Croatia women's national basketball team

Croatia
FIBA ranking	21 10
Joined FIBA	1993
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	Croatian Basketball Federation
Coach	Braslav Turić
Olympic Games
Appearances	1
Medals	none
Women's World Cup
Appearances	none
Medals	none
EuroBasket Women
Appearances	6
Medals	none
Mediterranean Games
Appearances	4
Medals	Gold: 1997, 2001 Silver: 2005 Bronze: 2009
Medal record Mediterranean Games 1997 Italy Team 2001 Tunisia Team 2005 Spain Team 2009 Italy Team

The Croatia women's national basketball team is the representative for Croatia in international women's basketball competitions and it is organized and run by the Croatian Basketball Federation (Hrvatski košarkaški savez).

Results

Prior to 1992 Croatia women's national basketball team competed as a part of Yugoslavia women's national basketball team.

Competitions Croatia women's national basketball team has never qualified for or competed at the World Championship

Olympic Games

Year	Round	Position
1996	Did not qualify
2000
2004
2008
2012	Preliminary Round	10th
2016	Did not qualify
2020	Qualification in progress

Eurobasket

Year	Round	Position
1993	Did not qualify
1995	Quarterfinal	8th
1997	Did not qualify
1999	Quarterfinal	8th
2001	Did not qualify
2003
2005
2007	Preliminary Round	13th
2009	Did not qualify
2011	Quarterfinal	5th
2013	Main Round	11th
2015	Main Round	12th

Mediterranean Games

Croatia is the most successful women's basketball team at the Mediterranean Games.

Year	Round	Position
1993	Did not compete
1997	Final	01 !
2001	Final	01 !
2005	Final	02 !
2009	Semifinal	03 !
2017	TBD

• At the 2013 Mediterranean Games the women's basketball tournament was cancelled because too few teams applied for the competition which was mainly due to coinciding dates with EuroBasket 2013.

Youth tournaments

Under-21 World Championship

Year	Round	Position
2003	Semifinal	4th
2007	Did not qualify

The FIBA Under-21 World Championship for Women is no longer held.

European Under-20 Championship

Year	Round	Position
2000	Quarterfinal	6th
2002	Quarterfinal	6th
2004	Quarterfinal	8th
2005	Quarterfinal	5th
2006–2015	Did not qualify

European Under-18 Championship

Year	Round	Position	W	L	PF	PA	PD
1994	Did not qualify
1996
1998	Quarterfinal	8th	3	5	486	514	-28
2000	Did not qualify
2002	Quarterfinal	8th	3	5	540	545	-5
2004	Did not qualify
2005	Preliminary Round	15th	3	5	528	529	-1
2006	Did not qualify
2007
2008	Preliminary Round	16th	0	6	306	425	-119
2009	Did not qualify
2010
2011
2012	Quarterfinal	7th	5	4	556	515	+41
2013	Second Round	13th	3	6	481	556	-75

European Under-16 Championship

Year	Round	Pos.
1995	Did not qualify
1997	Quarterfinal	6th
1999	First Round	9th
2001	Semifinal	03 !
2003	Quarterfinal	8th
2004	Second Round	9th
2005	Second Round	10th
2006	Classification Round	16th
2007	Did not qualify
2008
2009
2010	Final	02 !
2011	Classification Round	14th
2012	Second Round	9th
2013	Quarterfinal	8th
2014	Second Round	10th
2015	First Round	11th

Team

Current roster

The roster for the EuroBasket Women 2013.

Croatia women's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. 2.0 !SG 4 Ivezić, Jelena 7001290000000000000♠29 – (1984-03-17)17 March 1984 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Ceyhan Belediyespor TUR ! 1.0 !PG 5 Jelavić, Anđa 7001320000000000000♠32 – (1980-09-21)21 September 1980 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) Samsun B.K. TUR ! 1.0 !PG 6 Mišura, Antonija 7001250000000000000♠25 – (1988-05-19)19 May 1988 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) Toulouse Métropole Basket CRO ! 4.0 !PF 7 Benić, Kristina 7001250000000000000♠25 – (1988-06-04)4 June 1988 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) ŽKK Jolly JBS CRO ! 2.0 !SG 8 Salopek, Emanuela 7001260000000000000♠26 – (1987-04-18)18 April 1987 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) ŽKK Gospić CRO ! 5.0 !C 9 Vrsaljko, Marija 7001230000000000000♠23 – (1989-08-08)8 August 1989 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) CB Avenida ESP ! 1.0 !PG 10 Ciglar, Iva 7001270000000000000♠27 – (1985-12-12)12 December 1985 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) Perpignan Basket FRA ! 3.0 !SF 11 Lelas, Ana 7001300000000000000♠30 – (1983-04-02)2 April 1983 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Basket Lattes FRA ! 5.0 !C 12 Slišković, Iva 7001280000000000000♠28 – (1984-09-04)4 September 1984 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) BK 04 AC LB Spisska Nova Ves SVK ! 2.0 !SG 13 Vrdoljak, Matea 7001270000000000000♠27 – (1985-11-19)19 November 1985 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) ŽKK Novi Zagreb CRO ! 5.0 !C 14 Ivanković, Luca 7001250000000000000♠25 – (1987-09-26)26 September 1987 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) ŽKK Jolly JBS CRO ! 3.0 !SF 15 Bosilj, Monika 7001270000000000000♠27 – (1985-12-23)23 December 1985 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) ŽKK Gospić CRO !	Head coach Stipe Bralić Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 15 June 2013

Notable players

• Korana Longin-Zanze
• Sandra Mandir
• Anđa Jelavić
• Antonija Mišura (pronounced the most beautiful female athlete of the 2012 Olympics)

References

External links

Media related to Croatia women's national basketball team at Wikimedia Commons

Basketball in Croatia
Basketball Federation of Croatia List of venues
National teams	Men Croatia U20 & U21 U18 & U19 U16 & U17 University 3x3 Women Croatia U20 & U21 U18 & U19 U16 & U17 University
League competitions	Men Adriatic League A-1 Liga A-2 Liga B-1 Liga Women MŽRKL WBFAL A-1 Liga (women's) A-2 Liga (women's)
Cup competitions	Men Krešimir Ćosić Cup Women Ružica Meglaj-Rimac Cup Croatian SuperCup

National sports teams of Croatia
Baseball M W Basketball M W Beach handball M W Cricket Field hockey M W Football (Soccer) M W Futsal Minifootball Handball M W Ice hockey M W Rugby Union M W Speedway Tennis M W H Volleyball M W Water polo M W
Olympic Games Paralympic Games European Games