FIBA ranking | 48 |
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FIBA zone | FIBA Americas |
National federation | Federación Ecuatoriana de Basquetbol |
Americas Championship | |
Appearances | 1 (2015) |
South American Championship | |
Medals |
The Ecuador women's national basketball team is the official women's basketball team for Ecuador.
Women's basketball was developed in the late 1800s in tandem with its men's counterpart. It became popular, spreading from the east coast of the United States to the west coast, in large part via women's colleges. From 1895 until 1970, the term "women's basketball" was also used to refer to netball, which evolved in parallel with modern women's basketball. It is mostly popular in America.
Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. Ecuador also includes the Galápagos Islands in the Pacific, about 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) west of the mainland. The capital city is Quito, which is also the largest city.
The France women's national basketball team is administrated by the Fédération Française de Basket-Ball . The team's nickname Les Braqueuses originated from their unexpected triumph in the 2009 Eurobasket. France is the leading nation in terms of EuroBasket Women qualifications.
The USA Basketball Women's National Team, commonly known as the United States Women's National Basketball Team, is governed by USA Basketball and competes in FIBA Americas. The team is by far the most successful in international women's basketball, winning eight out of ten Olympic tournaments it had entered. It also won seven of the last ten World Cups, and nine titles overall. The team is currently ranked first in the FIBA World Rankings.
USA Basketball (USAB) is a non-profit organization and the governing body for basketball in the United States. The organization represents the United States in FIBA and the men's and women's national basketball teams in the United States Olympic Committee. Its chairman of the board is retired General Martin Dempsey and its CEO is Jim Tooley.
The Russia women's national basketball team is administered by the Russian Basketball Federation. The team has participated in four FIBA World Championship for Women and their best finish has been a silver medal in 1998, 2002 and 2006. In European Women Basketball Championship the Russian team won Gold medals in 2003, 2007 and 2011, Silver medals in 2001, 2005 and 2009, and Bronze in 1995 and 1999. They have participated in five Olympic Games, winning 2 Bronze medals.
Chinese Taipei women's national basketball team is a national women's basketball team of Chinese Taipei.
The South Korea women's national basketball team is administered by the Korea Basketball Association.
The Germany women's national basketball team is the basketball team that represents Germany in international competitions.
The Greek women's national basketball team is the representative for Greece in international women's basketball competitions and it is organized and run by the Greek Basketball Federation.
The Japan women's national basketball team is administered by the Japan Basketball Association. As of 2017, Japan is the reigning Champion of the Asia-Oceania region.
India women's national basketball team is a national women's national basketball team, from India.
The Poland women's national basketball team represents Poland in international basketball competitions for women. It is administered by the Polski Związek Koszykówki (PZKosz.).
The Argentina women's national basketball team, nicknamed "Las Gigantes", is administered by the Argentine Basketball Federation.
The Serbian women's national basketball team represents Serbia in international basketball matches and is controlled by the Basketball Federation of Serbia. Serbia is currently the European Champion and ranked seventeenth in the FIBA World Rankings.
The Belgium women's national basketball team represents Belgium in international basketball competitions for women. Their first appearance in a major international tournament was in 1950, at the European Championship in Budapest. The team has participated in ten European Championship tournaments but had not been present at World Championships or the Olympic Games until they qualified for the 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup.
The Singapore women's national basketball team is the national basketball team of Singapore. It is managed by the Basketball Association of Singapore (BAS), formerly the Singapore Amateur Basketball Association (SABA).
The Denmark women's national basketball team represents Denmark in international women's basketball competition. The team is controlled by the Danish Basketball Association (DBBF).
The Malaysia women's national basketball team is a national basketball team of Malaysia. It is managed by the Malaysia Basketball Association (MABA)..
The 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, the 18th edition of FIBA's premier international tournament for women's national basketball teams, was held in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain from 22 to 30 September 2018. This was the first edition to use the name of FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup. After the last edition in 2014, FIBA changed the name of the competition from the FIBA World Championship for Women, in order to align its name with that of the corresponding men's competition.
The Kazakhstan women's national basketball team represents Kazakhstan in international competitions. It is administrated by the Kazakhstan Basketball Federation.
The 2019 FIBA Under-16 Women's Americas Championship was an international basketball competition held in Puerto Aysén, Chile from 16–22 June 2019. It was the sixth edition of the FIBA Americas Under-16 Championship for Women, and the first to be hosted in Chile.
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