FIBA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL WORLD CUP GERMANY 2026 QUALIFICATION DUNKS
There will be four global FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup 2026 Qualifying Tournaments in March 2026.
Prior to this, the newly introduced FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup 2026 Pre-Qualifying Tournaments took place in August 2024. These tournaments included the four nations that had not advanced from the FIBA Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournaments 2024, plus the 12 next best-placed teams from the FIBA Women’s Continental Cups 2023 – with four nations represented per region.
The 16 participating teams, eight per tournament, were divided into two groups of four. The top two teams from each group advanced to the semi-finals of their respective event, with the winners of each tournament qualifying for the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup Qualifying Tournaments in 2026.
The FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup 2026 Qualifying Tournaments will involve 24 teams determined by their results in the respective FIBA Women’s Continental Cups in 2025 and include the two winners of the FIBA Women’s World Cup 2026 Pre-Qualifying Tournaments.
FIBA Women’s AfroBasket 2025: 4 highest placed teams
FIBA Women’s Asia Cup 2025: 6 highest placed teams
FIBA Women’s AmeriCup 2025: 6 highest placed teams
FIBA Women’s EuroBasket 2025: 8 teams that include the 5 best placed teams + host (Germany) + 2 winners of WWC Pre-Qualifying Tournaments (Czechia and Hungary). Winners are deducted from the number of available spots in their region.
The FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup 2026 Qualifying Tournaments will be made up of four groups of six teams, with all teams playing each other in a round-robin system. The host nation and the winners of each Women’s Continental Cup 2025 will participate in these qualifiers. However, they do receive automatic qualification for the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup 2026.
FIBA Women’s World Cup Qualifying Tournaments 2026 Qualified Teams
Qualified as FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup 2026 Host
Germany
Qualified as FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup 2026 Pre-Qualifying Tournaments winners
Czechia; Hungary
Qualified as a Top 4 team at FIBA Women’s AfroBasket 2025
Mali; Nigeria; Senegal; South Sudan
Qualified as a Top 6 team at FIBA Women’s AmeriCup 2025
Argentina; Brazil; Canada; Colombia; Puerto Rico; USA
Qualified as a Top 6 team at FIBA Women’s Asia Cup 2025
Australia; China; Japan; Korea; New Zealand; Philippines
Qualified as a Top 5 team at FIBA Women’s EuroBasket 2025
Belgium; France; Italy; Spain; Türkiye
