Belgium

World Cup appearances

Best: Fourth place (2018)

Olympic appearances

Best: Fourth place (2024)

How they qualified

EuroBasket

2025 continental champion

Fourth at the 2018 World Cup and fourth at the 2024 Paris Olympics: Belgium have twice finished one game short of a medal on the biggest stage. Mike Thibault who won the 2019 WNBA title with Emma Meesseman as Finals MVP, took the Belgian head-coaching job in 2025 and won EuroBasket at the first attempt. Meesseman is a former WNBA all-star who played for Washington, Chicago and New York.

Head coach

American, and a USA Basketball insider before he took this job: assistant coach for the United States at the 2008 and 2024 Olympics and at the 2006 and 2022 World Cups. Three-time WNBA Coach of the Year; won the 2019 WNBA title as Washington Mystics head coach, with Belgium's Emma Meesseman as Finals MVP. Left the WNBA after 2022, took the Belgium job in 2025, and won EuroBasket at the first attempt.

Roster — final 12

Pos.	No.	Name	Club	Age	Height	Ctr.	Note
PG	4	Elise Ramette	ZKK Buducnost	27	5 ft 7 in	MNE	—
PF	5	Nastja Claessens	Kansas State University	21	6 ft 1 in	USA	—
SF	6	Antonia Delaere	MIN (WNBA)	32	6 ft 0 in	USA	—
PF	11	Emma Meesseman	Fenerbahce Tarfin	33	6 ft 4 in	TUR	Former New York Liberty
C	13	Kyara Linskens	PHX (WNBA)	29	6 ft 4 in	USA	—
SF	22	Bethy Mununga	FC Lyon ASVEL Feminin	29	6 ft 0 in	FRA	—
C	25	Becky Massey	Basket Landes	26	6 ft 1 in	FRA	—
SF	31	Maxuella Lisowa-Mbaka	CS Rapid Bucuresti	25	5 ft 10 in	ROU	—
C	34	Billie Massey	Hozono Global Jairis	26	6 ft 1 in	ESP	—
G	35	Julie Vanloo	NYL (WNBA)	33	5 ft 8 in	GRE	—
PG	55	Julie Allemand	TOR (WNBA)	30	5 ft 9 in	USA	—
G	71	Alicia Courthiau	Wisconsin Badgers	20	5 ft 10 in	USA	—

Fri 4 Sep	vs	🇹🇷 Türkiye	W 89–75 Final
Sun 6 Sep	vs	🇵🇷 Puerto Rico	W 76–64 Final
Mon 7 Sep	vs	🇦🇺 Australia	W 80–68 Final

Women’s Basketball World Cup

Head coach

Roster — final 12

Group C fixtures

Knockout