Back منتخب بلجيكا لكرة السلة للسيدات Arabic منتخب بلجيكا لكورة السله للسيدات ARZ Belgická ženská basketbalová reprezentace Czech Εθνική Βελγίου (καλαθοσφαίριση γυναικών) Greek Selección femenina de baloncesto de Bélgica Spanish تیم ملی بسکتبال زنان بلژیک Persian Équipe de Belgique féminine de basket-ball French נבחרת בלגיה בכדורסל נשים HE Tim nasional bola basket wanita Belgia ID Nazionale di pallacanestro femminile del Belgio Italian
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| FIBA ranking | 6  (15 February 2024)[1] | ||
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| FIBA zone | FIBA Europe | ||
| National federation | Basketball Belgium | ||
| Coach | Rachid Meziane | ||
| Nickname(s) | Belgian Cats | ||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Appearances | 2 | ||
| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 2 | ||
| EuroBasket | |||
| Appearances | 14 | ||
| Medals |  Gold: 2023 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) | |||
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]).
- ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 15 February 2024. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ^ "Belgium at the EuroBasket Women 2023". Retrieved 25 June 2023.
- ^ "Belgium at the EuroBasket Women 2017". Retrieved 25 June 2017.
- ^ "Belgium at the EuroBasket Women 2021". Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ^ "Belgium at the 2018 FIBA Women's World Cup". Retrieved 30 September 2018.
- ^ "Belgium at the 2022 FIBA Women's World Cup". Retrieved 29 September 2022.
- ^ "Belgium at the 2020 women's Olympic Basketball Tournament". Retrieved 4 August 2020.