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The FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, also known as the Basketball World Cup for Women or simply the FIBA Women's World Cup, is an international basketball tournament for women's national teams held quadrennially. It was created by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA). Its inaugural game was in 1953 in Chile, three years after the ...
The FIBA Women's World Ranking is the FIBA 's rankings of national women's basketball teams. FIBA ranks women's national teams in both senior and junior competitions. It also publishes combined rankings for all competitions involving both sexes. The ranking system compares teams based on the weighted average rating points they earn in games ...
The International Basketball Federation, or FIBA recognizes 213 national teams divided into 5 zones, each roughly corresponding to a continent (North America and South America are grouped under the Americas.) The newest national team is Montenegro which was recognized in 2006. There are more FIBA-recognized teams than FIFA-recognized teams (209).
The USA Basketball Women's National Team, [ 2 ] commonly known as Team USA, is governed by USA Basketball and competes in FIBA Americas. The team is by far the most successful in international women's basketball, having won 10 out of the 12 Olympic tournaments it has entered. It has also won 9 of the last 12 World Cups (including the last 4 ...
On 25 March 2022, following a review of the current FIBA women's basketball system, FIBA expanded the World Cup back to 16 teams after reducing the teams to 12 teams in 2022. [6] The expansion brings the numbers of teams that qualified back to the same amount as the world cups between 1990 and 2018 .
145,519 (3,829 per game) MVP. A'ja Wilson. Top scorer. Arella Guirantes. (18.2 points per game) ← 2018. 2026 →. The 2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, the 19th edition of FIBA 's premier international tournament for women's national basketball teams, was held in Sydney, Australia, between 22 September and 1 October 2022.
FIBA. The International Basketball Federation (FIBA / ˈfiːbə / FEE-bə; French: Fédération Internationale de Basketball) [a][5] is an association of national organizations which governs the sport of basketball worldwide. FIBA defines the rules of basketball, specifies the equipment and facilities required, organizes international ...
Women's basketball was introduced as an Olympic sport at Montreal in 1976. [93] From 1976 to 1992, only six countries (teams) participated in the Olympic tournament. However, in 1996 at Atlanta the tournament was expanded to twelve teams. [94] Through the 2016 Olympics, Australia qualified for the Olympic Games through competing in the FIBA ...