Slovenia women's national basketball team explained

Type:Women
Country:Slovenia
National Fed:KZS
Nickname:Rakete (The Rockets)
Fiba Zone:FIBA Europe
Coach:George Dikeoulakos
Zone Championship:EuroBasket
Zone Appearances:4
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H Title:Home
A Title:Away
First Game: 82–61
(Slovenske Konjice, Slovenia; 15 May 1993)
Largest Win: 127–28
(Durrës, Albania; 14 November 2021)

The Slovenia women's national basketball team (Slovenian: Slovenska ženska košarkarska reprezentanca) represents Slovenia in international women's basketball competition and is organized by the Basketball Federation of Slovenia (KZS). In 2023, Slovenia co-hosted the 39th FIBA Women's EuroBasket along with Israel.

The women's national team made their debut at the EuroBasket Women 2017.

Competitive record

For results before 1993, see Yugoslavia women's national basketball team.

Olympic Games

Olympic Games
YearPosition
Atlanta 1996did not qualify
Sydney 2000
Athens 2004
Beijing 2008
London 2012
Rio 2016
Tokyo 2020
Paris 2024

FIBA Women's World Cup

Women's World Cup
YearPosition
1994did not qualify
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014
2018
2022
2026to be determined

EuroBasket Women

EuroBasket WomenQualification
YearPositionwidth=30width=30width=30width=30width=30width=30
1995did not qualify7 3 4
19976 3 3
19994 1 3
20014 1 3
20037 4 3
2005Division B
2007did not qualify10 3 7
2009Division B
2011Division B
2013did not qualify8 4 4
/ 20158 3 5
201714th3 1 2 4 3 1
/ 201910th4 1 3 4 4 0
/ 202110th4 2 2 6 6 0
/ 202315th3 0 3Qualified as co-host
to be determinedto be determined
2027
Total14410533133
Note:Red border indicates host nation

Team

Current roster

Roster for the EuroBasket Women 2023.[1] [2]

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Head coaches

YearsNameCompetition
1992–1994 Sergej Ravnikar
1995 Tone Corel
1997 Branko Lah
1999 Sergej Ravnikar
2001–2003 Dragomir Bukvić
May 2004–Dec 2007 Boris ZrinskiEurobasket Women 2005 - Division B
Dec 2007–Aug 2008 Željko Ciglar
Aug 2008–Feb 2010 Goran JovanovićEurobasket Women 2009 - Division B
Feb 2010–Feb 2013 Boris ZrinskiEurobasket Women 2011 - Division B
Feb 2013–Dec 2014 Tomo Orešnik
Dec 2014–Oct 2021Damir GrgićEuroBasket Women 2017 (14th place)
EuroBasket Women 2019 (10th place)
EuroBasket Women 2021 (10th place)
Oct 2021–presentGeorge DikeoulakosEuroBasket Women 2023

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Znana dvanajsterica Slovenk za EuroBasket. kzs.si. 13 June 2023. 13 June 2023. sl.
  2. Web site: Team Roster: Slovenia. fiba.basketball. 15 June 2023. 15 June 2023. 14.