Women’s Basketball World Cup

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Berlin · September 4–13, 2026

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KOR

Korea

Group B

World Cup appearances

Best: Runners-up (1979)

Olympic appearances

Best: Runners-up (1984)

How they qualified

Qualifier

Villeurbanne tournament →

Korea have played every World Cup since 1959, a streak no other nation matches. Jihyun Park made the Los Angeles Sparks roster in 2026 — not to be confused with Park Ji-su, no relation, who spent 2018 and 2019 with Las Vegas.

Head coach

Park Soo-ho

WNBA connection — 1 current player

Player	Pos	WNBA team
Jihyun Park	F	LAS Los Angeles Sparks

Also: Jisu Park (former, LVA).

Roster — provisional — 13-player pool

FIBA has published a 13-name pool; the individual names are not yet available.

A pool, not a squad — it will be cut to 12 before the tournament. Nothing here should be read as a confirmed selection.

Group B fixtures

Fri 4 Sep	vs	🇳🇬 Nigeria	08:30 ET 14:30 CEST
Sat 5 Sep	vs	🇫🇷 France	14:45 ET 20:45 CEST
Mon 7 Sep	vs	🇭🇺 Hungary	08:30 ET 14:30 CEST