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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).
Women's Professional Soccer All-Star team in 2009. Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) was the top level professional women's soccer league in the United States. [70] It began play on March 29, 2009, and folded in 2012. The league was composed of seven teams for its first two seasons and fielded 6 teams for the 2011 season.
The league comprises 13 teams (15 in 2026). It is considered the premier professional women's basketball league in the world. [citation needed] The league's headquarters are located in New York City. The league was founded on April 24, 1996, as the women's counterpart to the National Basketball Association (NBA); league play began in 1997. The ...
Women's Professional Basketball Association (WPBA), 1975; the league folded before it ever started. Women's Professional Basketball League (WBL), 1978–1981 Ladies Professional Basketball Association (LPBA), 1980–81; formed as a rival league to the WBL when the WBL began to experience financial problems.
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.
The 3-on-3 league played on a “compressed full court” has six teams of five players and promises to offer "the highest average salary" in women’s pro sports.
The All American Red Heads were the first professional women's basketball team. In 1936, almost 50 years after women's basketball began, C. M. "Ole" Olson (who also founded Olson's Terrible Swedes) started a barnstorming team which would play around the country until 1986. [1] The name of the team came from Olson's wife, who owned a number of ...
The Athletes Unlimited Softball League is a women's fastpitch softball league with four, currently geographically-neutral teams, that'll be assigned home grounds in its 2026 season. As of its 2025 season, the average salary for a player will be $40,000–45,000, with salaries up to $75,000 achievable through bonus payments. [21] [22]