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 ranking5 1 (8 August 2025)[1]
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationBasketball Belgium
CoachMike Thibault
NicknameBelgian Cats
Olympic Games
Appearances2
MedalsNone
World Cup
Appearances2
MedalsNone
EuroBasket
Appearances15
Medals Gold: (2023, 2025)
Bronze: (2017, 2021)
Home
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 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.

Competitive record

Olympic Games

Olympic Games record
Year Place Pld W L PF PA
1976 Did not qualify
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020 7th 4 2 2 319 282
2024 4th 6 2 4 463 460
2028 To be determined
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
1953 Did not enter
1957
1959
1964 Did not qualify
1967 Did not enter
1971 Did not qualify
1975
1979
1983
1986
1990
1994
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014
2018 4th 6 3 3 456 401
2022 5th 6 3 3 433 435
2026 Qualified
Total 3/20 12 6 6 889 836

EuroBasket Women

EuroBasket Women record
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
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003 6th 8 3 5 578 649
2005 Did not qualify
2007 7th 8 4 4 525 520
2009 Did not qualify
2011
2013
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]

Belgium women's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
PG 4 Elise Ramette 26 – (1998-11-03)3 November 1998 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) Joventut Badalona
PF 5 Nastja Claessens 20 – (2004-12-02)2 December 2004 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) IDK Euskotren
SF 6 Antonia Delaere 30 – (1994-08-01)1 August 1994 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) CB Avenida
PF 11 Emma Meesseman (C) 32 – (1993-05-13)13 May 1993 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Fenerbahçe
C 13 Kyara Linskens 28 – (1996-11-13)13 November 1996 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Dynamo Kursk
SF 22 Bethy Mununga 27 – (1997-07-22)22 July 1997 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Araski AES
C 25 Becky Massey 25 – (2000-03-21)21 March 2000 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) IDK Euskotren
SF 27 Marie Vervaet 25 – (2000-02-29)29 February 2000 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Castors Braine
SF 31 Maxuelle Lisowa-Mbaka 24 – (2001-05-14)14 May 2001 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Free agent
PG 35 Julie Vanloo 32 – (1993-02-10)10 February 1993 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Los Angeles Sparks
PG 55 Julie Allemand 28 – (1996-07-07)7 July 1996 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) Los Angeles Sparks
C 99 Ine Joris 23 – (2001-07-25)25 July 2001 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Navarra Ardoi
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Pascal Angillis
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 18 June 2025

See also

References

  1. ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 8 August 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  2. ^ "Belgium at the EuroBasket Women 2023". Retrieved 25 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Belgium at the EuroBasket Women 2025". Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  4. ^ "Belgium at the EuroBasket Women 2017". Retrieved 25 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Belgium at the EuroBasket Women 2021". Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Belgium at the 2018 FIBA Women's World Cup". Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  7. ^ "Belgium at the 2022 FIBA Women's World Cup". Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  8. ^ "Belgium at the 2020 women's Olympic Basketball Tournament". Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  9. ^ "Belgium at the 2024 women's Olympic Basketball Tournament". Retrieved 11 August 2024.
  10. ^ "Les douze Belgian Cats pour le Championnat d'Europe" (in French). basketballbelgium.be. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  11. ^ "Team roster: Belgium" (PDF). fiba.basketball. p. 1. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
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