT
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea (5th)
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines (6th)
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon (7th)
Europe Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary QT
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic (7th)
Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro (8th)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain (10th)

Draw

The draw was held at 14:00 CET on 25 April 2024 at the FIBA headquarters in Mies, Switzerland. [1] [7] Rwandan Minister of Sports, Aurore Mimosa Munyangaju, helped perform the draw.

Seeding

The seeding was revealed on 24 April 2024. [8]

Seed 1
TeamPos
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 45
Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 74
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 8
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 13
Seed 2
TeamPos
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 16
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 20
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 21
Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 22
Seed 3
TeamPos
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 23
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 25
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 26
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 31
Seed 4
TeamPos
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 33
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 36
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 40
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 51

Tournament 1

The schedule was announced on 29 April 2024. [9]

Preliminary round

Group A

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 0000000 Semifinals
2Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 0000000
3Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 0000000
4Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 0000000
First match(es) will be played: 19 August 2024. Source: [ citation needed ]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head points difference; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.

Group B

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico (H)0000000 Semifinals
2Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 0000000
3Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 0000000
4Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 0000000
First match(es) will be played: 19 August 2024. Source: [ citation needed ]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head points difference; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
24 August
 
 
A1
 
25 August
 
B2
 
 
 
24 August
 
 
 
B1
 
 
A2
 

Semifinals

Final

Final ranking

#TeamW–LQualification
1Qualified for the World Cup Qualifying Tournaments
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

Tournament 2

The schedule was announced on 29 April 2024. [9]

Preliminary round

Group C

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 0000000 Semifinals
2Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 0000000
3Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 0000000
4Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 0000000
First match(es) will be played: 19 August 2024. Source: [ citation needed ]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head points difference; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
19 August 2024
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svgvs.Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
19 August 2024
Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svgvs.Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal

20 August 2024
Senegal  Flag of Senegal.svgvs.Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
20 August 2024
Philippines  Flag of the Philippines.svgvs.Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary

22 August 2024
Brazil  Flag of Brazil.svgvs.Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
22 August 2024
Senegal  Flag of Senegal.svgvs.Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines

Group D

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda (H)0000000 Semifinals
2Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 0000000
3Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 0000000
4Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 0000000
First match(es) will be played: 19 August 2024. Source: [ citation needed ]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head points difference; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
19 August 2024
Rwanda  Flag of Rwanda.svgvs.Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon
19 August 2024
Great Britain  Flag of the United Kingdom.svgvs.Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina

21 August 2024
Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svgvs.Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda
21 August 2024
Lebanon  Flag of Lebanon.svgvs.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain

22 August 2024
Rwanda  Flag of Rwanda.svgvs.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
22 August 2024
Angola  Flag of Angola.svgvs.Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
24 August
 
 
C1
 
25 August
 
D2
 
 
 
24 August
 
 
 
D1
 
 
C2
 

Semifinals

24 August 2024
D2vs.C1

24 August 2024
D1vs.C2

Final

25 August 2024
WSF1vs.WSF2

Final ranking

#TeamW–LQualification
1Qualified for the World Cup Qualifying Tournaments
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

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