China women's national basketball team

Women's national basketball team representing China This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see China men's national basketball team.

China

FIBA ranking

2 (26 August 2024)

Joined FIBA

1974

FIBA zone

National federation

Coach

Appearances

Medals

Silver: (1992)

Bronze (1984)

World Cup

Appearances

Medals

Silver: (1994, 2022)

Bronze: (1983)

Asia Cup

Appearances

Medals

Gold: (1976, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2023)

Silver: (1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1988, 2007, 2015, 2019, 2021)

Bronze: (1997, 2013, 2017)

Home

Away

The China women's national basketball team represents the People's Republic of China in international women's basketball tournaments. The national team is governed by the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA).

History

Basketball was first introduced in China by YMCA missionaries by the second half of the 1890s, remaining popular in urban areas during the Republican period. With the creation of the People's Republic of China, the sport retained its popularity, being introduced in PE in schools.

The first color movie in China about sports was Xie Jin's Woman Basketball Player No. 5, from 1957. By the 1970s, basketball was, alongside volleyball, one of the most popular women's sport in the country.

China stayed out of international competitions since 1958, when the International Olympic Committee chose Taiwan as the representative of the country.

After the People's Republic of China became the representative of China in international competitions, the basketball team won several accolades, including several golds in the Asian Games and the Asia Cup, a third place in the 1984 Summer Olympics, and a third place in the 1983 Women's World Cup.

For the first time since 1994, China got a medal in the 2022 Women's World Cup after being defeated by Team USA in the finals.

Tournament record

Olympic Games

1984 – 3rd place
1988 – 6th place
1992 – 2nd place
1996 – 9th place
2004 – 9th place
2008 – 4th place
2012 – 6th place
2016 – 10th place
2020 – 5th place
2024 – 9th place

Women's World Cup

1983 – 3rd place
1986 – 5th place
1990 – 9th place
1994 – 2nd place
1998 – 12th place
2002 – 6th place
2006 – 12th place
2010 – 13th place
2014 – 6th place
2018 – 6th place
2022 – 2nd place

Women's Asia Cup

Gold: 1976, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2023
Silver: 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1988, 1990, 2007, 2015, 2019, 2021
Bronze: 1997, 2013, 2017

Asian Games

Gold; 1982, 1986, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2018, 2022
Silver; 1978, 1990, 1998, 2014
Bronze; 1974, 1994

Current roster

Roster for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

A 16-player roster was announced on 26 June 2024. The final squad was revealed on 13 July 2024.

China women's national basketball team – 2024 Summer Olympics roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
G	4	Li Yuan	24 – (2000-05-29)29 May 2000	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	Shandong Six Stars
G	5	Wang Siyu	28 – (1995-10-16)16 October 1995	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Shandong Six Stars
G	6	Wu Tongtong	30 – (1994-06-27)27 June 1994	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Shanxi Flame
PG	7	Yang Liwei (C)	29 – (1995-01-02)2 January 1995	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	Guangdong Vermilion Birds
F	8	Yang Shuyu	22 – (2002-03-06)6 March 2002	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Guangdong Vermilion Birds
SG	9	Li Meng	29 – (1995-01-02)2 January 1995	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Liaoning Flying Eagles
F	10	Zhang Ru	24 – (1999-09-02)2 September 1999	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Henan Phoenix
PF	11	Huang Sijing	28 – (1996-01-08)8 January 1996	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	Guangdong Vermilion Birds
F	12	Luo Xinyu	22 – (2001-11-22)22 November 2001	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Jiangsu Phoenix
C	13	Sun Mengran	32 – (1992-07-16)16 July 1992	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	Shandong Six Stars
C	14	Li Yueru	25 – (1999-03-28)28 March 1999	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	Beşiktaş
C	15	Han Xu	24 – (1999-10-31)31 October 1999	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	Xinjiang Magic Deer

Head coach

Zheng Wei

Assistant coach(es)

César Rupérez

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.
China start with win in Belgrade in switched FIBA Women's Olympic qualifier Mike Rowbottom (insidethegames.biz), 6 February 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
|tab=profile 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women – China
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Mann, Susan L. (19 September 2011). Gender and Sexuality in Modern Chinese History. Cambridge University Press. p. 97. ISBN 978-1-139-50248-1.
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"Dominant US beat China in final to retain women's basketball World Cup". South China Morning Post. 1 October 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
"China unveil basketball rosters for Paris 2024". china.org.cn. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
"Chinese delegation members for Paris 2024 (part 2)". china.org.cn. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
"Team roster" (PDF). fiba.basketball. p. 8. Retrieved 26 July 2024.

