The 2026 FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup was the eighth edition of the FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup, the biennial international women's youth basketball championship contested by the U17 national teams of the member associations of FIBA. It was held in Czechia from 11 to 19 July 2026. To be eligible for this competition, players must be born on or after 1 January 2009.

The United States won their fourth consecutive and seventh overall titles, after defeating Spain 82–73 in the final.

Qualified teams Means of qualification Date(s) Venue(s) Berth(s) Qualifiers Host nation colspan=2 1 2025 FIBA U16 Women's AmeriCup 16–22 June 2025 Irapuato 4 2025 FIBA U16 Women's EuroBasket 15–23 August 2025 Pitești 5 2025 FIBA U16 Women's AfroBasket 2–14 September 2025 Kigali 2 2025 FIBA U16 Women's Asia Cup 22–28 September 2025 Seremban 4 Total 16

Draw The draw took place on 12 February 2026 in Brno.

Seeding The seeding was announced on 10 February 2026. + Pot 1 Team + Pot 2 Team + Pot 3 Team + Pot 4 Team

Referees The following 28 referees were selected for the tournament.

Claudio Eiuba Shannon Jennings Travis Stewart Fernando Leite Larissa Rodrigues Ventsislav Velikov Brooke Briscoe Cooper Toppings Claudio Osorio Edgard Ceccarelli Laure Coanus Ioannis Tsimpouris Mohammad Taha Alexey Stepanenko Elvis Binders-Čoders Ritvars Helmšteins Juozas Barkauskas Imad Driouach Oumar Sy Luis Escobedo Viola Györgyi Nicolás Flores Ewa Matuszewska Leong Chuen Wing Veronika Obertová Sandra Sánchez Wissam Zein Lauren Niemiera

Squads

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

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Final round Bracket

Round of 16

9–16th classification playoffs

9–16th place quarterfinals

13–16th place semifinals

15th place game

13th place game

9–12th place semifinals

Eleventh place game

Ninth place game

Quarterfinals

5–8th classification playoffs

5–8th place semifinals

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Semifinals

Third place game

Final

Final standings Rank Team Record 7–0 6–1 5–24th 5–25th 5–26th 4–37th 5–28th 3–49th 3–410th 3–411th 3–412th 2–513th 3–414th 1–615th 1–616th 0–7

Statistics and awards Statistical leaders Players

Points Name PPG Li Yuanshan 20.3 Miya Takeuchi 18.1 Isabel Hernández 17.0 Jimena Velázquez 16.7 Fatima Diouf 15.0 Sun Hanyun

Rebounds Name RPG Sofia Zuccon 11.7 Veronika Ferjančič 10.7 Emilia Ainley 10.3 Pang Yunshu 9.7 Nation Williams 9.1

Assists Name APG Sun Xuan 6.7 Jimena Velázquez 5.1 Morghan Reckley 5.0 Miya Takeuchi 4.9 Isabel Hernández 4.7

Blocks Name BPG Jemyma Manyok 2.3 Veronika Ferjančič Nation Williams 1.9 Zeina Amin 1.6 Micah Ojo 1.4 Grace Pongang

Steals Name SPG Isabel Hernández 3.9 Olivia Olechnowicz 3.3 Jimena Velázquez 3.0 Nation Williams 2.7 Ivanna Wilson Manyacka 2.6

Efficiency Name EFFPG Miya Takeuchi 18.6 Emilia Ainley 18.0 Anais Gobec Ivanna Wilson Manyacka 17.0 Micah Ojo

Teams

Points Team PPG 93.3 73.6 70.4 70.1 69.0

Rebounds Team RPG 54.1 53.9 52.9 49.6 47.4

Assists Team APG 23.0 20.9 20.6 19.1 18.6

Blocks Team BPG 7.3 6.4 5.7 5.6

Steals Team SPG 16.7 15.6 12.4 12.3 11.3

Efficiency Team EFFPG 124.0 86.6 85.0 78.9 76.1

Awards The awards were announced on 5 July 2026.

All-Star FiveGuardsForwardsCenter Isabel Hernández Miya Takeuchi Ivanna Wilson Manyacka Madison Ryan Frances VollettN/AMVP: Ivanna Wilson ManyackaAll-Second TeamGuardsForwardsCenter Olivia Olechnowicz Anais Gobec Micah Ojo Li Yuanshan Amelia AlonsoN/ABest defensive player: Olivia OlechnowiczBest coach: Isabel Fernández

References

External links Official website