Slovenia women's national basketball team

The Slovenia women's national basketball team (Slovene: Slovenska ženska košarkarska reprezentanca) represents Slovenia in international women's basketball competition and is organized by the Basketball Federation of Slovenia (KZS). In 2023, Slovenia co-hosted the 39th FIBA Women's EuroBasket along with Israel.

Slovenia
FIBA ranking24 Increase 2 (15 February 2024)[1]
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationKZS
CoachGeorge Dikeoulakos
Nickname(s)Rakete (The Rockets)
EuroBasket
Appearances4
Home jersey
Team colours
Home
Away jersey
Team colours
Away
First international
 Slovenia 82–61 Georgia 
(Slovenske Konjice, Slovenia; 15 May 1993)
Biggest win
 Slovenia 127–28 Albania 
(Durrës, Albania; 14 November 2021)

The women's national team made their debut at the EuroBasket Women 2017.

Competitive record edit

For results before 1993, see Yugoslavia women's national basketball team.

Team edit

Current roster edit

Roster for the EuroBasket Women 2023.[2][3]

Slovenia women's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
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Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
C 1 Eva Lisec 27 – (1995-06-17)17 June 1995 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Nika Syktyvkar  
SG 3 Teja Oblak (C) 32 – (1990-12-20)20 December 1990 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) USK Praha  
SG 5 Tina Cvijanovič 25 – (1998-03-04)4 March 1998 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Faenza Futura Basket  
PF 9 Hana Ivanusa 18 – (2004-09-06)6 September 2004 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) ŽKD Ježica  
PF 10 Tina Jakovina 30 – (1992-08-11)11 August 1992 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Crvena zvezda  
SG 11 Eva Rupnik 30 – (1992-10-18)18 October 1992 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) Namur  
SG 13 Zala Friškovec 23 – (1999-10-10)10 October 1999 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) CCC Polkowice  
C 14 Lara Kozina Bubnič 23 – (1999-08-02)2 August 1999 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) KK Triglav Kranj  
SF 17 Ajša Sivka 17 – (2005-11-23)23 November 2005 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) PF Schio  
SG 20 Lea Debeljak 21 – (2001-10-25)25 October 2001 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) ŽKK Celje  
F 21 Gala Kramzar 24 – (1999-03-30)30 March 1999 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) KK Triglav Kranj  
PG 55 Blaza Ceh 19 – (2003-12-09)9 December 2003 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) ŽKK Celje  
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 15 June 2023

Head coaches edit

Years Name Competition
1992–1994   Sergej Ravnikar
1995   Tone Corel
1997   Branko Lah
1999   Sergej Ravnikar
2001–2003   Dragomir Bukvić
May 2004–Dec 2007   Boris Zrinski Eurobasket Women 2005 - Division B
Dec 2007–Aug 2008   Željko Ciglar
Aug 2008–Feb 2010   Goran Jovanović Eurobasket Women 2009 - Division B
Feb 2010–Feb 2013   Boris Zrinski Eurobasket Women 2011 - Division B
Feb 2013–Dec 2014   Tomo Orešnik
Dec 2014–Oct 2021  Damir Grgić EuroBasket Women 2017 (14th place)
EuroBasket Women 2019 (10th place)
EuroBasket Women 2021 (10th place)
Oct 2021–present  George Dikeoulakos EuroBasket Women 2023

References edit

  1. ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 15 February 2024. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Znana dvanajsterica Slovenk za EuroBasket" (in Slovenian). kzs.si. 13 June 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Team Roster: Slovenia" (PDF). fiba.basketball. 15 June 2023. p. 14. Retrieved 15 June 2023.

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