List of women's national basketball teams

This is a list of the women's national basketball teams in the world.

The five FIBA zones.

Active teams

The International Basketball Federation, or FIBA recognizes 213 national teams divided into 5 zones, each roughly corresponding to a continent (North America and South America are grouped under the Americas.)

The newest national team is Montenegro which was recognized in 2006.

It is interesting to note that there are more FIBA-recognized teams than FIFA-recognized teams (209).

FIBA Africa

FIBA Africa subzones.

FIBA Africa, which has 53 national teams,^[1] is divided into 7 zones.^[2]

Zone 1  Algeria  Libya  Morocco  Tunisia Zone 2  Cape Verde  Gambia  Guinea-Bissau  Guinea  Mali  Mauritania  Senegal  Sierra Leone Zone 3  Benin  Burkina Faso  Ivory Coast  Ghana  Liberia  Niger  Nigeria  Togo

Zone 4  Cameroon  Central African Republic  Chad  Congo  DR Congo  Equatorial Guinea  Gabon  São Tomé and Príncipe Zone 5  Burundi  Djibouti  Egypt  Eritrea  Ethiopia  Kenya  Rwanda  Somalia  Sudan  Tanzania  Uganda

Zone 6  Angola  Botswana  Lesotho  Malawi  Mozambique  Namibia  South Africa  Swaziland  Zambia  Zimbabwe Zone 7  Comoros  Madagascar  Mauritius  Seychelles

FIBA Americas

FIBA Americas subzones.

FIBA Americas (formerly the Pan-American Basketball Confederation), which controls North America, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America, has 44 national teams, divided into three areas.^[3] The Central American and Caribbean Confederations of Basketball (CONCECABA) is further divided into the Central America and Caribbean zone.^[4]

CONCECABA Caribbean  Antigua and Barbuda  Aruba  Bahamas  Barbados  Bermuda  British Virgin Islands  Cayman Islands  Cuba  Dominica  Dominican Republic  Grenada  Guyana  Haiti  Jamaica  Montserrat  Netherlands Antilles  Puerto Rico  Saint Kitts and Nevis  Saint Lucia  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  Suriname  Trinidad and Tobago  Turks and Caicos Islands  U.S. Virgin Islands

Central America  Belize  Costa Rica  El Salvador  Guatemala  Honduras  Mexico  Nicaragua  Panama North America  Canada  United States South America  Argentina  Bolivia  Brazil  Chile  Colombia  Ecuador  Paraguay  Peru  Uruguay  Venezuela

FIBA Asia

FIBA Asia subzones.

FIBA Asia (formerly the Asian Basketball Confederation) is divided into 5 zones.^[5]

East Asia  China  Chinese Taipei  North Korea  Hong Kong  Japan  South Korea  Macau  Mongolia Gulf  Bahrain  Kuwait  Oman  Qatar  Saudi Arabia  United Arab Emirates

Middle Asia  Afghanistan  Bangladesh  Bhutan  India  Kazakhstan  Kyrgyzstan  Maldives    Nepal  Pakistan  Sri Lanka  Tajikistan  Turkmenistan  Uzbekistan

SEABA  Brunei  Cambodia  Indonesia  Laos  Malaysia  Myanmar  Philippines  Singapore  Thailand  Vietnam WABA  Iran  Iraq  Jordan  Lebanon  Palestine  Syria  Yemen

FIBA Europe

FIBA Europe has 52 member nations under it.^[6]

Albania  Andorra  Armenia  Austria  Azerbaijan  Belarus  Belgium  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Bulgaria  Croatia  Cyprus  Czech Republic  Denmark  England  Estonia  Finland  France  Georgia

Germany  Gibraltar  Great Britain  Greece  Hungary  Iceland  Ireland  Israel  Italy  Kosovo  Latvia  Lithuania  Luxembourg  Macedonia  Malta  Moldova  Monaco  Montenegro

Netherlands  Northern Ireland  Norway  Poland  Portugal  Romania  Russia  San Marino  Scotland  Serbia  Slovakia  Slovenia  Spain  Sweden   Switzerland  Turkey  Ukraine  Wales

 Great Britain, a combined team of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will play at the 2012 Olympics and at the EuroBasket Women 2011, 2013 and 2015.

 Northern Ireland is not a member of FIBA, but there are hers national federation, the national teams, leagues, etc.

FIBA Oceania

FIBA Oceania has 21 member nations under it.^[7]

American Samoa  Australia  Cook Islands  F.S. Micronesia  Fiji  Guam  Kiribati  Marshall Islands  Nauru  New Caledonia

New Zealand  Norfolk Island  Northern Mariana Islands  Palau  Papua New Guinea  Samoa  Solomon Islands  Tahiti  Tonga  Tuvalu  Vanuatu

Non-FIBA members

Pitcairn Islands  Transnistria  Bonaire  Curaçao  Timor-Leste  French Guiana  Guadeloupe  Chuuk  Pohnpei  Falkland Islands  Somaliland  Martinique  Mayotte  Niue  Northern Ireland  Réunion

Saint Pierre and Miquelon  Saba  Saar  Saint Helena  Saint Martin  Sint Eustatius  Sint Maarten  South Sudan  Tokelau  Northern Cyprus   Vatican City  Wallonia  Wallis and Futuna  Western Sahara  Yap  Zanzibar

Defunct teams

•  Czechoslovakia
•  East Germany
•  South Vietnam
•  South Yemen
•  Soviet Union
•  Yugoslavia

FIBA country codes

FIBA uses IOC country codes for most countries which are IOC members. For non-IOC members and exceptions, FIBA uses the following codes:

•  England: ENG
•  Gibraltar: GIB
•  Marshall Islands: MIS (IOC: MHL)
•  Montserrat: MAT
•  New Caledonia: CAL
•  Norfolk Island: NIS
•  Northern Mariana Islands: SAI
•  Scotland: SCO
•  Tahiti: TAH
•  Turks and Caicos Islands: TCI
•  Wales: WAL

References

1. FIBA.com - Zones:FIBA Africa
2. FIBA-Africa.com
3. FIBA.com - Zones: FIBA Americas
4. About FIBA Americas
5. FIBA.com - Zones: FIBA Asia
6. FIBA.com - Zones: FIBA Europe
7. FIBA.com - Zones: FIBA Oceania