| Tourney Name: | FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup |
| Year: | 2022 |
| City: | Sydney |
| Country: | Australia |
| Dates: | 22 September – 1 October |
| Num Teams: | 12 |
| Venues: | 2 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Count: | 11 |
| Games: | 38 |
| Attendance: | 145519 |
| Mvp: | A'ja Wilson |
| Top Scorer: | Arella Guirantes (18.2 points per game) |
| Prevseason: | 2018 |
| Nextseason: | 2026 |
The 2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, the 19th edition of FIBA's premier international tournament for women's national basketball teams, was held in Sydney, Australia, between 22 September and 1 October 2022.[1]
The United States were the three-time defending champion,[2] and retained the title after a finals win over China in front of 15,895 attendants.[3] Host Australia captured the bronze medal with a win against Canada.[4]
The tournament broke the record for spectators, with 145,519 people attending in total.[5]
Australia and Russia were the only two federations bidding for the tournament. The decision was made on 26 March 2020 during a video conference.
The tournament was played at two venues inside the Sydney Olympic Park.
| Sydney | ||
|---|---|---|
| Sydney SuperDome | State Sports Centre | |
| Capacity 21,032 | Capacity: 5,006 | |
Australia as the hosts automatically qualified for the tournament in March 2020. All other teams qualified through qualifying tournaments, after finishing as the top teams during their regional tournament. A total of 12 teams played in those tournaments for the remaining spots.[6]
The shown FIBA ranking indicates the ranking before the tournament.
On 1 March 2022, Russia was disqualified after being suspended by FIBA due to the invasion of Ukraine, with Puerto Rico being awarded the first wildcard as their replacement on 18 May.[7] [8]
Nigeria were forced to withdraw in June 2022 due to the political situation in the country, and were replaced by Mali (the runners-up at the African Championship).[9]
| Qualification | Hosts | Date(s) | Spot(s) | Qualifier(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | N/A | 26 March 2020 | 1 | |
| 26 July – 8 August 2021 | 1 | |||
| 10–13 February 2022 | 2 | |||
| 3 | ||||
| 3 | ||||
| 2 |
| Team | Qualification | Appearance | Best Performance | FIBA World Ranking | FIBA Zone Ranking | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Method | Date | Last | Total | Streak | |||||
| Host nation | 26 March 2020 | align=center rowspan=2 | 16 | 15 | Champions (2006) | 3 | 1 | ||
| 8 August 2021 | 18 | 16 | Champions (1953, 1957, 1979, 1986, 1990, 1998, 2002, 2010, 2014, 2018) | 1 | 1 | ||||
| align=center rowspan=3 | 5 February 2022 | align=center colspan=4 | Debut | 26 | 17 | ||||
| align=center rowspan=5 | 12 | 5 | Third place (1979, 1986) | 4 | 2 | ||||
| 9 | 4 | Runners-up (1975) | 8 | 3 | |||||
| align=center rowspan=2 | 11 February 2022 | 11 | 11 | Runners-up (1994) | 7 | 2 | |||
| 11 | 6 | Third place (1953) | 6 | 3 | |||||
| align=center rowspan=2 | 12 February 2022 | 16 | 16 | Runners-up (1967, 1979) | 13 | 4 | |||
| 3 | 1 | Eighth place (2014) | 10 | 5 | |||||
| align=center rowspan=2 | 13 February 2022 | align=center rowspan=2 | 3 | 2 | Eighth place (2018) | 14 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Fourth place (2018) | 5 | 2 | |||||
| 14 February 2022 | 5 | 1 | Runners-up (1998, 2002, 2006) | 12 | 7 | ||||
| Wildcards | 18 May 2022 | 2 | 2 | 16th place (2018) | 17 | 4 | |||
| 2 June 2022 | 2 | 1 | 15th place (2010) | 37 | 3 | ||||
The official draw ceremony took place on 3 March 2022 in Sydney.[10] [11]
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The following 23 referees were selected for the tournament.[12]
See main article: 2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup squads.
Each team consisted of twelve players.
See main article: 2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup Group A.
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| 22 September 2022 | |||||||||
| 58–82 | |||||||||
| 87–72 | |||||||||
| 44–107 | |||||||||
| 23 September 2022 | |||||||||
| 42–106 | |||||||||
| 84–61 | |||||||||
| 98–51 | |||||||||
| 24 September 2022 | |||||||||
| 77–63 | |||||||||
| 66–99 | |||||||||
| 65–68 | |||||||||
| 26 September 2022 | |||||||||
| 85–55 | |||||||||
| 69–145 | |||||||||
| 95–60 | |||||||||
| 27 September 2022 | |||||||||
| 92–73 | |||||||||
| 81–55 | |||||||||
| 121–59 |
See main article: 2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup Group B.
