The Basketball World Championship for Women (official name: FIBA World Championship for Women) is a world basketball tournament for women's national teams held quadrennially. It is held on the same cycle and in the same year as the FIBA World Championship (for Men), but in a different country. Sara Giauro shoots a three-point shot, FIBA Europe Cup for Women Finals 2005. ... The Basketball World Championship (official name: FIBA World Championship) is a world basketball tournament held quadrennially. ...

History

Like the men's event, the Women's World Championship was created by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA). It began in 1953, three years after the first men's event, and was first held in Chile. For most of its early history, it was not held in the same year as the men's championship, and did not establish a consistent quadrennial cycle until 1967. After the 1983 event, FIBA changed the scheduling so that the women's tournament would be held in even-numbered non-Olympic years, a change that had come to the men's tournament in 1970. The International Basketball Federation (French: Fédération Internationale de Basketball) is an association of national organizations which governs international competitition in the basketball. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1953 calendar). ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Poster for the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ...

For 2006, the number of participating teams will remain at 16, unlike the men's event, which has been expanded to 24.

Only three teams have won titles in the history of the World Championship for Women. The United States has won seven titles, including four of the last five. The Soviet Union won six titles, including five in a row from 1959 to 1975. The only other country to win has been Brazil in 1994. 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal. // Events January Bill Clinton January 1 : North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect. ...

Tournaments

Year	Host Country		Final				Third Place Match
			Champion	Score	Second Place		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
1953	Santiago, Chile		USA	N/A	Chile		France	N/A	Brazil
1957	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil		USA	N/A	USSR		Czechoslovakia	N/A	Brazil
1959	Moscow, USSR		USSR	N/A	Bulgaria		Czechoslovakia	N/A	Yugoslavia
1964	Five cities in Peru		USSR	N/A	Bulgaria		Czechoslovakia	N/A	USA
1967	Four cities in Czechoslovakia		USSR	N/A	South Korea		Czechoslovakia	N/A	West Germany
1971	Five cities in Brazil		USSR	N/A	Czechoslovakia		Brazil	N/A	South Korea
1975	Three cities in Colombia		USSR	N/A	Japan		Czechoslovakia	N/A	Italy
1979	Seoul, South Korea		USA	N/A	South Korea		Canada	N/A	Australia
1983	Four cities in Brazil		USSR	84–82	USA		China	71–63	South Korea
1986	Three cities in the Soviet Union		USA	108–88	USSR		Canada	64–59	Czechoslovakia
1990	Three cities in Malaysia		USA	N/A	Yugoslavia		Cuba	N/A	Czechoslovakia
1994	Four cities in Australia		Brazil	96–84	China		USA	100–95	Australia
1998	Seven cities in Germany		USA	71–65	Russia		Australia	72–67	Brazil
2002	Nine cities in China		USA	79–74	Russia		Australia	91–63	South Korea
2006 Details	Barueri and São Paulo, Brazil
2010	To be announced

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Most Wins

•  United States — 7
• USSR — 6
•  Brazil — 1

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See also

• Basketball World Championship 2006
• Netball World Championships

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External links

• FIBA World Championship for Women 2006 Official Site