National team appearances in the FIBA World Championship for Women

The article currently lists the first appearances of the 40 national teams that have made at least one appearance in the FIBA World Championship for Women, as well as the three countries currently confirmed to be making their debuts in the upcoming 2010 event.

Ultimately. it will also include basic information on the performances of each of these teams.

Debut of national teams

Year	Débutants
1953	Argentina,  Brazil,  Chile,  Cuba,  France,  Mexico,  Paraguay,  Peru,  Switzerland,  United States
1957	Australia,  Czechoslovakia,  Hungary,  Soviet Union
1959	Bulgaria,  Korea,  Poland,  Romania,  Yugoslavia
1964	Japan
1967	East Germany,  Italy
1971	Canada,  Ecuador,  Madagascar
1975	Colombia,  Senegal
1979	Bolivia,  Malaysia,  Netherlands
1983	China, Zaire
1986	Chinese Taipei
1990	-
1994	Kenya,  New Zealand,  Slovak Republic,  Spain
1998	DR Congo,  Germany,  Lithuania,  Russia
2002	Tunisia
2006	Czech Republic,  Nigeria
2010	Belarus,  Greece,  Mali