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Belgium women's national basketball team

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Belgium men's national basketball team.

Belgium
FIBA ranking6 Steady (26 August 2024)[1]
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationBasketball Belgium
CoachRachid Meziane
Nickname(s)Belgian Cats
Olympic Games
Appearances2
MedalsNone
World Cup
Appearances2
MedalsNone
EuroBasket
Appearances14
MedalsGold Gold: (2023)
Bronze Bronze: (2017, 2021)
Home jersey
Team colours
Home
Away jersey
Team colours
Away
First international
 Soviet Union 91–31 Belgium 
(Budapest, Hungary; 14 May 1950)
Biggest win
 Azerbaijan 28–136 Belgium 
(Baku, Azerbaijan; 12 November 2023)
Biggest defeat
 Belgium 48–127 Soviet Union 
(Moulins, France; 22 May 1976)

The Belgium women's national basketball team (nicknamed Belgian Cats) represents Belgium in international basketball, and are controlled by Basketball Belgium. Belgium's first appearance in a major international tournament came at EuroBasket 1950. The team has participated in the European Championship fourteen times overall. Their best results at the event are winning the title in 2023,[2] and two third place finishes (2017,[3] and 2021[4]). Belgium has also competed on the global stage, where they have made two appearances at the World Cup (2018,[5] 2022[6]), and two at the Olympic Games (2020,[7] 2024[8]).

Competitive record

Olympic Games

Olympic Games record
Year Place Pld W L PF PA
Canada 1976 Did not qualify
Soviet Union 1980
United States 1984
South Korea 1988
Spain 1992
United States 1996
Australia 2000
Greece 2004
China 2008
United Kingdom 2012
Brazil 2016
Japan 2020 7th 4 2 2 319 282
France 2024 4th 6 2 4 463 460
Total 2/13 10 4 6 782 742

FIBA Women's World Cup

FIBA Women's World Cup record
Year Place Pld W L PF PA
Chile 1953 Did not enter
Brazil 1957
Soviet Union 1959
Peru 1964 Did not qualify
Czechoslovakia 1967 Did not enter
Brazil 1971 Did not qualify
Colombia 1975
South Korea 1979
Brazil 1983
Soviet Union 1986
Malaysia 1990
Australia 1994
Germany 1998
China 2002
Brazil 2006
Czech Republic 2010
Turkey 2014
Spain 2018 Fourth place 6 3 3 456 401
Australia 2022 Fifth place 6 3 3 433 435
Germany 2026 To be determined
Total 2/19 12 6 6 889 836

EuroBasket Women

EuroBasket Women record
Year Place Pld W L PF PA
Italy 1938 Did not enter
Hungary 1950 8th 7 4 3 287 302
Soviet Union 1952 Did not enter
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1954
Czechoslovakia 1956
Poland 1958
Bulgaria 1960 10th 7 0 7 284 402
France 1962 10th 5 0 5 172 287
Hungary 1964 Did not enter
Romania 1966
Italy 1968 7th 9 2 7 374 615
Netherlands 1970 12th 7 0 7 390 599
Bulgaria 1972 Did not qualify
Italy 1974
France 1976 12th 8 1 7 471 740
Poland 1978 Did not qualify
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1980 13th 8 1 7 453 668
Italy 1981 Did not qualify
Hungary 1983
Italy 1985 12th 7 0 7 306 350
Spain 1987 Did not qualify
Bulgaria 1989
Israel 1991
Italy 1993
Czech Republic 1995
Hungary 1997
Poland 1999
France 2001
Greece 2003 6th 8 3 5 578 649
Turkey 2005 Did not qualify
Italy 2007 7th 8 4 4 525 520
Latvia 2009 Did not qualify
Poland 2011
France 2013
HungaryRomania 2015
Czech Republic 2017 6th 5 1 413 376
LatviaSerbia 2019 5th 6 3 3 418 400
FranceSpain 2021 6 4 2 445 414
IsraelSlovenia 2023 6 6 0 488 338
Czech RepublicGermanyItalyGreece 2025 To be determined
FinlandLithuania 2027
Total 14/39 98 33 65 5604 6660

Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

A 14-player roster was announced on 24 May 2024.[9] The final roster was revealed on 6 July 2024.[10]

Belgium women's national basketball team – 2024 Summer Olympics roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
PG 4 Elise Ramette 25 – (1998-11-03)3 November 1998 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) AE Sedis Bàsquet Spain
SF 6 Antonia Delaere 29 – (1994-08-01)1 August 1994 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) CB Avenida Spain
SF 10 Laure Résimont 26 – (1998-01-29)29 January 1998 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen Belgium
PF 11 Emma Meesseman (C) 31 – (1993-05-13)13 May 1993 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Fenerbahçe Turkey
C 13 Kyara Linskens 27 – (1996-11-13)13 November 1996 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Lattes Montpellier France
PF 15 Nastja Claessens 19 – (2004-12-02)2 December 2004 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) KBT ION Waregem Belgium
SF 22 Bethy Mununga 27 – (1997-07-22)22 July 1997 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq France
C 25 Becky Massey 24 – (2000-03-21)21 March 2000 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) IDK Euskotren Spain
SF 31 Maxuelle Lisowa-Mbaka 23 – (2001-05-14)14 May 2001 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq France
C 34 Billie Massey 24 – (2000-03-21)21 March 2000 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) CB Estudiantes Spain
PG 35 Julie Vanloo 31 – (1993-02-10)10 February 1993 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Washington Mystics United States
F 99 Ine Joris 23 – (2001-07-25)25 July 2001 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) BC Castors Braine Belgium
Head coach
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 28 July 2024

See also

References

  1. ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 26 August 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Belgium at the EuroBasket Women 2023". Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Belgium at the EuroBasket Women 2017". Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Belgium at the EuroBasket Women 2021". Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Belgium at the 2018 FIBA Women's World Cup". Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  6. ^ "Belgium at the 2022 FIBA Women's World Cup". Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  7. ^ "Belgium at the 2020 women's Olympic Basketball Tournament". Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Belgium at the 2024 women's Olympic Basketball Tournament". Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  9. ^ "Voici la préparation complète des Cats en vue des Jeux olympiques de Paris". basketballbelgium.be. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  10. ^ "Bonne nouvelle pour les Cats: Julie Allemand est dans le groupe pour les Jeux Olympiques de Paris". bebasket.be. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  11. ^ "Team roster: Belgium" (PDF). fiba.basketball. p. 2. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
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