FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2026 Qualifiers: Schedule, nations and how to watch live on DAZN

The FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2026 Qualifiers commence in March, with 60 crucial matches in five days, and you do not want to miss.

Twenty-four nations are vying for 11 spots to join hosts Germany in the flagship FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2026 in September, with teams advancing from the round-robin competitions across China, France, Puerto Rico and Turkey.

All games from the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2026 Qualifiers will be available to stream live or on-demand via Courtside 1891 on DAZN.  

Subscribe today to access live streams (subject to local restrictions in Australia, New Zealand and Canada) for what will be an amazing showcase of international basketball featuring the biggest names in the game. 

Wuhan, China, qualifying tournament

Six exciting teams will be battling in China for three spots in the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup 2026, alongside Belgium, who have already qualified by winning European gold.

Belgium will still feature its best roster, understanding the importance of quality preparation to continue building chemistry on one of the more cohesive and veteran units in the world over recent years.

Hosts China will enjoy local support for a very strong team, still thinking about that Asia Cup semi-final home loss to Japan. 

Brazil, 9th in the FIBA World Rankings, Mali and South Sudan, who are coming off of silver and bronze medal showings at the FIBA Women’s Basketball AfroBasket 2025 and Czechia, with its strong 6th place showing at EuroBasket 2025, will all have expectations to advance.  

The Wuhan tournament will have its share of superstars, young and veterans, such as Emma Meesseman (Belgium), Ziyu Zhang (China), Emma Cechova (Czechia), Delicia Washington (South Sudan), Sika Kone (Mali) and Damiris Dantas (Brazil). 

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San Juan, Puerto Rico, qualifying tournament

Hosts Puerto Rico will be joined by the world’s number one-ranked team, the USA, two European powerhouses in Spain and Italy, as well as Senegal and New Zealand.

USA, winners of the FIBA Women’s Basketball AmeriCup 2025, have clinched their ticket to Germany but will still field a super-strong team, with first-time players at the national senior level, Caitlin Clark and Paige Bueckers joining the likes of Aliyah Boston, Chelsea Gray, Kelsey Plum and Angel Reese. 

Spain and Italy finished second and third, respectively, in the FIBA Women’s Basketball EuroBasket 2025, with the former losing to Belgium by just two points in the final.

The San Juan tournament will be loaded with global stars: Caitlin Clark (USA), Raquel Carrera (Spain), Cecilia Zandalasini (Italy), Trinity San Antonio (Puerto Rico), Esra McGoldrick (New Zealand) and Cierra Dillard (Senegal).

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Lyon-Villeurbanne, France, qualifying tournament

Only two spots are available to progress from this group, with Germany and Nigeria assured they will be playing in the FIBA Women’s Basketball 2026 World Cup.

Hosts and world number three France will be leaning on significant local support again, just as they did during the Paris 2024 Olympics, and are heavily favoured to secure one of those spots. 

It is then up to Korea to try to hold off Colombia and the Philippines to secure their place in Germany this September. 

The Lyon-Villeurbanne tournament will have its share of star quality: Marine Johannes (France), Nyara Sabally (Germany), Amy Okonkwo (Nigeria), Jihyun Park (Korea), Yuliany Paz (Colombia) and Jack Animam (Philippines). 

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Istanbul, Turkey, qualifying tournament

Can we call this the group of death? 

Hosts Turkey are ranked 16th in FIBA’s latest world rankings, with Hungary 20th, Australia 2nd, Canada 7th, Japan 11th and Argentina 27th.

Other than Australia, who qualified after beating Japan at the FIBA Women’s Basketball Asia Cup 2025 final, all other teams will battle for the three remaining spots.

With Japan to feature all of its Asia Cup stars and Canada a global powerhouse, the two European teams will likely find themselves fighting for that last ticket to Germany.

The Istanbul tournament will have its share of stars such as Ezi Magbegor (Australia), Kayla Alexander (Canada), Teaira McCowan (Turkey), Yuki Miyazawa (Japan), Virag Kiss (Hungary) and Melisa Gretter (Argentina). 

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How can I watch FIBA Basketball World Cup Qualifiers?

The FIBA Basketball World Cup Qualifiers are available through DAZN on its own dedicated app channel, Courtside 1891.

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