TAMPA BAY AND PHOENIX CHOSEN TO HOST THE NCAA WOMEN’S FINAL FOUR IN 2025 AND 2026 Eight regional sites for the 2023-26 Division I Women’s Basketball Championship also selected INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Committee has selected Tampa Bay (Amalie Arena) in 2025 and Phoenix (Talking Stick Resort Arena) in 2026 to serve as host sites for the NCAA Women’s Final Four. Tampa Bay will be hosting the Women’s Final Four for a record fourth time, while Phoenix will be hosting its first. “Tampa Bay and Phoenix will be great future hosts for what has become America’s marquee women’s sporting event,” said Nina King, senior deputy athletics director and chief of staff at Duke, chair of the Division I Women’s Basketball Committee in the 2020-21 academic year. “The committee appreciates all of the cities that were involved in the bid process and know that when we crown a national champion in those cities that our student-athletes, coaches and fans will have enjoyed an amazing championship experience.” Tampa Bay has welcomed more fans in Women’s Final Four history than any other city, with a combined 123,039 fans attending the 2008, 2015 and 2019 Women’s Final Fours. In 2019, sellout crowds in Amalie Arena totaled 40,189 fans as the Baylor Lady Bears claimed the national championship. The University of South Florida and the Tampa Bay Sports Commission will serve as co-hosts, with games played April 4 and 6, 2025. The state of Arizona will play host to the Women’s Final Four for the first time when Phoenix hosts in 2026. The event was last held in the Mountain and Pacific time zones in 2012 in Denver and 1999 in San Jose, California. Games at Talking Stick Resort Arena will be played over Easter weekend, with national semifinal games April 3 and the national championship decided April 5, 2026. Arizona State will serve as the host school. Leading up to 2025, the Women’s Final Four will be played in San Antonio (Alamodome, April 2 and 4, 2021), Minneapolis (Target Center, April 1 and 3, 2022), Dallas (American Airlines Center, March 31 and April 2, 2023) and Cleveland (Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, April 5 and 7, 2024). In addition to the Women’s Final Four, Dallas will host the Division II and III women’s basketball national championships in 2023. The committee also identified the eight host cities that will serve as hosts for the regional rounds of the Division I Women’s Basketball Championship from 2023-26, when the championship will be held at two regional sites per year with eight teams competing at each site. Sites selected are a mix of experienced and new hosts as Greenville, S.C. (Bon Secours Wellness Arena) and Seattle (Climate Pledge Arena) will host regional play in 2023, Albany, N.Y. (Times Union Center) and Portland, Ore. (Moda Center) in 2024, Birmingham, Ala. (Legacy Arena) and Spokane, Wash. (Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena) in 2025 and Fort Worth, Texas (Dickie Arena) and Sacramento, Calif. (Golden 1 Center) in 2026. “This bid cycle was significant for Division I women’s basketball as we were able to identify two outstanding future host cities for the Women’s Final Four in 2025 and 2026 and named the eight regional host sites that will be part of our new two-site regional format that is in play beginning in 2023,” said Lynn Holzman, vice president of women’s basketball at the NCAA. “I am pleased that over the next six years we will play in several new markets, while providing enhanced hosting opportunities.” Below is a complete list of Women’s Final Four and regional future host sites from 2021 to 2026:
NCAA WOMEN’S FINAL FOUR YEAR/DATES CITY HOSTS FACILITY
2021 March 29 and April 1 San Antonio Incarnate Word, UTSA, San Antonio Sports Alamodome
2022 April 1 and 3 Minneapolis Minnesota and Sports Minneapolis Target Center
2023 March 31 and April 2 Dallas Big 12 Conference and Dallas Sports Commission American Airlines Center
2024 April 5 and 7 Cleveland Mid-American Conference and Greater Cleveland Sports Commission Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
2025 April 4 and 6 Tampa Bay South Fla. and Tampa Bay Sports Commission Amalie Arena
2026 April 3 and 5 Phoenix Arizona St. Talking Stick Resort Arena
NCAA DIVISION I WOMEN’S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP REGIONALS YEAR
City Host Facility 2021 Albany, N.Y. Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Times Union Center, 2021 Austin (Cedar Park), Texas Texas H-E-B Center, 2021 Cincinnati, Ohio Xavier and Cincinnati USA Sports Commission Cintas Cente,r 2021 Spokane, Wash. Idaho Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena
2022 Bridgeport, Conn. UConn and Fairfield Webster Bank Arena, 2022 Greensboro, N.C. Atlantic Coast Conference Greensboro Coliseum, 2022 Spokane, Wash. Idaho Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena, 2022 Wichita, Kan. Wichita St. Intrust Bank Arena
Note: 2023 begins the move to Two Regional Sites...8 Teams each, two qualify for the Final Four
2023 Greenville, S.C. Furman, Southern Conference Bon Secours Wellness Arena, 2023 Seattle Seattle U, Seattle Sports Commission Climate Pledge Arena
2024 Albany, N.Y. Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Times Union Center, 2024 Portland, Ore. Oregon St., Rose Quarter/Moda Center Moda Center
2025 Birmingham, Ala. Southeastern Conference Legacy Arena, 2025 Spokane, Wash. Idaho Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena
2026 Sacramento, Calif. Sacramento St., Sacramento Sports Commission Golden 1 Center, 2026 Fort Worth, Texas TCU Dickie Arena