MIES (Switzerland) - The 16-team field for the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2026 is now set following the successful conclusion of the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup Qualifying Tournaments in Istanbul, Türkiye; Lyon-Villeurbanne, France; San Juan, Puerto Rico; and Wuhan, China.
Heading into the Qualifying Tournaments, Australia, Belgium, Nigeria and USA were already assured of a place in Berlin as 2025 Continental Cups champions, along with FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2026 host nation, Germany.
The 11 remaining tickets were taken by France, who were the first to qualify on the court, then Spain, China, Korea, Italy, Mali, Czechia, Türkiye, Japan, Hungary and Puerto Rico.
The race to make it to Berlin went down to the very last game of the Qualifying Tournaments in San Juan, when hosts Puerto Rico celebrated taking the final available ticket with a memorable victory.
Meanwhile, Italy ended their long wait for a return by booking a place at the showpiece event for the first time in 32 years, with Hungary also ending a 28-year absence. The full list of FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2026 teams is as follows:
Australia
Belgium
China
Czechia
France
Germany
Hungary
Italy
Japan
Korea
Mali
Nigeria
Puerto Rico
Spain
Türkiye
USA
Sami Whitcomb (Australia) was crowned TISSOT MVP at the Qualifying Tournament in Istanbul and was joined in the All-Star Five by Mai Yamamoto (Japan), Kennedy Burke (Türkiye), Dorka Juhasz (Hungary) and Aaliyah Edwards (Canada).
Janelle Salaun (France) was crowned TISSOT MVP at the Qualifying Tournament in Lyon-Villeurbanne and was joined in the All-Star Five by Marine Johannes (France), Frieda Buhner (Germany), Leeseul Kang (Korea), Victoria Macaulay (Nigeria).
Caitlin Clark (USA) was crowned TISSOT MVP at the Qualifying Tournament in San Juan and was joined in the All-Star Five by Kelsey Plum (USA), Cecilia Zandalasini (Italy), Megan Gustafson (Spain) and Imani McGee-Staffod (Puerto Rico).
Julie Allemand (Belgium) was crowned TISSOT MVP at the Qualifying Tournament in Wuhan and was joined in the All-Star Five by Emma Meesseman (Belgium), Shuyu Yang (China), Maimouna Haidara (Mali) and Emma Cechova (Czechia).
The FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2026 will take place in Berlin, Germany between 4-13 September.
The draw for the event will take place on April 21 at Kraftwerk Berlin, alongside the FIBA Hall of Fame Class of 2026 enshrinement ceremony.
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