Women's Olympic Basketball Tournament

    LOS ANGELES 2028 OLYMPIC GAMES

    The LA 2028 Women's Olympic Basketball Tournament will be held in July and will feature 12 nations. Winners of the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2026 will qualify directly, as will the USA* as the host nation.

    In the lead-up to LA 2028, there will be a FIBA Women's Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament with eight teams taking place in August 2026, with the winner qualifying for the FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments to be played in early 2028.    

    The qualification pathway for the LA 2028 Olympic Games continues to uphold FIBA’s commitment to universality, guaranteeing that each continent is represented in the Olympic field.

    WOMEN'S OLYMPIC BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT LOS ANGELES 2028 QUALIFICATION 

    A FIBA Women's Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament will take place in August 2026. The event will feature 8 teams that did not qualify for the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup 2026. These teams will compete in two groups of four, with the top two teams from each group advancing to the Semi-Finals and Final. The winner of that tournament will qualify through to the FIBA Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournaments 2028.

    The FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments 2028 will have 16 teams competing, including the winner of the FIBA Women's Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament 2026**. 

    • FIBA Women's AfroBasket 2027: 2 highest ranked teams

    • FIBA Women's Asia Cup 2027: 4 highest ranked teams 

    • FIBA Women's AmeriCup 2027: 4 highest ranked teams 

    • FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2027: 6 highest ranked teams 

    The FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments will feature four tournaments of four teams, where the three best teams, including the host team (USA*), will qualify for the Olympics in Los Angeles 2028.

    For more information on the Qualification System, click here.

    *subject to FIBA Central Board decision **depending on the geographical region of the winner of the Pre-OQT, the number of spots will be deducted from this region

    OLYMPIC GAMES MEDALLIST TABLE 

    Year

    City

    Gold

    Silver

    Bronze

    2024

    Paris 

    USA

    France

    Australia

    2020

    Tokyo 

    USA

    Japan

    France

    2016

    Rio 

    USA

    Spain

    Serbia

    2012

    London

    USA

    France

    Australia

    2008

    Beijing

    USA

    Australia

    Russia

    2004

    Athens

    USA

    Australia

    Russia

    2000

    Sydney

    USA

    Australia

    Brazil

    1996

    Atlanta

    USA

    Brazil

    Australia

    1992

    Barcelona

    Com. Of Independent States

    China

    USA

    1988

    Seoul

    USA

    Yugoslavia

    Soviet Union

    1984

    Los Angeles

    USA

    Korea 

    China

    1980

    Moscow

    Soviet Union

    Bulgaria 

    Yugoslavia

    1976

    Montreal

    Soviet Union

    USA

    Bulgaria

    For more information on the previous Olympic Games hosted in Paris, click here.