The 2027 FIBA Women's AmeriCup will be the 19th edition of the biannual Americas continental championship in women's basketball, sanctioned by the FIBA Americas, for women's national basketball teams. It will be held from 3 to 11 July 2027 in San Salvador, El Salvador, marking the first time the competition will be in Central America.
Ten teams will participate in the tournament, with qualification taking place between July 2025 and August 2026. As hosts, El Salvador automatically qualified.
The top four teams will qualify for the 2028 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments where they will compete for spots in the Olympic tournament in Los Angeles, besides the United States who automatically qualified as hosts.
United States are the defending champions, beating Brazil 92–84 in the 2025 final in Santiago.
Host selection On 10 December 2025, El Salvador was awarded the tournament as the only bidder for the edition. This will be El Salvador's first time hosting the event. This will also be the first time the competition will be in Central America.
Qualification
Qualifying tournaments were played between July 2025 and August 2026, consisting of four tournaments; teams from Central America and the Caribbean competed in the 2025 FIBA COCABA Championship for Women and the 2025 FIBA Women's Caribbean Championship, respectively, which also served as pre-qualifiers for the 2026 Centrobasket. South American teams competed in the 2026 South American Championship. In total, nearly 20 countries took part in these competitions. Canada and United States were given automatic tickets to the tournament. El Salvador as host are also given an automatic qualification.
Of the qualified teams, nine teams took part in the previous edition. Venezuela return after missing out in 2025. 2025 hosts Chile failed to qualify this time round.
Qualified teams Qualification Host Dates Vacancies QualifiedHost Miami 10 December 2025 1 Automatic entry 2 2026 Centrobasket Women Managua 12–18 July 2026 3 2026 South American Championship Zárate3–9 August 2026 4
Summary of qualified teams TeamQualification methodDate of qualificationAppearance(s)Previous best performance WR Host nation202120252 TBD Automatic entry198919 TBD 5 TBD Top three at2026 Centrobasket Women199310 TBD 19893 TBD 5 TBDTop four at2026 South American Championship 19 TBD 199920231 TBD 199720256 TBD198916 TBD
Format The ten teams will be drawn into two groups of five teams. The top four teams from each group will advance to the quarterfinals. A first-placed team will face the fourth-placed team and a second-placed team will play against a third-placed team of the other group. A knockout system with consolations will be used after the preliminary round.
Venue The venue for the entire competition will be the Gimnasio Nacional José Adolfo Pineda in El Salvador's capital, San Salvador. The venue inaugurated in 1950 and hosted Basketball at the 1959 Central American and Caribbean Games. It also hosted Miss Universe 2023. San SalvadorGimnasio Nacional José Adolfo PinedaCapacity: 12,900
Final standings Rank Team Record 0–0 0–0 0–0 4 0–0 5 0–0 6 0–0 7 0–0 8 0–0 9 0–0 10 0–0 Qualified for the 2028 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments Qualified for the 2028 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments as winner of the 2026 FIBA Women's Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament. The Americas region can qualify four nations to the Olympic Qualifying tournaments. The United States have already qualified for the Olympics as host but still would take one of the four berths, Canada won the Fiba Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament claiming one of the four berths prior to this tournament.
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