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[]
Comprehensive team results[]
| Team |  1953 |
 1957 |
 1959 |
 1964 |
 1967 |
 1971 |
 1975 |
 1979 |
1983 |
1986 |
 1990 |
 1994 |
 1998 |
 2002 |
 2006 |
2010 |
 2014 |
 2018 |
2022 |
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 | Q | 16 |
 Belarus |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4th | 10th | – | – | 2 |
 Belgium |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4th | Q | 2 |
 Bolivia |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Q | 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 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 |
 Canada |
– | – | – | – | – | 10th | 11th | 3rd | 9th | 3rd | 7th | 7th | – | – | 10th | 12th | 5th | 7th | Q | 12 |
| Chile |
2nd | 7th | – | 11th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| China |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3rd | 5th | 9th | 2nd | 12th | 6th | 12th | 13th | 6th | 6th | Q | 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 | – | – | 4th | 4th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 |
 East Germany † |
– | – | – | – | 4th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
 Ecuador |
– | – | – | – | – | 12th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
 France |
3rd | – | – | 10th | – | 6th | – | 7th | – | – | – | 9th | – | 8th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 5th | Q | 11 |
| 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 | Q | 14 |
 Kenya |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
 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 | Q | 3 |
 North Korea |
– | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
 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 | – | – | DQ | 4 |
 Senegal |
– | – | – | – | – | – | 13th | 12th | – | – | 14th | – | 14th | 15th | 15th | 16th | – | 12th | – | 8 |
 Serbia |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12th | – | – | 8th | – | Q | 3 |
 Slovakia |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5th | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
 South Korea |
– | – | – | 8th | 2nd | 4th | 5th | 2nd | 4th | 10th | 11th | 10th | 13th | 4th | 13th | 8th | 13th | 14th | Q | 16 |
| 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 | Q | 17 |
 Yugoslavia † |
– | – | 4th | 6th | 6th | – | – | – | 8th | – | 2nd | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 |
| Total | 10 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 12 |
Ranking of teams by number of appearances[]
| Team | App | Record streak |
Active streak |
Debut | Most recent | Best result (* hosts) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States |
17 | 15 | 15 | 1953 | 2018 | Champions (1953, 1957, 1979, 1986, 1990, 1998, 2002, 2010, 2014, 2018) |
| Brazil |
16 | 14 | 0 | 1953 | 2014 | Champions (1994) |
| Australia |
15 | 14 | 14 | 1957 | 2018 | Champions (2006) |
| South Korea |
15 | 15 | 15 | 1964 | 2018 | Runners-up (1967, 1979*) |
| Japan |
13 | 6 | 3 | 1964 | 2018 | Runners-up (1975) |
| Cuba |
11 | 7 | 0 | 1953 | 2014 | Third place (1990) |
| Canada |
11 | 7 | 4 | 1971 | 2018 | Third place (1979, 1986) |
| France |
10 | 5 | 5 | 1953 | 2018 | Third place (1953) |
| China |
10 | 10 | 10 | 1983 | 2018 | Runners-up (1994) |
| Soviet Union † |
9 | 6 | -- | 1957 | 1990 | Champions (1959*, 1964, 1967, 1971, 1975, 1983) |
| Argentina |
9 | 4 | 1 | 1953 | 2018 | 6th (1953) |
| Czechoslovakia † |
8 | 6 | -- | 1957 | 1990 | Runners-up (1964, 1971) |
| Senegal |
8 | 4 | 1 | 1975 | 2018 | 12th (1979, 2018) |
| Spain |
7 | 7 | 7 | 1994 | 2018 | Runners-up (2014) |
| Bulgaria |
6 | 3 | 0 | 1959 | 1990 | Runners-up (1959) |
| Yugoslavia † |
5 | 3 | -- | 1959 | 1990 | 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*) |
| Malaysia |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1979 | 1990 | 11th (1979) |
| Slovakia |
2 | 2 | 0 | 1994 | 1998 | 5th (1994) |
| Serbia |
2 | 1 | 0 | 2002 | 2014 | 8th (2014) |
| Belarus |
2 | 2 | 0 | 2010 | 2014 | Fourth place (2010) |
| Nigeria |
2 | 1 | 1 | 2006 | 2018 | 8th (2018) |
| Greece |
2 | 1 | 1 | 2010 | 2018 | 11th (2010, 2018) |
| Turkey |
2 | 2 | 2 | 2014 | 2018 | Fourth place (2014*) |
| 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) |
| Germany |
1 | 1 | 0 | 1998 | 1998 | 11th (1998) |
| Tunisia |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2002 | 2002 | 16th (2002) |
| Mali |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2010 | 2010 | 15th (2010) |
| Angola |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2014 | 2014 | 16th (2014) |
| Mozambique |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2014 | 2014 | 15th (2014) |
| Belgium |
1 | 1 | 1 | 2018 | 2018 | Fourth place (2018) |
| Latvia |
1 | 1 | 1 | 2018 | 2018 | 13th (2018) |
| Puerto Rico |
1 | 1 | 1 | 2018 | 2018 | 16th (2018) |
Overall won/lost records from 1953 to 2018[]
| Team | App | Played | Won | Lost | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States |
17 | 130 | 109 | 21 | 83.8% |
| Australia |
15 | 112 | 70 | 42 | 62.5% |
| Soviet Union † |
9 | 73 | 69 | 4 | 94.5% |
| Brazil |
16 | 115 | 61 | 54 | 53% |
| South Korea |
15 | 106 | 55 | 51 | 51.9% |
| Czechoslovakia † |
8 | 63 | 45 | 18 | 71.4% |
| France |
10 | 80 | 42 | 38 | 52.5% |
| Canada |
11 | 82 | 41 | 41 | 50% |
| China |
10 | 77 | 40 | 37 | 51.9% |
| Cuba |
11 | 82 | 35 | 47 | 42.7% |
| Spain |
7 | 57 | 35 | 22 | 61.4% |
| Japan |
13 | 91 | 34 | 57 | 37.4% |
| Bulgaria |
6 | 46 | 28 | 18 | 60.9% |
| Russia |
4 | 36 | 26 | 10 | 72.2% |
| Argentina |
9 | 61 | 19 | 42 | 31.1% |
| Italy |
5 | 37 | 19 | 18 | 51.4% |
| Yugoslavia † |
5 | 40 | 18 | 22 | 45% |
| 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% |
| Peru |
4 | 26 | 5 | 21 | 19.2% |
| Serbia |
2 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 33.3% |
| 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% |
| Belgium |
1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% |
| 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% |
| Ecuador |
1 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 12.5% |
| New Zealand |
1 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 12.5% |
| Mali |
1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% |
| 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% |
| Tunisia |
1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% |
| Angola |
1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| Latvia |
1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| Mozambique |
1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| Puerto Rico |
1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
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