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The FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, also known as the Basketball World Cup for Women or simply the FIBA Women's World Cup, is an international basketball tournament for women's national teams held quadrennially. It was created by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA).
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 .
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.
16 teams (four per continent) participated in two tournaments, where the winning team advanced to the 2026 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup Qualifying Tournaments. [1] Originally, the 16 teams would play for only one spot in the global qualifiers. However, on 28 November 2023, FIBA decided to increase to spots from one to two. [4]
The 2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, the 19th edition of FIBA's premier international tournament for women's national basketball teams, was held in Sydney, Australia, between 22 September and 1 October 2022.
The 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, the 18th edition of FIBA's premier international tournament for women's national basketball teams, was held in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain from 22 to 30 September 2018. [1] This was the first edition to use the name of FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup.
The following is the list of squads for each of the twelve teams competing in the 2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, to be held in Australia between 22 September and 1 October 2022. Each team selected a squad of 12 players for the tournament.
The 2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup Qualifying Tournament determined the last ten teams for the 2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup. It was held from 10 to 14 February 2022. It was held from 10 to 14 February 2022.