Yugoslavia women's national basketball team explained

Type:Women
Country:Yugoslavia
National Fed:Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia
Fiba Zone:FIBA Europe
Coach:Miodrag Vesković (last)
Fiba Ranking:N/A
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Oly Appearances:3
Oly Medals: Silver: (1988)
Bronze: (1980)
Wc Appearances:5
Wc Medals: Silver: (1990)
Zone Championship:EuroBasket Women
Zone Appearances:20
Zone Medals: Silver: (1968, 1978, 1987, 1991)
Bronze: (1970, 1980)
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A Title:Away
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The Yugoslavia women's national basketball team (Ženska košarkaška reprezentacija Jugoslavije / Женска кошаркашка репрезентација Југославије) was the women's basketball side that represented the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1943 until 1992 in international competition, and were controlled by the Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia (KSJ).[1]

The team's first major tournament appearance was at the 1954 European Championship, hosted by Yugoslavia, in which it finished fourth. The team's biggest success in the following decades were a bronze medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, and a silver medal at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

The team disappeared during the breakup of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s, and its last major tournament appearance was at the 1991 European Championship in Israel, where they finished as runners-up losing to the Soviet Union in the final.

Competitive record

Olympic Games
Olympic Games
YearRoundPositionwidth=25pxwidth=25pxwidth=25px
1976Did not qualify
1980Final round642
1984Final round6th514
1988Runners-up532
Total0 Titles1688
FIBA World Championship for Women
FIBA World Championship
YearRoundPosition
1953Did not participate
1957
1959Final round4th734
1964Final round6th936
1967Final round6th725
1971Did not qualify
1975
1979
1983Second round8th936
1986Did not qualify
1990Runners-up871
Total0 Titles401822
EuroBasket Women
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1938Did not participate
1950
1952
1954Final round5th514
1956Preliminary round9th862
1958Final round4th844
1960Final round5th734
1962Preliminary round5th532
1964Preliminary round7th633
1966Preliminary round6th734
1968Runners-up972
1970Semi-finals752
1972Preliminary round8th844
1974Preliminary round8th752
1976Final round5th844
1978Runners-up862
1980Semi-finals532
1981Semi-finals4th734
1983Semi-finals4th752
1985Preliminary round5th752
1987Runners-up761
1989Semi-finals4th532
1991Runners-up541
Total0 Titles1368353

Head coaches

YearsNameCompetition
1954 Strahinja Alagić5th 1954 EuroBasket
1956 Aleksandar Gec9th 1956 EuroBasket
1958 Milorad Sokolović4th 1958 EuroBasket
19594th 1959 World Championship
1960 Borivoje Cenić5th 1960 EuroBasket
1962–1964 Miodrag Stefanović5th 1962 EuroBasket
7th 1964 EuroBasket
1964 Dragoljub Pljakić6th 1964 World Championship
1966–1967 Ladislav Demšar6th 1966 EuroBasket
6th 1967 World Championship
1968 Strahinja Alagić 1968 EuroBasket
1970 Ladislav Demšar 1970 EuroBasket
1972–1976 Borivoje Cenić8th 1972 EuroBasket
8th 1974 EuroBasket
5th 1976 EuroBasket
1976–1979 Borislav Ćorković 1978 EuroBasket
1980–1989 Milan Vasojević 1980 EuroBasket
1980 Summer Olympics
4th 1981 EuroBasket
4th 1983 EuroBasket
8th 1983 World Championship
6th 1984 Summer Olympics
5th 1985 EuroBasket
1987 EuroBasket
1988 Summer Olympics
4th 1989 EuroBasket
1990 Mihajlo Vuković 1990 World Championship
1991 Miodrag Vesković 1991 EuroBasket

New national teams

After the dissolution of SFR Yugoslavia in 1991, five new countries were created: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR Macedonia, FR Yugoslavia (in 2003, renamed to Serbia and Montenegro) and Slovenia. In 2006, Montenegro became an independent nation and Serbia became the legal successor of Serbia and Montenegro. In 2008, Kosovo unilaterally declared independence from Serbia and became a FIBA member in 2015.

Here is a list of women's national teams on the SFR Yugoslavia area:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: History of women's basketball.