FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup

FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup

Current season, competition or edition: 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1953
No. of teams	16
Continent	FIBA (International)
Most recent champion(s)	United States (9th title)
Most titles	United States (9 titles)

The FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, formerly known as 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. From 1986 through 2014, the Women's World Cup was held in the same year as the men's FIBA Basketball World Cup, though the two events were always held in different countries. After the 2014 editions of both championships, the men's World Cup was rescheduled on a new four-year cycle to avoid conflict with the FIFA World Cup, with the next men's championship to be held in 2019. The Women's World Cup will remain on the current four-year cycle, with editions held in the same years as the FIFA World Cup. Although the men's tournament changed its name from the "FIBA World Championship" after the 2010 edition, the women's tournament did not change its name at that time. The name change for the women's event occurred shortly after its 2014 edition.^[1]

History

Like the men's event, the Women’s World Cup 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.

The number of participating teams has remained at 16, unlike the men's event, which has been expanded to 24 and will expand further to 32 in 2019.^[2]

Only four teams have won titles in the history of the Women's World Cup. The United States has won nine titles, including six of the last eight. 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.

After the 2014 World Cup and World Championship for Women, the two tournaments will no longer be played in the same year. The Women's World Cup will remain on the current four-year cycle, with the final tournament played in the same year as the FIFA World Cup, while the (men's) World Cup will move to a new cycle in which the final tournament will be held the year after the Women's World Cup. Accordingly, only the FIBA Women's World Cup will be held in 2018, with the FIBA World Cup following in 2019.^[2]

Results

Summaries

Year	Host (final location)		Gold medal game				Bronze medal game				Number of teams
			Gold	Score	Silver		Bronze	Score	Fourth place
1953 Details	Chile (Santiago)		United States	49–36	Chile		France	49–37	Brazil		10
1957 Details	Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)		United States	51–48	Soviet Union		Czechoslovakia	83–70	Brazil		12
1959 Details	Soviet Union (Moscow)		Soviet Union	51–38	Bulgaria		Czechoslovakia	79–43	Yugoslavia		8
1964 Details	Peru		Soviet Union	70–35	Czechoslovakia		Bulgaria	46–42	United States		13
1967 Details	Czechoslovakia		Soviet Union	83–50	South Korea		Czechoslovakia	60–54	East Germany		11
1971 Details	Brazil		Soviet Union	88–69	Czechoslovakia		Brazil	70–63	South Korea		13
1975 Details	Colombia		Soviet Union	106–75	Japan		Czechoslovakia	55–45	Italy		13
1979 Details	South Korea (Seoul)		United States	94–82	South Korea		Canada	66–57	Australia		12
1983 Details	Brazil		Soviet Union	84–82	United States		China	71–63	South Korea		14
1986 Details	Soviet Union		United States	108–88	Soviet Union		Canada	64–59	Czechoslovakia		12
1990 Details	Malaysia		United States	88–78	Yugoslavia		Cuba	83–61	Czechoslovakia		16
1994 Details	Australia		Brazil	96–87	China		United States	100–95	Australia		16
1998 Details	Germany		United States	71–65	Russia		Australia	72–67	Brazil		16
2002 Details	China		United States	79–74	Russia		Australia	91–63	South Korea		16
2006 Details	Brazil		Australia	91–74	Russia		United States	99–59	Brazil		16
2010 Details	Czech Republic		United States	89–69	Czech Republic		Spain	77–68	Belarus		16
2014 Details	Turkey		United States	77–64	Spain		Australia	74–44	Turkey		16
2018 Details	Spain										16

Note: From 1953 through 1979 the medalists were decided in a league format instead of in a knockout tournament; results of the final round matches are shown.

Medal table

Map of countries' best results

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	9	1	2	12
2	Soviet Union	6	2	0	8
3	Australia	1	0	3	4
4	Brazil	1	0	1	2
5	Russia	0	3	0	3
6	Czechoslovakia	0	2	4	6
7	South Korea	0	2	0	2
8	Bulgaria	0	1	1	2
	China	0	1	1	2
	Spain	0	1	1	2
11	Chile	0	1	0	1
	Japan	0	1	0	1
	Yugoslavia	0	1	0	1
	Czech Republic	0	1	0	1
15	Canada	0	0	2	2
16	France	0	0	1	1
	Cuba	0	0	1	1

See also

• FIBA Basketball World Cup (formerly FIBA World Championship)
• World Netball Championships

References

External links

• FIBA World Championship for Women 2010 Official Site
• United States history

International women's basketball FIBA Olympics World Cup World Rankings U21 World Championship U19 World Championship U17 World Championship Commonwealth Games Teams Africa FIBA Africa Africa Championship Americas FIBA Americas Americas Championship Asia FIBA Asia Asian Championship Europe FIBA Europe EuroBasket Women Oceania FIBA Oceania Oceania Championship Note: The Under-21 Championship is no longer held.