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Serbia women's national basketball team

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Serbia
FIBA ranking9 Increase 1 (26 August 2024)[1]
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationKSS
CoachMarina Maljković
Nickname(s)Beli orlovi
(The White Eagles)
Olympic Games
Appearances2
Medals Bronze: 2016
World Cup
Appearances3
EuroBasket
Appearances13
Medals Gold: 2015, 2021
Bronze: 2019
Home jersey
Team colours
Home
Away jersey
Team colours
Away
Medal record
Representing FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro /  Serbia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro
EuroBasket
Gold medal – first place 2015 Hungary/Romania
Gold medal – first place 2021 France/Spain
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Latvia/Serbia
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal – second place 2009 Italy Team
Summer Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2005 Izmir
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.

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 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.[2]

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

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For the results before 1992, see Yugoslavia women's national basketball team.

Name of the nation during the tournaments:

Team

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Current roster

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Roster for the 2024 Summer Olympics. The roster was announced on 24 July 2024.[3]

Serbia women's national basketball team – 2024 Summer Olympics roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
PF 1 Ivana Raca 24 – (1999-09-10)10 September 1999 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Dinamo Sassari Italy
SG 6 Saša Čađo 35 – (1989-07-13)13 July 1989 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) CCC Polkowice Poland
SG 8 Nevena Jovanović 34 – (1990-06-30)30 June 1990 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) Nika Syktyvkar Russia
PG 12 Yvonne Anderson 34 – (1990-03-08)8 March 1990 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Fenerbahçe Turkey
C 14 Dragana Stanković 29 – (1995-01-18)18 January 1995 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Reyer Venezia Italy
SF 17 Jovana Nogić 26 – (1997-12-17)17 December 1997 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) Beşiktaş Turkey
SF 25 Maša Janković 24 – (2000-02-01)1 February 2000 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) CB Avenida Spain
PG 30 Aleksandra Katanić 27 – (1997-05-18)18 May 1997 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) Ormanspor Turkey
PF 32 Angela Dugalić 22 – (2001-12-29)29 December 2001 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) UCLA Bruins United States
C 33 Tina Krajišnik (C) 33 – (1991-01-12)12 January 1991 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) UMMC Ekaterinburg Russia
PF 51 Mina Đorđević 25 – (1999-02-23)23 February 1999 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Emlak Konut SK Turkey
G 66 Nadija Smailbegović 23 – (2001-04-05)5 April 2001 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) PEAC-Pécs Hungary
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 28 July 2024

Roster

Head coaches

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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 Serbia and Montenegro Dragomir Bukvić 10th 1995 EuroBasket Women
1997 Serbia and Montenegro Slobodan Lukić 8th 1997 EuroBasket Women
1999 Serbia and Montenegro Miodrag Vesković 7th 1999 EuroBasket Women
2001–2003 Serbia and Montenegro Miroslav Popov 5th 2001 EuroBasket Women
12th 2002 FIBA World Championship
2003 Serbia and Montenegro Miodrag Vesković 8th 2003 EuroBasket Women
2005 Serbia and Montenegro Zoran Kovačić 9th 2005 EuroBasket Women

Serbia

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Years Name Competition
2007–2009 Serbia Jovica Antonić 11th 2007 EuroBasket
16th 2009 EuroBasket
2010–2011 Serbia Miodrag Vesković —
2011–2017 Serbia Marina Maljković 4th 2013 EuroBasket
8th 2014 World Championship
2015 EuroBasket
2016 Summer Olympics
2017 Serbia Stevan Karadžić 11th 2017 EuroBasket
2017– Serbia Marina Maljković 2019 EuroBasket
2021 EuroBasket
4th 2021 Summer Olympics
6th 2022 World Cup
5th 2023 EuroBasket

Notable players

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 26 August 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  2. ^ "PR no.22: Montenegro becomes 213th FIBA Member". FIBA. Archived from the original on 30 January 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2006.
  3. ^ "Селекторка Марина Маљковић одабрала 12 играчица за Олимпијске игре". kss.rs. 24 July 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Team roster: Serbia" (PDF). fiba.basketball. p. 10. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
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