The Bosnia and Herzegovina women's national basketball team represents

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe. Situated on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula, it borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to th ...

in international

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competitions, and is governed by the Basketball Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Before the independence in

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

, Bosnian players played for

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. Bosnia and Herzegovina's best result in international competitions so far is a gold medal at the

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where they beat

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in the finals. It was also the first major competition the country played in since becoming an independent state. In 1997 Bosnia and Herzegovina qualified for the first time to

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winning all six qualifying games and finishing as number one in the group stage. They were later eliminated in the preliminary round of the tournament. Two years later, in 1999 Bosnia and Herzegovina qualified for the second time in a row to

. However they were eliminated once in again in the preliminary round, winning only one of seven games. In 2021, almost 22 years later, Bosnia and Herzegovina qualified once again to the

after making a huge upset in the qualifiers, finishing second. For the first time in Bosnia and Herzegovina's history at EuroBasket they advanced from the group stages, but were later eliminated in the quarterfinals against

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with a result of 80–67. They finished the tournament as 5th. Emir Halimic is the current head coach of the team.

Competitive record

For the results before 1992 see

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Olympic Games

World Championship

EuroBasket

Mediterranean Games

Team

Current roster

Roster for the

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Notable players

Current notable players from Bosnia and Herzegovina:

References

External links

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FIBA profile
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