Belgium women's national basketball team
Women's national basketball team representing Belgium
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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 15 times overall. Their best results at the event are winning two titles (2023,[2] 2025[3]) and two third place finishes (2017,[4] and 2021[5]). Belgium has also competed on the global stage, where they have made two appearances at the World Cup (2018,[6] 2022[7]), and two at the Olympic Games (2020,[8] 2024[9]). Belgium will be the co-host for the FIBA Women's EuroBasket in 2027 along with Finland, Sweden and Lithuania.
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| FIBA ranking | 5  1 (18 March 2026)[1] | ||
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| FIBA zone | FIBA Europe | ||
| National federation | Basketball Belgium | ||
| Coach | Mike Thibault | ||
| Nickname | Belgian Cats | ||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Appearances | 2 | ||
| Medals | None | ||
| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 2 | ||
| Medals | None | ||
| EuroBasket | |||
| Appearances | 15 | ||
| Medals |  Gold: (2023, 2025) Bronze: (2017, 2021) | ||
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| 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) | |||
Competitive record
Olympic Games
FIBA Women's World Cup
EuroBasket Women
| EuroBasket Women record | |||||||
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| Year | Place | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | |
 1938 | Did not enter | ||||||
 1950 | 8th | 7 | 4 | 3 | 287 | 302 | |
| 1952 | Did not enter | ||||||
 1954 | |||||||
 1956 | |||||||
 1958 | |||||||
 1960 | 10th | 7 | 0 | 7 | 284 | 402 | |
 1962 | 10th | 5 | 0 | 5 | 172 | 287 | |
 1964 | Did not enter | ||||||
 1966 | |||||||
 1968 | 7th | 9 | 2 | 7 | 374 | 615 | |
 1970 | 12th | 7 | 0 | 7 | 390 | 599 | |
 1972 | Did not qualify | ||||||
| 1974 | |||||||
 1976 | 12th | 8 | 1 | 7 | 471 | 740 | |
| 1978 | Did not qualify | ||||||
| 1980 | 13th | 8 | 1 | 7 | 453 | 668 | |
| 1981 | Did not qualify | ||||||
| 1983 | |||||||
| 1985 | 12th | 7 | 0 | 7 | 306 | 350 | |
 1987 | Did not qualify | ||||||
 1989 | |||||||
 1991 | |||||||
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 1999 | |||||||
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 2003 | 6th | 8 | 3 | 5 | 578 | 649 | |
 2005 | Did not qualify | ||||||
| 2007 | 7th | 8 | 4 | 4 | 525 | 520 | |
 2009 | Did not qualify | ||||||
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 2015 | |||||||
| 2017 |  | 6 | 5 | 1 | 413 | 376 | |
 2019 | 5th | 6 | 3 | 3 | 418 | 400 | |
 2021 | | 6 | 4 | 2 | 445 | 414 | |
 2023 |  | 6 | 6 | 0 | 488 | 338 | |
 2025 | | 6 | 6 | 0 | 456 | 342 | |
   2027 | Qualified as co-host | ||||||
| Total | 15/41 | 104 | 39 | 65 | 6060 | 7002 | |
Current roster
Roster for the EuroBasket Women 2025.[10][11]
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