Number crunching the FIBA U19 Women's Basketball World Cup

MADRID (Spain) - The FIBA U19 Women's Basketball World Cup has a big tradition stretching back to the 1980's and we have been looking through the history books and crunching some numbers.

Here's a list of some interesting numbers from the competition that you might have already know - although most probably not...

1 -  the number of times a host nation has won the title (2001)

Yes, it's only happened once before when Czech Republic won the competition 22 years ago in front of a raucous and partisan home crowd. 

3  -  the number of times a host nation has won a medal

Yes, being host has not provided a significant advantage down the years, although Spain will be hoping that when the action gets underway in Madrid, they can change the number from 3 to 4. Hungary stood on the podium at the last edition in 2021, with Russia in 2015 and Czech Republic in 2001 also winning medals on home soil.

5 - the number of different nations who have won the competition

That's right, due to the dominance of the USA down the years, only four other nations have been crowned champions, namely - Russia, Soviet Union, Czech Republic and Australia. 

 

11 - the number of different nations who have made the Final 

Can you name them? If not, here you go - USA, Soviet Union, Australia, Czech Republic, Russia, France, Spain, Sweden, Serbia and Montenegro, Yugoslavia and Korea.

 

 

 

26 - the record number of rebounds pulled down in a game

Naignouma Coulibaly's record has stood for 16 years now after she topped the chart back in 2007. Will someone be able to come up with a monster 27 boards when the action begins in Madrid? 

28 - the number of points scored by France in the 2013 Final (a record low for the title game) 

Sorry France, but we had to bring this one up as it is an extraordinary number. To make things slightly more palatable, we will credit the USA's defense for shutting you down...

59 - the number combined points from Maria Vadeeva and Raisa Musina in the 2017 Final 

That's right. The one-two punch from this Russian duo was truly exceptional and it needed something special to topple USA as Russia stunned their rivals in Udine, Italy by taking their nation's first ever title. 

202 - the record number of points scored in the 1989 Final

The Soviet Union and Yugoslavia had a shootout to decide who won gold at the second edition and it was the former who took a 109-93 victory as the scorers table probably suffered from cramp when writing down all those buckets.

61,500 - the number of instagram followers that USA's Kira 'Kiki' Rice has ( @kiki.rice )

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