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2026 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup Qualifying Tournaments

The 2026 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup Qualifying Tournaments determined the last eleven teams for the 2026 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup. The tournaments were held from 11 to 17 March 2026.

Format

The 24 teams, final tournament hosts Germany and 23 teams coming from the continental championships in 2025, were divided into four tournaments of six teams each, playing each other once in a single round-robin. Germany and the continental champions, all automatically qualified for the final tournament, still participated in the qualifying tournaments. With one continental champion in each tournament, three spots were contested in three tournaments, and two in the tournament containing Germany.

Qualified teams

Host selection

On 19 September 2025, FIBA announced the tournaments would be hosted by Istanbul, Turkey; Villeurbanne, France; San Juan, Puerto Rico; and Wuhan, China.

Overview of venues

Draw

The draw was held on 7 October 2025, at the FIBA headquarters in Mies, Switzerland, conducted by German player Marie Gülich and French former player Endéné Miyem. The draw started with the four hosts being placed into their respective groups and continued with, in order, pots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 being drawn, with each team selected then allocated into the first available group alphabetically. The position for the team within the group would then be drawn (for the purpose of the schedule). Countries in bold text means they qualified.

Seeding

The seeding and principles were announced on 6 October 2025. The seeding was based on the 8 August 2025 FIBA Women's World Ranking.

In order to preserve geographic balance, the following restrictions applied in the draw:

  • Each of the four continental champions, who were already directly qualified for the World Cup, were drawn into one tournament.
  • A maximum of two European teams were drawn in each tournament, including World Cup hosts Germany.
  • One or two teams from the Americas and from Asia and Oceania were drawn in each tournament.
  • One of the four tournaments was drawn with two teams from Africa (excluding continental champions Nigeria), with two other tournaments drawing one African team each.
  • South Sudan could not be drawn in the Puerto Rico tournament.

Draw results

Tournaments

The schedule was confirmed on 8 October 2025.

Tournament A

The tournament was held in Wuhan, China.

All times are local (UTC+8).

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Tournament B

The tournament was held in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

All times are local (UTC−4).

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Tournament C

The tournament was held in Istanbul, Turkey.

All times are local (UTC+3).

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Tournament D

The tournament was held in Villeurbanne, France.

All times are local (UTC+1).

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Most Valuable Player

All Star Five

References

External links