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	Qualified
2027	Qualified as co-host
Total	15/40	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

Head coach

Rachid Meziane^[11]

Legend

(C) Team captain
Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on 28 July 2024

References

^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 26 August 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
^ "Belgium at the EuroBasket Women 2023". Retrieved 25 June 2023.
^ "Belgium at the EuroBasket Women 2017". Retrieved 25 June 2017.
^ "Belgium at the EuroBasket Women 2021". Retrieved 27 June 2021.
^ "Belgium at the 2018 FIBA Women's World Cup". Retrieved 30 September 2018.
^ "Belgium at the 2022 FIBA Women's World Cup". Retrieved 29 September 2022.
^ "Belgium at the 2020 women's Olympic Basketball Tournament". Retrieved 4 August 2020.
^ "Belgium at the 2024 women's Olympic Basketball Tournament". Retrieved 11 August 2024.
^ "Voici la préparation complète des Cats en vue des Jeux olympiques de Paris". basketballbelgium.be. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
^ "Bonne nouvelle pour les Cats: Julie Allemand est dans le groupe pour les Jeux Olympiques de Paris". bebasket.be. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
^ "Team roster: Belgium" (PDF). fiba.basketball. p. 2. Retrieved 26 July 2024.

External links

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

[FIBA_Women's_World_Rankings-1] "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 26 August 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2024.

[2] "Belgium at the EuroBasket Women 2023". Retrieved 25 June 2023.

[3] "Belgium at the EuroBasket Women 2017". Retrieved 25 June 2017.

[4] "Belgium at the EuroBasket Women 2021". Retrieved 27 June 2021.

[5] "Belgium at the 2018 FIBA Women's World Cup". Retrieved 30 September 2018.

[6] "Belgium at the 2022 FIBA Women's World Cup". Retrieved 29 September 2022.

[7] "Belgium at the 2020 women's Olympic Basketball Tournament". Retrieved 4 August 2020.

[8] "Belgium at the 2024 women's Olympic Basketball Tournament". Retrieved 11 August 2024.

[9] "Voici la préparation complète des Cats en vue des Jeux olympiques de Paris". basketballbelgium.be. Retrieved 24 May 2024.

[10] "Bonne nouvelle pour les Cats: Julie Allemand est dans le groupe pour les Jeux Olympiques de Paris". bebasket.be. Retrieved 7 July 2024.

[11] "Team roster: Belgium" (PDF). fiba.basketball. p. 2. Retrieved 26 July 2024.

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