2026 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup qualification

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

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

Qualified teams

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

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.

Teams

Continent	Team(s)
Africa	Senegal  Mali  Rwanda  Mozambique
Americas	Brazil  Mexico  Venezuela  Argentina
Asia/Oceania	New Zealand  South Korea  Philippines  Lebanon
Europe	Hungary  Czech Republic  Montenegro  Great Britain

Qualifying

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 of tournament with six teams, with 16 teams qualifying for the final tournament.

Teams

References