National team appearances in the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup
The article currently lists the first appearances of the 43 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 2014 edition.
Ultimately. it will also include basic information on the performances of each of these teams.
Debut of national teams
| Year | Debutants |
|---|---|
| 1953 |  Argentina,  Brazil,  Chile,  Cuba,  France,  Mexico,  Paraguay,  Peru,  Switzerland,  United States
|
| 1957 |  Australia,  Czechoslovakia,  Hungary,  Soviet Union
|
| 1959 |  Bulgaria,  North Korea,  Poland,  Romania,  Yugoslavia
|
| 1964 |  Japan,  South Korea
|
| 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 |  DR Congo,  Germany,  Lithuania,  Russia
|
| 2002 |  Tunisia
|
| 2006 | Czech Republic,  Nigeria
|
| 2010 |  Belarus,  Greece,  Mali
|
| 2014 |  Angola,  Mozambique,  Turkey
|
| 2018 |  Belgium,  Latvia,  Puerto Rico
|
Comprehensive team results
| Team | 1953 |
1957 |
1959 |
1964 |
1967 |
 1971 |
1975 |
1979 |
1983 |
1986 |
1990 |
1994 |
1998 |
2002 |
 2006 |
2010 |
2014 |
2018 |
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 | 15 |
 Belarus |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4th | 10th | – | 2 |
| Belgium |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4th | 1 |
| Bolivia |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Brazil |
4th | 4th | – | 5th | 8th | 3rd | 12th | 9th | 5th | 11th | 10th | 1st | 4th | 7th | 4th | 9th | 11th | – | 16 |
| Bulgaria |
– | – | 2nd | 3rd | 7th | – | – | – | 6th | 7th | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 |
| Canada |
– | – | – | – | – | 10th | 11th | 3rd | 9th | 3rd | 7th | 7th | – | – | 10th | 12th | 5th | 7th | 11 |
| Chile |
2nd | 7th | – | 11th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| China |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3rd | 5th | 9th | 2nd | 12th | 6th | 12th | 13th | 6th | 6th | 10 |
| Chinese Taipei |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12th | – | 14th | – | 14th | 14th | – | – | – | 4 |
| Colombia |
– | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 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 | – | – | 4th | 4th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 |
| North 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 | 7th | 5th | 10 |
| Germany |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11th | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 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 | 13 |
| Kenya |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
 South Korea |
– | – | – | 8th | 2nd | 4th | 5th | 2nd | 4th | 10th | 11th | 10th | 13th | 4th | 13th | 8th | 13th | 14th | 15 |
| Latvia |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13th | 1 |
| Lithuania |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6th | 11th | 6th | – | – | – | 3 |
| Madagascar |
– | – | – | – | – | 13th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Malaysia |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11th | – | – | 16th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Mali |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15th | – | – | 1 |
 Mexico |
8th | 8th | – | – | – | – | 6th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| Mozambique |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15th | – | 1 |
| Netherlands |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| New Zealand |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Nigeria |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16th | – | – | 8th | 2 |
 Paraguay |
5th | 6th | – | 12th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| Peru |
7th | 11th | – | 7th | – | – | – | – | 13th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |
 Poland |
– | – | 5th | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | – | – | 13th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| Puerto Rico |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16th | 1 |
 Romania |
– | – | 6th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Russia |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 7th | – | – | 4 |
| Senegal |
– | – | – | – | – | – | 13th | 12th | – | – | 14th | – | 14th | 15th | 15th | 16th | – | 12th | 8 |
 Serbia |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12th | – | – | 8th | – | 2 |
| Slovakia |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5th | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Soviet Union |
– | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | – | 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 | 17 |
| Yugoslavia |
– | – | 4th | 6th | 6th | – | – | – | 8th | – | 2nd | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 |