The 2026 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup Pre-Qualifying Tournaments were held from 19 to 25 August 2024 in Mexico City, Mexico and Kigali, Rwanda.[1] The winner of each tournament qualified for the 2026 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup Qualifying Tournaments.[2]
Tournament details | |
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Host countries | Mexico Rwanda |
City | Mexico City Kigali |
Dates | 19–25 August 2024 |
Teams | 16 (from 4 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
Creation
editOn 2 February 2022, FIBA announced a new tournament that acted as pre qualifiers for the next Olympics or World Cup.[3] It replaced the regional pre-qualifiers that started in 2019 and were created to give more opportunities for member associations to play more meaningful games.[3]
Format
edit16 teams (four per continent) participated in two tournaments, where the winning team advanced to the 2026 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup Qualifying Tournaments.[1] Originally, the 16 teams would play for only one spot in the global qualifiers. However, on 28 November 2023, FIBA decided to increase to spots from one to two.[4]
Teams
editTeams qualified via their final ranking at the FIBA Continental Cups in 2023.[5] Despite originally qualifying, Colombia (5th at the 2023 FIBA Women's AmeriCup) and Italy (9th at the EuroBasket Women 2023) did not enter.[6] Mexico and Great Britain took the vacant spots.
Continent | Team(s) |
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Africa | Senegal QT Mali (3rd) Rwanda (4th) Mozambique (5th) |
Americas | Brazil QT Venezuela (6th) Argentina (7th) Mexico (8th) |
Asia/Oceania | New Zealand QT South Korea (5th) Philippines (6th) Lebanon (7th) |
Europe | Hungary QT Czech Republic (7th) Montenegro (8th) Great Britain (10th) |
- QT Participated in the 2024 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments
- 4th, 5th, 6th: Position at the continental championship.
Draw
editThe draw was held at 14:00 CET on 25 April 2024 at the FIBA headquarters in Mies, Switzerland.[1][7] Rwandan Minister of Sports, Aurore Mimosa Munyangaju, helped perform the draw.
Seeding
editThe seeding was revealed on 24 April 2024.[8] As hosts of the pre-qualifiers, Mexico and Rwanda were placed into pot 1.
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Following the draw, the schedule was announced on 29 April 2024.[9]
Mexico City
editTournament details | |
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Host country | Mexico |
City | Mexico City |
Dates | 19–25 August |
Teams | 8 (from 4 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Czech Republic |
Runners-up | South Korea |
Third place | Montenegro |
Fourth place | Mexico |
Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 15 |
Attendance | 6,892 (459 per game) |
MVP | Julia Reisingerová |
Top scorer | Gabriela Jaquez (21.8 ppg) |
Official website | |
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Venue
editThe Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera in Mexico City hosted the competition.
Mexico City | ||
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Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera | ||
Capacity: 5,242 | ||
Preliminary round
editAll times are local (UTC−6).
