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2026 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup qualification

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The 2026 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup qualification process will determine the 16 that will qualify for the 2026 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup.[1] As hosts, Germany will receive automatic qualification for the tournament.

Format

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There will be two parts. 16 teams will play a pre-qualifying tournament with the two winners qualifying for the qualifying tournament. The final qualifying part will include 24 teams with 22 of them coming from the specific continental championships.[2]

Schedule

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Tournament Dates
Pre-qualifying 19–25 August 2024
Qualifying March 2026

Qualified teams

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Team Qualification Appearance Best performance FIBA World Ranking[3]
As Date Last Total Streak
 Germany Host 28 April 2023 1998 2 1 11th place (1998) TBD

Pre-qualifying

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16 teams enter this stage and will be split into two tournaments, with the winners advancing to the next round.[4] The tournaments will be held from 19 to 25 August 2024 in Mexico City, Mexico and Kigali, Rwanda. The draw will take place on 25 April 2024.

Continent Team(s)
Africa  Senegal QT
 Mali (3rd)
 Rwanda (4th)
 Mozambique (5th)
Americas  Brazil QT
 Venezuela (6th)
 Argentina (7th)
 Mexico (8th)
Asia/Oceania  New Zealand QT
 South Korea (5th)
 Philippines (6th)
 Lebanon (7th)
Europe  Hungary QT
 Czech Republic (7th)
 Montenegro (8th)
 Great Britain (10th)

Qualifying

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There will be 24 teams, two from the first round and 22 from the continental championships in 2025. The tournaments are scheduled to be held in March 2026. The host, Germany, and the winners of the continental championships will participate in the tournament, although already qualified. The teams are split into four groups of six teams, with 16 teams qualifying for the final tournament.

Teams

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Tournament Team(s)
Top four of 2025 Women's Afrobasket
Top six of 2025 FIBA Women's Asia Cup
Top six of 2025 FIBA Women's AmeriCup
Top six of EuroBasket Women 2025  Germany (World Cup host)
Two winners of Pre-Qualifying Tournaments  Czech Republic
 Hungary

References

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  1. ^ "FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2026: Deutschland erhält Zuschlag!". German Basketball Federation. 28 April 2023. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Qualification". FIBA. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  3. ^ "FIBA World Ranking Presented by NIKE, women". FIBA.
  4. ^ "Hosts announced for inaugural FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2026 Pre-Qualifying Tournaments". FIBA. Retrieved 17 April 2024.