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Women's national basketball team representing Belgium

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, seeBelgium men's national basketball team.

Belgium

FIBA ranking

1 (8 August 2025)^[1]

FIBA zone

National federation

Nickname

Belgian Cats

Olympic Games

Appearances

Medals

None

World Cup

Appearances

Medals

None

EuroBasket

Appearances

Medals

Gold:2023,2025
Bronze

Bronze:2017,2021

Home

Away

First international

Soviet Union 91–31Belgium

(Budapest, Hungary; 14 May 1950)

Biggest win

Azerbaijan 28–136Belgium

(Baku, Azerbaijan; 12 November 2023)

Biggest defeat

Belgium 48–127Soviet Union

(Moulins, France; 22 May 1976)

TheBelgium women's national basketball team (nicknamedBelgian Cats) representsBelgium in internationalbasketball, and are controlled byBasketball Belgium. Belgium's first appearance in a major international tournament came atEuroBasket 1950. The team has participated in theEuropean 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] and2021^[5]). Belgium has also competed on the global stage, where they have made two appearances at theWorld Cup (2018,^[6]2022^[7]), and two at theOlympic Games (2020,^[8]2024^[9]). Belgium will be the co-host for the FIBA Women's EuroBasket in2027 along with Finland, Sweden and Lithuania.

Competitive record

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Olympic Games

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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

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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

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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		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

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Roster for theEuroBasket Women 2025.^[10]^[11]

Belgium women's national basketball team roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age –Date of birth	Height	Club
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

References

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^"FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike".FIBA. 8 August 2025. Retrieved8 August 2025.
^"Belgium at the EuroBasket Women 2023". Retrieved25 June 2023.
^"Belgium at the EuroBasket Women 2025". Retrieved29 June 2025.
^"Belgium at the EuroBasket Women 2017". Retrieved25 June 2017.
^"Belgium at the EuroBasket Women 2021". Retrieved27 June 2021.
^"Belgium at the 2018 FIBA Women's World Cup". Retrieved30 September 2018.
^"Belgium at the 2022 FIBA Women's World Cup". Retrieved29 September 2022.
^"Belgium at the 2020 women's Olympic Basketball Tournament". Retrieved4 August 2020.
^"Belgium at the 2024 women's Olympic Basketball Tournament". Retrieved11 August 2024.
^"Les douze Belgian Cats pour le Championnat d'Europe" (in French). basketballbelgium.be. Retrieved13 June 2025.
^"Team roster: Belgium"(PDF). fiba.basketball. p. 1. Retrieved17 June 2025.

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

v t e Nationalwomen's basketball teams of Europe (FIBA Europe)
Current	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Great Britain England Scotland Wales Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Kosovo Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine
Defunct	Czechoslovakia East Germany Soviet Union Yugoslavia

Nationalwomen's basketball teams of Europe (FIBA Europe)

Current

Defunct

v t e National sports teams of Belgium
Badminton Baseball U18 Basketball M M-U20 M-U18 M-U16 M-3x3 W W-U20 W-U18/U19 W-U16/U17 W-3x3 Beach soccer Bobsleigh Cricket M M-U19 W Cyclo-cross Field hockey M M-U21 W W-U21 Football M M-U21 M-U19 M-U18 M-U17 W W-U19 Futsal M W Gymnastics Goalball M W Handball M W Ice hockey M M-U20 M-U18 W W-U18 Korfball Racquetball Road bicycle racing Rugby league Rugby union M M7's W W7's Softball M W Tennis M W X Volleyball M M-U21 M-U19 W W-U23 W-U21 W-U19 Water polo M W
Olympics Youth Olympics Paralympics Deaflympics European Games

National sports teams of Belgium

Badminton
Baseball
- U18
Basketball
- M
- M-U20
- M-U18
- M-U16
- M-3x3
- W
- W-U20
- W-U18/U19
- W-U16/U17
- W-3x3
Beach soccer
Bobsleigh
Cricket
- M
- M-U19
- W
Cyclo-cross
Field hockey
- M
- M-U21
- W
- W-U21
Football
- M
- M-U21
- M-U19
- M-U18
- M-U17
- W
- W-U19
Futsal
- M
- W
Gymnastics
Goalball
- M
- W
Handball
- M
- W
Ice hockey
- M
- M-U20
- M-U18
- W
- W-U18
Korfball
Racquetball
Road bicycle racing
Rugby league
Rugby union
- M
- M7's
- W
- W7's
Softball
- M
- W
Tennis
- M
- W
- X
Volleyball
- M
- M-U21
- M-U19
- W
- W-U23
- W-U21
- W-U19
Water polo
- M
- W