Group A
editPos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Czech Republic | 3 | 3 | 0 | 246 | 175 | +71 | 6 | Semifinals |
2 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 2 | 228 | 223 | +5 | 4[a] | |
3 | Mali | 3 | 1 | 2 | 214 | 237 | −23 | 4[a] | |
4 | Venezuela | 3 | 1 | 2 | 199 | 252 | −53 | 4[a] |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head points difference; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
Notes:
19 August 2024
12:00 |
South Korea | 78–84 | Venezuela |
Scoring by quarter: 21–23, 24–18, 17–19, 16–24 | ||
Pts: Park Ji-h. 19 Rebs: Park Ji-h., Park Ji-s. 6 Asts: Heo 4 |
Pts: Pérez 22 Rebs: Herlihy 9 Asts: Durán 7 |
Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera, Mexico City
Attendance: 40 Referees: Orlando Varela (HON), Ahmed Al-Shuwaili (IRQ), Kumiko Kumagai (JPN) |
19 August 2024
14:30 |
Mali | 63–84 | Czech Republic |
Scoring by quarter: 13–25, 22–23, 20–17, 8–19 | ||
Pts: Dembelé 18 Rebs: Haidara, Theinou 5 Asts: Sanou 4 |
Pts: Reisingerová 21 Rebs: Čechová, Stoupalová 9 Asts: Šotolová 5 |
Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera, Mexico City
Attendance: 50 Referees: Alan dos Santos (BRA), Yasmina Alcaraz (ESP), Jacquiline Dover (AUS) |
20 August 2024
17:30 |
Czech Republic | 76–63 | South Korea |
Scoring by quarter: 24–17, 14–14, 22–18, 16–14 | ||
Pts: Čechová 15 Rebs: Pospíšilová, Reisingerová 6 Asts: Hamzová 6 |
Pts: Park Ji-s. 20 Rebs: Park Ji-s. 7 Asts: Heo 4 |
Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera, Mexico City
Attendance: 50 Referees: Orlando Varela (HON), Micaela Prado (ARG), Amal Dahra (FRA) |
20 August 2024
20:30 |
Venezuela | 66–88 | Mali |
Scoring by quarter: 15–25, 9–25, 29–15, 13–23 | ||
Pts: Wallen 21 Rebs: Pérez 9 Asts: Pérez 5 |
Pts: N'Diaye 21 Rebs: three players 8 Asts: Sissoko 5 |
Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera, Mexico City
Attendance: 125 Referees: Carsten Straube (GER), Yezid Carreño (COL), Silvia Marziali (ITA) |
22 August 2024
12:00 |
South Korea | 87–63 | Mali |
Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 22–19, 17–10, 30–18 | ||
Pts: Kang Lee-s. 26 Rebs: Park Ji-s. 12 Asts: Shin 8 |
Pts: N'Diaye 18 Rebs: Haidara 9 Asts: Theinou, Sissoko 3 |
Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera, Mexico City
Attendance: 30 Referees: Orlando Varela (HON), Silvia Marziali (ITA), Franco Ronconi (ARG) |
22 August 2024
14:30 |
Czech Republic | 86–49 | Venezuela |
Scoring by quarter: 30–19, 17–6, 20–10, 19–14 | ||
Pts: three players 12 Rebs: Čechová 9 Asts: Hamzová, Sklenářová 4 |
Pts: Fajardo 13 Rebs: Herlihy 9 Asts: three players 2 |
Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera, Mexico City
Attendance: 128 Referees: Ahmed Al-Shuwaili (IRQ), Ryan Johnson (USA), Kumiko Kumagai (JPN) |
Group B
editPos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Montenegro | 3 | 3 | 0 | 236 | 187 | +49 | 6 | Semifinals |
2 | Mexico (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 213 | 203 | +10 | 5 | |
3 | New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 2 | 207 | 222 | −15 | 4 | |
4 | Mozambique | 3 | 0 | 3 | 180 | 224 | −44 | 3 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head points difference; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
19 August 2024
17:30 |
Montenegro | 88–64 | New Zealand |
Scoring by quarter: 16–14, 21–18, 29–15, 22–17 | ||
Pts: Kovačević 18 Rebs: Kovačević 7 Asts: Živković 6 |
Pts: Davidson, Tamilo 11 Rebs: Tamilo 6 Asts: Hokianga 5 |
Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera, Mexico City
Attendance: 50 Referees: Carsten Straube (GER), Ryan Johnson (USA), Xiang Fei (CHN) |
19 August 2024
21:00 |
Mexico | 71–65 | Mozambique |
Scoring by quarter: 14–14, 9–19, 20–19, 28–13 | ||
Pts: Jaquez 19 Rebs: Payán 10 Asts: Ramírez 6 |
Pts: Sumbane 16 Rebs: Mucauro 10 Asts: Sumbane, Zita 3 |
Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera, Mexico City
Attendance: 500 Referees: Franco Ronconi (ARG), Aline García (URU), Sandra Sánchez (ESP) |
21 August 2024
17:30 |
Mozambique | 52–74 | Montenegro |
Scoring by quarter: 10–20, 9–15, 12–21, 21–18 | ||
Pts: Mucauro 13 Rebs: Mafanela 7 Asts: Mucauro 3 |
