Serbia women's national basketball team

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

Serbia
FIBA ranking10 (15 February 2022)[1]
Joined FIBA1992
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationKSS
CoachMarina Maljković
Nickname(s)Beli orlovi
(The White Eagles)
Olympic Games
Appearances5
Medals Silver: 1988 (SFRY)
Bronze: 1980 (SFRY), 2016
World Cup
Appearances7
Medals Silver: 1990 (SFRY)
EuroBasket
Appearances33
Medals Gold: 2015, 2021
Silver: 1968 (SFRY), 1978 (SFRY), 1987 (SFRY), 1991 (SFRY)
Bronze: 1970 (SFRY), 1980 (SFRY), 2019
Mediterranean Games
Appearances2
Medals Silver: 2009
Home
Away
Medal record
Representing  Yugoslavia / FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro /  Serbia
Olympic Games
1988 Seoul
1980 Moscow
2016 Rio de Janeiro
FIBA World Cup
1990 Malaysia
EuroBasket
2015 Hungary/Romania
2021 France/Spain
1968 Italy
1978 Poland
1987 Spain
1991 Israel
1970 Netherlands
1980 SFR Yugoslavia
2019 Latvia/Serbia
Mediterranean Games
2009 ItalyTeam
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

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:

Team

2020 Olympic roster
Serbia women's national basketball team – 2020 Summer Olympics roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
SF 5 Sonja Vasić 32 – (1989-02-18)18 February 1989 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Spar Girona
SG 6 Saša Čađo 32 – (1989-07-13)13 July 1989 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Carolo Basket
SG 8 Nevena Jovanović 31 – (1990-06-30)30 June 1990 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) Sopron Basket
PF 9 Jelena Brooks 32 – (1989-04-28)28 April 1989 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Sopron Basket
G 10 Dajana Butulija 35 – (1986-02-23)23 February 1986 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Ślęza Wrocław
PF 11 Aleksandra Crvendakić 25 – (1996-03-17)17 March 1996 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) ASVEL Féminin
PG 12 Yvonne Anderson 31 – (1990-03-08)8 March 1990 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Reyer Venezia
C 14 Dragana Stanković 26 – (1995-01-18)18 January 1995 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) USK Praha
SG 23 Ana Dabović 31 – (1989-08-18)18 August 1989 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Basket Lattes
PF 24 Maja Škorić 31 – (1989-11-10)10 November 1989 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) KSC Szekszárd
PF 32 Angela Dugalić 19 – (2001-12-29)29 December 2001 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Oregon Ducks
C 33 Tina Krajišnik 30 – (1991-01-12)12 January 1991 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Galatasaray
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 Dragomir Bukvić 10th 1995 EuroBasket Women
1997 Slobodan Lukić 8th 1997 EuroBasket Women
1999 Miodrag Vesković 7th 1999 EuroBasket Women
2001–2003 Miroslav Popov 5th 2001 EuroBasket Women
12th 2002 FIBA World Championship
2003 Miodrag Vesković 8th 2003 EuroBasket Women
2005 Zoran Kovačić 9th 2005 EuroBasket Women

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

Notable players

See also

References
  1. "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 15 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  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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