Belgium women's national basketball team

Belgium
FIBA ranking	6 (26 August 2024)
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); 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 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 two at the Olympic Games (2020,^[7] 2024^[8]). 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
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	Fourth place	6	3	3	456	401
2022	Fifth place	6	3	3	433	435
2026	To be determined
Total	2/19	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	Did not enter
1968	7th	9	2	7	374	615
1970	12th	7	0	7	390	599
1972	Did not qualify
1974	Did not qualify
1976	12th	8	1	7	471	740
1978	Did not qualify
1980	13th	8	1	7	453	668
1981	Did not qualify
1983	Did not qualify
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		6th	5	1	413	376
2019	5th	6	3	3	418	400
2021		6	4	2	445	414
2023		6	6	0	488	338
2025	To be determined
2027	Qualified as co-host
Total	15/39	98	33	65	5604	6660

Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

A 14-player roster was announced on 24 May 2024.^[9] The final roster was revealed on 6 July 2024.^[10]

Belgium women's national basketball team – 2024 Summer Olympics roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
PG	4	Elise Ramette	25 – (1998-11-03)3 November 1998	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	AE Sedis Bàsquet
SF	6	Antonia Delaere	29 – (1994-08-01)1 August 1994	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	CB Avenida
SF	10	Laure Résimont	26 – (1998-01-29)29 January 1998	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen
PF	11	Emma Meesseman (C)	31 – (1993-05-13)13 May 1993	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	Fenerbahçe
C	13	Kyara Linskens	27 – (1996-11-13)13 November 1996	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	Lattes Montpellier
PF	15	Nastja Claessens	19 – (2004-12-02)2 December 2004	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	KBT ION Waregem
SF	22	Bethy Mununga	27 – (1997-07-22)22 July 1997	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq
C	25	Becky Massey	24 – (2000-03-21)21 March 2000	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	IDK Euskotren
SF	31	Maxuelle Lisowa-Mbaka	23 – (2001-05-14)14 May 2001	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq
C	34	Billie Massey	24 – (2000-03-21)21 March 2000	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	CB Estudiantes
PG	35	Julie Vanloo	31 – (1993-02-10)10 February 1993	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	Washington Mystics
F	99	Ine Joris	23 – (2001-07-25)25 July 2001	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	BC Castors Braine