Pts: Jovanović 20 Rebs: Bigović 7 Asts: Leković 8 |
Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera, Mexico City
Attendance: 67 Referees: Alan dos Santos (BRA), Sandra Sánchez (ESP), Xiang Fei (CHN) |
21 August 2024
20:30 |
New Zealand | 64–71 | Mexico |
Scoring by quarter: 14–20, 26–9, 11–15, 13–27 | ||
Pts: Reed 14 Rebs: Tamilo 8 Asts: Davidson 4 |
Pts: Jaquez 22 Rebs: Lara 13 Asts: Ramos 5 |
Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera, Mexico City
Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Ahmed Al-Shuwaili (IRQ), Ryan Johnson (USA), Kumiko Kumagai (JPN) |
22 August 2024
17:30 |
New Zealand | 79–63 | Mozambique |
Scoring by quarter: 14–12, 30–18, 20–20, 15–13 | ||
Pts: Whittaker 27 Rebs: McGoldrick 18 Asts: Tamilo 5 |
Pts: Mucauro 14 Rebs: Mucauro, Zita 4 Asts: Pinto, Zita 4 |
Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera, Mexico City
Attendance: 100 Referees: Alan dos Santos (BRA), Yasmina Alcaraz (ESP), Jacquiline Dover (AUS) |
22 August 2024
20:30 |
Mexico | 71–74 (OT) | Montenegro |
Scoring by quarter: 7–16, 18–11, 19–19, 18–16, Overtime: 9–12 | ||
Pts: Jaquez 26 Rebs: Jaquez, Martínez 8 Asts: Ramos 4 |
Pts: Jovanović 29 Rebs: Živković 10 Asts: Jovanović, Leković 5 |
Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera, Mexico City
Attendance: 1,250 Referees: Carsten Straube (GER), Aline García (URU), Sandra Sánchez (ESP) |
Knockout stage
editBracket
editSemi-finals | Final | |||||
24 August | ||||||
Mexico | 72 | |||||
25 August | ||||||
Czech Republic | 82 | |||||
Czech Republic | 73 | |||||
24 August | ||||||
South Korea | 67 | |||||
Montenegro | 66 | |||||
South Korea | 88 | |||||
Semifinals
edit24 August 2024
14:30 |
Montenegro | 66–88 | South Korea |
Scoring by quarter: 13–25, 18–27, 14–16, 21–20 | ||
Pts: Leković 17 Rebs: Bigović 10 Asts: Jovanović, Živković 4 |
Pts: Lee So-h. 23 Rebs: Park Ji-h. 10 Asts: Park Ji-h. 5 |
Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera, Mexico City
Attendance: 546 Referees: Alan dos Santos (BRA), Yasmina Alcaraz (ESP), Kumiko Kumagai (JPN) |
24 August 2024
17:00 |
Mexico | 72–82 | Czech Republic |
Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 17–13, 14–30, 23–20 | ||
Pts: Jaquez 20 Rebs: Jaquez 7 Asts: Ramírez 4 |
Pts: Vyoralová 20 Rebs: Reisingerová 8 Asts: Vyoralová 4 |
Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera, Mexico City
Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Orlando Varela (HON), Ryan Johnson (USA), Silvia Marziali (ITA) |
Final
edit25 August 2024
17:00 |
Czech Republic | 73–67 | South Korea |
Scoring by quarter: 10–7, 21–19, 16–25, 26–16 | ||
Pts: Andělová, Stoupalová 15 Rebs: Stoupalová 7 Asts: Reisingerová 6 |
Pts: Park Ji-s. 22 Rebs: Lee So-h. 8 Asts: Park Ji-h., Shin 7 |
Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera, Mexico City
Attendance: 956 Referees: Orlando Varela (HON), Alan dos Santos (BRA), Sandra Sánchez (ESP) |
Final ranking
edit# | Team | W–L | Qualification |
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1 | Czech Republic | 5–0 | Qualified for the World Cup Qualifying Tournaments |
2 | South Korea | 2–3 | |
3 | Montenegro | 3–1 | |
4 | Mexico | 2–2 | |
5 | New Zealand | 1–2 | |
6 | Mali | 1–2 | |
7 | Venezuela | 1–2 | |
8 | Mozambique | 0–3 |
Statistical leaders
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Awards
editThe awards were announced on 26 August 2024.[12]
All-Star Five | ||
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Guards | Forwards | Centers |
Tereza Vyoralová | Gabriela Jaquez Milica Jovanović |
Julia Reisingerová Park Ji-su |
MVP: Julia Reisingerová |
Kigali
editTournament details | |
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Host country | Rwanda |
City | Kigali |
Dates | 19–25 August |
Teams | 8 (from 4 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Hungary |
Runners-up | Senegal |
Third place | Great Britain |
Fourth place | Rwanda |
Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 15 |
Attendance | 47,383 (3,159 per game) |
MVP | Réka Lelik |
Top scorer | Emanuely de Oliveira (17.7 ppg) |
Official website | |
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Venue
editThe BK Arena in Kigali hosted the competition.
