FIBA World Championship for Women
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{{Infobox sports league
|sport=[[Basketball]]
|founded=1953
|teams=16
|continent=[[International]] ([[FIBA]])
|champion={{bkw|AUS}}
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The '''FIBA World Championship for Women''' (also called the '''Basketball World Championship for Women''') is a world [[basketball]] tournament for women's national teams held quadrennially. It is held on the same cycle and in the same year as the [[FIBA World Championship|FIBA World Championship (for Men)]], but in a different country.
==History==
Like the men's event, the Women’s World Championship was created by the [[International Basketball Federation]] (FIBA). It began in [[1953 FIBA World Championship for Women|1953]], three years after the first men's event, and was first held in [[Chile]]. For most of its early history, it was not held in the same year as the men's championship, and did not establish a consistent quadrennial cycle until [[1967 FIBA World Championship for Women|1967]]. After the [[1983 FIBA World Championship for Women|1983]] event, FIBA changed the scheduling so that the women's tournament would be held in even-numbered non-[[Summer Olympic Games|Olympic]] years, a change that had come to the men's tournament in [[1970 FIBA World Championship|1970]].
For 2006, the number of participating teams will remain at 16, unlike the men's event, which has been expanded to 24.
Only four teams have won titles in the history of the World Championship for Women. The [[United States women's national basketball team|United States]] has won seven titles, including four of the last six. The [[Soviet Union women's national basketball team|Soviet Union]] won six titles, including five in a row from [[1959 FIBA World Championship for Women|1959]] to [[1975 FIBA World Championship for Women|1975]]. The only other countries to win have been [[Brazil women's national basketball team|Brazil]] in [[1994 FIBA World Championship for Women|1994]] and [[Australia women's national basketball team|Australia]] in [[2006 FIBA World Championship for Women|2006]].
==Results==
===Summaries===
{| border=1 style="border-collapse:collapse; font-size:90%; text-align:center" cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0 width=100%
|- bgcolor=#C1D8FF
!rowspan=2 width=5%|Year
!rowspan=2 width=10%|Host
!width=1% rowspan=18 bgcolor=ffffff|
!colspan=3|Final
!width=1% rowspan=18 bgcolor=ffffff|
!colspan=3|Third Place Match
|- bgcolor=#EFEFEF
!width=15%|Champion
!width=8%|Score
!width=15%|Second Place
!width=15%|Third Place
!width=8%|Score
!width=15%|Fourth Place
|- bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|1953 <br />''[[1953 FIBA World Championship for Women|Details]]''
|{{flag|Chile}} ([[Santiago, Chile|Santiago de Chile]])
|'''{{bkw-big|USA|1912}}'''
|N/A
|{{bkw-big|Chile}}
|{{bkw-big|France}}
|N/A
|{{bkw-big|Brazil}}
|- bgcolor=#D0E7FF
|1957 <br />''[[1957 FIBA World Championship for Women|Details]]''
|{{flag|Brazil}} ([[Rio de Janeiro]])
|'''{{bkw-big|USA|1912}}'''
|N/A
|{{bkw-big|Soviet Union}}
|{{bkw-big|Czechoslovakia}}
|N/A
|{{bkw-big|Brazil}}
|- bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|1959 <br />''[[1959 FIBA World Championship for Women|Details]]''
|{{flag|Soviet Union}} ([[Moscow]])
|'''{{bkw-big|Soviet Union}}'''
|N/A
|{{bkw-big|Bulgaria|1946}}
|{{bkw-big|Czechoslovakia}}
|N/A
|{{bkw-big|SFR Yugoslavia}}
|- bgcolor=#D0E7FF
|1964 <br />''[[1964 FIBA World Championship for Women|Details]]''
|{{flag|Peru}}
|'''{{bkw-big|Soviet Union}}'''
|N/A
|{{bkw-big|Bulgaria|1946}}
|{{bkw-big|Czechoslovakia}}
|N/A
|{{bkw-big|USA}}
|- bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|1967 <br />''[[1967 FIBA World Championship for Women|Details]]''
|{{flag|Czechoslovakia}}
|'''{{bkw-big|Soviet Union}}'''
|N/A
|{{bkw-big|South Korea}}
|{{bkw-big|Czechoslovakia}}
|N/A
|{{bkw-big|Germany|name=West Germany}}
