Yugoslavia women's national basketball team

Yugoslavia

FIBA ranking	N/A
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia
Coach	Miodrag Vesković (last)
Olympic Games
Appearances	3
Medals	Silver: (1988) Bronze: (1980)
World Cup
Appearances	5
Medals	Silver: (1990)
EuroBasket Women
Appearances	20
Medals	Silver: (1968, 1978, 1987, 1991) Bronze: (1970, 1980)
Home Away

The Yugoslavia women's national basketball team (Serbo-Croatian: Ženska košarkaška reprezentacija Jugoslavije / Женска кошаркашка репрезентација Југославије) was the women's basketball side that represented the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1943 until 1992 in international competition, and were controlled by the Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia (KSJ).^[1]

The team's first major tournament appearance was at the 1954 European Championship, hosted by Yugoslavia, in which it finished fourth. The team's biggest success in the following decades were a bronze medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, and a silver medal at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

The team disappeared during the breakup of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s, and its last major tournament appearance was at the 1991 European Championship in Israel, where they finished as runners-up; losing to the Soviet Union in the final.

Competitive record

Head coaches

Years	Name	Competition
1954	Strahinja Alagić	5th 1954 EuroBasket
1956	Aleksandar Gec	9th 1956 EuroBasket
1958	Milorad Sokolović	4th 1958 EuroBasket
1959		4th 1959 World Championship
1960	Borivoje Cenić	5th 1960 EuroBasket
1962–1964	Miodrag Stefanović	5th 1962 EuroBasket 7th 1964 EuroBasket
1964	Dragoljub Pljakić	6th 1964 World Championship
1966–1967	Ladislav Demšar	6th 1966 EuroBasket 6th 1967 World Championship
1968	Strahinja Alagić	1968 EuroBasket
1970	Ladislav Demšar	1970 EuroBasket
1972–1976	Borivoje Cenić	8th 1972 EuroBasket 8th 1974 EuroBasket 5th 1976 EuroBasket
1976–1979	Borislav Ćorković	1978 EuroBasket
1980–1989	Milan Vasojević	1980 EuroBasket 1980 Summer Olympics 4th 1981 EuroBasket 4th 1983 EuroBasket 8th 1983 World Championship 6th 1984 Summer Olympics 5th 1985 EuroBasket 1987 EuroBasket 1988 Summer Olympics 4th 1989 EuroBasket
1990	Mihajlo Vuković	1990 World Championship
1991	Miodrag Vesković	1991 EuroBasket

New national teams

After the dissolution of SFR Yugoslavia in 1991, five new countries were created: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR Macedonia, FR Yugoslavia (in 2003, renamed to Serbia and Montenegro) and Slovenia. In 2006, Montenegro became an independent nation and Serbia became the legal successor of Serbia and Montenegro. In 2008, Kosovo unilaterally declared independence from Serbia and became a FIBA member in 2015.

Here is a list of women's national teams on the SFR Yugoslavia area:

•  Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992–present)
•  Croatia (1992–present)
•  North Macedonia (1993–present)
•  Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006)
  •  Montenegro (2006–present)
  •  Serbia (2006–present)
    •  Kosovo (2015–present)
•  Slovenia (1992–present)

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