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 ranking	6 (9 February 2025) [1]
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	Basketball Belgium
Coach	Mike Thibault
Nickname(s)	Belgian Cats
Olympic Games
Appearances	2
Medals	None
World Cup
Appearances	2
Medals	None
EuroBasket
Appearances	15
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 Mike Thibault 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

• Belgium women's national under-20 basketball team
• Belgium women's national under-19 basketball team
• Belgium women's national under-17 basketball team
• Belgium women's national 3x3 team

References

1. "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 9 February 2025. Retrieved 9 February 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.

External links

• Official website
• FIBA profile
• Belgium National Team – Women at Eurobasket.com