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Serbia
FIBA ranking	10 (15 February 2024)
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	KSS
Coach	Marina Maljković
Nickname(s)	Beli orlovi; (The White Eagles)
Olympic Games
Appearances	2
Medals	Bronze: 2016
World Cup
Appearances	2
EuroBasket
Appearances	13
Medals	Gold: 2015, 2021; Bronze: 2019
Home	Away
Representing FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro / Serbia
Olympic Games
EuroBasket
Mediterranean Games
Summer Universiade

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.

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 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 edit

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

Name of the nation during the tournaments:

FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro 1992–2006
Serbia 2007–present

Olympic Games edit

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L
1992	suspended
1996	did not qualify
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016	Third place	3rd	8	4	4
2020	Semi-finals	4th	6	3	3
2024	qualified
2028	Future events
2032	Future events
Total	0 Titles	3/8	14	7	7

FIBA World Cup edit

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L
1994	did not qualify
1998	did not qualify
2002	Eighth-final round	12th	8	2	6
2006	did not qualify
2010	did not qualify
2014	Quarter-finals	8th	7	3	4
2018	did not qualify
2022	Quarter-finals	6th	6	3	3
2026	to be determined
Total	0 Titles	3/8	21	8	13

EuroBasket edit

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L
1993	suspended
1995	Preliminary round	10th	6	2	4
1997	Quarter-finals	8th	8	3	5
1999	Quarter-finals	7th	8	4	4
2001	Quarter-finals	5th	8	5	3
2003	Quarter-finals	8th	8	3	5
2005	Preliminary round	9th	7	4	3
2007	Main round	11th	6	2	4
2009	Preliminary round	16th	3	0	3
2011	did not qualify
2013	Semi-finals	4th	9	5	4
2015	Champions	1st	10	7	3
2017	Preliminary round	11th	4	1	3
2019	Third place game	3rd	6	5	1
2021	Champions	1st	6	6	0
2023	Fifth place game	5th	7	5	2
2025	To be determined
2027	To be determined
Total	2 Titles	14/16	96	52	44

Mediterranean Games edit

Year	Round	Position
1993	did not participate
1997	did not participate
2001	Preliminary round	7th
2005	did not participate
2009	Final	Runners-up
2013	cancelled
2018	not part of the programme
2022	not part of the programme
Total	0 Titles	2/5

Team edit

Current roster edit

Roster for the EuroBasket Women 2023.^[3]^[4]

Serbia women's national basketball team roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
PF	1	Ivana Raca	23 – (1999-09-10)10 September 1999	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Fenerbahçe
SG	6	Saša Čađo	33 – (1989-07-13)13 July 1989	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	CCC Polkowice
SG	8	Nevena Jovanović	32 – (1990-06-30)30 June 1990	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)	Nika Syktyvkar
PF	11	Aleksandra Crvendakić	27 – (1996-03-17)17 March 1996	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	Çukurova Basketbol
PG	12	Yvonne Anderson	33 – (1990-03-08)8 March 1990	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	Bourges
C	14	Dragana Stanković	28 – (1995-01-18)18 January 1995	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	Sopron Basket
SF	17	Jovana Nogić	25 – (1997-12-17)17 December 1997	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	CB Avenida
F	20	Kristina Topuzović	28 – (1994-08-23)23 August 1994	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Herner TC
SF	25	Maša Janković	23 – (2000-02-01)1 February 2000	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	Leganés
C	33	Tina Krajišnik (C)	32 – (1991-01-12)12 January 1991	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	UMMC Ekaterinburg
PG	40	Ivana Katanić	24 – (1999-04-16)16 April 1999	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	PEAC-Pécs
PF	51	Mina Đorđević	24 – (1999-02-23)23 February 1999	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	Fenerbahçe

Head coach

Marina Maljković

Assistant coach(es)

Filip Bencić
Ljubica Drljača

Legend

(C) Team captain
Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on 15 June 2023

Head coaches edit

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 edit

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 6th 2022 World Cup 5th 2023 EuroBasket

Notable players edit

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 edit

^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 15 February 2024. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
^ "PR no.22: Montenegro becomes 213th FIBA Member". FIBA. Archived from the original on 30 January 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2006.
^ "Кошаркашице стигле у Љубљану" (in Serbian). kss.rs. 13 June 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
^ "Team Roster: Serbia" (PDF). fiba.basketball. 15 June 2023. p. 12. Retrieved 15 June 2023.