External links

FIBA Women's Asia Cup winners

1965: South Korea
1968: South Korea
1970: Japan
1972: South Korea
1974: South Korea
1976: China
1978: South Korea

1980: South Korea
1982: South Korea
1984: South Korea
1986: China
1988: South Korea
1990: China
1992: China

1994: China
1995: China
1997: South Korea
1999: South Korea
2001: China
2004: China
2005: China

2007: South Korea
2009: China
2011: China
2013: Japan
2015: Japan
2017: Japan
2019: Japan

2021: Japan
2023: China

v t e Asian Games Basketball women's tournament winners
1974 Japan 1978 South Korea 1982 China 1986 China 1990 South Korea 1994 South Korea 1998 Japan 2002 China 2006 China 2010 China 2014 South Korea 2018 China 2022 China

Basketball in China

Chinese Basketball Association

National teams

Men	Senior U19 U17 3x3
Women	Senior U19 U17 3x3

League competitions

Men	Chinese Basketball Association National Basketball League
Women	Chinese Basketball Association

Cup competitions

Men	Chinese National Cup Chinese Super Cup
Women	Chinese National Cup Chinese Super Cup

Categories

Others	Chinese coaches Chinese clubs Main Arenas
Players	Chinese players Expatriate basketball people in China

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2000	Xiong Ni (Diving) Li Xiaopeng (Gymnastics) Fu Mingxia (Diving) Sun Wen (Football) Ji Xinpeng (Badminton) Kong Linghui (Table tennis) Wang Nan (Table tennis) Wang Liping (Athletics) Xie Jun (Chess) Tao Luna (Shooting)
2001	Wang Nan (Table tennis) Zhu Chen (Chess) Wang Liqin (Table tennis) Luo Xuejuan (Swimming) Yuan Hua (Judo) Dong Yanmei (Athletics) Sun Wen (Football) Yang Yang (A) (Short track speed skating) Wang Zhizhi (Basketball) Chen Ying (Shooting)
2002	Yang Yang (A) (Short track speed skating) Yao Ming (Basketball) Li Xiaopeng (Gymnastics) Qi Hui (Swimming) Tao Luna (Shooting) Tan Xue (Fencing) Wu Meijin (Weightlifting) Wu Peng (Swimming) Zhang Yining (Table tennis) Liu Xiang (Athletics)
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2006	Liu Xiang (Athletics) Yao Ming (Basketball) Han Xiaopeng (Freestyle skiing) Yang Wei (Gymnastics) Wang Meng (Short track speed skating) Ding Junhui (Snooker) Zheng Jie/Yan Zi (Tennis) Wang Lei (Fencing) Wu Peng (Swimming) Chen Yanqing (Weightlifting)
2007	Liu Xiang (Athletics) Yang Wei (Gymnastics) Shen Xue/Zhao Hongbo (Figure skating) Zhu Qinan (Shooting) Guo Jingjing (Diving) Zhang Guozheng (Weightlifting) Zhu Lin (Badminton) Zou Shiming (Amateur Boxing) Wu Peng (Swimming) Guo Yue (Table tennis)
2008	Guo Jingjing (Diving) Liu Zige (Swimming) Zhang Juanjuan (Archery) Zhang Yining (Table tennis) Zhong Man (Fencing) Zou Shiming (Amateur Boxing) Yang Wei (Gymnastics) Yin Jian (Sailing) Du Jianping (Para swimming) Tsering Wangmo (Mountain climbing)
2009	Zhang Lin (Swimming) Guo Jingjing (Diving) Liu Zige (Swimming) Bai Xue (Athletics) Lin Dan (Badminton) Wang Meng (Short track speed skating) Wang Hao (Table tennis) Liu Xiang (Athletics) Long Qingquan (Weightlifting) Zhang Yining (Table tennis)
2010	Liu Xiang (Athletics) Lao Yi (Athletics) Sun Yang (Swimming) Wang Meng (Short track speed skating) Zhou Suhong (Volleyball) Lin Dan (Badminton) Shen Xue/Zhao Hongbo (Figure skating) Li Na (Tennis) Jiang Wenwen/Jiang Tingting (Artistic Swimming) Hou Yifan (Chess)
