She also made the Yugoslav national team and competed at the 1954 European Women's Basketball Championship held at home in Belgrade. It was the very first time that the Yugoslavia women's national basketball team appeared in a major international competition. Playing alongside her club teammates Gordana Baraga, Cmiljka "Cica" Kalušević, and Aleksandra Gec, Otašević appeared in six games at the competition, recording a total of 19 points (3.2ppg). The Yugoslav team made the final round where it lost four of its five games, ending the competition in fifth place.