2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup

The 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, the 18th edition of FIBA's premier international tournament for women's national basketball teams, was held in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain from 22 to 30 September 2018.[1] This was the first edition to use the name of FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup. After the last edition in 2014, FIBA changed the name of the competition from the FIBA World Championship for Women, in order to align its name with that of the corresponding men's competition.

2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup
Copa Mundial de Baloncesto Femenino FIBA 2018
Tournament details
Host countrySpain
CityTenerife
Dates22–30 September
Teams16
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions United States (10th title)
Runners-up Australia
Third place Spain
Fourth place Belgium
Tournament statistics
MVPUnited States Breanna Stewart
Top scorerAustralia Liz Cambage
(23.8 points per game)

The United States were the two-time defending champions.[2] This tournament saw the World Cup debut of Belgium, Latvia and Puerto Rico.

The US Team won the final against Australia, to win their third straight and tenth overall title.[3]

Venues
San Cristóbal de La Laguna Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Tenerife Sports Pavilion Santiago Martín Palacio Municipal de Deportes
Group Phase, Qualification for Quarter-Finals, Final Phase Group Phase, Qualification for Quarter-Finals
Capacity: 5,100 Capacity: 3,600

Hosts selection

The whole bidding process started in October 2014. Bids from two nations were submitted. On 31 October 2014, it was confirmed that Spain and Israel were the bidders.[4] On 16 December 2014, it was announced that Spain won the bid and would host the upcoming World Cup.[5]

2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup bidding results
Nation Votes
Spain Spain 18
Israel Israel 5

Qualification

Spain as the hosts automatically qualified for the tournament in December 2014. The United States were the next to qualify after winning Gold at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

The remaining teams were decided over June, July & August 2017 through the Women’s Continental Cups. The continental qualifiers vary in the number of teams; the European qualifiers featured 16 teams, Africa featured 12 teams, Americas featured 10 teams and Asia featured 8 teams. From the 46 teams competing for the final 14 spots, the field was completed by the top five teams from 2017 EuroBasket Women, the top three teams from the 2017 FIBA Women's AmeriCup, the two finalists from the 2017 Women's Afrobasket; as well as the top four teams from the 2017 FIBA Asia Women's Cup, which saw teams from Asia and Oceania compete together for the first time ever.[6]

Team Qualification Appearance Best Performance FIBA World Ranking FIBA Zone Ranking
Method Date Last Total Streak
 SpainHost nation16 December 2014201477Runners-up (2014)21
 United States2016 Summer Olympics20 August 201620141715Champions (1953, 1957, 1979, 1986, 1990, 1998, 2002, 2010, 2014)11
 BelgiumEuroBasket Women22 June 2017—11Debut2814
 FranceEuroBasket Women22 June 201720141053rd Place (1953)32
 GreeceEuroBasket Women22 June 201720102111th Place (2010)209
 LatviaEuroBasket Women24 June 2017—11Debut2612
 TurkeyEuroBasket Women24 June 20172014224th Place (2014)74
 South KoreaWomen's Asia Cup27 July 201720141515Runners-up (1967, 1979)164
 AustraliaWomen's Asia Cup27 July 201720141514Champions (2006)41
 ChinaWomen's Asia Cup27 July 201720141010Runners-up (1994)101
 JapanWomen's Asia Cup27 July 20172014133Runners-up (1975)132
 CanadaWomen's AmeriCup12 August 201720141143rd Place (1979, 1986)52
 ArgentinaWomen's AmeriCup12 August 20172010916th Place (1953)155
 Puerto RicoWomen's AmeriCup13 August 2017–11Debut226
 NigeriaWomen's Afrobasket26 August 201720062116th Place (2006)345
 SenegalWomen's Afrobasket26 August 201720108112th Place (1979)171

Format

The tournament was played in two phases.[7] In the first phase, the 16 qualified teams were sorted into four groups of four (A-D), each team in a group played each other once, 24 games were played in the first phase. The top team from each group directly advanced to the quarterfinals. The teams that placed fourth in the group stage were eliminated. The teams placed second and third from each group advanced to the quarterfinal qualifications, where the winners of the qualification round then progressed to the quarterfinals, losers were eliminated.

