Yugoslavia women's national basketball team

Yugoslavia

FIBA ranking	defunct
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia
Coach	none
Olympic Games
Appearances	3
Medals	Silver: 1988 Bronze: 1980
Women's World Cup
Appearances	5
Medals	Silver: 1990
EuroBasket Women
Appearances	20
Medals	Silver: 1968, 1978, 1987, 1991 Bronze: 1970, 1980

The Yugoslavia women's national handball team (Serbo-Croatian: Ženska košarkaška reprezentacija Jugoslavije / Женска кошаркашка репрезентација Југославије) was the women's basketball side that represented Kingdom of Yugoslavia and Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1943 until 1992 in the international basketball matches, controlled by the Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia (KSJ).

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 bronze medal at the 1980 Moscow and silver medal at the 1988 Seoul Olympic games.

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 Soviet Union in the final. Direct successor of SFRJ team is FR Yugoslavian women's national team.

Competition records

Olympic Games

• 1976 – Did not qualify
• 1980 – 3rd place
• 1984 – 6th place
• 1988 – 2nd place

FIBA World Championship for Women

• 1953 – Did not qualify
• 1957 – Did not qualify
• 1959 – 4th place
• 1964 – 6th place
• 1967 – 6th place
• 1971 – Did not qualify
• 1975 – Did not qualify
• 1979 – Did not qualify
• 1983 – 8th place
• 1986 – Did not qualify
• 1990 – 2nd place

EuroBasket Women

• 1938 – Did not qualify
• 1950 – Did not qualify
• 1952 – Did not qualify
• 1954 – 5th place
• 1956 – 9th place
• 1958 – 4th place
• 1960 – 5th place
• 1962 – 5th place
• 1964 – 7th place
• 1966 – 6th place
• 1968 – 2nd place
• 1970 – 3rd place
• 1972 – 8th place
• 1974 – 8th place
• 1976 – 5th place
• 1978 – 2nd place
• 1980 – 3rd place
• 1981 – 4th place
• 1983 – 4th place
• 1985 – 5th place
• 1987 – 2nd place
• 1989 – 4th place
• 1991 – 2nd place

Successor team

• Serbia women's national basketball team (Note: FR Yugoslavia was direct successors (Later Serbia and Montenegro national basketball team, followed by Serbia);

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