Bulgaria women's national basketball team explained

Country:Bulgaria
Nickname:лъвиците (The Lionesses)
Coach:Stefan Mihaylov
Joined Fiba:1935
Fiba Zone:FIBA Europe
National Fed:Bulgarian Basketball Federation
Oly Appearances:3
Oly Medals: Silver: (1980)
Wc Appearances:6
Wc Medals: Silver: (1959)
Bronze: (1964)
Zone Championship:EuroBasket
Zone Appearances:22
Zone Medals: Gold: (1958)
Silver: (1960, 1964, 1972, 1983, 1985)
Bronze: (1954, 1962, 1976, 1989)
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The Bulgaria women's national basketball team (Bulgarian: България отбор жени национален по баскетбол) represents Bulgaria in international women's basketball, and is controlled by the Bulgarian Basketball Federation. Their achievements range from winning the 1958 EuroBasket Women's Championship, and the Balkan Championship in 1960. Other successes came with the team finishing as runners-up at the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 1959 FIBA Women's World Cup. The national team has several members playing their professional basketball careers in the United States WNBA.

Competitive record

Olympic Games

YearResult
Third place
Runners-up

World Cup

YearResult
Runners-up
Third place

EuroBasket

YearResult
Third place
Champions
Runners-up
Third place
Runners-up
Runners-up
Third place
Runners-up
Runners-up
Third place

Summer Universiade

YearResult
Champions
Third place

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