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Latvia women's national basketball team
Women's national basketball team representing Latvia
Women's national basketball team representing Latvia
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| fiba_zone | FIBA Europe | ||
| coach | Matīss Rožlapa | ||
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| oly_appearances | 1 | ||
| wc_appearances | 1 | ||
| zone_championship | EuroBasket | ||
| zone_appearances | 10 | ||
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the women's team
The Latvia women's national basketball team is the national women's basketball team representing Latvia. It is administered by the Latvian Basketball Association. It has participated in EuroBasket Women three times and once in the Olympic Games.
History
Golden age of Latvia women's national basketball team was from 2007 to 2009, when head coach was Ainars Zvirgzdiņš. In EuroBasket 2007 Latvia first time in history reached semi-final. In third place game they lost to Belarus. This result allowed to get in 2008 Olympic Qualifying Tournament, which had overpowered in next summer in Madrid, and Latvia took part of 2008 Summer Olympics.
EuroBasket 2009 was held in Latvia. In this tournament Latvia reached quarterfinal, where they lost to Russia in overtime with 64–69. They also lost to Italy in classification rounds. Latvia got seventh place in this tournament. After this tournament head coach Ainars Zvirgzdiņš and several players left national team.
In EuroBasket 2011 head coach was Greek basketball coach George Dikeoulakos. In his management Latvia also reached quarterfinal, but latterly got eighth place.
In EuroBasket 2013 head coach was Aigars Nerips, Latvia lost all of three games.
In EuroBasket 2015 Latvia lost in the first round.
In EuroBasket 2017, Mārtiņš Zībarts was assigned to manage the national team, Latvia got out of the low tide and reached quarterfinal, they got sixth place finally.
In EuroBasket 2019, Mārtiņš Zībarts was still in charge of the national team, Latvia was eliminated in qualification for quarterfinals.
Tournament record
Olympic Games
- 2008 : 9th
World Cups
- 2018 : 13th
EuroBasket
| EuroBasket Women | Qualification | Year | Position | Pld | W | L | Pld | W | L | Total | 63 | 28 | 35 | 34 | 25 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POL 1999 | 9th / 12 | 7 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| FRA 2001 | Did not enter | |||||||||||||||
| GRE 2003 | Did not enter | |||||||||||||||
| TUR 2005 | 6th / 12 | 8 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| ITA 2007 | 4th / 16 | 9 | 6 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| LAT 2009 | 7th / 16 | 9 | 5 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| POL 2011 | 8th / 16 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||
| FRA 2013 | 15th / 16 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 3 | |||||||||
| HUNROM 2015 | 13th / 20 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||
| CZE 2017 | 6th / 16 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||
| LATSER 2019 | 11th / 16 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| FRAESP 2021 | Did not qualify | |||||||||||||||
| ISRSVN 2023 | 13th / 16 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||
| CZEGERITAGRE 2025 | Did not qualify | 6 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| BELFINSWELTU 2027 | To be determined | To be determined |
Team
Current roster
Roster for the EuroBasket Women 2023.
- LAT Gundars Vētra
- LAT Mārtiņš Zībarts
- LAT Ainars Zvirgzdiņš
- (C) Team captain
- Club – describes last club before the tournament
- Age – describes age on 15 June 2023
Notable players
- Gunta Baško-Melnbārde
- Anete Jēkabsone-Žogota
- Uljana Semjonova (played in Soviet Union team)
- Ieva Tāre
Notable coaches
- George Dikeoulakos
- Armands Krauliņš
- Ainars Zvirgzdiņš
- Aigars Nerips
References
References
- (14 June 2023). "Sieviešu valstsvienība pirms starta EuroBasket2023: desmit odziņas". latvijas.basket.lv.
- (15 June 2023). "Team Roster: Latvia". fiba.basketball.
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