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Belarus women's national basketball team

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This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Belarus men's national basketball team.

Belarus
FIBA rankingNR (26 August 2024)[1]
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe (suspended)
National federationBelarusian Basketball Federation
CoachNataliya Trafimava
Olympic Games
Appearances2
MedalsNone
World Cup
Appearances2
MedalsNone
EuroBasket
Appearances8
Medals Bronze (2007)
Home jersey
Team colours
Home
Away jersey
Team colours
Away

The Belarus women's national basketball represented Belarus in international women's basketball tournaments. The team is controlled by the Belarusian Basketball Federation.

After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the FIBA suspended Belarus from participating in basketball and 3x3 basketball competitions.[2]

Competitive record

Belarus was part of the Soviet Union until 1991.

Current roster

Roster for the EuroBasket Women 2021.[3][4]

Belarus women's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
SG 4 Alena Karasevich 27 – (1994-04-04)4 April 1994 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) Olimpia Grodno Belarus
PG 5 Aliaksandra Tarasava 32 – (1988-06-23)23 June 1988 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) TK Hannover Germany
SF 7 Yuliya Rytsikava 34 – (1986-09-08)8 September 1986 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Horizont Minsk Belarus
SG 8 Tatsiana Likhtarovich 33 – (1988-03-29)29 March 1988 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Basket Esch Luxembourg
PG 9 Volha Ziuzkova 38 – (1983-06-14)14 June 1983 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) Horizont Minsk Belarus
PF 10 Anastasiya Verameyenka 33 – (1987-07-10)10 July 1987 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Horizont Minsk Belarus
PF 13 Maryia Papova 26 – (1994-07-13)13 July 1994 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) UMMC Ekaterinburg Russia
G 17 Yuliya Vasilevich 19 – (2001-06-21)21 June 2001 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) Olimpia Grodno Belarus
PF 18 Hanna Brych 24 – (1997-03-08)8 March 1997 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Kazanochka Kazan Russia
PG 20 Alex Bentley 30 – (1990-10-27)27 October 1990 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Dynamo Kursk Russia
C 21 Viktoryia Hasper 33 – (1988-01-09)9 January 1988 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Horizont Minsk Belarus
SF 23 Yanina Inkina 23 – (1997-10-16)16 October 1997 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Horizont Minsk Belarus
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Belarus Aliaksei Pyntsikau
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Zlatan Prešić
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 17 June 2021

3x3 team

Natallia Dashkevich and Maryna Ivashchanka both stand 1.90m (6ft 3in) and hence have a size advantage against most opponents. Belarus finished with bronze at the 2019 European Games on home soil.[5]

References

  1. ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 26 August 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Federations implement bans on athletes and teams from Russia and Belarus". www.insidethegames.biz. March 3, 2022.
  3. ^ "Итоговый ростер женской сборной Беларуси на Евробаскет-2021". belarus.basketball (in Belarusian). 12 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Team Roster Belarus". fiba.basketball. 16 June 2021.
  5. ^ One question for all women’s teams at FIBA 3x3 Olympic Qualifying Tournament FIBA, 18 May 2021. Accessed 1 July 2021.
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