FIBA World Championship for Women

FIBA World Championship for Women
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1953
No. of teams	16
Continent	FIBA (International)
Most recent champion(s)	United States (8th title)
Most titles	United States (8 titles)

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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.

[edit] 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 eight titles, including five of the last seven. 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.

[edit] Results

[edit] Summaries

Year	Host (final location)	Gold medal game			Bronze medal game
Year	Host (final location)	Gold	Score	Silver	Bronze	Score	Fourth place
1953 Details	Chile (Santiago)	United States	49–36	Chile	France	49–37	Brazil
1957 Details	Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)	United States	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	United States
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)	United States	94–82	Korea	Canada	66–57	Australia
1983 Details	Brazil	Soviet Union	84–82	United States	China	71–63	Korea
1986 Details	Soviet Union	United States	108–88	Soviet Union	Canada	64–59	Czechoslovakia
1990 Details	Malaysia	United States	88–78	Yugoslavia	Cuba	83–61	Czechoslovakia
1994 Details	Australia	Brazil	96–87	China	United States	100–95	Australia
1998 Details	Germany	United States	71–65	Russia	Australia	72–67	Brazil
2002 Details	China	United States	79–74	Russia	Australia	91–63	Korea
2006 Details	Brazil	Australia	91–74	Russia	United States	99–59	Brazil
2010 Details	Czech Republic	United States	89–69	Czech Republic	Spain	77–68	Belarus
2014 Details	Turkey	[[\|]]		[[\|]]	[[\|]]		[[\|]]

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

[edit] Medal table

Map of countries' best results

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	8	1	2	11
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	1	1	2
7	Korea	0	2	0	2
9	China	0	1	1	2
10	Chile	0	1	0	1
	Czech Republic	0	1	0	1
	Japan	0	1	0	1
	Yugoslavia	0	1	0	1
14	Canada	0	0	2	2
15	Cuba	0	0	1	1
	France	0	0	1	1
	Spain	0	0	1	1

[edit] 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	14th	8
Australia	-	10th	-	-	10th	9th	10th	4th	11th	9th	6th	4th	3rd	3rd	1st	5th	13
Belarus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4th	1
Bolivia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Brazil	4th	4th	-	5th	8th	3rd	12th	9th	5th	11th	10th	1st	4th	7th	4th	9th	15
Bulgaria	-	-	2nd	3rd	7th	-	-	-	6th	7th	8th	-	-	-	-	-	6
Canada	-	-	-	-	-	10th	11th	3rd	9th	3rd -	7th	7th	-	-	10th	12th	9
Chile	2nd	7th	-	11th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
China	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3rd	5th	9th	2nd	12th	6th	12th	13th	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	2nd	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	6th	8
Germany	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11th	-	-	-	1
Greece	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11th	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	-	10th	11
Kenya	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16th	-	-	-	-	1
Korea	-	-	-	8th	2nd	4th	5th	2nd	4th	10th	11th	10th	13th	4th	13th	8th	13
Lithuania	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6th	11th	6th	-	3
Madagascar	-	-	-	-	-	13th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Malaysia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11th	-	-	16th	-	-	-	-	-	2
Mali	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15th	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	7th	4
Senegal	-	-	-	-	-	-	13th	12th	-	-	14th	-	14th	15th	15th	16th	7
Serbia and Montenegro	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12th	-	-	1
Slovakia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5th	8th	-	-	-	2
Soviet Union	-	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	-	1st	2nd	5th	-	-	-	-	-	9
Spain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8th	5th	5th	8th	3rd	5
Switzerland	9th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Tunisia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16th	-	-	1
United States	1st	1st	-	4th	11th	8th	8th	1st	2nd	1st	1st	3rd	1st	1st	3rd	1st	15
Yugoslavia	-	-	4th	6th	6th	-	-	-	8th	-	2nd	-	-	-	-	-	5