In the second phase, a knockout stage was used to determine the champion. In the quarterfinals the four winners progressed to the semifinals, the four losers played in classification games for 5–8th. In total, 40 games were played over a total of 8 days.

Squads
Main article: 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup squads

Draw

The official draw ceremony took place on 6 February 2018, at San Cristóbal de la Laguna, Island of Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.[8][9]

Seedings

Included are the respective FIBA World Rankings for women:

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

 United States (1)
 Australia (4)
 Spain (2)
 France (3)

 Belgium (28)
 Greece (20)
 Turkey (7)
 Latvia (26)

 Canada (5)
 Argentina (15)
 Japan (13)
 China (10)

 Puerto Rico (22)
 South Korea (16)
 Nigeria (34)
 Senegal (17)

Preliminary round

Group A
Main article: 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup Group A
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Canada 3 3 0 234 173 +61 6 Quarterfinals
2  France 3 2 1 224 200 +24 5 Qualification round
3  Greece 3 1 2 179 204 −25 4
4  South Korea 3 0 3 169 229 −60 3
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
22 September 2018
South Korea 58–89 France
Greece 50–81 Canada
23 September 2018
Canada 82–63 South Korea
France 75–71 Greece
25 September 2018
South Korea 48–58 Greece
Canada 71–60 France

Group B
Main article: 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup Group B
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 3 3 0 260 175 +85 6 Quarterfinals
2  Nigeria 3 2 1 217 224 −7 5 Qualification round
3  Turkey 3 1 2 195 201 −6 4
4  Argentina 3 0 3 150 222 −72 3
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
22 September 2018
Australia 86–68 Nigeria
Turkey 63–37 Argentina
23 September 2018
Argentina 43–84 Australia
Nigeria 74–68 Turkey
25 September 2018
Australia 90–64 Turkey
Argentina 70–75 Nigeria

Group C
Main article: 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup Group C
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Belgium 3 2 1 233 176 +57 5[lower-alpha 1] Quarterfinals
2  Spain (H) 3 2 1 225 196 +29 5[lower-alpha 1] Qualification round
3  Japan 3 2 1 217 220 −3 5[lower-alpha 1]
4  Puerto Rico 3 0 3 150 233 −83 3
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. Belgium 1–1, +7 PD; Spain 1–1, +4 PD; Japan 1–1, –11 PD
22 September 2018
Japan 71–84 Spain
Puerto Rico 36–86 Belgium
23 September 2018
Belgium 75–77 (OT) Japan
Spain 78–53 Puerto Rico
25 September 2018
Japan 69–61 Puerto Rico
Belgium 72–63 Spain

Group D
Main article: 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup Group D
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 289 231 +58 6 Quarterfinals
2  China 3 2 1 227 227 0 5 Qualification round
3  Senegal 3 1 2 203 231 −28 4
4  Latvia 3 0 3 206 236 −30 3
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
22 September 2018
Latvia 61–64 China
United States 87–67 Senegal
23 September 2018
Senegal 70–69 Latvia
China 88–100 United States
25 September 2018
Senegal 66–75 China
Latvia 76–102 United States

Final round
Main article: 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup final round
 
Qualification roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
28 September
 
 
 Canada53
 
26 September
 
 Spain68
 
 Spain63
 
29 September
 
 Senegal48
 
 Spain66
 
 
 Australia72
 
 
28 September
 
 
 Australia83
 
26 September
 
 China42
 
 China87
 
30 September
 
 Japan81
 
 Australia56
 
 
 United States73
 
 
28 September
 
 
 Belgium86
 
26 September
 
 France65
 
 France78
 
29 September
 
 Turkey61
 
 Belgium77
 
 
 United States93 Third place
 
 
28 September30 September
 
 
 United States71 Spain67
 
26 September
 
 Nigeria40  Belgium60
 
 Nigeria57
 
 
 Greece56
 
5–8th place
 
5–8th place semifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
29 September
 
