European teams confirmed for FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2026 Qualifying Tournaments

    European teams at FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2026 Qualifying Tournaments

    The five best-ranked teams at FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2025 completed the European lineup for World Cup Qualifying Tournaments.

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    PIRAEUS (Greece) - All eight European nations set to participate in the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2026 Qualifying Tournaments have been confirmed after Türkiye clinched the last spot.

    With the five highest-ranked national teams at FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2025 qualifying for the global event, Belgium, France, Italy and Spain had already secured their berths by reaching the Semi-Finals.

    They joined World Cup hosts Germany as well as Pre-Qualifying Tournaments winners, Czechia and Hungary, who had booked their Qualifying Tournament places in August 2024.

    Türkiye claimed the last remaining ticket by topping Lithuania 99-87 in Sunday's Classification Game 7-8 and advancing as the next-best team at the event, with higher-placed Czechia and Germany already qualified.

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    Germany

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    Belgium

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    France

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    Italy

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    Spain

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    Türkiye

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    Czechia

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    Hungary

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    A total of 24 national teams will compete across four FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2026 Qualifying Tournaments, each featuring six teams, in March 2026 to determine the 16-team field for the World Cup.

    Hosts Germany and FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2025 champions will participate in the Qualifying Tournaments but are assured of direct berths for the World Cup.

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