FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup

FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup

Current season, competition or edition: 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1953
Inaugural season	1953
No. of teams	16
Country	FIBA member nations
Continent	FIBA (International)
Most recent champion(s)	United States (9th title)
Most titles	United States (9 titles)

The FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup (also called the Basketball World Championship for Women or the FIBA Women's World Cup) is a world basketball tournament for women's national teams held quadrennially. Its inaugural game was in 1953 with the four-year cycle established in 1967. The next FIBA Women's World Cup will be held in September/October^[1] 2018.

Formerly known as the FIBA World Championship for Women, the name changed shortly after its 2014 edition.^[2] From 1986 through 2014, the tournament was held in the same year as the men's FIBA Basketball World Cup, though in different countries. After the 2014 editions of both championships, the men's event was rescheduled on a new four-year cycle (the next in September 2019) to avoid conflict with the men's FIFA World Cup. The Women's World Cup (September 2018) remains on the current four-year cycle, with editions held in the same years as the men's FIFA World Cup (June and July 2018). The next FIFA Women's World Cup is in June and July 2019.

History

The Women’s World Cup was created by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA). It began in 1953, held in Chile, three years after the first men's World Championship. For most of its early history, it was not held in the same year as the men's championship, and was not granted 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 women's FIBA teams has remained at 16, unlike the men's event, which has been expanded to 24 and will expand further to 32 in 2019.^[3]

Only four nations have won titles in the history of the Women's World Cup. The United States has won the title nine times, 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.

The 2014 World Championship for Women was the last tournament played in the same year as the men's, and also the last to be known as the "World Championship for Women". The Women's World Cup will remain on the current four-year cycle, with the final tournament played a few months after the men's FIFA World Cup. The men's FIBA World Cup will move to the year after the Women's World Cup. Accordingly, only the FIBA Women's World Cup will be held in 2018.^[3]

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		United States	49–36	Chile		France	49–37	Brazil		10
1957 Details	Brazil		United States	51–48	Soviet Union		Czechoslovakia	83–70	Brazil		12
1959 Details	Soviet Union		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
Total		17	17	17	51

See also

• FIBA Basketball World Cup (formerly FIBA World Championship)

References

1. "Start the race for World Cup 2018" (Press release). FEDERACIÓN ESPAÑOLA DE BALONCESTO. 9 April 2014. Retrieved 2 Oct 2015.
2. "Spain submits candidature to host 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup" (Press release). FIBA. 31 October 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
3. "Mainini: calendar, system of competition and 3x3 our biggest priorities" (Press release). FIBA. 2012-04-20. Retrieved 2012-07-28.

External links

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