FIBA World Championship for Women

The FIBA World Championship for Women is a world basketball Basketball

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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

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, but in a different country.

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The FIBA World Championship for Women is a world basketball Basketball

The FIBA World Championship is a world basketball [i] tournament for men's national teams held quadrenni ...

, but in a different country.

History

Like the men's event, the Women’s World Championship was created by the International Basketball Federation International Basketball Federation

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. It began in 1953, three years after the first men's event, and was first held in Chile Chile

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. 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. After the 1983 event, FIBA changed the scheduling so that the women's tournament would be held in even-numbered non-Olympic Summer Olympic Games

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years, a change that had come to the men's tournament in 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 has won seven titles, including four of the last six. The Soviet Union won six titles, including five in a row from 1959 to 1975. The only other countries to win have been Brazil in 1994 and Australia Australia women's national basketball team

The Opals are Australia [i]'s national women's basketball [i] team.
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in 2006.

Tournaments

Year	Host Country	Final			Third Place Match
Year	Host Country	Champion	Score	Second Place	Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
1953	Santiago Santiago, Chile Santiago is Chile [i]'s capital [i] and largest city. ... , Chile Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America [i] occupying a long coast ...	USA	N/A	Chile	France France women's national basketball team The France womens national basketball team is the national basketball [i] team representing France [i]. ...	N/A	Brazil
1957	Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro pron. [i] IPA [i] ) is the name of both a state [i] ... , Brazil Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest and most populous country [i] ...	USA	N/A	USSR	Czechoslovakia	N/A	Brazil
1959	Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital [i] of Russia [i] and the country's principal political, economic, financial, edu ... , USSR Soviet Union The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , more commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a Communist state [i] ...	USSR	N/A	Bulgaria	Czechoslovakia	N/A	Yugoslavia
1964	Five cities in Peru Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America [i], bordering Ecuador [i]...	USSR	N/A	Bulgaria	Czechoslovakia	N/A	USA
1967	Four cities in Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia was a country in Central Europe [i] that existed from 1918 until early 1993 . ...	USSR	N/A	South Korea	Czechoslovakia	N/A	West Germany
1971	Five cities in Brazil Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest and most populous country [i] ...	USSR	N/A	Czechoslovakia	Brazil	N/A	South Korea
1975	Three cities in Colombia Colombia The Republic of Colombia , is the northwesternmost country of South America [i]. ...	USSR	N/A	Japan	Czechoslovakia	N/A	Italy
1979	Seoul Seoul Seoul listen) is the capital [i] and largest city of South Korea [i] . ... , South Korea South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea, is an East Asia [i]n state [i] on the southern half ...	USA	N/A	South Korea	Canada	N/A	Australia Australia women's national basketball team The Opals are Australia [i]'s national women's basketball [i] team. ...
1983	Four cities in Brazil Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest and most populous country [i] ...	USSR	84–82	USA	China	71–63	South Korea
1986	Three cities in the Soviet Union Soviet Union The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , more commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a Communist state [i] ...	USA	108–88	USSR	Canada	64–59	Czechoslovakia
1990	Three cities in Malaysia Malaysia Malaysia is a federation [i] of 13 states [i] in Southeast Asia [i], formed in 1963. ...	USA	N/A	Yugoslavia	Cuba	N/A	Czechoslovakia
1994	Four cities in Australia Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere [i] c ...	Brazil	96–84	China	USA	100–95	Australia Australia women's national basketball team The Opals are Australia [i]'s national women's basketball [i] team. ...
1998	Seven cities in Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country [i] in central Europe [i]. ...	USA	71–65	Russia	Australia Australia women's national basketball team The Opals are Australia [i]'s national women's basketball [i] team. ...	72–67	Brazil
2002 Details 2002 FIBA World Championship for Women The 2002 FIBA World Championship for Women [i] was hosted by China [i] from September 14 to September 25 ...	Nine cities in China People's Republic of China The People's Republic of China , is a country [i] in East Asia [i]. ...	USA	79–74	Russia	Australia Australia women's national basketball team The Opals are Australia [i]'s national women's basketball [i] team. ...	91–63	South Korea
2006 Details 2006 FIBA World Championship for Women The 2006 FIBA World Championship for Women [i] took place in Brazil [i] from September 12 to September 2 ...	Barueri and São Paulo São Paulo So Paulo is the capital [i] of the state [i] of So Paulo [i] in southeastern Brazil [i] ... , Brazil Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest and most populous country [i] ...	Australia Australia women's national basketball team The Opals are Australia [i]'s national women's basketball [i] team. ...	91–74	Russia	USA	99–59	Brazil
2010	To be announced