| tourney_name = FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup

| year = 2018

| other_titles = Copa Mundial de Baloncesto Femenino FIBA 2018

| image = 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup.png

| size = = 300px

| alt =

| caption =

| city = [[Tenerife]]

| country = Spain{{ESP}}

| dates = 22–30 September

| num_teams = 16

| federations confederations = 2134

| venues = 2

| cities = 1

| champion champion_other = {{bkw|USA}}

| count = 10

| second second_other = {{bkw|AUS}}

| third third_other = {{bkw|ESP}}

| fourth fourth_other = {{bkw|BEL}}

| games =

| attendance =

| mvp = {{flagicon|USA}} [[Breanna Stewart]]

| top_scorer = {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Liz Cambage]]<br>(23.8 [[points per game]])

| nextseasonprevseason = [[20222014 FIBA Women'sWorld BasketballChampionship Worldfor CupWomen|20222014]]

| [[Pabellón Insular Santiago Martín|Tenerife Sports Pavilion Santiago MartinMartín]]

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 |accessdateaccess-date=26 September 2016 |quote=Formerly known as the FIBA World Championship for Women, 2018 will markmarked 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 willwould 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>

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 Olympic GamesOlympics]].

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>

|{{bkw|USA}} || [[Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Summer2016 OlympicSummer GamesOlympics]] ||align=center| 20 August 2016 || align=center|[[2014 FIBA World Championship for Women|2014]] ||align=center| 17 ||align=center| 15 || '''Champions''' ([[1953 FIBA World Championship for Women|1953]], [[1957 FIBA World Championship for Women|1957]], [[1979 FIBA World Championship for Women|1979]], [[1986 FIBA World Championship for Women|1986]], [[1990 FIBA World Championship for Women|1990]], [[1998 FIBA World Championship for Women|1998]], [[2002 FIBA World Championship for Women|2002]], [[2010 FIBA World Championship for Women|2010]], [[2014 FIBA World Championship for Women|2014]]) || align=center| 1 || align=center| [[FIBA Americas|1]]

The tournament will bewas 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 will playplayed each other once, 24 games will bewere played in the first phase. The top team from each group will directly advanceadvanced to the quarterfinals. The teams that placeplaced fourth in the group stage will bewere eliminated. The teams placed second and third from each group will advanceadvanced to the quarterfinal qualifications, where the winners of the qualification round will then progressprogressed to the quarterfinals, losers will bewere eliminated.

In the second phase, a [[Single-elimination tournament|knockout stage]] will bewas used to determine the champion. In the quarterfinals the four winners progressprogressed to the semifinals, the four losers playplayed in classification games for 5–8th. In total, 40 games will bewere played over a total of 8 days.

! width="15%" | '''Pot 1'''

! width="15%" | '''Pot 2'''

! width="15%" | '''Pot 3'''

! width="15%" | '''Pot 4'''

==StatisticsFinal standings==

!width=20px| Grp !!width=20px| Rank !!width=40px| W–L !!width=50px| GA !!width=30px| Old !!width=30px| New !! width=30px40px| +/−

| align=left|{{bkw|USA}} || 6 || 6 || 0 || 588526 || 470404 || +72122 || D ||colspan=3 rowspan=4 {{N/A}} <!--preliminary round results are not used to determine rankings so they're displayed here--> || 1 || 1 || {{steady}}

| align=left|{{bkw|AUS}} || 6 || 5 || 1 || 526471 || 448356 || +66115 || B || 4 || 3 || {{up}} 1

| align=left|{{bkw|ESP}} || 7 || 5 || 2 || 489 || 429 || +60 || C || 2 || 2 || {{steady}}

| align=left|{{bkw|BEL}} || 6 || 3 || 3 || 456 || 401 || +55 || C || 28 || 16 || {{up}} 12

| align=left|{{bkw|FRA}} || 7 || 5 || 2 || 532 || 476 || +56 || A ||colspan=3 rowspan=4 {{N/A}} || 3 || 4 || {{down}} 1

| align=left|{{bkw|CHN}} || 7 || 4 || 3 || 499 || 543 || –44−44 || D || 10 || 7 || {{up}} 3

| align=left|{{bkw|CAN}} || 6 || 4 || 2 || 431 || 389 || +42 || A || 5 || 5 || {{steady}}

| align=left|{{bkw|NGR}} || 7 || 3 || 4 || 448 || 508 || –60−60 || B || 34 || 19 || {{up}} 15

| align=left|{{bkw|JPN}} || 4 || 2 || 2 || 298 || 307 || –9−9 || C ||rowspan=4|3rd || 2–1 || 0.723 || 13 || 10 || –{{up}} 3

| align=left|{{bkw|TUR}} || 4 || 1 || 3 || 256 || 279 || –23−23 || B || 1–2 || 0.650 || 7 || 6 || –{{up}} 1

| align=left|{{bkw|GRE}} || 4 || 1 || 3 || 235 || 261 || –26−26 || A || 1–2 || 0.597 || 20 || 23 || –{{down}} 3

| align=left|{{bkw|SEN}} || 4 || 1 || 3 || 251 || 294 || –43−43 || D || 1–2 || 0.677 || 17 || 17|| –{{steady}}

| align=left|{{bkw|LAT}} || 3 || 0 || 3 || 206 || 236 || −30 || D ||rowspan=4|4th || 0–3 || 0.687 || 26 || 24 || –{{up}} 2

| align=left|{{bkw|KOR}} || 3 || 0 || 3 || 169 || 229 || −60 || A || 0–3 || 0.563 || 16 || 18 || –{{down}} 2

| align=left|{{bkw|ARG}} || 3 || 0 || 3 || 150 || 222 || −72 || B || 0–3 || 0.500 || 15 || 15 || –{{steady}}

| align=left|{{bkw|PUR}} || 3 || 0 || 3 || 150 || 239233 || −89−83 || C || 0–3 || 0.500 || 22 || 22 || –{{steady}}

*[httphttps://www.fiba.combasketball/en/womensbasketballworldcup/2018 Official website]

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