# Yugoslavia women's national basketball team

The Yugoslavia women's national basketball team (Serbo-Croatian: Ženska košarkaška reprezentacija Jugoslavije / Женска кошаркашка репрезентација Југославије) 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 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 a bronze medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, and a silver medal at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
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 the Soviet Union in the final.

## Competitive record

Olympic Games :
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L |
| 1976 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1980 | Final round | | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 1984 | Final round | 6th | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| 1988 | Runners-up | | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Total | Total | 0 Titles | 16 | 8 | 8 |
FIBA World Championship :
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L |
| 1953 | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1957 | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1959 | Final round | 4th | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| 1964 | Final round | 6th | 9 | 3 | 6 |
| 1967 | Final round | 6th | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| 1971 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1975 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1979 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1983 | Second round | 8th | 9 | 3 | 6 |
| 1986 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 1990 | Runners-up | | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 0 Titles | 40 | 18 | 22 |
EuroBasket Women :
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | L |
| 1938 | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1950 | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1952 | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate | did not participate |
| 1954 | Final round | 5th | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| 1956 | Preliminary round | 9th | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| 1958 | Final round | 4th | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| 1960 | Final round | 5th | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| 1962 | Preliminary round | 5th | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 1964 | Preliminary round | 7th | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| 1966 | Preliminary round | 6th | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| 1968 | Runners-up | | 9 | 7 | 2 |
| 1970 | Semi-finals | | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| 1972 | Preliminary round | 8th | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| 1974 | Preliminary round | 8th | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| 1976 | Final round | 5th | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| 1978 | Runners-up | | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| 1980 | Semi-finals | | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 1981 | Semi-finals | 4th | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| 1983 | Semi-finals | 4th | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| 1985 | Preliminary round | 5th | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| 1987 | Runners-up | | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| 1989 | Semi-finals | 4th | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 1991 | Runners-up | | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 0 Titles | 136 | 83 | 53 |

## Head coaches

| Years | Name | Competition |
| 1954 | Strahinja Alagić | 5th 1954 EuroBasket |
| 1956 | Aleksandar Gec | 9th 1956 EuroBasket |
| 1958 | Milorad Sokolović | 4th 1958 EuroBasket |
| 1959 | | 4th 1959 World Championship |
| 1960 | Borivoje Cenić | 5th 1960 EuroBasket |
| 1962–1964 | Miodrag Stefanović | 5th 1962 EuroBasket 7th 1964 EuroBasket |
| 1964 | Dragoljub Pljakić | 6th 1964 World Championship |
| 1966–1967 | Ladislav Demšar | 6th 1966 EuroBasket 6th 1967 World Championship |
| 1968 | Strahinja Alagić | 1968 EuroBasket |
| 1970 | Ladislav Demšar | 1970 EuroBasket |
| 1972–1976 | Borivoje Cenić | 8th 1972 EuroBasket 8th 1974 EuroBasket 5th 1976 EuroBasket |
| 1976–1979 | Borislav Ćorković | 1978 EuroBasket |
| 1980–1989 | Milan Vasojević | 1980 EuroBasket 1980 Summer Olympics 4th 1981 EuroBasket 4th 1983 EuroBasket 8th 1983 World Championship 6th 1984 Summer Olympics 5th 1985 EuroBasket 1987 EuroBasket 1988 Summer Olympics 4th 1989 EuroBasket |
| 1990 | Mihajlo Vuković | 1990 World Championship |
| 1991 | Miodrag Vesković | 1991 EuroBasket |

## New national teams

After the dissolution of SFR Yugoslavia in 1991, five new countries were created: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR Macedonia, FR Yugoslavia (in 2003, renamed to Serbia and Montenegro) and Slovenia. In 2006, Montenegro became an independent nation and Serbia became the legal successor of Serbia and Montenegro. In 2008, Kosovo unilaterally declared independence from Serbia and became a FIBA member in 2015.
Here is a list of women's national teams on the SFR Yugoslavia area:
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992–present)
* Croatia (1992–present)
* North Macedonia (1993–present)
* Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006)
** Montenegro (2006–present)
** Serbia (2006–present)
*** Kosovo (2015–present)
* Slovenia (1992–present)