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{{Infobox international basketball competition
| tourney_name = FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup
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| other_titles = Copa Mundial de Baloncesto Femenino FIBA 2018
| image = 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup.png
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| city = [[Tenerife]]
| country =
| dates = 22–30 September
| num_teams = 16
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| venues = 2
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| mvp = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Breanna Stewart]]
| top_scorer = {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Liz Cambage]]<br>(23.8 [[points per game]])
| prevseason = [[2014 FIBA World Championship for Women|2014]]
| nextseason = [[2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup|2022]]
}}
The '''[[2018 in sports|2018]] [[FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup]]''', the 18th edition of [[FIBA]]'s premier international tournament for women's national [[women's basketball|basketball]] teams, was held in [[Tenerife]], [[Canary Islands]], [[Spain]] from 22 to 30 September 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fiba.com/calendar|title=FIBA Calendar}}</ref> 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 [[FIBA Basketball World Cup|corresponding men's competition]].▼
▲The '''[[2018 in sports|2018]] [[FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup]]''', the 18th edition of [[FIBA]]'s premier international tournament for women's national [[women's basketball|basketball]] teams, was held in [[Tenerife]], [[Canary Islands]], [[Spain]] from 22 to 30 September 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fiba.basketball/calendar|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919015229/http://www.fiba.com/calendar|url-status=live|archive-date=September 19, 2015|title=FIBA Calendar}}</ref> 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 [[FIBA Basketball World Cup|corresponding men's competition]].
The [[United States women's national basketball team|United States]] were the two-time defending champions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fiba.com/news/usa-take-down-spain-in-turkey-2014-final-to-retain-world-title|title=USA take down Spain in Turkey 2014 Final to retain world title|date=5 October 2014|work=fiba.com}}</ref> This tournament saw the World Cup debut of [[Belgium women's national basketball team|Belgium]], [[Latvia women's national basketball team|Latvia]] and [[Puerto Rico women's national basketball team|Puerto Rico]].▼
▲The [[United States women's national basketball team|United States]] were the two-time defending champions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fiba.basketball/news/usa-take-down-spain-in-turkey-2014-final-to-retain-world-title|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007171117/http://www.fiba.com/news/usa-take-down-spain-in-turkey-2014-final-to-retain-world-title|url-status=live|archive-date=October 7, 2014|title=USA take down Spain in Turkey 2014 Final to retain world title|date=5 October 2014|work=fiba.com}}</ref> This tournament saw the World Cup debut of [[Belgium women's national basketball team|Belgium]], [[Latvia women's national basketball team|Latvia]] and [[Puerto Rico women's national basketball team|Puerto Rico]].
The US Team won the final against Australia, to win their third straight and tenth overall title.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fiba.basketball/womensbasketballworldcup/2018/news/usa-three-peat-as-world-champions-punch-ticket-to-tokyo-2020-olympics|title=USA three-peat as World Champions, punch ticket to Tokyo 2020 Olympics|date=30 September 2018|work=fiba.basketball}}</ref>
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==Hosts selection==
The whole bidding process started in October 2014. Bids from two nations were submitted. On 31 October 2014, it was confirmed that [[Spanish Basketball Federation|Spain]] and [[Israel Basketball Association|Israel]] were the bidders.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.fiba.basketball/news/spain-submits-candidature-to-host-2018-fiba-womens-basketball-world-cup |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102164510/http://www.fiba.com/news/spain-submits-candidature-to-host-2018-fiba-womens-basketball-world-cup |url-status=live |archive-date=November 2, 2014 |title=Spain submits candidature to host 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup |publisher=FIBA |date=31 October 2014 |access-date=26 September 2016 |quote=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.}}</ref> On 16 December 2014, it was announced that Spain won the bid and would host the upcoming World Cup.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.fiba.basketball/news/pr-n72--spain-to-host-first-ever-fiba-womens-basketball-world-cup|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217092705/http://www.fiba.com/news/pr-n72--spain-to-host-first-ever-fiba-womens-basketball-world-cup|url-status=live|archive-date=December 17, 2014|title=Spain to host first-ever FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup in 2018|publisher=FIBA|date=16 December 2014}}</ref>
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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 [[Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|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 [[EuroBasket Women 2017|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 [[FIBA Asia|Asia]] and [[FIBA Oceania|Oceania]] compete together for the first time ever.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasketwomen/2017/how-to-qualify-for-spain-2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170621223748/http://www.fiba.com/eurobasketwomen/2017/how-to-qualify-for-spain-2018|url-status=live|archive-date=June 21, 2017|title=FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2018|work=fiba.com}}</ref>
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==Format==
The tournament was played in two phases.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fiba.basketball/womensbasketballworldcup/2018/competition-system|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630063434/http://www.fiba.com/womensbasketballworldcup/2018/competition-system|url-status=live|archive-date=June 30, 2017|title=Competition System – FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2018 – FIBA.basketball |publisher=fiba.com}}</ref> 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 [[Single-elimination tournament|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.
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{{:2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup Final}}
==Final
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==External links==
*[https://www.fiba.basketball/en/womensbasketballworldcup/2018 Official website]
▲*[http://www.fiba.com/en/womensbasketballworldcup/2018 Official website]
{{2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup}}
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