title: National team appearances in the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup
text: # 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
  
  | 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 | Germany, Lithuania, Russia |
  | 2002 | FR 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
  
  | 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 | | 16 |
  | Belarus | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4th | 10th | – | – | | 2 |
  | Belgium | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4th | 5th | | 2 |
  | 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 | | 2 |
  | North Korea | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | | 1 |
  | 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 | | 4 |
  | Senegal | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13th | 12th | WD | – | 14th | WD | 14th | 15th | 15th | 16th | – | 12th | – | | 8 |
  | Serbia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | 6th | | 2 |
  | Slovakia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5th | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | | 2 |
  | South Korea | – | – | – | 8th | 2nd | 4th | 5th | 2nd | 4th | 10th | 11th | 10th | 13th | 4th | 13th | 8th | 13th | 14th | 10th | | 16 |
  | 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 | | 18 |
  | 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
  
  | 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) |
  | Brazil | 16 | 14 | 0 | 1953 | 2014 | Champions (1994) |
  | Australia | 16 | 15 | 15 | 1957 | 2022 | Champions (2006) |
  | South Korea | 16 | 16 | 16 | 1964 | 2022 | Runners-up (1967, 1979*) |
  | 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) |
  | North Korea | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1959 | 1959 | 8th (1959) |
  | 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
  
  | 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 | 16 | 111 | 56 | 55 | 50.5% |
  | 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% |
  | North Korea | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 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% |
  