 
 Canada71
 
30 September
 
 China76
 
 China67
 
29 September
 
 France81
 
 France84
 
 
 Nigeria62
 
Seventh place
 
 
30 September
 
 
 Canada73
 
 
 Nigeria72

Final
Main article: 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup Final
30 September 2018
20:00
Australia  56–73  United States
Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 12–15, 11–26, 18–12
Pts: Smith 10
Rebs: Cambage 14
Asts: O'Hea 4		 Pts: Griner 15
Rebs: Stewart 8
Asts: Bird 5
Tenerife Sports Pavilion Santiago Martin, San Cristóbal de La Laguna
Attendance: 3,715
Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Yu Jung (TPE), Yohan Rosso (FRA)

Final standings
#TeamPldWLPFPAPDPreliminary roundFIBA World Ranking
GrpRankW–LGAOldNew+/−
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States660526404+122D—11Steady
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Australia651471356+115B43Increase 1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Spain752489429+60C22Steady
4th  Belgium633456401+55C2816Increase 12
Eliminated at the quarterfinals
5th  France752532476+56A—34Decrease 1
6th  China743499543−44D107Increase 3
7th  Canada642431389+42A55Steady
8th  Nigeria734448508−60B3419Increase 15
Eliminated at the qualification round
9th  Japan422298307−9C3rd2–10.7231310Increase 3
10th  Turkey413256279−23B1–20.65076Increase 1
11th  Greece413235261−26A1–20.5972023Decrease 3
12th  Senegal413251294−43D1–20.6771717Steady
Eliminated at the preliminary round
13th  Latvia303206236−30D4th0–30.6872624Increase 2
14th  South Korea303169229−60A0–30.5631618Decrease 2
15th  Argentina303150222−72B0–30.5001515Steady
16th  Puerto Rico303150233−83C0–30.5002222Steady
Qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics

Awards and statistics

Awards

The All-Star Five was revealed on 30 September 2018.[10]

Player tournament averages

Team tournament averages

Tournament game highs
Statistic Player[13] Total Opponent Team[14] Total Opponent
Points Australia Liz Cambage 34  Nigeria (22 Sep)  United States 102  Latvia (25 Sep)
Rebounds Belgium Emma Meesseman 18  Japan (23 Sep)  United States 62  Nigeria (28 Sep)
Assists Belgium Julie Allemand 13  France (28 Sep)  France 30  Nigeria (29 Sep)
Steals Puerto Rico Pamela Rosado
Nigeria Ezinne Kalu		 5  Spain (23 Sep)
 United States (28 Sep)		  Nigeria 13  Greece (26 Sep)
 France (29 Sep)
Blocks Australia Liz Cambage 5  United States (30 Sep)  Australia 8  Nigeria (22 Sep)
 United States (30 Sep)

Marketing

The logo and branding identity was unveiled on 5 February 2018 at the La Laguna Gran Hotel in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, the logo is inspired by the treasures of the island of Tenerife, its coastlines and its heart of Spain.

The Mascot Tina the Turtle were also unveiled at the ceremony in the town hall of Santa Cruz de Tenerife on 7 August 2018, 6 Weeks before the Tournament kick off the mascot name is a short form of Tinerfina which means Coming from or Living from Tenerife,[15] Both Logo and the Mascot were designed by a Tenerife Artist Raul Pena[16]

References
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  4. "Spain submits candidature to host 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup" (Press release). FIBA. 31 October 2014. Archived from the original on November 2, 2014. Retrieved 26 September 2016. Formerly known as the FIBA World Championship for Women, 2018 marked the first time that FIBA's flagship event for women's basketball is played under its new name.
  5. "Spain to host first-ever FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup in 2018" (Press release). FIBA. 16 December 2014. Archived from the original on December 17, 2014.
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  10. "Stewart named TISSOT MVP, headlines All-Star Five line-up in Tenerife". fiba.basketball. 30 September 2018.
  11. Individual statistics
  12. Team statistics
  13. Pl,yer game highs
  14. Team game highs
  15. "Tina the turtle unveiled as mascot of FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2018". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  16. Torres, Cristina Morales (2018-08-10). "El onubense Raúl Pena diseña la mascota del Mundial de Baloncesto Femenino 2018". Huelva Buenas Noticias (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-06-01.
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