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 country Australia
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 during the regional tournaments.

The shown FIBA ranking indicates the ranking before the tournament.

Team Qualification Appearance Best Performance FIBA World Ranking FIBA Zone Ranking
Method Date Last Total Streak
 AustraliaHost nation26 March 202020181615Champions (2006)

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.
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