v t e Belgian Sportsman of the Year
Men	1967Ferdinand Bracke 1968Serge Reding 1969–1974Eddy Merckx 1975Bruno Brokken 1976Ivo Van Damme 1977Michel Pollentier 1978Raymond Ceulemans 1979–1980Robert Van de Walle 1981Freddy Maertens 1982Jacky Ickx 1983Eddy Annys 1984Claude Criquielion 1985Gaston Rahier &Vincent Rousseau 1986William Van Dijck 1987Georges Jobé 1988Eric Geboers 1989Thierry Boutsen 1990Rudy Dhaenens 1991Jean-Michel Saive 1992Georges Jobé 1993Vincent Rousseau 1994Jean-Michel Saive 1995–1996Fred Deburghgraeve 1997Luc Van Lierde 1998Fred Deburghgraeve 1999Luc Van Lierde 2000Joël Smets 2001–2004Stefan Everts 2005Tom Boonen 2006Stefan Everts 2007Tom Boonen 2008Sven Nys 2009–2011Philippe Gilbert 2012Tom Boonen 2013Frederik Van Lierde 2014Thibaut Courtois 2015Kevin De Bruyne 2016Greg Van Avermaet 2017David Goffin 2018Eden Hazard 2019Remco Evenepoel 2020–2021Wout van Aert 2022–2024Remco Evenepoel
Women	1975Carine Verbauwen 1976–1977Anne-Marie Pira 1978–1979Carine Verbauwen 1980Ingrid Berghmans 1981Annie Lambrechts 1982–1986Ingrid Berghmans 1987Ingrid Lempereur 1988–1989Ingrid Berghmans 1990–1991Sabine Appelmans 1992Annelies Bredael 1993Gella Vandecaveye 1994–1995Brigitte Becue 1996Ulla Werbrouck 1997Gella Vandecaveye 1998Dominique Monami 1999–2002Kim Clijsters 2003–2004Justine Henin-Hardenne 2005Kim Clijsters 2006–2007Justine Henin-Hardenne 2008Tia Hellebaut 2009–2011Kim Clijsters 2012Evi Van Acker 2013Kirsten Flipkens 2014Nafissatou Thiam 2015Delfine Persoon 2016–2017Nafissatou Thiam 2018–2019Nina Derwael 2020Emma Meesseman 2021Nina Derwael 2022Nafissatou Thiam 2023Lotte Kopecky 2024Nafissatou Thiam
Team	1997Noliko Maaseik 1998 Motocross team 1999Davis Cup team 2000Anderlecht 2001Fed Cup team 2002La Villette 2003 Motocross team 2004 Women's 4×100 metres relay 2005Men's under-21 football team 2006Fed Cup team 2007–2008 Women's 4×100 metres relay 2009–2011Belgian men's 4 × 400 metres relay team 2012Men's field hockey team 2013–2014Men's football team 2015Davis Cup team 2016Men's field hockey team 2017Davis Cup team 2018–2019Men's field hockey team 2020Women's basketball team 2021Men's field hockey team 2022Belgian men's 4 × 400 metres relay team 2023Women's basketball team 2024Thierry Neuville andMartijn Wydaeghe
Talent	1998Kim Clijsters 1999Bart Wellens 2000Bart Aernouts 2001Jurgen Van den Broeck 2002Thomas Buffel 2003Kirsten Flipkens 2004Aagje Vanwalleghem 2005Niels Albert 2006Yoris Grandjean 2007Dominique Cornu 2008Elise Matthysen 2009Romelu Lukaku 2010Luca Brecel 2011Thomas Van der Plaetsen 2012Kimmer Coppejans 2013Nafissatou Thiam 2014Divock Origi 2015Tiesj Benoot 2016Louise Carton 2017Lotte Kopecky 2018Remco Evenepoel 2019Yari Verschaeren 2020Charles De Ketelaere 2021Thibau Nys 2022Cian Uijtdebroeks 2023Alec Segaert 2024Jarno Widar
Paralympic	2010Sven Decaesstecker 2011Wim Decleir 2012Marieke Vervoort 2013Joachim Gérard 2014Michèle George 2015Marieke Vervoort 2016Laurens Devos 2017–2018Peter Genyn 2019–2021Joachim Gérard 2022Michèle George 2023-2024Maxime Carabin
Coach	2011–2012Jacques Borlée 2013–2014Marc Wilmots 2015Hein Vanhaezebrouck 2016–2017Roger Lespagnard 2018Roberto Martínez 2019Shane Mcleod 2020Philip Mestdagh 2021Shane Mcleod 2022Roger Lespagnard 2023Rachid Meziane 2024Sven Vanthourenhout

EuroBasket Women winners

1938: Italy
1950: Soviet Union
1952: Soviet Union
1954: Soviet Union
1956: Soviet Union
1958: Bulgaria
1960: Soviet Union
1962: Soviet Union

1964: Soviet Union
1966: Soviet Union
1968: Soviet Union
1970: Soviet Union
1972: Soviet Union
1974: Soviet Union
1976: Soviet Union
1978: Soviet Union

1980: Soviet Union
1981: Soviet Union
1983: Soviet Union
1985: Soviet Union
1987: Soviet Union
1989: Soviet Union
1991: Soviet Union
1993: Spain

1995: Ukraine
1997: Lithuania
1999: Poland
2001: France
2003: Russia
2005: Czech Republic
2007: Russia
2009: France

2011: Russia
2013: Spain
2015: Serbia
2017: Spain
2019: Spain
2021: Serbia
2023: Belgium
2025: Belgium

v t e Belgium squad –EuroBasket Women 2023 – Gold medal
4 Ramette 6 Delaere 10 Résimont 11 Meesseman 13 Linskens 22 Mununga 23 Geldof 25 Be. Massey 31 Lisowa-Mbaka 34 Bi. Massey 35 Vanloo 55 Allemand Coach: Meziane