The Slovakia women's national basketball team () represents

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in international

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, and is run by the Slovak Basketball Association. Slovakia are one of the newest national basketball teams in the world, having split from

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after the dissolution of the unified state in 1993, with both teams continuing as the

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of Czechoslovakia.

History

Before 1993, Slovak players represented

. When

became independent, it became the

to the

and, therefore, the results of previous state rightfully belong to it. In the 1990s, the Slovaks were the most successful women's basketball team in Europe, and thanks to that they became the most successful team sport in the country. This position was confirmed at the 1994 Women's Basketball World Cup, where they placed fifth; at the 1998 Women's Basketball World Cup, they were eighth. The team won a bronze medal during the 1993 European Championship and a silver medal during the 1997 European Championship. The only Olympic start in the Sydney 2000 was marked by the resignation of the implementation team led by Natália Hejková before the Olympics after disagreements with the leadership of the SBA. After 2001, there was a withdrawal from the positions, which culminated in non – participation in the

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and

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. The biggest successes of the last period is 8th place from the European Championships 2009 and

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. In the qualification for

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, the team did not succeed and finished in third place in the group. Following the failure, the national team coach Peter Kováčik resigned and was replaced from February 2019 by Juraj Suja. After the victory over

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on 6 February 2021 in

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61:50, Slovaks won qualification group H and advanced to

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. Slovakia qualified for

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after finishing second in the Group H. At the Eurobasket, Slovaks won one game in the Group phase and advanced to Quarterfinals qualification where they lost against

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and finished in 12th place.

Competitive record

Olympic Games

FIBA Women's World Cup

EuroBasket Women

Team

Current roster

Roster for the

Head coaches

* Marián Matyáš – (1993–1995) * Tibor Vasiľko – (1996–1997) * Natália Hejková – (1998 – 15 July 2000) * Ľubomír Doušek – (2000) * Marián Matyáš – (2001 – October 2001) * Peter Kováčik – (October 2001 – 2003) * Maroš Guzikiewicz – (2004) *

Jozef Rešetár Jozef ( Creole, Dutch, Breton, and Slovak) or Józef ( Polish) are variants of the masculine given name Joseph in several European languages. A selection of people with that name follows. For a comprehensive list, see and . * Józef Beck (1894� ...

– (2004–2005) * Vladimír Karnay – (2006–2007) *

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– (2008–2010) * Natália Hejková – (2011) * Ivan Vojtko – (5 March 2012 – 30 September 2013) * Maroš Kováčik – (30 September 2013 – 27 April 2017) *

Marián Svoboda Marián Svoboda is a Czech basketball coach of the Slovakian national team, which he coached at the EuroBasket Women 2017 The 2017 European Women Basketball Championship, commonly called EuroBasket Women 2017, was the 36th edition of the conti ...

– (27 April 2017 – 26 October 2017) * Peter Kováčik – (27 October 2017 – November 2018) *

Juraj Suja Juraj is a given name used in a number of Slavic languages, including Czech, Slovak, and Croatian. The English equivalent of the name is George (disambiguation), George. Notable people * Juraj Chmiel (born 1960), Czech diplomat and politician * J ...

– (22 February 2019 – present)

References

External links

*
FIBA profileSlovakia National Team – Women
at Eurobasket.com {{National sports teams of Slovakia Women's national basketball teams 1993 establishments in Slovakia National sports teams established in 1993