2011	Li Na (Tennis) Sun Yang (Swimming) Zhang Jike (Table tennis) Lin Dan (Badminton) Hou Yifan (Chess) Li Yanfeng (Athletics) Wu Minxia (Diving) Li Na (Fencing) Chen Yibing (Gymnastics) Liu Xiang (Athletics)
2012	Sun Yang (Swimming) Xu Lijia (Sailing) Lin Dan (Badminton) Ye Shiwen (Swimming) Qieyang Shijie (Athletics) Zou Kai (Gymnastics) Lei Sheng (Fencing) Zhang Jike (Table tennis) Feng Shanshan (Golf) Xiong Chaozhong (Professional boxing)
2013	Li Xiaoxia (Table tennis) Ding Junhui (Snooker) Lin Dan (Badminton) Zheng Zhi (Football) Zhang Peimeng (Athletics) Guo Chuan (Marine navigation) Li Na (Tennis) Xiong Chaozhong (Professional boxing) Liao Hui (Weightlifting) He Chong (Diving)
2014	Li Na (Tennis) Ning Zetao (Swimming) Zhang Hong (Speed Skating) Zhang Jike (Table tennis) Yang Haoran (Shooting) Liao Hui (Weightlifting) Lin Dan (Badminton) Yao Jinnan (Gymnastics) Chen Penbin (Ultra-marathon) Zhu Ting (Volleyball)
2015	Su Bingtian (Athletics) Ning Zetao (Swimming) Zhu Ting (Volleyball) Liu Hong (Athletics) Sun Yang (Swimming) Guo Chuan (Marine navigation) Yi Jianlian (Basketball) Chen Penbin (Ultra-marathon) Chen Long (Badminton) Zheng Zhi (Football)
2016	Zhu Ting (Volleyball) Guo Chuan (Marine navigation) Ke Jie (Go) Sun Yang (Swimming) Zhong Tianshi/Gong Jinjie (Track Cycling) Ding Ning (Table tennis) Zhao Shuai (Taekwondo) Han Tianyu (Short track speed skating) Wang Zhen (Athletics) Chen Aisen (Diving)
2017	Sun Yang (Swimming) Gong Lijiao (Athletics) Feng Shanshan (Golf) Zhu Ting (Volleyball) Xu Jiayu (Swimming) Ding Ning (Table tennis) Sui Wenjing/Han Cong (Figure skating) Shi Tingmao (Diving) Xiao Ruoteng (Gymnastics) Luo Jing (Mountain climbing)
2018	Wu Dajing (Short track speed skating) Su Bingtian (Athletics) Xu Jiayu (Swimming) Zhu Ting (Volleyball) Ju Wenjun (Chess) Wang Shuang (Football) Wu Lei (Football) Gong Lijiao (Athletics) Shi Tingmao (Diving) Xiao Ruoteng (Gymnastics)
2019	China women's national volleyball team (Volleyball) Sui Wenjing/Han Cong (Figure skating) Gong Lijiao (Athletics) Liu Shiwen (Table tennis) Sun Yang (Swimming) Xu Can (Professional boxing) Shi Tingmao (Diving) Yi Jianlian (Basketball) Cai Xuetong (Snowboarding) Deng Wei (Weightlifting)
2020	No selection due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Yang Qian (Shooting) Su Bingtian (Athletics) Shi Tingmao (Diving) Ma Long (Table tennis) Gong Lijiao (Athletics) Ailing Eileen Gu (Freestyle skiing) Lü Xiaojun (Weightlifting) Zhang Yufei (Swimming) Wang Shun (Swimming) Chen Yufei (Badminton)
2022	Ailing Eileen Gu (Freestyle skiing) Gao Tingyu (Speed skating) Su Yiming (Snowboarding) Xu Mengtao (Freestyle skiing) Wang Jianan (Athletics) Sui Wenjing/Han Cong (Figure skating) Yang Hongqiong (Para cross-country skiing) Zheng Qinwen (Tennis) Zhang Weili (Mixed martial) Chen Yuxi/Quan Hongchan (Diving)
2023	Ding Liren (Chess) Wang Chuqin (Table tennis) China women's national basketball team (Basketball) Wen Xiaoyan (Para Athletics) Liu Qingyi (Breaking) Zhang Zhizhen (Tennis) Zhang Yufei (Swimming) Dong Hongjuan (Mountain climbing) Qin Haiyang (Swimming) Xie Zhenye (Athletics)

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