Serbia women's national basketball team explained

Type:Women
Country:Serbia
Nickname:Beli orlovi
(The White Eagles)
National Fed:KSS
Fiba Zone:FIBA Europe
Coach:Marina Maljković
Oly Appearances:2
Oly Medals: Bronze: 2016
Wc Appearances:3
Zone Championship:EuroBasket
Zone Appearances:13
Zone Medals: Gold: 2015, 2021
Bronze: 2019
Zone Appearances2:2
Zone Medals2: Silver: 2009
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The Serbia women's national basketball team (Serbian: Женска кошаркашка репрезентација Србије|Ženska košarkaška reprezentacija Srbije) represents Serbia in international women's basketball competition and is controlled by the Basketball Federation of Serbia. Serbia are currently ranked tenth in the FIBA World Rankings.

It was known as the "FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro women's national basketball team" until 2006. When Serbia became independent, it became the successor state to Serbia and Montenegro.[1]

For the women's national team that played under the flag of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia see Yugoslavia women's national basketball team.

Competitions

For the results before 1992, see Yugoslavia women's national basketball team.

Name of the nation during the tournaments:

Olympic Games

YearRoundPosition
1992suspended
1996did not qualify
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016Third place3rd844
2020Semi-finals4th633
2024Quarter-finals6th422
2028Future events
2032
Total0 Titles3/81899

FIBA World Cup

YearRoundPosition
1994did not qualify
1998
2002Eighth-final round12th826
2006did not qualify
2010
Quarter-finals8th734
2018did not qualify
2022Quarter-finals6th633
2026to be determined
Total0 Titles3/821813

EuroBasket

YearRoundPosition
1993suspended
1995Preliminary round10th624
1997Quarter-finals8th835
1999Quarter-finals7th844
2001Quarter-finals5th853
2003Quarter-finals8th835
2005Preliminary round9th743
2007Main round11th624
2009Preliminary round16th303
2011did not qualify
2013Semi-finals4th954
Champions1st1073
2017Preliminary round11th413
Third place game3rd651
Champions1st660
Fifth place game5th752
To be determined
2027
Total2 Titles14/16965244

Mediterranean Games

YearRoundPosition
1993did not participate
1997
2001Preliminary round7th
2005did not participate
2009FinalRunners-up
cancelled
2018not part of the programme
2022
Total0 Titles2/5

Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Head coaches

Since 1992, the national team was managed by a total of eight different head coaches. Miodrag Vesković (3) and Marina Maljković are the only coaches with more than one spell.

Serbia and Montenegro
YearsNameCompetition
1995 Dragomir Bukvić10th 1995 EuroBasket Women
1997 Slobodan Lukić8th 1997 EuroBasket Women
1999 Miodrag Vesković7th 1999 EuroBasket Women
2001–2003 Miroslav Popov5th 2001 EuroBasket Women
12th 2002 FIBA World Championship
2003 Miodrag Vesković8th 2003 EuroBasket Women
2005 Zoran Kovačić9th 2005 EuroBasket Women

Serbia

YearsNameCompetition
2007–2009 Jovica Antonić11th 2007 EuroBasket
16th 2009 EuroBasket
2010–2011 Miodrag Vesković
2011–2017 Marina Maljković4th 2013 EuroBasket
8th 2014 World Championship
2015 EuroBasket
2016 Summer Olympics
2017 Stevan Karadžić11th 2017 EuroBasket
2017– Marina Maljković 2019 EuroBasket
2021 EuroBasket
4th 2021 Summer Olympics
6th 2022 World Cup
5th 2023 EuroBasket

Notable players

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: PR no.22: Montenegro becomes 213th FIBA Member. FIBA. 26 August 2006. 30 January 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220130120153/https://www.fiba.basketball/news/PR-no-22-Montenegro-becomes-213th-FIBA-Member. live.