2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Australia |
| Dates | 22 September – 1 October |
| Teams | 12 |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
The 2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, the 19th edition of FIBA's premier international tournament for women's national basketball teams, will be held in Sydney, Australia between 22 September and 1 October 2022.[1]
The United States are the three-time defending champions.[2]
Hosts selection[]
Australia and Russia were the only two federations bidding for the tournament. The decision was made on 26 March 2020 during a video conference.[1]
Venues[]
The tournament will take place in two venues.
| Sydney | ||
|---|---|---|
| Sydney Super Dome | State Sports Centre | |
| Capacity: 21,032 | Capacity: 5,006 | |
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Qualification[]
Australia as the hosts automatically qualified for the tournament in March 2020. All other teams will qualify through qualifying tournaments, after finishing as the top teams during their regional tournament. A total of 12 teams will play in those tournaments for the remaining spots.[3]
The shown FIBA ranking indicates the ranking before the tournament.
| Qualification | Host | Dates | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host | N/A | 26 March 2020 | 1 |  Australia
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| 2020 Summer Olympics |  Tokyo |
26 July – 8 August 2021 | 1 |  United States
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| Qualifying Tournaments |  Belgrade |
10–13 February 2022 | 2 | |
| 3 | ||||
| Osaka |
3 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina Canada Japan
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| Washington |
2 |
Qualified teams[]
| Team | Qualification | Appearance | Best Performance | FIBA World Ranking | FIBA Zone Ranking | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Method | Date | Last | Total | Streak | ||||
| Australia |
Host nation | 26 March 2020 | 2018 | 16 | 15 | Champions (2006) | 3 | 1 |
| United States |
Olympic champion | 8 August 2021 | 18 | 16 | Champions (ten times) | 1 | 1 | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Qualifying Tournament | 5 February 2022 | Debut | 27 | 18 | |||
| Canada |
2018 | 12 | 5 | Third place (1979, 1986) | 4 | 2 | ||
| Japan |
9 | 4 | Second place (1975) | 8 | 3 | |||
References[]
- ^ a b "Australia announced as host of the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2022". FIBA. 26 March 2020.
- ^ "USA three-peat as World Champions, punch ticket to Tokyo 2020 Olympics". FIBA. 30 September 2018.
- ^ How to qualify
External links[]
- FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup
- International women's basketball competitions hosted by Australia
- International sports competitions hosted at Sydney Olympic Park
- 2022 in women's basketball
- Scheduled basketball competitions
- 2022 in Australian women's sport
- September 2022 sports events in Asia
- October 2022 sports events in Asia