The 2026 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup will be the 20th tournament of the

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for women's national basketball teams. The tournament will be hosted in Berlin, Germany, from 4 to 13 September 2026.

Host selection

The follow countries expressed interest in hosting: * ( San Luis) * (

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, Philippines, on 28 April 2023, FIBA announced that Germany will host the upcoming World Cup in 2026. It will be second World Cup to be held in the Germany after the 1998 tournament.

Qualified teams

Expansion

On 25 March 2022, following a review of the current FIBA women's basketball system,

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expanded the World Cup back to 16 teams after reducing the teams to 12 teams in

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. The expansion brings the numbers of teams that qualified back to the same count as the World Cups between

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Qualification

Germany as the hosts automatically qualified for the tournament in April 2023. Each winner of the continental championship will qualify. All other teams play in a qualifying tournament after finishing as the top teams during their regional tournament. A total of 24 teams will be playing in those qualifying tournaments for the remaining eleven spots.

Venues

According to the plans, the tournament will be played in Berlin across two venues.

Preparations

The senate (city-state government) in Berlin decided to allocate

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6 million to the event.

Logo

The logo was unveiled on 12 August 2024. According to

, the logo is supposed to depict "Berlin's status as a united metropolis that loves to party and celebrate".

References

External links

Official tournament page
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