Basketball’s global governing body FIBA has selected Japan as the host nation for the 2030 Women’s World Cup, while France will stage the 2031 men’s edition.
The hosting rights were awarded today following the conclusion of a “thorough assessment” of their bids in Berlin, Germany.
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The Japanese capital, Tokyo, will host the 2030 women’s tournament from November 26 to December 8. Three French cities – Lille, Lyon, and Paris – will play host to the men’s World Cup from August 29 to September 14, 2031, with the final phase to be played in Paris.
Japan and France have a recent history of staging major events, having hosted the two most recent summer Olympic Games, in 2020 and 2024, respectively.
FIBA secretary general Andreas Zagklis said: “The FIBA World Cups have become synonymous with success in large part because selecting the appropriate host each time is the cornerstone of our mission to make basketball the most popular sports community.
"The FIBA Central Board decided that the bids by both the Japanese Basketball Association and the French Basketball Federation meet the high requirements we have from a FIBA World Cup host and has entrusted them with this big responsibility.”
Japan has previously hosted the men’s FIBA World Cup in 2006 and was a co-host for the 2023 tournament alongside Indonesia and the Philippines, but this will be the country’s first time hosting the Women’s World Cup.
France will host a FIBA World Cup for the first time, but the nation has a long tradition of staging FIBA events. In just recent years, Lille played host to the 2015 FIBA EuroBasket, while Strasbourg was one of the two co-hosts of the 2021 Women’s EuroBasket.
The upcoming 2026 Women’s World Cup will be held in Berlin, while the next edition of the men’s tournament will be staged in Qatar next year, the first time it will take place in the Middle East.
The last host of the quadrennial women’s tournament was Australia in 2022.