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| 22 September 2022 | |||||||||
| 67–60 | |||||||||
| 89–56 | |||||||||
| 57–70 | |||||||||
| 23 September 2022 | |||||||||
| 69–64 | |||||||||
| 45–59 | |||||||||
| 58–118 | |||||||||
| 25 September 2022 | |||||||||
| 59–74 | |||||||||
| 69–54 | |||||||||
| 56–70 | |||||||||
| 26 September 2022 | |||||||||
| 81–68 | |||||||||
| 67–53 | |||||||||
| 72–75 | |||||||||
| 27 September 2022 | |||||||||
| 65–88 | |||||||||
| 68–62 | |||||||||
| 71–54 |
See main article: 2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup final round.
| Rank[13] | Team | FIBA World Rankings | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=50 | Before | width=50 | After | width=50 | Change | |||||
| 8 | 8–0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 8 | 6–2 | 7 | 2 | +5 | ||||||
| 8 | 6–2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| 4 | 8 | 5–3 | 4 | 5 | −1 | |||||
| Eliminated in Quarterfinals | ||||||||||
| 5 | 6 | 3–3 | 5 | 7 | −2 | |||||
| 6 | 6 | 3–3 | 10 | 8 | +2 | |||||
| 7 | 6 | 3–3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | |||||
| 8 | 6 | 2–4 | 16 | 10 | +6 | |||||
| Eliminated in Preliminary round fifth placed teams | ||||||||||
| 9 | 5 | 1–4 | 8 | 9 | −1 | |||||
| 10 | 5 | 1–4 | 11 | 12 | −1 | |||||
| Eliminated in Preliminary round sixth placed teams | ||||||||||
| 11 | 5 | 0–5 | 35 | 26 | +9 | |||||
| 12 | 5 | 0–5 | 24 | 14 | +10 | |||||
| width=20px bgcolor="#ccffcc" | Qualified for the 2024 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments |
| Name | PPG[14] | |
|---|---|---|
| 18.2 | ||
| 17.2 | ||
| 17.2 | ||
| 16.0 | ||
| align=center rowspan=2 | 15.8 | |
| Gabby Williams |
| Name | RPG | |
|---|---|---|
| 11.8 | ||
| 9.6 | ||
| 8.8 | ||
| 8.5 | ||
| 8.4 |
| Name | APG | |
|---|---|---|
| 6.5 | ||
| 6.3 | ||
| 6.3 | ||
| 5.3 | ||
| 5.3 |
| Name | BPG | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.8 | ||
| align=center rowspan=2 | 1.8 | |
| Emma Meesseman | ||
| align=center rowspan=2 | 1.4 | |
| Breanna Stewart |
| Name | SPG | |
|---|---|---|
| 2.5 | ||
| 2.4 | ||
| 2.2 | ||
| align=center rowspan=2 | 1.8 | |
| Yvonne Anderson |
| Name | EFFPG | |
|---|---|---|
| 24.5 | ||
| 20.0 | ||
| 17.9 | ||
| 17.6 | ||
| 17.0 |
| Name | PPG[15] | |
|---|---|---|
| 98.8 | ||
| 81.4 | ||
| 78.8 | ||
| 72.2 | ||
| 69.2 |
| Name | RPG | |
|---|---|---|
| 46.9 | ||
| 45.3 | ||
| 42.5 | ||
| 41.9 | ||
| 40.0 |
| Name | APG | |
|---|---|---|
| 26.0 | ||
| 23.9 | ||
| 22.0 | ||
| 21.1 | ||
| 17.0 |
| Name | BPG | |
|---|---|---|
| 5.4 | ||
| 5.3 | ||
| 5.0 | ||
| 3.8 | ||
| 3.7 |
| Name | SPG | |
|---|---|---|
| 11.8 | ||
| 10.8 | ||
| 10.2 | ||
| 8.0 | ||
| 7.8 |
| Name | EFFPG | |
|---|---|---|
| 134.3 | ||
| 104.4 | ||
| 97.6 | ||
| 86.8 | ||
| 72.1 |
The awards were announced on 1 October 2022.[16]
| Award | Player | |
|---|---|---|
| A'ja Wilson | ||
| Breanna Stewart | ||
| Bridget Carleton | ||
| All-Tournament Second Team | Alyssa Thomas | |
| Li Yueru | ||
| Yvonne Anderson | ||
| A'ja Wilson | ||
| Best Defensive Player | Alyssa Thomas | |
| Best Coach | Zheng Wei |
FIBA released the tournament slogan "Nothing Beats Like It" on 20 December 2021 as part of a promotional campaign.[17] [18]
The tournament logo was revealed on 10 May, 2021, in a ceremony to mark 500 days until the tournament. The logo was inspired from the Indigenous artwork My Story, created by 14-year-old Aboriginal basketballer and artist Amarlie "Marlii" Briscoe. The logo features a basketball incorporating the designs used in Briscoe's artwork, also encompassing the newly-designed trophy for the tournament. The logo was created by VMLY&R Branding alongside Indigenous Australian-led creative consultancy Campfire x and Briscoe herself.[19]
The mascot, "Karla the kangaroo", was revealed on 22 September 2021, exactly one year before the tournament. The mascot's character is a teenage kangaroo from Alice Springs, wearing a blue uniform. The kangaroo was chosen to be the mascot due to its cultural importance to Australia. The mascot was designed by design agency Spike Creative.[20]