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The Korean women's basketball team has established a "must-win lineup" to advance to the 2026 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup finals.
The Korea Basketball Association said on the 3rd, "With coach Park Soo-ho and coach Yang Ji-hee in attendance, the first adult women's basketball performance improvement committee held and confirmed the final 12 entries to play in the final qualifying round for the 2026 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup."
On the list, a large number of key players with extensive international experience, including Park Ji-hyun (Tokomanawa) and Park Ji-soo of Korean women's basketball, Kang Yi-seul, Heo Ye-eun (KB), Lee Hae-ran (Samsung Life Insurance), and Ahn Hye-ji (BNK), were listed.
In particular, welcome faces stand out. Lee So-hee (BNK) and Jinan (Hana Bank), who were dropped due to injuries during the 2025 FIBA Women's Asia Cup, returned healthy, further strengthening the national team's balance of offense and defense. On top of that, "Young Gun" Park So-hee (Hana Bank), who has recently made a strong impression by leading the rise of her team Hana Bank, was finally selected, continuing the flow of generational change.
The national team, led by head coach Park Soo-ho, will convene at Jincheon Training Center on the 26th to strengthen its organizational power. After that, he will leave for France, the site of the showdown, on March 7 and start hunting for tickets to the finals in earnest.
The final qualifying round will be held in Lyon-Villeurban, France, and South Korea will be in Group B. Korea, which has been teamed up with Colombia, the Philippines, Germany, France, and Nigeria, will stage a fierce battle from March 11-17.
[2026 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup Final Qualifying List (12 people)]
Heo Ye-eun, Kang Yi-seul, Park Ji-soo (KB), Park So-hee, Jinan (Hana Bank), Ahn Hye-ji, Lee So-hee (BNK), Kang Yoo-rim, Lee Hae-ran (Samsung Life Insurance), Choi Yi-sam, Hong Yoo-soon (Shinhan Bank), and Park Ji-hyun (Dokomana and Queens).
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