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Serbia women's national basketball team

Women's national basketball team representing Serbia

Serbia women's national basketball team
Summary

Women's national basketball team representing Serbia

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typeWomen
countrySerbia
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logo_width180px
nicknameBeli orlovi
(The White Eagles)
national_fedKSS
fiba_zoneFIBA Europe
coachMarina Maljković
fiba_ranking
oly_appearances3
oly_medals[[Image:Bronze medal.svg16px]] Bronze: 2016
wc_appearances3
zone_championshipEuroBasket
zone_appearances15
zone_medals[[File:Gold medal europe.svg16px]] Gold: 2015, 2021
[[File:Bronze medal europe.svg16px]] Bronze: 2019
zone_appearances22
zone_medals2Silver: 2009
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the women's team

(The White Eagles)

Serbia squad at the 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women.
Turkey]] at the 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women.
EuroBasket 2015 champions on a 2015 Serbian stamp.

The Serbia women's national basketball team () represents Serbia in international women's basketball competition and is controlled by the Basketball Federation of Serbia. Serbia are currently ranked tenth in the FIBA World Rankings.

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 Serbia and Montenegro.

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:

  • FRY FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro 1992–2006
  • SRB Serbia 2007–present

Olympic Games

YearRoundPositionPldWLTotal0 Titles3/81899
1976 – 1988part of Yugoslavia
ESP 1992suspended
USA 1996did not qualify
AUS 2000
GRE 2004
PRC 2008
UK 2012
BRA 2016Third place3rd844
JPN 2020Semi-finals4th633
FRA 2024Quarter-finals6th422
USA 2028future events
AUS 2032

FIBA World Cup

YearRoundPositionPldWLTotal0 Titles3/821813
1953 – 1990part of Yugoslavia
AUS 1994did not qualify
GER 1998
CHN 2002Eighth-final round12th826
BRA 2006did not qualify
CZE 2010
TUR 2014Quarter-finals8th734
SPA 2018did not qualify
AUS 2022Quarter-finals6th633
GER 2026did not qualify

EuroBasket

YearRoundPositionPldWLTotal2 Titles15/18995247
1938 – 1991part of Yugoslavia
Italy 1993suspended
Czech Republic 1995Preliminary round10th624
Hungary 1997Quarter-finals8th835
Poland 1999Quarter-finals7th844
France 2001Quarter-finals5th853
Greece 2003Quarter-finals8th835
Turkey 2005Preliminary round9th743
Italy 2007Main round11th624
Latvia 2009Preliminary round16th303
Poland 2011did not qualify
France 2013Semi-finals4th954
Hungary Romania 2015Champions1st1073
Czech Republic 2017Preliminary round11th413
Latvia Serbia 2019Third place game3rd651
FRAESP 2021Champions1st660
IsraelSlovenia 2023Fifth place game5th752
Czech RepublicGermanyItalyGreece 2025Preliminary round13th303
BelgiumFinlandSwedenLithuania 2027to be determined

Mediterranean Games

YearRoundPositionTotal0 Titles2/5
FRA 1993did not participate
ITA 1997
TUN 2001Preliminary round7th
ESP 2005did not participate
ITA 2009FinalRunners-up
TUR 2013cancelled
ESP 2018not part of the programme
ALG 2022

Team

Current roster

Roster for the EuroBasket Women 2025.

  • SRB Marina Maljković
  • SRB Ljubica Drljača
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age on 18 June 2025

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

YearsNameCompetition
1995Serbia and Montenegro Dragomir Bukvić10th 1995 EuroBasket Women
1997Serbia and Montenegro Slobodan Lukić8th 1997 EuroBasket Women
1999Serbia and Montenegro Miodrag Vesković7th 1999 EuroBasket Women
2001–2003Serbia and Montenegro Miroslav Popov5th 2001 EuroBasket Women
12th 2002 FIBA World Championship
2003Serbia and Montenegro Miodrag Vesković8th 2003 EuroBasket Women
2005Serbia and Montenegro Zoran Kovačić9th 2005 EuroBasket Women

Serbia

YearsNameCompetition
2007–2009Serbia Jovica Antonić11th 2007 EuroBasket
16th 2009 EuroBasket
2010–2011Serbia Miodrag Vesković—
2011–2017Serbia Marina Maljković4th 2013 EuroBasket
8th 2014 World Championship
[[File:Gold medal europe.svg16px]] 2015 EuroBasket
2016 Summer Olympics
2017Serbia Stevan Karadžić11th 2017 EuroBasket
2017–Serbia Marina Maljković[[File:Bronze medal europe.svg16px]] 2019 EuroBasket
[[File:Gold medal europe.svg16px]] 2021 EuroBasket
4th 2021 Summer Olympics
6th 2022 World Cup
5th 2023 EuroBasket
6th 2024 Summer Olympics
13th 2025 EuroBasket

Notable players

  • FIBA EuroBasket MVP
    • Ana Dabović – 2015
    • Sonja Vasić – 2021
  • FIBA EuroBasket All-Tournament Team
    • Ana Dabović – 2015
    • Sonja Vasić – 2015, 2019, 2021
  • WNBA champion
    • Ana Dabović – 2015
  • EuroLeague Top Scorer
    • Mila Nikolić – 2000
    • Ana Joković – 2003
    • Gordana Grubin – 2004

References

References

  1. "PR no.22: Montenegro becomes 213th FIBA Member". FIBA.
  2. "Познат састав српске женске репрезентације уочи 40. Европског првенства!". kss.rs.
  3. "Team roster: Serbia". fiba.basketball.
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