|- bgcolor=#D0E7FF
|1971 <br />''[[1971 FIBA World Championship for Women|Details]]''
|{{flag|Brazil}}
|'''{{bkw-big|Soviet Union}}'''
|N/A
|{{bkw-big|Czechoslovakia}}
|{{bkw-big|Brazil}}
|N/A
|{{bkw-big|South Korea}}
|- bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|1975 <br />''[[1975 FIBA World Championship for Women|Details]]''
|{{flag|Colombia}}
|'''{{bkw-big|Soviet Union}}'''
|N/A
|{{bkw-big|Japan}}
|{{bkw-big|Czechoslovakia}}
|N/A
|{{bkw-big|Italy}}
|- bgcolor=#D0E7FF
|1979 <br />''[[1979 FIBA World Championship for Women|Details]]''
|{{flag|South Korea}} ([[Seoul]])
|'''{{bkw-big|USA}}'''
|N/A
|{{bkw-big|South Korea}}
|{{bkw-big|Canada}}
|N/A
|{{bkw-big|Australia}}
|- bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|1983 <br />''[[1983 FIBA World Championship for Women|Details]]''
|{{flag|Brazil}}
|'''{{bkw-big|Soviet Union}}'''
|'''84–82'''
|{{bkw-big|USA}}
|{{bkw-big|China}}
|'''71–63'''
|{{bkw-big|South Korea}}
|- bgcolor=#D0E7FF
|1986 <br />''[[1986 FIBA World Championship for Women|Details]]''
|{{flag|Soviet Union}}
|'''{{bkw-big|USA}}'''
|'''108–88'''
|{{bkw-big|Soviet Union}}
|{{bkw-big|Canada}}
|'''64–59'''
|{{bkw-big|Czechoslovakia}}
|- bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|1990 <br />''[[1990 FIBA World Championship for Women|Details]]''
|{{flag|Malaysia}}
|'''{{bkw-big|USA}}'''
|N/A
|{{bkw-big|SFR Yugoslavia}}
|{{bkw-big|Cuba}}
|N/A
|{{bkw-big|Czechoslovakia}}
|- bgcolor=#D0E7FF
|1994 <br />''[[1994 FIBA World Championship for Women|Details]]''
|{{flag|Australia}}
|'''{{bkw-big|Brazil}}'''
|'''96–84'''
|{{bkw-big|China}}
|{{bkw-big|USA}}
|'''100–95'''
|{{bkw-big|Australia}}
|- bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|1998 <br />''[[1998 FIBA World Championship for Women|Details]]''
|{{flag|Germany}}
|'''{{bkw-big|USA}}'''
|'''71–65'''
|{{bkw-big|Russia}}
|{{bkw-big|Australia}}
|'''72–67'''
|{{bkw-big|Brazil}}
|- bgcolor=#D0E7FF
|2002 <br />''[[2002 FIBA World Championship for Women|Details]]''
|{{flag|China}}
|'''{{bkw-big|USA}}'''
|'''79–74'''
|{{bkw-big|Russia}}
|{{bkw-big|Australia}}
|'''91–63'''
|{{bkw-big|South Korea}}
|- bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|2006 <br />''[[2006 FIBA World Championship for Women|Details]]''
|{{flag|Brazil}} ([[Barueri]] & [[São Paulo]])
|'''{{bkw-big|Australia}}'''
|'''91–74'''
|{{bkw-big|Russia}}
|{{bkw-big|USA}}
|'''99–59'''
|{{bkw-big|Brazil}}
|- bgcolor=#F5FAFF
|2010 <br />''[[2010 FIBA World Championship for Women|Details]]''
|{{flag|Czech Republic}}
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|}
'''Note:''' From 1953 through 1979, and also in 1990, the medalists were decided in a league format instead of in a knockout tournament.
===Successful national teams===
[[Image:FIBA Basketball Championships for Women countries.PNG|thumb|350px|Map of countries' best results]]
{| {{RankedMedalTable}}
|-
|1||align=left|{{bkw|USA}}
|7||1||2||10
|-
|2||align=left|{{bkw|Soviet Union}}
|6||2||0||8
|-
|3||align=left|{{bkw|Australia}}
|1||0||2||3
|-
|4||align=left|{{bkw|Brazil}}
|1||0||1||2
|-
|5||align=left|{{bkw|Russia}}
|0||3||0||3
|-
|6||align=left|{{bkw|Bulgaria}}
|0||2||0||2
|-
|6||align=left|{{bkw|South Korea}}
|0||2||0||2
|-
|8||align=left|{{bkw|Czechoslovakia}}
|0||1||5||6
|-
|9||align=left|{{bkw|China}}
|0||1||1||2
|-
|10||align=left|{{bkw|Chile}}
|0||1||0||1
|-
|10||align=left|{{bkw|Japan}}
|0||1||0||1
|-
|10||align=left|{{bkw|SFR Yugoslavia}}
|0||1||0||1
|-
|13||align=left|{{bkw|Canada}}
|0||0||2||2
|-
|14||align=left|{{bkw|Cuba}}
|0||0||1||1
|-
|14||align=left|{{bkw|France}}
|0||0||1||1
|}
==See also==
*[[2006 FIBA World Championship for Women]]
*[[FIBA World Championship]], the parallel event for men
**[[2006 FIBA World Championship]], the most recent men’s tournament
*[[Netball World Championships]]
==External links==
*[http://www.fiba2006brazil.com/ FIBA World Championship for Women 2006 Official Site]
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