2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup
Qualification
Spain as the hosts automatically qualified for the tournament in December 2014. The United States were the next to qualify after winning Gold at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.

2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup

Section Title: Qualification
Table Section Text: Spain as the hosts automatically qualified for the tournament in December 2014. The United States were the next to qualify after winning Gold at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.

Team	Qualification	Appearance	Best Performance	FIBA World Ranking	FIBA Zone Ranking

Method	Date	Last	Total	Streak

Spain	Host nation	16 December 2014	2014	7	7	Runners-up (2014)	2	1

United States	Summer Olympic Games	20 August 2016	2014	17	15	Champions (1953, 1957, 1979, 1986, 1990, 1998, 2002, 2010, 2014)	1	1

Belgium	EuroBasket Women	22 June 2017	—	1	1	Debut	28	14

France	EuroBasket Women	22 June 2017	2014	10	5	3rd Place (1953)	3	2

Greece	EuroBasket Women	22 June 2017	2010	2	1	11th Place (2010)	20	9

Latvia	EuroBasket Women	24 June 2017	—	1	1	Debut	26	12

Turkey	EuroBasket Women	24 June 2017	2014	2	2	4th Place (2014)	7	4

South Korea	Women's Asia Cup	27 July 2017	2014	15	15	Runners-up (1967, 1979)	16	4

Australia	Women's Asia Cup	27 July 2017	2014	15	14	Champions (2006)	4	1

China	Women's Asia Cup	27 July 2017	2014	10	10	Runners-up (1994)	10	1

Japan	Women's Asia Cup	27 July 2017	2014	13	3	Runners-up (1975)	13	2

Canada	Women's AmeriCup	12 August 2017	2014	11	4	3rd Place (1979, 1986)	5	2

Argentina	Women's AmeriCup	12 August 2017	2010	9	1	6th Place (1953)	15	5

Puerto Rico	Women's AmeriCup	13 August 2017	–	1	1	Debut	22	6

Nigeria	Women's Afrobasket	26 August 2017	2006	2	1	16th Place (2006)	34	5

Senegal	Women's Afrobasket	26 August 2017	2010	8	1	12th Place (1979)	17	1

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