Kigali | ||
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BK Arena | ||
Capacity: 10,000 | ||
Preliminary round
editAll times are local (UTC+2).
Group C
editPos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Senegal | 3 | 3 | 0 | 219 | 182 | +37 | 6 | Semifinals |
2 | Hungary | 3 | 2 | 1 | 245 | 189 | +56 | 5 | |
3 | Brazil | 3 | 1 | 2 | 202 | 230 | −28 | 4 | |
4 | Philippines | 3 | 0 | 3 | 196 | 261 | −65 | 3 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head points difference; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
19 August 2024
11:00 |
Hungary | 61–63 | Senegal |
Scoring by quarter: 16–20, 14–17, 12–7, 19–19 | ||
Pts: Dubei 24 Rebs: Kiss 5 Asts: Kányási 5 |
Pts: Kane 16 Rebs: Sene 8 Asts: Dillard 6 |
19 August 2024
14:00 |
Brazil | 77–74 | Philippines |
Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 20–24, 20–18, 17–17 | ||
Pts: Soares 15 Rebs: Moura 13 Asts: Martins 8 |
Pts: Animam 18 Rebs: Animam 21 Asts: Panganiban 4 |
20 August 2024
17:00 |
Philippines | 60–97 | Hungary |
Scoring by quarter: 14–23, 10–28, 20–24, 16–22 | ||
Pts: Bernardino 11 Rebs: Bernardino 6 Asts: Pontejos 4 |
Pts: Török 25 Rebs: three players 9 Asts: Angyal 5 |
20 August 2024
20:00 |
Senegal | 69–59 | Brazil |
Scoring by quarter: 14–21, 21–15, 16–11, 18–12 | ||
Pts: Dillard 19 Rebs: Kane 11 Asts: Dillard 7 |
Pts: De Oliveira 19 Rebs: Moura 8 Asts: Martins 4 |
22 August 2024
11:00 |
Senegal | 87–62 | Philippines |
Scoring by quarter: 22–20, 23–12, 19–11, 23–19 | ||
Pts: Kane 21 Rebs: Ndiaye 11 Asts: Dillard 6 |
Pts: Animam 15 Rebs: Bernardino 9 Asts: Berberabe 7 |
22 August 2024
14:00 |
Brazil | 66–87 | Hungary |
Scoring by quarter: 9–15, 14–25, 23–26, 20–21 | ||
Pts: De Oliveira 21 Rebs: three players 5 Asts: Martins 4 |
Pts: Kiss 22 Rebs: Kiss 7 Asts: Studer 6 |
Group D
editPos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Great Britain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 199 | 186 | +13 | 5[a] | Semifinals |
2 | Rwanda (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 199 | 175 | +24 | 5[a] | |
3 | Argentina | 3 | 2 | 1 | 151 | 154 | −3 | 5[a] | |
4 | Lebanon | 3 | 0 | 3 | 183 | 217 | −34 | 3 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head points difference; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
19 August 2024
17:00 |
Great Britain | 47–53 | Argentina |
Scoring by quarter: 7–19, 15–10, 13–14, 12–10 | ||
Pts: Winterburn 11 Rebs: Ashby, Wilkinson 9 Asts: three players 3 |
Pts: D'Urso 19 Rebs: Burani 11 Asts: Gretter 6 |
19 August 2024
20:00 |
Rwanda | 80–62 | Lebanon |
Scoring by quarter: 24–17, 21–19, 20–12, 15–14 | ||
