Soviet Union women’s national basketball team

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national sports team of the 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.

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Label	Occurrences
Soviet Union women’s national basketball team canonical	6
Soviet Union women's national basketball team	3
USSR women's national basketball team	2
Unified Team women's basketball team	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T544639 — 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: Soviet Union women’s national basketball team
Context triple: [Tatyana Ovechkina, memberOfSportsTeam, Soviet Union 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. United States men's national basketball team
The United States men's national basketball team is the dominant international squad representing the U.S. in global competitions like the Olympics and FIBA World Cup, historically featuring many of the greatest basketball players of all time.
C. USA Basketball
USA Basketball is the national governing body that oversees and organizes the United States’ men’s and women’s national basketball teams and related international competition programs.
D. Dynamo Moscow
Dynamo Moscow is a prominent Russian professional ice hockey club based in Moscow, historically known for developing elite players such as Alex Ovechkin.
E. United States futsal team
The United States futsal team is the national indoor five-a-side soccer team that represents the U.S. in international futsal competitions such as the FIFA Futsal World Cup and CONCACAF championships.
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: Soviet Union women’s national basketball team
Target entity description: 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.

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. United States men's national basketball team
The United States men's national basketball team is the dominant international squad representing the U.S. in global competitions like the Olympics and FIBA World Cup, historically featuring many of the greatest basketball players of all time.
C. USA Basketball
USA Basketball is the national governing body that oversees and organizes the United States’ men’s and women’s national basketball teams and related international competition programs.
D. Dynamo Moscow
Dynamo Moscow is a prominent Russian professional ice hockey club based in Moscow, historically known for developing elite players such as Alex Ovechkin.
E. United States futsal team
The United States futsal team is the national indoor five-a-side soccer team that represents the U.S. in international futsal competitions such as the FIFA Futsal World Cup and CONCACAF championships.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	national sports team of the Soviet Union ⓘ women’s national basketball team ⓘ
activeDuring	Cold War era ⓘ
country	Soviet Union ⓘ
dissolved	1991 ⓘ
eraOfDominance	1950s–1980s ⓘ
FIBAWomensWorldCupDebut	1959 FIBA Women’s World Championship ⓘ linked to: FIBA Women’s World Championship
FIBAZone	FIBA Europe ⓘ
gender	women ⓘ
governingBody	Soviet Basketball Federation ⓘ
homeConfederation	European basketball confederation ⓘ
notablePlayer	Angelė Rupšienė ⓘ Ouliana Semjonova ⓘ linked to: Uljana Semjonova Tetiana Zakharova ⓘ Uljana Semjonova ⓘ
OlympicGamesDebut	1976 Summer Olympics ⓘ
participatedIn	1976 Summer Olympics women’s basketball tournament ⓘ 1980 Summer Olympics women’s basketball tournament ⓘ 1988 Summer Olympics women’s basketball tournament ⓘ multiple EuroBasket Women tournaments ⓘ multiple FIBA Women’s World Championships ⓘ
represented	Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ⓘ linked to: Soviet Union
sport	basketball ⓘ
status	defunct ⓘ
successorTeam	Belarus women’s national basketball team ⓘ Latvia women’s national basketball team ⓘ Lithuania women’s national basketball team ⓘ Russia women’s national basketball team ⓘ linked to: Russian national women's basketball team Ukraine women’s national basketball team ⓘ other post-Soviet women’s national basketball teams ⓘ
wonEuroBasketWomenGold	1950 EuroBasket Women ⓘ 1952 EuroBasket Women ⓘ linked to: EuroBasket Women championship 1954 EuroBasket Women ⓘ 1956 EuroBasket Women ⓘ linked to: EuroBasket Women championship 1960 EuroBasket Women ⓘ linked to: EuroBasket Women championship 1962 EuroBasket Women ⓘ 1964 EuroBasket Women ⓘ linked to: EuroBasket Women championship 1966 EuroBasket Women ⓘ linked to: EuroBasket Women championship 1968 EuroBasket Women ⓘ linked to: EuroBasket Women championship 1970 EuroBasket Women ⓘ linked to: EuroBasket Women championship 1972 EuroBasket Women ⓘ linked to: EuroBasket Women championship 1974 EuroBasket Women ⓘ linked to: EuroBasket Women championship 1976 EuroBasket Women ⓘ linked to: EuroBasket Women championship 1978 EuroBasket Women ⓘ 1980 EuroBasket Women ⓘ linked to: EuroBasket Women championship 1983 EuroBasket Women ⓘ linked to: EuroBasket Women championship 1985 EuroBasket Women ⓘ linked to: EuroBasket Women championship 1987 EuroBasket Women ⓘ linked to: EuroBasket Women championship
wonOlympicBronze	1988 Summer Olympics women’s basketball tournament ⓘ
wonOlympicGold	1976 Summer Olympics women’s basketball tournament ⓘ 1980 Summer Olympics women’s basketball tournament ⓘ linked to: 1980 Summer Olympics
wonWorldChampionshipBronze	1989 FIBA Women’s World Championship ⓘ linked to: FIBA Women’s World Championship
wonWorldChampionshipGold	1959 FIBA Women’s World Championship ⓘ linked to: FIBA Women’s World Championship 1964 FIBA Women’s World Championship ⓘ linked to: FIBA Women’s World Championship 1967 FIBA Women’s World Championship ⓘ linked to: FIBA Women’s World Championship 1971 FIBA Women’s World Championship ⓘ 1975 FIBA Women’s World Championship ⓘ linked to: FIBA Women’s World Championship 1983 FIBA Women’s World Championship ⓘ linked to: FIBA Women’s World Championship 1986 FIBA Women’s World Championship ⓘ linked to: FIBA Women’s World Championship
wonWorldChampionshipSilver	1957 FIBA Women’s World Championship ⓘ linked to: FIBA Women’s World Championship 1960 FIBA Women’s World Championship ⓘ linked to: FIBA Women’s World Championship

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