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The Serbia women's national basketball team () represents
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in international
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competition and is controlled by the
Basketball Federation of Serbia The Basketball Federation of Serbia () is a non-profit organization and the national sports governing body for basketball in Serbia. The organization represents Serbia in FIBA and the men's and women's national basketball teams in the Olympic C ...
. Serbia are currently ranked tenth in the
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. It was known as the "FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro women's national basketball team" until 2006. When Serbia became independent, it became the
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to
Serbia and Montenegro The State Union of Serbia and Montenegro or simply Serbia and Montenegro, known until 2003 as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and commonly referred to as FR Yugoslavia (FRY) or simply Yugoslavia, was a country in Southeast Europe locate ...
. For the women's national team that played under the flag of
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (commonly abbreviated as SFRY or SFR Yugoslavia), known from 1945 to 1963 as the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as Socialist Yugoslavia or simply Yugoslavia, was a country ...
see
Yugoslavia women's national basketball team The Yugoslavia women's national basketball team () 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 ...
.


Competitions

''For the results before 1992, see
Yugoslavia women's national basketball team The Yugoslavia women's national basketball team () 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 ...
.'' Name of the nation during the tournaments: * FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro 1992–2006 *
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2007–present


Olympic Games


FIBA World Cup


EuroBasket


Mediterranean Games


Team


Current roster

Roster for the
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Head coaches

Since 1992, the national team was managed by a total of eight different head coaches.
Miodrag Vesković Miodrag Vesković ( sr-cyr, Миодраг Весковић, born July 23, 1950) is a Serbian professional basketball coach. Coaching career Vesković coached the Željezničar Sarajevo and Elemes Šibenik in the Yugoslav Women's League. Wi ...
(3) and
Marina Maljković Marina Maljković ( sr-Cyrl, Марина Маљковић; born 26 September 1981) is a Serbian professional basketball coach. She currently serves as a head coach for the Serbia women's national basketball team. Club career As a daughter of Ser ...
are the only coaches with more than one spell. ;Serbia and Montenegro


Serbia


Notable players

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FIBA EuroBasket MVP The FIBA EuroBasket MVP is the FIBA Europe honor that is bestowed upon the Most Valuable Player of each FIBA EuroBasket tournament. Pau Gasol and Krešimir Ćosić share the record for most EuroBasket MVP awards, with two each. Modestas Paulaus ...
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Ana Dabović Ana Dabović (Serbian Cyrillic: Ана Дабовић; born August 18, 1989) is a Serbian professional basketball player for the Basket Lattes, BLMA of the Ligue Féminine de Basketball, French Ligue 1 and EuroLeague Women. Standing at , she play ...
– 2015 ** Sonja Vasić – 2021 *
FIBA EuroBasket All-Tournament Team The FIBA EuroBasket All-Tournament Team, or FIBA EuroBasket All-Star Five, is the FIBA Europe award that is bestowed upon the five best players of each FIBA EuroBasket tournament. Pau Gasol holds the record for the most selections in the All ...
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Ana Dabović Ana Dabović (Serbian Cyrillic: Ана Дабовић; born August 18, 1989) is a Serbian professional basketball player for the Basket Lattes, BLMA of the Ligue Féminine de Basketball, French Ligue 1 and EuroLeague Women. Standing at , she play ...
– 2015 ** Sonja Vasić – 2015, 2019, 2021 * WNBA champion **
Ana Dabović Ana Dabović (Serbian Cyrillic: Ана Дабовић; born August 18, 1989) is a Serbian professional basketball player for the Basket Lattes, BLMA of the Ligue Féminine de Basketball, French Ligue 1 and EuroLeague Women. Standing at , she play ...
– 2015 *
EuroLeague Top Scorer The Alphonso Ford EuroLeague Top Scorer Trophy, also known as the EuroLeague best scorer, is an annual basketball award of Europe's premier level league, the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague. It is given to the top scorer throughout the EuroLeague se ...
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Mila Nikolić Mila Nikolich (also spelled Nikolić, born 7 April 1971), is a Serbian former professional basketball player. She played for the Abilene Christian Wildcats at the collegiate level. Later, she played for the Houston Comets of the Women's National ...
– 2000 **
Ana Joković Ana Joković (Serbian Cyrillic: Ана Јоковић; born 16 July 1979) is a former Serbian basketball player who competed for FR Yugoslavia in the 2002 FIBA World Championship for Women The 2002 FIBA World Championship for Women () was hoste ...
– 2003 **
Gordana Grubin Gordana Grubin (Serbian Cyrillic:Гордана Грубин, born August 20, 1972, in Zrenjanin, SFR Yugoslavia) is a former Serbian professional basketball player who played in Europe and the United States. WNBA career Grubin played six seasons ...
– 2004


See also

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Basketball Federation of Serbia The Basketball Federation of Serbia () is a non-profit organization and the national sports governing body for basketball in Serbia. The organization represents Serbia in FIBA and the men's and women's national basketball teams in the Olympic C ...
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Serbia men's national basketball team The Serbia men's national basketball team () represents Serbia in international men's basketball competition, and is controlled by the Basketball Federation of Serbia. Serbia is currently ranked second in the FIBA World Ranking. From 1992 to ...
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Yugoslavia women's national basketball team The Yugoslavia women's national basketball team () 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 ...


References


External links

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FIBA profile
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