National team appearances in the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup
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
[edit]| Year | Debutants |
|---|---|
| 1953 |  Argentina,  Brazil,  Chile,  Cuba,  France,  Mexico,  Paraguay,  Peru,  Switzerland,  United States
|
| 1957 |  Australia,  Czechoslovakia,  Hungary,  Soviet Union
|
| 1959 |  Bulgaria,  South Korea,  Poland,  Romania,  Yugoslavia
|
| 1964 |  Japan
|
| 1967 |  East Germany,  Italy
|
| 1971 |  Canada,  Ecuador,  Madagascar
|
| 1975 |  Colombia,  Senegal
|
| 1979 |  Bolivia,  Malaysia,  Netherlands
|
| 1983 |  China,  Zaire
|
| 1986 |  Chinese Taipei
|
| 1990 | - |
| 1994 |  Kenya,  New Zealand,  Slovakia,  Spain
|
| 1998 |  Germany,  Lithuania,  Russia
|
| 2002 |  Yugoslavia,  Tunisia
|
| 2006 | Czech Republic,  Nigeria
|
| 2010 |  Belarus,  Greece,  Mali
|
| 2014 |  Angola,  Mozambique,  Serbia,  Turkey
|
| 2018 |  Belgium,  Latvia,  Puerto Rico
|
| 2022 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
| 2026 | TBD |
Comprehensive team results
[edit]| Team | 1953 |
1957 |
1959 |
1964 |
1967 |
 1971 |
1975 |
 1979 |
1983 |
1986 |
1990 |
1994 |
1998 |
2002 |
 2006 |
2010 |
2014 |
2018 |
2022 |
2026 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Q | 17 |
 Belarus |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4th | 10th | – | – | – | 2 |
| Belgium |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4th | 5th | Q | 3 |
| 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 | Q | 3 |
 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 | 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 | 8th | 2nd | 4th | 5th | 2nd | 4th | 10th | 11th | 10th | 13th | 4th | 13th | 8th | 13th | 14th | 10th | 17 | |
| 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 | Q | 19 |
| 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
[edit]| Team | App | Record streak |
Active streak |
Debut | Most recent | Best result (* hosts) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States |
18 | 16 | 16 | 1953 | 2022 | Champions (1953, 1957, 1979, 1986, 1990, 1998, 2002, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022) |
| South Korea |
17 | 17 | 17 | 1959 | 2022 | Runners-up |
| Brazil |
16 | 14 | 0 | 1953 | 2014 | Champions (1994) |
| Australia |
16 | 15 | 15 | 1957 | 2022 | Champions (2006) |
| Japan |
14 | 6 | 4 | 1964 | 2022 | Runners-up (1975) |
| Canada |
12 | 7 | 5 | 1971 | 2022 | Third place (1979, 1986) |
| Cuba |
11 | 7 | 0 | 1953 | 2014 | Third place (1990) |
| China |
11 | 11 | 11 | 1983 | 2022 | Runners-up (1994, 2022) |
| France |
11 | 6 | 6 | 1953 | 2022 | Third place (1953) |
| Soviet Union † |
9 | 6 | -- | 1957 | 1990 | Champions (1959*, 1964, 1967, 1971, 1975, 1983) |
| Argentina |
9 | 4 | 0 | 1953 | 2018 | 6th (1953) |
| Czechoslovakia † |
8 | 6 | -- | 1957 | 1990 | Runners-up (1964, 1971) |
| Senegal |
8 | 4 | 0 | 1975 | 2018 | 12th (1979, 2018) |
| Spain |
7 | 7 | 0 | 1994 | 2018 | Runners-up (2014) |
| Bulgaria |
6 | 3 | 0 | 1959 | 1990 | Runners-up (1959) |
| Yugoslavia † |
6 | 3 | -- | 1959 | 2002 | Runners-up (1990) |
| Italy |
5 | 2 | 0 | 1967 | 1994 | Fourth place (1975) |
| Hungary |
5 | 2 | 0 | 1957 | 1998 | 5th (1957) |
| Peru |
4 | 2 | 0 | 1953 | 1983 | 7th (1953, 1964*) |
| Chinese Taipei |
4 | 2 | 0 | 1986 | 2006 | 12th (1986) |
| Russia |
4 | 4 | 0 | 1998 | 2010 | Runners-up (1998, 2002, 2006) |
| Chile |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1953 | 1964 | Runners-up (1953*) |
| Paraguay |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1953 | 1964 | 5th (1953) |
| Mexico |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1953 | 1975 | 6th (1979) |
| Poland |
3 | 1 | 0 | 1959 | 1994 | 5th (1959) |
| DR Congo |
3 | 1 | 0 | 1983 | 1998 | 14th (1983) |
| Lithuania |
3 | 3 | 0 | 1998 | 2006 | 6th (1998, 2006) |
| Czech Republic |
3 | 3 | 0 | 2006 | 2014 | Runners-up (2010*) |
| Germany |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1998 | 2026 | 11th (1998) |
| Malaysia |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1979 | 1990 | 11th (1979) |
| Slovakia |
2 | 2 | 0 | 1994 | 1998 | 5th (1994) |
| Belarus |
2 | 2 | 0 | 2010 | 2014 | Fourth place (2010) |
| Nigeria |
2 | 1 | 0 | 2006 | 2018 | 8th (2018) |
| Greece |
2 | 1 | 0 | 2010 | 2018 | 11th (2010, 2018) |
| Turkey |
2 | 2 | 0 | 2014 | 2018 | Fourth place (2014*) |
| Mali |
2 | 1 | 1 | 2010 | 2022 | 11th (2022) |
| Serbia |
2 | 1 | 1 | 2014 | 2022 | 6th (2022) |
| Belgium |
2 | 2 | 2 | 2018 | 2022 | Fourth place (2018) |
| Puerto Rico |
2 | 2 | 2 | 2018 | 2022 | 8th (2022) |
| Switzerland |
1 | 1 | 0 | 1953 | 1953 | 9th (1953) |
| Romania |
1 | 1 | 0 | 1959 | 1959 | 6th (1959) |
| East Germany † |
1 | 1 | -- | 1967 | 1967 | Fourth place (1967) |
| Ecuador |
1 | 1 | 0 | 1971 | 1971 | 12th (1971*) |
| Madagascar |
1 | 1 | 0 | 1971 | 1971 | 13th (1971) |
| Colombia |
1 | 1 | 0 | 1975 | 1975 | 7th (1975*) |
| Bolivia |
1 | 1 | 0 | 1979 | 1979 | 10th (1979) |
| Netherlands |
1 | 1 | 0 | 1979 | 1979 | 8th (1979) |
| Kenya |
1 | 1 | 0 | 1994 | 1994 | 16th (1994) |
| New Zealand |
1 | 1 | 0 | 1994 | 1994 | 15th (1994) |
| Tunisia |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2002 | 2002 | 16th (2002) |
| Angola |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2014 | 2014 | 16th (2014) |
| Mozambique |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2014 | 2014 | 15th (2014) |
| Latvia |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2018 | 2018 | 13th (2018) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
1 | 1 | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | 12th (2022) |
Overall won/lost records from 1953 to 2022
[edit]| Team | App | Played | Won | Lost | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
17 | 118 | 56 | 62 | 47.5% |
| 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% |
| 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% |