The 1953 FIBA World Championship for Women (Spanish: 1953 Campeonato Mundial FIBA Femenino) was the first edition of the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup. It was held in Chile from 7 March to 22 March 1953. Ten national teams entered the event under the auspices of FIBA, the sport's governing body. The city of Santiago hosted the tournament. The United States won its first title.

Venues

All games were played at the Estadio Nacional de Chile.

Squads

Format

Preliminary round

Winners qualify to the final round. Losing teams to the first repass round, and the losing team with the largest point margin to the second repass round.

Repass round

First round

Second round

Classification round

Final round

Final standings