Australia selected to host the 2022 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup

FIBA awarded the hosting rights for the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup 2022 to Basketball Australia. The Russian Basketball Federation was the other finalist bidding for World Cup hosting honors. Basketball Australia also hosted the event in 1994.

Between 1953 to 2014 the competition was known as the FIBA World Championship for Women.

“I would like to congratulate Basketball Australia on their successful bid,” FIBA Secretary General Andreas Zagklis said. “Australia really is a powerhouse in basketball, with the women coming in second at the previous FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup in 2018.”

Sydney is set to host the event over 10 days in September and October 2022. According to FIBA, the tournament will take place across two venues in Sydney Olympic Park with 12 teams in 38 games. The teams will come from FIBA’s regions: Africa, the Americas, Asia-Oceania and Europe.

Previous World Cup Winners

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2018	USA	Australia	Spain
2014	United States of America	Spain	Australia
2010	United States of America	Czech Republic	Spain
2006	Australia	Russia	United States of America
2002	United States of America	Russia	Australia
1998	United States of America	Russia	Australia
1994	Brazil	People’s Republic of China	United States of America
1990	United States of America	Yugoslavia	Cuba
1986	United States of America	Soviet Union	Canada
1983	Soviet Union	United States of America	People’s Republic of China
1979	United States of America	Korea	Canada
1975	Soviet Union	Japan	Czechoslovakia
1971	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia	Brazil
1967	Soviet Union	Korea	Czechoslovakia
1964	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia	Bulgaria
1959	Soviet Union	Bulgaria	Czechoslovakia
1957	United States of America	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia
1953	United States of America	Chile	France