National team appearances in the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup
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The article currently lists the first appearances of the 55 national teams that have made at least one appearance in the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, formerly known as the FIBA World Championship for Women, through the 2018 edition.
Debut of national teams
editComprehensive team results
editTeam | 1953 |
1957 |
1959 |
1964 |
1967 |
1971 |
1975 |
1979 |
1983 |
1986 |
1990 |
1994 |
1998 |
2002 |
2006 |
2010 |
2014 |
2018 |
2022 |
2026 |
Total |
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Angola | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16th | – | – | 1 | |
Argentina | 6th | 9th | – | 13th | – | 11th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15th | 10th | 9th | 14th | – | 15th | – | 9 | |
Australia | – | 10th | – | – | 10th | 9th | 10th | 4th | 11th | 9th | 6th | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 5th | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 16 | |
Belarus | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4th | 10th | – | – | 2 | |
Belgium | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4th | 5th | 2 | |
Bolivia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12th | 1 | |
Brazil | 4th | 4th | – | 5th | 8th | 3rd | 12th | 9th | 5th | 11th | 10th | 1st | 4th | 7th | 4th | 9th | 11th | – | – | 16 | |
Bulgaria | – | – | 2nd | 3rd | 7th | – | – | WD | 6th | 7th | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | |
Canada | – | – | – | – | – | 10th | 11th | 3rd | 9th | 3rd | 7th | 7th | – | – | 10th | 12th | 5th | 7th | 4th | 12 | |
Chile | 2nd | 7th | – | 11th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | |
China | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | WD | 3rd | 5th | 9th | 2nd | 12th | 6th | 12th | 13th | 6th | 6th | 2nd | 11 | |
Chinese Taipei | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12th | – | 14th | – | 14th | 14th | – | – | – | – | 4 | |
Colombia | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
DR Congo | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14th | – | 15th | – | 16th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | |
Cuba | 10th | 12th | – | – | – | 7th | – | – | 10th | 6th | 3rd | 6th | 7th | 9th | 11th | – | 12th | – | – | 11 | |
Czech Republic | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | 2nd | 9th | – | – | 3 | |
Czechoslovakia † | – | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | WD | – | 4th | 4th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 |
East Germany † | – | – | – | – | 4th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Ecuador | – | – | – | – | – | 12th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
France | 3rd | – | – | 10th | – | 6th | – | 7th | – | – | – | 9th | – | 8th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 5th | 7th | 11 | |
Germany | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11th | – | – | – | – | – | – | Q | 2 |
Greece | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11th | – | 11th | – | 2 | |
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 | – | 10th | 14th | 9th | 9th | 14 | |
Kenya | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
Latvia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13th | – | 1 | |
Lithuania | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6th | 11th | 6th | – | – | – | – | 3 | |
Madagascar | – | – | – | – | – | 13th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
Malaysia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11th | – | – | 16th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | |
Mali | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15th | – | – | 11th | 2 | |
Mexico | 8th | 8th | – | – | – | – | 6th | WD | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | |
Mozambique | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15th | – | – | 1 | |
Netherlands | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
New Zealand | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
Nigeria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16th | – | – | 8th | WD | 2 | |
North Korea | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
Paraguay | 5th | 6th | – | 12th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | |
Peru | 7th | 11th | – | 7th | – | – | – | – | 13th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | |
Poland | – | – | 5th | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | – | – | 13th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | |
Puerto Rico | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16th | 8th | 2 | |
Romania | – | – | 6th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
Russia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 7th | – | – | DQ | 4 | |
Senegal | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13th | 12th | WD | – | 14th | WD | 14th | 15th | 15th | 16th | – | 12th | – | 8 | |
Serbia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | 6th | 2 | |
Slovakia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5th | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | |
South Korea | – | – | – | 8th | 2nd | 4th | 5th | 2nd | 4th | 10th | 11th | 10th | 13th | 4th | 13th | 8th | 13th | 14th | 10th | 16 | |
Soviet Union † | – | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | WD | 1st | 2nd | 5th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 |
Spain | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | 5th | 5th | 8th | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | – | 7 | |
Switzerland | 9th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
Tunisia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16th | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
Turkey | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4th | 10th | – | 2 | |
United States | 1st | 1st | – | 4th | 11th | 8th | 8th | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 18 | |
Yugoslavia † | – | – | 4th | 6th | 6th | – | – | WD | 8th | – | 2nd | – | – | 12th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 |
Total | 10 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 16 |
Ranking of teams by number of appearances
editOverall won/lost records from 1953 to 2022
editTeam | App | Played | Won | Lost | % |
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United States | 18 | 138 | 117 | 21 | 84.8% |
Australia | 16 | 120 | 76 | 44 | 63.3% |
Soviet Union † | 9 | 73 | 69 | 4 | 94.5% |
Brazil | 16 | 115 | 61 | 54 | 53% |
South Korea | 16 | 111 | 56 | 55 | 50.5% |
Canada | 12 | 90 | 46 | 44 | 51.1% |
China | 11 | 85 | 46 | 39 | 54.1% |
Czechoslovakia † | 8 | 63 | 45 | 18 | 71.4% |
France | 11 | 86 | 44 | 42 | 51.2% |
Japan | 14 | 96 | 35 | 61 | 36.5% |
Cuba | 11 | 82 | 35 | 47 | 42.7% |
Spain | 7 | 57 | 35 | 22 | 61.4% |
Bulgaria | 6 | 46 | 28 | 18 | 60.9% |
Russia | 4 | 36 | 26 | 10 | 72.2% |
Yugoslavia † | 6 | 48 | 20 | 28 | 41.7% |
Italy | 5 | 37 | 19 | 18 | 51.4% |
Argentina | 9 | 58 | 18 | 40 | 31% |
Hungary | 5 | 38 | 14 | 24 | 36.8% |
Czech Republic | 3 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 59.1% |
Poland | 3 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 50% |
Lithuania | 3 | 26 | 11 | 15 | 42.3% |
Mexico | 3 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 50% |
Chile | 3 | 23 | 9 | 14 | 39.1% |
Slovakia | 2 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 52.9% |
Paraguay | 3 | 25 | 8 | 17 | 32% |
Senegal | 8 | 45 | 6 | 39 | 13.3% |
Belarus | 2 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 46.2% |
Serbia | 2 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 46.2% |
Belgium | 2 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 50% |
Peru | 4 | 26 | 5 | 21 | 19.2% |
Turkey | 2 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 50% |
Chinese Taipei | 4 | 25 | 4 | 21 | 16% |
Greece | 2 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 33.3% |
East Germany † | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 57.1% |
Netherlands | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 66.7% |
Nigeria | 2 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 25% |
Germany | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 37.5% |
Puerto Rico | 2 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 22.2% |
Romania | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 28.6% |
Bolivia | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33.3% |
DR Congo | 3 | 20 | 1 | 19 | 5% |
Malaysia | 2 | 14 | 1 | 13 | 7.1% |
Mali | 2 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 10% |
Ecuador | 1 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 12.5% |
New Zealand | 1 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 12.5% |
Switzerland | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% |
Kenya | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% |
Madagascar | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% |
North Korea | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% |
Colombia | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% |
Tunisia | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% |
Angola | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
Latvia | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
Mozambique | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |