Belgium women's national basketball team

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]).

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Belgium men's national basketball team.

Belgium
FIBA ranking6 (15 February 2024)[1]
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationBasketball Belgium
CoachRachid Meziane
Nickname(s)Belgian Cats
Olympic Games
Appearances1
MedalsNone
World Cup
Appearances2
MedalsNone
EuroBasket
Appearances14
Medals Gold: (2023)
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)

Competitive record

Olympic Games
Olympic Games record
Year Place Pld W L PF PA
1976Did not qualify
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016
20207th422319282
2024Qualified
Total2/13422319282

FIBA Women's World Cup
FIBA Women's World Cup record
Year Place Pld W L PF PA
1953Did not enter
1957
1959
1964Did not qualify
1967Did not enter
1971Did not qualify
1975
1979
1983
1986
1990
1994
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014
2018Fourth place633456401
2022Fifth place633433435
2026To be determined
Total2/191266889836

EuroBasket Women
EuroBasket Women record
Year Place Pld W L PF PA
1938Did not enter
19508th743287302
1952Did not enter
1954
1956
1958
196010th707284402
196210th505172287
1964Did not enter
1966
19687th927374615
197012th707390599
1972Did not qualify
1974
197612th817471740
1978Did not qualify
198013th817453668
1981Did not qualify
1983
198512th707306350
1987Did not qualify
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
20036th835578649
2005Did not qualify
20077th844525520
2009Did not qualify
2011
2013
2015
20176th51413376
20195th633418400
2021642445414
2023 6 6 0 488 338
2025To be determined
2027
Total14/3998336556046660

Team

Current roster

Roster for the EuroBasket Women 2023.[8][9]

Belgium women's national basketball team roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
PG 4 Elise Ramette 24 – (1998-11-03)3 November 1998 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) AE Sedis Bàsquet
SF 6 Antonia Delaere 28 – (1994-08-01)1 August 1994 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) CB Avenida
SF 10 Laure Résimont 25 – (1998-01-29)29 January 1998 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen
PF 11 Emma Meesseman (C) 30 – (1993-05-13)13 May 1993 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Fenerbahçe
C 13 Kyara Linskens 26 – (1996-11-13)13 November 1996 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Lattes Montpellier
SF 22 Bethy Mununga 25 – (1997-07-22)22 July 1997 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) ACS Sepsi SIC
C 23 Serena-Lynn Geldof 26 – (1997-03-02)2 March 1997 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Basket Zaragoza
C 25 Becky Massey 23 – (2000-03-21)21 March 2000 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) IDK Euskotren
SF 31 Maxuelle Lisowa-Mbaka 22 – (2001-05-14)14 May 2001 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Basketball Club Lucca
C 34 Billie Massey 23 – (2000-03-21)21 March 2000 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) CB Estudiantes
PG 35 Julie Vanloo 30 – (1993-02-10)10 February 1993 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) Galatasaray
PG 55 Julie Allemand 26 – (1996-07-07)7 July 1996 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) Chicago Sky
Head coach
  • Rachid Méziane
Assistant coach(es)
  • Pascal Angills
  • Jill Lorent
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 15 June 2023

See also

References
  1. "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 15 February 2024. Retrieved 15 February 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.
  8. "Voici la sélection des Belgian Cats pour FIBA Women's EuroBasket 2023" (in French). basketballbelgium.be. 9 June 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  9. "Team Roster: Belgium" (PDF). fiba.basketball. 15 June 2023. p. 1. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
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