Bulgaria women's national basketball team

The Bulgaria Women's National Basketball Team is the women's national basketball team of Bulgaria.

Bulgaria Bulgaria
Bulgaria
FIBA zone FIBA Europe
National federation Bulgarian Basketball Federation
Nickname(s) The Lions
Olympic Games
Medals 2nd Runners-Up (1980)
Women's World Cup
Medals 2nd Runners-Up (1959)
FIBA EuroBasket
Medals 1st Champions (1958)
Uniforms
Light
Dark

Their achievements range from winning Silver at the 1959 FIBA World Championship for Women up to winning the gold in the 1958 Euro Basket Final. In 1984 they successfully managed to achieve Runners-up in the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Competition Results

Balkan Championship

Year Rank
Bulgaria 1960 Champions

Summer Universiade

Year Result
Bulgaria 1961 Champions
Bulgaria 1977 Third Place

Summer Olympics

Year Result
Canada 1976 Third Place
Soviet Union 1980 Runners-Up

Euro Basket

Year Result
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1954 Third Place
Poland 1958 Champions
Bulgaria 1960 Runners-Up
France 1962 Third Place
Hungary 1964 Runners-Up
Bulgaria 1972 Runners-Up
France 1976 Third Place
Hungary 1983 Runners-Up
Italy 1985 Runners-Up
Bulgaria 1989 Third Place

FIBA World Championship

Year Result
Soviet Union 1959 Runners-Up
Soviet Union 1964 Third Place

External links

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