List of women's national basketball teams
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This is a list of the women's national basketball teams in the world.
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[edit] 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 on 2006.
It is interesting to note that there are more FIBA-recognized teams than FIFA-recognized teams (209).
[edit] FIBA Africa
FIBA Africa, which has 53 national teams,[1] is divided into 7 zones.[2]
[edit] Zone 1
[edit] Zone 2[edit] Zone 3
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[edit] Zone 4
[edit] Zone 5
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[edit] Zone 6
[edit] Zone 7
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[edit] FIBA Americas
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]
[edit] CONCECABA[edit] Caribbean
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[edit] Central America
[edit] North America
[edit] South America
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[edit] FIBA Asia
FIBA Asia (formerly the Asian Basketball Confederation) is divided into 5 zones.[5]
[edit] East Asia
[edit] Gulf
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[edit] Middle Asia
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[edit] SEABA
[edit] WABA
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[edit] FIBA Europe
FIBA Europe has 51 member nations under it.[6]
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Great Britain, a combined team of England, Scotland and Wales, is currently competing for Eurobasket 2009 qualification and will play at the 2012 Olympics.
[edit] FIBA Oceania
FIBA Oceania has 21 member nations under it.[7]
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[edit] Non-FIBA members
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[[Transnistria {{{altlink}}}|Transnistria]]
Bonaire
Curaçao
Timor-Leste
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Guadeloupe
Chuuk
Pohnpei
Falkland Islands
Somaliland
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Mayotte
Niue
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Réunion
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Saba
Saarland
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Saint Martin
Sint Eustatius
Sint Maarten
Tokelau
Northern Cyprus
Vatican City
Wallonia
Wallis and Futuna
Western Sahara
Yap
Zanzibar
[edit] Defunct teams
Czechoslovakia
East Germany
South Vietnam
South Yemen
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
[edit] 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
[edit] References
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International women's basketball
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