FIBA ranking | N/A ![]() | ||
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FIBA zone | FIBA Europe | ||
National federation | Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia | ||
Coach | Miodrag Vesković (last) | ||
Olympic Games | |||
Appearances | 3 | ||
Medals | ![]() ![]() | ||
World Cup | |||
Appearances | 5 | ||
Medals | ![]() | ||
EuroBasket Women | |||
Appearances | 20 | ||
Medals | ![]() ![]() | ||
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The Yugoslavia women's national basketball team (Serbo-Croatian: 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
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1954 | ![]() |
5th 1954 EuroBasket |
1956 | ![]() |
9th 1956 EuroBasket |
1958 | ![]() |
4th 1958 EuroBasket |
1959 | 4th 1959 World Championship | |
1960 | ![]() |
5th 1960 EuroBasket |
1962–1964 | ![]() |
5th 1962 EuroBasket 7th 1964 EuroBasket |
1964 | ![]() |
6th 1964 World Championship |
1966–1967 | ![]() |
6th 1966 EuroBasket 6th 1967 World Championship |
1968 | ![]() |
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1970 | ![]() |
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1972–1976 | ![]() |
8th 1972 EuroBasket 8th 1974 EuroBasket 5th 1976 EuroBasket |
1976–1979 | ![]() |
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1980–1989 | ![]() |
![]() ![]() 4th 1981 EuroBasket 4th 1983 EuroBasket 8th 1983 World Championship 6th 1984 Summer Olympics 5th 1985 EuroBasket ![]() ![]() 4th 1989 EuroBasket |
1990 | ![]() |
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1991 | ![]() |
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New national teams
[edit]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:
Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992–present)
Croatia (1992–present)
North Macedonia (1993–present)
Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006)
Montenegro (2006–present)
Serbia (2006–present)
Kosovo (2015–present)
Slovenia (1992–present)