Serbia women's national basketball team

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Serbia
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FIBA ranking10 Decrease 1 (6 December 2021)[1]
Joined FIBA1992
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationKSS
CoachMarina Maljković
Olympic Games
Appearances5
MedalsSilver medal.svg Silver: 1988 (SFRY)
Bronze medal.svg Bronze: 1980 (SFRY), 2016
World Cup
Appearances7
MedalsSilver medal.svg Silver: 1990 (SFRY)
EuroBasket
Appearances33
MedalsGold medal europe.svg Gold: 2015, 2021
Silver medal europe.svg Silver: 1968 (SFRY), 1978 (SFRY), 1987 (SFRY), 1991 (SFRY)
Bronze medal europe.svg Bronze: 1970 (SFRY), 1980 (SFRY), 2019
Mediterranean Games
Appearances2
MedalsSilver medal blank.svg Silver: 2009
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Home jersey
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Home
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Away jersey
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Team colours
Away
Medal record
Representing  Yugoslavia/ Serbia and Montenegro/ Serbia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1988 Seoul
Bronze medal – third place 1980 Moscow
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro
FIBA World Cup
Silver medal – second place 1990 Malaysia
EuroBasket Women
Gold medal – first place 2015 Hungary/Romania
Gold medal – first place 2021 France/Spain
Silver medal – second place 1968 Italy
Silver medal – second place 1978 Poland
Silver medal – second place 1987 Spain
Silver medal – second place 1991 Israel
Bronze medal – third place 1970 Netherlands
Bronze medal – third place 1980 SFR Yugoslavia
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Latvia/Serbia
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal – second place 2009 Italy Team
Serbia squad at the 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women.
Serbia (red lit) vs Turkey at the 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women.
EuroBasket 2015 champions on a 2015 Serbian stamp

The Serbia women's national basketball team (Serbian: Женска кошаркашка репрезентација Србије / Ženska košarkaška reprezentacija Srbije) represents Serbia in international women's basketball matches and is controlled by the Basketball Federation of Serbia. Serbia is currently the European Champion and ranked seventeenth in the FIBA World Rankings.[2]

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 the Serbia and Montenegro and, therefore, the results of previous state and SFR Yugoslavia rightfully belong to it.[3]

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:

  • Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro 1992–2006
  • Serbia Serbia 2007–present

Team[]

2020 Olympic roster[]

Serbia women's national basketball team – 2020 Summer Olympics roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
SF 5 Sonja Vasić 32 – (1989-02-18)18 February 1989 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Spar Girona Spain
SG 6 Saša Čađo 32 – (1989-07-13)13 July 1989 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) France
SG 8 Nevena Jovanović 31 – (1990-06-30)30 June 1990 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) Sopron Basket Hungary
PF 9 Jelena Brooks 32 – (1989-04-28)28 April 1989 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Sopron Basket Hungary
G 10 Dajana Butulija 35 – (1986-02-23)23 February 1986 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Ślęza Wrocław Poland
PF 11 Aleksandra Crvendakić 25 – (1996-03-17)17 March 1996 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) ASVEL Féminin France
PG 12 Yvonne Anderson 31 – (1990-03-08)8 March 1990 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Reyer Venezia Italy
C 14 Dragana Stanković 26 – (1995-01-18)18 January 1995 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) USK Praha Czech Republic
SG 23 Ana Dabović 31 – (1989-08-18)18 August 1989 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Basket Lattes France
PF 24 Maja Škorić 31 – (1989-11-10)10 November 1989 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) KSC Szekszárd Hungary
PF 32 Angela Dugalić 19 – (2001-12-29)29 December 2001 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Oregon Ducks United States
C 33 Tina Krajišnik 30 – (1991-01-12)12 January 1991 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Galatasaray Turkey
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 26 July 2021

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
Years Name Competition
1995 Serbia and Montenegro Dragomir Bukvić 10th 1995 EuroBasket Women
1997 Serbia and Montenegro 8th 1997 EuroBasket Women
1999 Serbia and Montenegro Miodrag Vesković 7th 1999 EuroBasket Women
2001–2003 Serbia and Montenegro Miroslav Popov 5th 2001 EuroBasket Women
12th 2002 FIBA World Championship
2003 Serbia and Montenegro Miodrag Vesković 8th 2003 EuroBasket Women
2005 Serbia and Montenegro Zoran Kovačić 9th 2005 EuroBasket Women

Serbia[]

Years Name Competition
2007–2009 Serbia Jovica Antonić 11th 2007 EuroBasket
16th 2009 EuroBasket
2010–2011 Serbia Miodrag Vesković —
2011–2017 Serbia Marina Maljković 4th 2013 EuroBasket
8th 2014 World Championship
Gold medal europe.svg 2015 EuroBasket
2016 Summer Olympics
2017 Serbia Stevan Karadžić 11th 2017 EuroBasket
2017– Serbia Marina Maljković Bronze medal europe.svg 2019 EuroBasket
Gold medal europe.svg 2021 EuroBasket
4th 2021 Summer Olympics
TBD 2022 World Cup

Notable players[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 6 December 2021. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Ranking Women after the 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women". FIBA.com. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
  3. ^ "PR no.22: Montenegro becomes 213th FIBA Member". FIBA. Retrieved 26 August 2006.
  4. ^ "Team Roster Serbia" (PDF). olympics.com. Retrieved 26 July 2021.

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