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BERLIN (Germany) – We’ve checked the knowledge to see who’re the tallest, shortest, oldest, and youngest players competing in the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup 2026.
Who is the tallest?
Ziyu Zhang
Ziyu Zhang is completely off the charts with regards to top. She is the tallest participant taking part in the Women’s World Cup and, in accordance with our analysis, she can also be the tallest participant ever to play in a FIBA ladies’s occasion.
The U18 Women’s Asia Cup 2024 MVP is making her anticipated debut in the FIBA’s flagship occasion for girls’s basketball.
Rank | Name | Country | Height |
1 | Ziyu Zhang | China | 2.23M (7ft 4in) |
2 | Xu Han | China | 2.05M (6ft 9in) |
3 | Imani McGee-Stafford | Puerto Rico | 2.00M (6ft 7in) |
4 | Esra Ural | Türkiye | 1.98M (6ft 6in) |
5 | Dominique Malonga | France | 1.97M (6ft 6in) |
6 | Kinga Josepovits | Hungary | 1.96M (6ft 5in) |
7 | Clara Bielefeld | Germany | 1.95M (6ft 5in) |
– | Marie Guelich | Germany | 1.95M (6ft 5in) |
– | Dorka Juhasz | Hungary | 1.95M (6ft 5in) |
– | Awa Fam | Spain | 1.95M (6ft 5in) |
Who is the shortest?
Sanou Fatoumata
Sanou Fatoumata is the solely participant in the World Cup beneath 1.60M. Can she show that coronary heart prevails over top?
She certainly did simply that at the FIBA U18 African Women’s Championship 2022, posting greater than 10 factors per sport and shut to three assists to steer Mali to the title.
Rank | Name | Country | Height |
1 | Sanou Fatoumata | Mali | 1.55M (5ft 1in) |
2 | Rui Machida | Japan | 1.62M (5ft 4in) |
– | Katarina Zeithammerova | Czechia | 1.62M (5ft 4in) |
4 | Mai Yamamoto | Japan | 1.63M (5ft 4in) |
5 | Heji An | Korea | 1.64M (5ft 5in) |
6 | Djeneba N’Diaye | Mali | 1.65M (5ft 5in) |
– | Pamela Rosado | Puerto Rico | 1.65M (5ft 5in) |
8 | Yeeun Heo | Korea | 1.67M (5ft 6in) |
9 | 3 players | – | 1.68M (5ft 6in) |
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Who is the oldest?
Pamela Rosado
Pamela Rosado has unmatched expertise. Her Senior National Team profession began at the AmeriCup Women in 2005.
And she was nonetheless balling just some months in the past at the FIBA Women’s AmeriCup 2027 Centrobasket Qualifiers, averaging 11.4 factors 3.4 rebonds and 6.8 assists per sport. Don’t overlook her clutch efficiency at Women’s World Cup Qualifying Tournament to safe a spot right here in Berlin.
Age actually is only a quantity.
Rank | Name | Country | Birth Date |
1 | Pamela Rosado | Puerto Rico | APR 30 1986 |
2 | Yvonne Turner | Hungary | OCT 13 1987 |
3 | Naignouma Coulibaly | Mali | MAY 31 1989 |
4 | Maki Takada | Japan | AUG 23 1989 |
5 | Alba Torrens | Spain | AUG 30 1989 |
6 | Victoria Macaulay | Nigeria | AUG 7 1990 |
7 | Alena Hanusova | Czechia | MAY 29 1991 |
8 | Ramu Tokashiki | Japan | JUN 11 1991 |
9 | Esra Ural | Türkiye | AUG 18 1991 |
10 | Mariona Ortiz | Spain | FEB 29 1992 |
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Who is the youngest?
Kinga Josepovits is one the tallest in the competitors however she is the youngest who will step on the court docket in Berlin.
She already performed in March at the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup 2026 Qualifying Tournament Türkiye, scoring 10 factors in two video games.
Rank | Name | Country | Birth Date |
1 | Kinga Josepovits | Hungary | JAN 2 2008 |
2 | Clara Bielefeld | Germany | AUG 28 2007 |
3 | Ziyu Zhang | China | MAY 2 2007 |
4 | Katerina Kalna | Czechia | MAR 21 2007 |
5 | Otoha Goto | Japan | FEB 13 2007 |
6 | Eszter Ratkai | Hungary | DEC 14 2006 |
7 | Hyun Jeong | Korea | AUG 13 2006 |
8 | Awa Fam | Spain | JUN 17 2006 |
9 | Iyana Martin | Spain | JAN 18 2006 |
10 | Kokora Tanaka | Japan | JAN 10 2006 |
Disclaimer: Our database was constructed from the remaining rosters validated at the technical conferences. Some of these players could not play in the Women’s World Cup.
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