2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup Qualifying Tournament explained

The 2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup Qualifying Tournament determined the last ten teams for the 2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup. It was held from 10 to 14 February 2022.

Format

Sixteen teams, qualified from their respective continental championships, were divided into four groups of four teams each. The top three teams from each group qualified for the final tournament. Two already qualified teams, hosts Australia, and the 2020 Olympic gold medalists United States, participated in this tournament as well, therefore two teams qualified in the groups containing these teams.[1]

Qualified teams

Qualification Host Dates Vacancies Qualified
11–19 June 2021 4


17−27 June 2021 6




17–26 September 2021 2
27 September–3 October 2021 4


Total 16

Draw

The draw for the qualifying tournament took place on 23 November 2021.[2] [3]

On 18 November 2021, it was announced that Belgrade would host two tournaments, while Osaka and Washington hosted the other tournaments.[4]

Seeding

The seeding was based on the FIBA Women's World Ranking of August 9, 2021.[5]

+ Seed 1
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1
3
4
5
+ Seed 2
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6
7
8
9
+ Seed 3
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11
12
14
16
+ Seed 4
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17
19
27
41

Tournaments

Group A and B were played in Belgrade, Serbia, Group C in Osaka, Japan and Group D in Washington, United States.[6]

Tournament A

All times are local (UTC+1).

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Tournament B

All times are local (UTC+1).

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Tournament C

All times are local (UTC+9).

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Tournament D

Time in Washington are (UTC−5) and times in Santo Domingo are (UTC−4).

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External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.fiba.basketball/womensbasketballworldcup/2022/how-to-qualify How to qualify
  2. Web site: FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup 2022 Qualifying Tournaments field set . FIBA . 1 October 2021.
  3. Web site: Results of Draw for FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2022 Qualifying Tournaments. FIBA . 23 November 2021.
  4. Web site: Host cities for the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2022 Qualifying Tournaments announced. FIBA . 18 November 2021.
  5. Web site: Serbia legend Sonja Vasic to perform the Draw for the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2022 Qualifying Tournament. FIBA. 15 November 2021.
  6. Web site: Game Schedule. FIBA. 23 November 2021.