Yugoslavia women's national basketball team
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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]
FIBA ranking | N/A | ||
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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) | ||
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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.