2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup

The 2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, the 19th edition of FIBA's premier international tournament for women's national basketball teams, will be held in Sydney, Australia between 22 September and 1 October 2022.[1]

2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup
Tournament details
Host countryAustralia
Dates22 September – 1 October
Teams12
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)

The United States are the three-time defending champions.[2]

Hosts selection

Australia and Russia were the only two federations bidding for the tournament. The decision was made on 26 March 2020 during a video conference.[1]

Venues

The tournament will take place in two venues.

Sydney
Sydney Super Dome State Sports Centre
Capacity: 21,032 Capacity: 5,006

Qualification

Australia as the hosts automatically qualified for the tournament in March 2020. All other teams will qualify through qualifying tournaments, after finishing as the top teams during their regional tournament. A total of 12 teams will play in those tournaments for the remaining spots.[3]

The shown FIBA ranking indicates the ranking before the tournament.

QualificationHostDatesVacanciesQualified
HostN/A26 March 20201 Australia
2020 Summer Olympics Tokyo26 July – 8 August 20211 United States
Qualifying Tournaments Belgrade10–13 February 20222
3
Osaka3
Washington2

Qualified teams
Team Qualification Appearance Best Performance FIBA World Ranking FIBA Zone Ranking
Method Date Last Total Streak
 AustraliaHost nation26 March 202020181615Champions (2006)
 United StatesOlympic champion8 August 202120181816Champions (ten times)

References
  1. "Australia announced as host of the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2022". FIBA. 26 March 2020.
  2. "USA three-peat as World Champions, punch ticket to Tokyo 2020 Olympics". FIBA. 30 September 2018.
  3. How to qualify
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