MIES (Switzerland) - The playing field is now set for the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2022, with the completion of the Qualifying Tournaments.

The following twelve countries will compete in Sydney, Australia at the Women's Basketball World Cup:

Australia
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Canada
China
France
Japan
Korea
Nigeria
Russia
Serbia
USA

The four FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2022 Qualifying Tournaments tipped off in Osaka, Washington DC, and Belgrade on February 10, with five days of on-court action and some incredibly close games. While both teams participated in the tournaments, the USA automatically qualified as Tokyo Olympics gold medalists, while Australia received automatic qualification as hosts of the event.

The qualified teams' performances were powered by inspiring individual performances that earned one player from each tournament the TISSOT Most Valuable Player awards. Here are the winners:

FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2022 Qualifying Tournament Osaka: Jonquel Jones (BIH)
FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2022 Qualifying Tournament Washington DC: Emma Meesseman
FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2022 Qualifying Tournament Belgrade A: Yvonne Anderson (SRB)
FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2022 Qualifying Tournament Belgrade B: Sijing Huang (CHN) 

For full results and final standings for each tournament click here:

FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2022 Qualifying Tournament Osaka
FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2022 Qualifying Tournament Washington DC
FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2022 Qualifying Tournament Belgrade A
FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2022 Qualifying Tournament Belgrade B

The FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2022 will take place from September 22 to October 1. This will be Australia's second time hosting the event, with the last time being in 1994.

 The Draw for the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2022 will take place on Thursday, March 3, 2022 in Sydney, Australia.

For more information on the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2022, click here.

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About the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2022
The 19th edition of FIBA's most distinguished women's event, the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2022, will take place in Sydney, Australia from September 22 to October 1.

The FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2022 is supported by the NSW Government through its major events and tourism agency, Destination NSW and the Office of Sport.

For further information about the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2022, visit womensbasketballworldcup/2022 or follow FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2022 on facebook.com/FIBAWWC, twitter.com/FIBAWWC, instagram.com/fibawwc and youtube.com/fiba.

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 About FIBA
FIBA (fiba.basketball) - the world governing body for basketball, is an independent association formed by 212 National Basketball Federations throughout the world. It is recognized as the sole competent authority in basketball by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

For further information about FIBA, visit fiba.basketball or follow FIBA on facebook.com/fiba, twitter.com/fiba,  instagram.com/fiba and youtube.com/fiba.