Everything you need to know about the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2026 Pre-Qualifying Tournaments Draw

MIES (Switzerland) - The road to the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2026 starts tomorrow with the draw for the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2026 Pre-Qualifying Tournaments.

The first milestone toward FIBA's flagship women's basketball competition will take place on April 25 at 14:00 (CET) at the Patrick Baumann House of Basketball and will be live-streamed on FIBA Media's YouTube channel. 

The FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2026 Pre-Qualifying Tournaments will be held in Mexico and Rwanda between August 19 and 25, 2024.

For more on the Women's Calendar and the Competition System click here.

Draw Principles

The participating teams of the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2026 Pre-Qualifying Tournaments have been distributed in four pots created to reflect the strength of the continents based on the current FIBA World Ranking Women, presented by Nike.

The two hosts, Mexico and Rwanda, are placed in the Pot 1. The remaining teams are distributed in the pots based on the FIBA World Ranking Women.

The pots are as follows:

POT 1: Mexico, Rwanda, Brazil, Korea
POT 2: Hungary, Mali, Great Britain, Montenegro
POT 3: Czechia, Senegal, New Zealand, Argentina
POT 4: Mozambique, Venezuela, Philippines, Lebanon

By the draw, the teams from each pot will be distributed in four groups, and at the same time, they will be assigned the competition numbers automatically. Teams in Pot 1 will be assigned the competition number 1, Teams from Pot 2 will be assigned the competition number 2, and so on.

There will be one team per region in each group.

Groups A and B will be playing in Mexico and groups C and D in Rwanda.

Consequently, Mexico will be drawn in the group A or B and Rwanda in the group C or D.

Watch the Draw live

Viewers can tune into the live stream of the draw via FIBA's YouTube channel.  

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