Belgium women's national basketball team

Belgium
FIBA ranking	T-78
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	KBBB
Coach	Philip Mestdagh
Olympic Games
Appearances	None
Women's World Cup
Appearances	1
EuroBasket
Appearances	11
Medals	(2017)
Uniforms
Light Dark

The Belgium women's national basketball team represents Belgium in international basketball competitions for women. Their first appearance in a major international tournament was in 1950, at the European Championship in Budapest. The team has not been present at World Championships or Olympic Summer Games, but they participated in ten European Championship editions (with as best rank a 3rd place in 2017), and qualified for the 2018 World Cup.

It is administered by the Belgian Basketball Federation.^[1]

Tournament record

Summer Olympics

Year Place Pld W L PF PA 1976 Did Not Qualify 1980 Did Not Qualify 1984 Did Not Qualify 1988 Did Not Qualify 1992 Did Not Qualify 1996 Did Not Qualify

Year Place Pld W L PF PA 2000 Did Not Qualify 2004 Did Not Qualify 2008 Did Not Qualify 2012 Did Not Qualify 2016 Did Not Qualify 2020 Qualification In Progress Total 0/11 0 0 0 0 0

World Championship

Year Place Pld W L PF PA 1953 Did Not Qualify 1957 Did Not Qualify 1959 Did Not Qualify 1964 Did Not Qualify 1967 Did Not Qualify 1971 Did Not Qualify 1975 Did Not Qualify 1979 Did Not Qualify 1983 Did Not Qualify

Year Place Pld W L PF PA 1986 Did Not Qualify 1990 Did Not Qualify 1994 Did Not Qualify 1998 Did Not Qualify 2002 Did Not Qualify 2006 Did Not Qualify 2010 Did Not Qualify 2014 Did Not Qualify 2018 Qualified Total 1/18 0 0 0 0 0

EuroBasket

Year Place Pld W L PF PA 1938 Did Not Qualify 1950 8 8 4 4 328 351 1952 Did Not Qualify 1954 Did Not Qualify 1956 Did Not Qualify 1958 Did Not Qualify 1960 10 7 0 7 284 402 1962 10 5 0 5 172 287 1964 Did Not Qualify 1966 Did Not Qualify 1968 7 9 2 7 374 615 1970 12 7 0 7 390 599

Year Place Pld W L PF PA 1972 Did Not Qualify 1974 Did Not Qualify 1976 12 8 1 7 471 740 1978 Did Not Qualify 1980 13 8 1 7 453 668 1981 Did Not Qualify 1983 Did Not Qualify 1985 12 7 0 7 306 350 1987 Did Not Qualify 1989 Did Not Qualify 1991 Did Not Qualify 1993 Did Not Qualify

Year Place Pld W L PF PA 1995 Did Not Qualify 1997 Did Not Qualify 1999 Did Not Qualify 2001 Did Not Qualify 2003 6 8 3 5 578 649 2005 Did Not Qualify 2007 7 8 4 4 525 520 2009 Did Not Qualify 2011 Did Not Qualify 2013 Did Not Qualify & 2015 Did Not Qualify 2017 6 5 1 413 376 Total 11/36 81 20 61 4294 5557

Current roster

Roster for the EuroBasket Women 2017.^[2]

Belgium women's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. 5.0 !C 00 Linskens, Kyara 7001200000000000000♠20 – (1996-11-13)13 November 1996 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) BC Namur-Capitale BEL ! 2.0 !SG 5 Mestdagh, Kim 7001270000000000000♠27 – (1990-03-12)12 March 1990 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Flammes Carolo basket FRA ! 3.0 !SF 6 Delaere, Antonia 7001220000000000000♠22 – (1994-08-01)1 August 1994 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) BC Castors Braine BEL ! 4.0 !PF 8 Hendrickx, Sofie 7001310000000000000♠31 – (1986-05-18)18 May 1986 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) BC Namur-Capitale BEL ! 1.0 !PG 9 Carpreaux, Marjorie 7001290000000000000♠29 – (1987-09-17)17 September 1987 1.61 m (5 ft 3 in) Declercq Stortbeton Waregem BC BEL ! 5.0 !C 11 Meesseman, Emma 7001240000000000000♠24 – (1993-05-13)13 May 1993 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) UMMC Ekaterinburg RUS ! 5.0 !C 12 Wauters, Ann 7001360000000000000♠36 – (1980-10-12)12 October 1980 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Abdullah Gül Üniversitesi TUR ! 3.0 !SF 22 Mestdagh, Hanne 7001240000000000000♠24 – (1993-04-19)19 April 1993 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Eisvögel USC Freiburg GER ! 5.0 !C 23 Geldof, Serena-Lynn 7001200000000000000♠20 – (1997-03-02)2 March 1997 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Miami Hurricanes USA ! 4.0 !PF 32 Nauwelaers, Heleen 7001210000000000000♠21 – (1996-03-14)14 March 1996 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) BC Sint-Katelijne-Waver BEL ! 1.0 !PG 35 Vanloo, Julie 7001240000000000000♠24 – (1993-02-10)10 February 1993 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Virtus Eirene Ragusa ITA ! 4.0 !PF 42 Raman, Jana 7001260000000000000♠26 – (1991-02-15)15 February 1991 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Kangoeroes Basket Willebroek BEL !	Head coach Philip Mestdagh Assistant coach(es) Pierre Cornia Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 16 June 2017

See also

• Belgium men's national basketball team
• Belgium women's national 3x3 team

References

External links

• Official website
• FIBA profile
• Archived records of Belgium team participations

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