The 2026 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup Pre-Qualifying Tournaments were held from 19 to 25 August 2024 in Mexico City, Mexico and Kigali, Rwanda. The winner of each tournament qualified for the 2026 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup Qualifying Tournaments.

Creation On 2 February 2022, FIBA announced a new tournament that acted as pre qualifiers for the next Olympics or World Cup. It replaced the regional pre-qualifiers that started in 2019 and were created to give more opportunities for member associations to play more meaningful games.

Format 16 teams (four per continent) participated in two tournaments, where the winning team advanced to the 2026 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup Qualifying Tournaments. Originally, the 16 teams would play for only one spot in the global qualifiers. However, on 28 November 2023, FIBA decided to increase to spots from one to two.

Teams Teams qualified via their final ranking at the FIBA Continental Cups in 2023. Despite originally qualifying, Colombia (5th at the 2023 FIBA Women's AmeriCup) and Italy (9th at the EuroBasket Women 2023) did not enter. Mexico and Great Britain took the vacant spots.

Continent Team(s) Africa QT (3rd) (4th) (5th) Americas QT (6th) (7th) (8th) Asia/Oceania QT (5th) (6th) (7th) Europe QT (7th) (8th) (10th)

QT Participated in the 2024 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments 4th, 5th, 6th: Position at the continental championship.

Draw The draw was held at 14:00 CET on 25 April 2024 at the FIBA headquarters in Mies, Switzerland. Rwandan Minister of Sports, Aurore Mimosa Munyangaju, helped perform the draw.

Seeding The seeding was revealed on 24 April 2024. As hosts of the pre-qualifiers, Mexico and Rwanda were placed into pot 1.

+ Seed 1 Team 45 74 8 13+ Seed 2 Team 16 20 21 22+ Seed 3 Team 23 25 26 31+ Seed 4 Team 33 36 40 51

Following the draw, the schedule was announced on 29 April 2024.

Mexico City

Venue The Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera in Mexico City hosted the competition. Mexico CityGimnasio Olímpico Juan de la BarreraCapacity: 5,242

Preliminary round All times are local (UTC−6). Group A

Group B

Knockout stage Bracket

Semifinals

Final

Final ranking # Team W–L Qualification1 5–0 Qualified for the World Cup Qualifying Tournaments2 2–3 3 3–1 4 2–2 5 1–2 6 1–2 7 1–2 8 0–3

Statistical leaders Players Source:

Points Player PPG Gabriela Jaquez 21.8 Djeneba N'Diaye 18.0 Milica Jovanović 17.5 Kang Lee-seul 17.0 Park Ji-su 16.8

Rebounds Player RPG Esra McGoldrick 9.3 Brianna Herlihy 9.0 Ritorya Tamilo 8.7 Park Ji-su 7.8 Gabriela Jaquez

Assists Player APG Marija Leković 6.0 Mariana Durán 5.3 Park Ji-hyun 4.8 Shin Ji-hyun 4.4 Hazel Ramírez 4.3 Delma Zita

Blocks Player BPG Park Ji-su 2.0 Ritorya Tamilo 1.3 Maja Bigović Célia Sumbane Emma Čechová 1.0

Steals Player SPG Célia Sumbane 3.7 Ingvild Mucauro Fatoumata Sanou 2.7 Waleska Pérez 2.3 Sira Theinou Maimouna Haidara

Efficiency Player EFFPG Park Ji-hyun 19.2 Park Ji-su 19.0 Gabriela Jaquez 18.8 Daniela Wallen 18.3 Milica Jovanović 18.0

Teams Source:

Points Team PPG 80.2 76.6 75.5 71.3

Rebounds Team RPG 51.7 46.3 44.2 42.3 41.5

Assists Team APG 24.2 23.8 20.5 19.0 18.0

Blocks Team BPG 4.2 3.3 3.0 2.4

Steals Team SPG 11.7 11.3 9.0 8.8 8.2

Efficiency Team EFFPG 99.6 90.4 84.5 75.0 71.8

Awards The awards were announced on 26 August 2024.

All-Star FiveGuardsForwardsCenters Tereza Vyoralová Gabriela Jaquez Milica Jovanović Julia Reisingerová Park Ji-suMVP: Julia Reisingerová

Kigali

Venue The BK Arena in Kigali hosted the competition. KigaliBK ArenaCapacity: 10,000

Preliminary round All times are local (UTC+2). Group C

Group D

Knockout stage Bracket

Semifinals

Final

Final ranking # Team W–L Qualification1 4–1 Qualified for the World Cup Qualifying Tournaments2 4–1 3 2–2 4 2–2 5 2–1 6 1–2 7 0–3 8 0–3

Statistical leaders Players Source:

Points Player PPG Emanuely de Oliveira 17.7 Bella Murekatete 17.5 Trinity Baptiste 17.0 Ndioma Kane 16.6 Ineza Sifa 14.3 Rebecca Akl

Rebounds Player RPG Bella Murekatete 11.0 Agostina Burani 10.7 Jack Animam 9.3 Aline Moura 8.3 Savannah Wilkinson 7.5

Assists Player APG Destiney Philoxy 7.3 Holly Winterburn 7.0 Melisa Gretter 5.7 Rebecca Akl Cierra Dillard 5.6

Blocks Player BPG Ndioma Kane 2.2 Jack Animam 2.0 Quinn Dela Rosa 1.3 Agostina Burani Bella Murekatete

Steals Player SPG Afril Bernardino 3.0 Cierra Dillard 2.8 Ndioma Kane 2.6 Melisa Gretter 2.0 Hannah Robb 1.8 Ineza Sifa

Efficiency Player EFFPG Bella Murekatete 22.0 Ndioma Kane 21.4 Agostina Burani 18.0 Jack Animam 17.0 Réka Lelik 16.8

Teams Source:

Points Team PPG 78.0 67.3 66.8 66.0 65.3

Rebounds Team RPG 47.4 46.3 44.0 42.3

Assists Team APG 25.0 18.0 17.3 16.8 16.7

Blocks Team BPG 4.0 3.6 3.0 2.7

Steals Team SPG 11.2 10.3 7.8 7.6 7.3

Efficiency Team EFFPG 96.8 72.4 69.0 65.3 63.0

Awards The awards were announced on 26 August 2024.

All-Star FiveGuardsForwardsCenters Réka Lelik Holly Winterburn Ndioma Kane Virág Kiss Bella MurekateteMVP: Réka Lelik

References

External links Tournament summary (Kigali) (Mexico City)