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The first official Women's World Cup, known as the Women's World Championship through its 2014 edition, was held in Chile in 1953. [8] The tournament was expanded to 16 countries (teams) in 1990. Since 2017, Australia qualifies for the World Cup through competing in the FIBA Women's Asia Cup , held each four years in the year preceding the ...
After the 2014 editions of both championships, the men's event was rescheduled on a new four-year cycle (the latest in 2019) to avoid conflict with the men's FIFA World Cup, but the Women's World Cup remains on the same four-year cycle, with editions held in the same years as the men's FIFA World Cup and the finals tournament played a few ...
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.
16 teams (four per continent) participated in two tournaments, where the winning team advanced to the 2026 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup Qualifying Tournaments. [1] Originally, the 16 teams would play for only one spot in the global qualifiers. However, on 28 November 2023, FIBA decided to increase to spots from one to two. [4]
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club C: 6 Arisa Ihara: 16 – () 11 March 2008 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Japan Aviation HS SF: 7 Otoha Goto: 17 – () 13 February 2007 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
The 2024 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments were the four women's basketball tournaments that were contested by 16 national teams, where the top teams earned a place in the 2024 Summer Olympics basketball tournament. It was held from 8 to 11 February 2024.
Player Position Team Total First team Second team MVP Tournaments Diana Taurasi: Guard United States 3: 3 — 0: 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 Penny Taylor: Forward Australia 2: 2 — 1
The following is the list of squads for each of the twelve teams competing in the 2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, to be held in Australia between 22 September and 1 October 2022. Each team selected a squad of 12 players for the tournament.