FIBA World Championship for Women

FIBA World Championship for Women

Sport	Basketball
Founded	1953
No. of teams	16
Continent	International (FIBA)
Most recent champion(s)	Australia

The FIBA World Championship for Women (also called the Basketball World Championship for Women) is a world basketball tournament for women's national teams held quadrennially. It is held on the same cycle and in the same year as the FIBA World Championship (for Men), but in a different country.

History

Like the men's event, the Women’s World Championship was created by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA). It began in 1953, three years after the first men's event, and was first held in Chile. For most of its early history, it was not held in the same year as the men's championship, and did not establish a consistent quadrennial cycle until 1967. After the 1983 event, FIBA changed the scheduling so that the women's tournament would be held in even-numbered non-Olympic years, a change that had come to the men's tournament in 1970.

For 2006, the number of participating teams will remain at 16, unlike the men's event, which has been expanded to 24.

Only four teams have won titles in the history of the World Championship for Women. The United States has won seven titles, including four of the last six. The Soviet Union won six titles, including five in a row from 1959 to 1975. The only other countries to win have been Brazil in 1994 and Australia in 2006.

Results

Summaries

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match
			Champion	Score	Second Place		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
1953 Details	Chile (Santiago)		USA	49–36	Chile		France	49–37	Brazil
1957 Details	Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)		USA	51–48	Soviet Union		Czechoslovakia	83–70	Brazil
1959 Details	Soviet Union (Moscow)		Soviet Union	51–38	Bulgaria		Czechoslovakia	79–43	Yugoslavia
1964 Details	Peru		Soviet Union	70–35	Czechoslovakia		Bulgaria	46–42	USA
1967 Details	Czechoslovakia		Soviet Union	83–50	Korea		Czechoslovakia	60–54	East Germany
1971 Details	Brazil		Soviet Union	88–69	Czechoslovakia		Brazil	70–63	Korea
1975 Details	Colombia		Soviet Union	106–75	Japan		Czechoslovakia	55–45	Italy
1979 Details	South Korea (Seoul)		USA	82–94	Korea		Canada	66–57	Australia
1983 Details	Brazil		Soviet Union	84–82	USA		China	71–63	Korea
1986 Details	Soviet Union		USA	108–88	Soviet Union		Canada	64–59	Czechoslovakia
1990 Details	Malaysia		USA	88–78	Yugoslavia		Cuba	83–61	Czechoslovakia
1994 Details	Australia		Brazil	96–87	China		USA	100–95	Australia
1998 Details	Germany		USA	71–65	Russia		Australia	72–67	Brazil
2002 Details	China		USA	79–74	Russia		Australia	91–63	Korea
2006 Details	Brazil (Barueri & São Paulo)		Australia	91–74	Russia		USA	99–59	Brazil
2010 Details	Czech Republic
2014 Details

Note: From 1953 through 1979 the medalists were decided in a league format instead of in a knockout tournament.

Successful national teams

Map of countries' best results

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	USA	7	1	2	10
2	Soviet Union	6	2	0	8
3	Australia	1	0	2	3
4	Brazil	1	0	1	2
5	Russia	0	3	0	3
6	Czechoslovakia	0	2	4	6
7	Bulgaria	0	2	0	2
	Korea	0	2	0	2
9	China	0	1	1	2
10	Chile	0	1	0	1
	Japan	0	1	0	1
	Yugoslavia	0	1	0	1
13	Canada	0	0	2	2
14	Cuba	0	0	1	1
	France	0	0	1	1

Participation details

Team	1953	1957	1959	1964	1967	1971	1975	1979	1983	1986	1990	1994	1998	2002	2006	2010	Total
Argentina	6th	9th	-	13th	-	11th	-	-	-	-	-	-	15th	10th	9th	Q	8
Australia	-	10th	-	-	10th	9th	10th	4th	11th	9th	6th	4th	3rd	3rd	1st	Q	13
Belarus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	1
Bolivia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Brazil	4th	4th	-	5th	8th	3rd	12th	9th	5th	11th	10th	1st	4th	7th	4th	Q	15
Bulgaria	-	-	2nd	3rd	7th	-	-	-	6th	7th	8th	-	-	-	-	-	6
Canada	-	-	-	-	-	10th	11th	3rd	9th	3rd -	7th	7th	-	-	10th	Q	9
Chile	2nd	7th	-	11th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
China	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3rd	5th	9th	2nd	12th	6th	12th	Q	8
Chinese Taipei	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12th	-	14th	-	14th	14th	-	4
Colombia	-	-	-	-	-	-	7th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Cuba	10th	12th	-	-	-	7th	-	-	10th	6th	3rd	6th	7th	9th	11th	-	10
Czech Republic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7th	Q	2
Czechoslovakia	-	3rd	3rd	2nd	3rd	2nd	3rd	-	-	4th	4th	-	-	-	-	-	8
DPR Korea	-	-	8th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
DR Congo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14th	-	15th	-	16th	-	-	-	3
East Germany	-	-	-	-	4th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Ecuador	-	-	-	-	-	12th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
France	3rd	-	-	10th	-	6th	-	7th	-	-	-	9th	-	8th	5th	Q	8
Germany	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11th	-	-	-	1
Greece	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	1
Hungary	-	5th	7th	-	-	-	9th	-	-	8th	-	-	10th	-	-	-	5
Italy	-	-	-	-	9th	-	4th	5th	-	-	13th	11th	-	-	-	-	5
Japan	-	-	-	9th	5th	5th	2nd	6th	12th	-	12th	12th	9th	13th	-	Q	11
Kenya	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16th	-	-	-	-	1
Korea	-	-	-	8th	2nd	4th	5th	2nd	4th	10th	11th	10th	13th	4th	13th	Q	13
Lithuania	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6th	11th	6th	-	3
Madagascar	-	-	-	-	-	13th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Malaysia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11th	-	-	16th	-	-	-	-	-	2
Mali	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Q	1
Mexico	8th	8th	-	-	-	-	6th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
Netherlands	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
New Zealand	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15th	-	-	-	-	1
Nigeria	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16th	-	1
Paraguay	5th	6th	-	12th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
Peru	7th	11th	-	7th	-	-	-	-	13th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Poland	-	-	5th	-	-	-	-	-	7th	-	-	13th	-	-	-	-	3
Romania	-	-	6th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Russia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2nd	2nd	2nd	Q	4
Senegal	-	-	-	-	-	-	13th	12th	-	-	14th	-	14th	15th	15th	Q	7
Serbia and Montenegro	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12th	-	-	1
Slovak Republic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5th	8th	-	-	-	2
Soviet Union	-	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	-	1st	2nd	5th	-	-	-	-	-	9
Spain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8th	5th	5th	8th	Q	5
Switzerland	9th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Tunisia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16th	-	-	1
USA	1st	1st	-	4th	11th	8th	8th	1st	2nd	1st	1st	3rd	1st	1st	3rd	Q	15
Yugoslavia	-	-	4th	6th	6th	-	-	-	8th	-	2nd	-	-	-	-	-	5

See also

• FIBA World Championship for Men
• Netball World Championships

External links

• FIBA World Championship for Women 2006 Official Site
• United States history

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