2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup
The 2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, the 19th edition of FIBA's premier international tournament for women's national basketball teams, will be held in Sydney, Australia between 22 September and 1 October 2022. The United States are the three-time defending champions. Hosts selection. Australia and Russia were the only two federations bidding for the tournament. The decision was made on 26 March 2020 during a video conference. Venues. The tournament will take place in two venues. Qualification. Australia as the hosts automatically qualified for the tournament in March 2020 . All other teams will qualify through qualifying tournaments, after finishing as the top teams during their regional tournament. A total of 12 teams will play in those tournaments for the remaining spots. The shown FIBA ranking indicates the ranking before the tournament. In February 2022, Russia was expelled from the tournament by FIBA due to its invasion of Ukraine. Draw. The official draw ceremony took place on 3 March 2022 in Sydney. Preliminary round. "All times are local (UTC+11)." Knockout stage. A draw will decide the pairings of the quarterfinals.