Pts: Murekatete 24 Rebs: Murekatete, Uwizeye 7 Asts: Philoxy 12 |
Pts: Mansour 18 Rebs: three players 5 Asts: Akl, Mansour 3 |
21 August 2024
17:00 |
Lebanon | 72–77 | Great Britain |
Scoring by quarter: 16–13, 11–19, 11–18, 34–27 | ||
Pts: Baptiste 24 Rebs: Baptiste 7 Asts: Akl 9 |
Pts: Wilkinson 16 Rebs: Ashby, Winterburn 9 Asts: Winterburn 11 |
21 August 2024
20:00 |
Argentina | 38–58 | Rwanda |
Scoring by quarter: 13–20, 9–7, 7–18, 9–13 | ||
Pts: Chagas 9 Rebs: Burani, Gentinetta 8 Asts: Gretter 4 |
Pts: Murekatete 18 Rebs: Murekatete 18 Asts: Philoxy 8 |
22 August 2024
17:00 |
Argentina | 60–49 | Lebanon |
Scoring by quarter: 14–14, 13–10, 22–11, 11–14 | ||
Pts: Burani 23 Rebs: Burani 13 Asts: Gretter 7 |
Pts: Baptiste 16 Rebs: Baptiste 10 Asts: Akl 3 |
22 August 2024
20:00 |
Rwanda | 61–75 | Great Britain |
Scoring by quarter: 10–16, 13–29, 16–22, 22–8 | ||
Pts: Murekatete 17 Rebs: Murekatete 9 Asts: Philoxy 5 |
Pts: Winterburn 15 Rebs: three players 7 Asts: Winterburn 6 |
Knockout stage
editBracket
editSemi-finals | Final | |||||
24 August | ||||||
Rwanda | 65 | |||||
25 August | ||||||
Senegal | 68 | |||||
Senegal | 47 | |||||
24 August | ||||||
Hungary | 63 | |||||
Great Britain | 59 | |||||
Hungary | 82 | |||||
Semifinals
edit24 August 2024
17:00 |
Great Britain | 59–82 | Hungary |
Scoring by quarter: 15–23, 16–22, 14–18, 14–19 | ||
Pts: Wilkinson 14 Rebs: Wilkinson 8 Asts: Winterburn 8 |
Pts: Kiss 17 Rebs: Határ, Kiss 6 Asts: Lelik 8 |
24 August 2024
20:00 |
Rwanda | 65–68 | Senegal |
Scoring by quarter: 23–15, 15–16, 12–25, 15–12 | ||
Pts: Sifa 21 Rebs: Murekatete 9 Asts: Philoxy 5 |
Pts: Y. Diop 15 Rebs: Dillard, Sene 7 Asts: Dillard, Fall 4 |
Final
edit25 August 2024
17:00 |
Senegal | 47–63 | Hungary |
Scoring by quarter: 12–13, 14–20, 8–16, 13–14 | ||
Pts: Kane 18 Rebs: Pouye 7 Asts: Dillard 6 |
Pts: Kiss 17 Rebs: Határ 9 Asts: Lelik 5 |
Final ranking
edit# | Team | W–L | Qualification |
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1 | Hungary | 4–1 | Qualified for the World Cup Qualifying Tournaments |
2 | Senegal | 4–1 | |
3 | Great Britain | 2–2 | |
4 | Rwanda | 2–2 | |
5 | Argentina | 2–1 | |
6 | Brazil | 1–2 | |
7 | Lebanon | 0–3 | |
8 | Philippines | 0–3 |
Statistical leaders
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Awards
editThe awards were announced on 26 August 2024.[15]
All-Star Five | ||
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Guards | Forwards | Centers |
Réka Lelik Holly Winterburn |
Ndioma Kane | Virág Kiss Bella Murekatete |
MVP: Réka Lelik |
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