2026 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup

The 2026 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup will be the 20th tournament of the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup for women's national basketball teams. The tournament will be hosted in Berlin, Germany, from 4 to 13 September 2026.

Host selection
The follow countries expressed interest in hosting:
 * 🇦🇷 (San Luis)
 * 🇧🇷 (Rio de Janeiro)
 * 🇩🇪 (Berlin)

During its Central Board meeting in Manila, Philippines, on 28 April 2023, FIBA announced that Germany will host the upcoming World Cup in 2026. It will be the second World Cup to be held in the Germany after the 1998 tournament.

Expansion
On 25 March 2022, following a review of the current FIBA women's basketball system, FIBA expanded the World Cup back to 16 teams after reducing the teams to 12 teams in 2022. The expansion brings the numbers of teams that qualified back to the same amount as the world cups between 1990 and 2018.

Qualification
Germany as the hosts automatically qualified for the tournament in April 2023. All other teams will qualify through qualifying tournaments, after finishing as the top teams during their regional tournament. A total of 24 teams will be played in those qualifying tournaments for the remaining 15 spots.

Venues
According to the plans, the tournament will be played in Berlin across two venues.

Preparations
The senate in Berlin decided to allocate €6 million to the event.