The 2030 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup will be the 21st FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, the quadrennial international basketball championship contested by the women's national teams of FIBA. The tournament will be hosted in Tokyo, Japan from 26 November to 8 December 2030.

This will be the first World Cup to be held in the new timeframe of November and December after FIBA changed the competition dates in May 2025.

It will be the first FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup to be held in the country and the first since the 2002 tournament in China to be held in Asia.

Host selection The bidding process started in July 2025.

– On 21 January 2025, at a press conference, FIBA finance director, , stated that Japan was interested in hosting the event and that FIBA was considering their application, with Tokyo as the host city. Japan Basketball Association, Yuko Miya, continued by saying that they made their interest public to FIBA early on, referencing how when they won the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup hosting rights, they declared their interest in 2017, six years in advance. If successful, this would be Japan's first time hosting the event. Japan has previous experience hosting FIBA competitions, recently organising the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup and 2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup Qualifying Tournament group in Osaka.

During its Central Board meeting on 22 April 2026 in Berlin, Germany, FIBA announced that Japan will host the 2030 edition of the Women's World Cup. It will be the first FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup to be held in the country and the first since the 2002 tournament in China to be held in Asia. The Women's World Cup will also coincide with the 100-year anniversary of the Japan Basketball Association.

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Qualification

Qualified teams As hosts, Japan automatically qualified for the tournament.

TeamQualification methodDate of qualificationAppearance(s)Previous best performanceWRHost nation22 April 2026196420266 (1975)TBD

Venues Two venues in the capital Tokyo will be used for the tournament.

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See also 2031 FIBA Basketball World Cup

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