Belgium women'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
World Cup
Appearances2
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 one at the Olympic Games (2020[7]).

  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.