Belgium women’s national basketball team

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national sports team of Belgium women’s national basketball team

The Belgium women’s national basketball team is the country’s top female basketball squad, competing in major international tournaments such as the FIBA Women’s EuroBasket and the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Belgium women's national basketball team	3
Belgium women’s national basketball team canonical	3
Belgian national basketball teams	1
Belgium WNT	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1401042 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Belgium women’s national basketball team
Context triple: [Emma Meesseman, memberOfSportsTeam, Belgium women’s national basketball team]

A. United States women's national basketball team
The United States women's national basketball team is the dominant international women's basketball squad representing the U.S., renowned for its multiple Olympic and FIBA World Cup gold medals and deep roster of WNBA stars.
B. Soviet Union women’s national basketball team
The Soviet Union women’s national basketball team was a dominant international squad that won multiple Olympic and World Championship titles during the Cold War era.
C. Commonwealth of Independent States women's national basketball team
The Commonwealth of Independent States women's national basketball team was a unified post-Soviet squad that notably captured the gold medal in women's basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
D. China women's national basketball team
The China women's national basketball team is the country's top female basketball squad, known for its strong international performances and status as one of Asia's leading teams.
E. France women’s national football team
The France women’s national football team is an elite European side known for its technical, possession-based style and regular contention at major international tournaments such as the FIFA Women’s World Cup and UEFA Women’s Championship.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Belgium women’s national basketball team
Target entity description: The Belgium women’s national basketball team is the country’s top female basketball squad, competing in major international tournaments such as the FIBA Women’s EuroBasket and the FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup.

A. United States women's national basketball team
The United States women's national basketball team is the dominant international women's basketball squad representing the U.S., renowned for its multiple Olympic and FIBA World Cup gold medals and deep roster of WNBA stars.
B. Soviet Union women’s national basketball team
The Soviet Union women’s national basketball team was a dominant international squad that won multiple Olympic and World Championship titles during the Cold War era.
C. Commonwealth of Independent States women's national basketball team
The Commonwealth of Independent States women's national basketball team was a unified post-Soviet squad that notably captured the gold medal in women's basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
D. China women's national basketball team
The China women's national basketball team is the country's top female basketball squad, known for its strong international performances and status as one of Asia's leading teams.
E. France women’s national football team
The France women’s national football team is an elite European side known for its technical, possession-based style and regular contention at major international tournaments such as the FIFA Women’s World Cup and UEFA Women’s Championship.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	national sports team of Belgium ⓘ women’s national basketball team ⓘ
associatedLeague	FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup ⓘ linked to: FIBA Women’s World Championship FIBA Women’s EuroBasket ⓘ linked to: EuroBasket Women championship
competition	FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup ⓘ linked to: FIBA Women’s World Championship FIBA Women’s EuroBasket ⓘ linked to: EuroBasket Women championship Olympic Games women’s basketball tournament ⓘ linked to: Olympic Games basketball tournament
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Belgium ⓘ
federation	FIBA Europe ⓘ
gender	women ⓘ
governingBody	Basketball Belgium ⓘ
homeConfederation	FIBA ⓘ
jerseyColorAway	white ⓘ
jerseyColorHome	red ⓘ
medal	bronze medal at FIBA Women’s EuroBasket 2017 ⓘ bronze medal at FIBA Women’s EuroBasket 2021 ⓘ gold medal at FIBA Women’s EuroBasket 2023 ⓘ
nickname	Belgian Cats ⓘ
notablePlayer	Ann Wauters ⓘ Emma Meesseman ⓘ Julie Allemand ⓘ Kim Mestdagh ⓘ
OlympicGamesDebut	2016 Summer Olympics did not qualify ⓘ qualified for 2020 Summer Olympics women’s basketball tournament ⓘ
represents	Belgium ⓘ
shortName	Belgium WNT ⓘ linked to: Belgium women’s national basketball team
sport	basketball ⓘ
usesNationalFlag	Flag of Belgium ⓘ
WorldCupBestResult	third place at 2022 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Emma Meesseman → memberOfSportsTeam → Belgium women’s national basketball team ⓘ

Emma Meesseman → playsFor → Belgium women’s national basketball team ⓘ

subject linked to: Meesseman

Belgium women’s national basketball team → shortName → Belgium WNT ⓘ