FIBA Women’s World Championship

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The FIBA Women’s World Championship is the premier international basketball tournament for women’s national teams, organized by FIBA and held every four years.


Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf international basketball tournament
recurring sporting event
women’s basketball competition
abbreviation FIBA WWC
category FIBA competitions
women’s world basketball competitions
world championship
competitionLevel senior
continentScope worldwide
currentNameInUseSince 2018
firstEditionHostCity Santiago
firstEditionHostCountry Chile
firstEditionYear 1953
format group stage and knockout stage
formerName FIBA World Championship for Women
frequency every four years
gender women
globalGoverningBody International Basketball Federation
governingBody FIBA
governingBodyHeadquarters Mies, Switzerland
hasMediaType online streaming
television broadcast
inception 1953
mostSuccessfulTeam United States women’s national basketball team
mostTitlesTeam United States women’s national basketball team
officialLanguage English
French
officialName FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup
organizer FIBA
organizingConfederation FIBA Africa
FIBA Americas
FIBA Asia
FIBA Europe
FIBA Oceania
participantType FIBA member federations
qualificationMethod Olympic qualifying tournaments
continental championships
rankingImpact affects FIBA women’s world rankings
relatedCompetition FIBA Basketball World Cup
Olympic women’s basketball tournament
ruleSet FIBA rules
scope senior women’s national teams world title
seasonality held in late summer or early autumn
sport basketball
teamType national teams
senior women’s national teams
trophyType world championship trophy

Referenced by (27)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Soviet Union women’s national basketball team ("1959 FIBA Women’s World Championship")
Soviet Union women’s national basketball team ("1964 FIBA Women’s World Championship")
Soviet Union women’s national basketball team ("1967 FIBA Women’s World Championship")
Soviet Union women’s national basketball team ("1975 FIBA Women’s World Championship")
Soviet Union women’s national basketball team ("1983 FIBA Women’s World Championship")
Soviet Union women’s national basketball team ("1986 FIBA Women’s World Championship")
wonWorldChampionshipGold
Sue Bird ("2002 FIBA World Championship for Women")
Sue Bird ("2014 FIBA World Championship for Women")
Sue Bird ("2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup")
FIBAWomensWorldCupGoldMedal
A’ja Wilson ("2018 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup")
A’ja Wilson ("2022 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup")
FIBAWorldCupGoldMedal
Maya Moore ("2010 FIBA World Championship for Women")
Maya Moore ("2014 FIBA World Championship for Women")
wonGoldMedalAt
Soviet Union women’s national basketball team ("1957 FIBA Women’s World Championship")
Soviet Union women’s national basketball team ("1960 FIBA Women’s World Championship")
wonWorldChampionshipSilver
FIBA Women’s World Championship ("FIBA WWC")
abbreviation
United States women's national basketball team ("FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup")
competition
Soviet Union women’s national basketball team ("1959 FIBA Women’s World Championship")
FIBAWomensWorldCupDebut
United States women's national basketball team ("1953 FIBA World Championship for Women")
fibaWorldCupDebut
FIBA Women’s World Championship ("FIBA World Championship for Women")
formerName
Tatyana Ovechkina
hasWon
FIBA Women’s World Championship ("FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup")
officialName
FIBA ("FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup")
organizes
Breanna Stewart ("FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup")
participantIn
EuroBasket Women championship ("FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup")
qualifiesFor
Emma Meesseman ("FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup")
representedInCompetition
Soviet Union women’s national basketball team ("1989 FIBA Women’s World Championship")
wonWorldChampionshipBronze

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