The FIBA Basketball World Cup is an international basketball competition between the senior men's national teams of the members of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), the sport's global governing body. It takes place every four years and is considered the flagship event of FIBA.
The Japan national basketball team, nicknamed Akatsuki Japan (アカツキジャパン), is the national team representing Japan in international basketball competitions and is administered by the Japan Basketball Association (JBA),. As the 1936 founding member of FIBA Asia, Japan has one of Asia's longest basketball traditions.
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, having won nine out of the eleven Olympic tournaments it had entered. It has also won nine of the last twelve World Cups, and eleven titles overall. The team is currently ranked first in the FIBA World Rankings.
The Nigeria women's national basketball team, also known as the D'Tigress, represents Nigeria in international women's basketball competition, and are regulated by the Nigeria Basketball Federation, the governing body for basketball in Nigeria. Nigeria has one of the most successful women's national teams on the African Continent, being the current African champions. They have won the Women's Afrobasket Championship consecutively for four (4) times in a roll and six (6) times in total. They won in 2017 at Bamako, Mali, 2019 at Dakar, Senegal, 2021 at Yaounde, Cameroun, and 2023 at Kigali, Rwanda.
The Japan women's national basketball team is administered by the Japan Basketball Association.
The International Basketball Federation is an association of national organizations which governs the sport of basketball worldwide. FIBA defines the rules of basketball, specifies the equipment and facilities required, organizes international competitions, regulates the transfer of athletes across countries, and controls the appointment of international referees. A total of 212 national federations are now members, organized since 1989 into five zones: Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania.
Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan was held from 24 July to 8 August 2021. The basketball competitions were held at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, while the debuting 3x3 competitions were held at the temporary Aomi Urban Sports Park in Tokyo.
Rebecca "Spida" Allen is an Australian basketball player for the Connecticut Sun of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).
Emma Meesseman is a Belgian professional basketball player for Fenerbahçe of the EuroLeague Women. After playing basketball in Belgium, Meesseman was drafted by the Washington Mystics with the 19th overall pick in the second round of the 2013 WNBA draft. She has also played for the Belgian national team and several European professional teams. She was named the 2011 FIBA Europe Young Women's Player of the Year and the 2019 WNBA Finals MVP. Meesseman studied physical education at Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
The 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup was the 19th tournament of the FIBA Basketball World Cup for men's national basketball teams. The tournament was the second to feature 32 teams and was hosted by multiple nations for the first time in its history—the Philippines, Japan, and Indonesia—from 25 August to 10 September 2023.
The Japanese national under-18 and under-19 basketball team represents Japan in international basketball competitions. It is administered by the Japan Basketball Association. It represents the country in international under-19 and under-18 basketball competitions.
The Japanese national under-17 basketball team represents Japan in international basketball competitions. It is administered by the Japan Basketball Association. It represents the country in international under-17 and under-16 basketball competitions.
The Serbia men's national under-19 basketball team is the boys' basketball team, administered by Basketball Federation of Serbia, that represents Serbia in international under-19 men's basketball competitions, consisting mainly of the FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup.
The Switzerland women's national 3x3 team is a national basketball team of Switzerland, governed by the Fédération Suisse de Basketball.
The Australia women's national 3x3 team is a national basketball team of Australia, governed by Basketball Australia.
The Hungary women's national under-18 and under-19 basketball team is a national basketball team of Hungary, administered by the Magyar Kosárlabdázók Országos Szövetsége. It represents the country in women's international under-18 and under-19 basketball competitions.
The 2019 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup was a tournament organised by FIBA for women's youth national teams aged 19 years old and below and took place in Bangkok, Thailand from 20 to 28 July 2019. Colombia, Germany and Mozambique made their U-19 Women's Basketball World Cup debut.
The United States men's national 3x3 team is a national basketball team of the United States, governed by USA Basketball.
The Japan women's national under-23 3x3 team is the national basketball team of Japan and is governed by the Japan Basketball Association.
Taya Hanson is a Canadian college basketball player for the Oregon Ducks in the Pac-12 Conference and a member of the Canada women's national basketball team.
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