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 will co-host the 39th FIBA Women's EuroBasket along with Israel and they have automatically qualified as co-host.

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Slovenia men's national basketball team.

Slovenia
FIBA ranking19 Steady (28 February 2023)[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

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

Team

Current roster

Roster for the EuroBasket Women 2021.[2][3]

Slovenia women's national basketball team roster
PlayersCoaches
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Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
C 1 Eva Lisec 26 – (1995-06-17)17 June 1995 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Dynamo Kursk Russia
SG 3 Teja Oblak 30 – (1990-12-20)20 December 1990 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) ZVVZ USK Praha Czech Republic
G 6 Aleksandra Krošelj 22 – (1999-02-25)25 February 1999 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) Kangoeroes Basket Mechelen Belgium
PF 7 Maruša Seničar 24 – (1997-05-05)5 May 1997 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Cinkarna Celje Slovenia
C 8 Teja Goršič 21 – (1999-07-07)7 July 1999 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) TK Hannover Germany
F 9 Annamaria Prezelj 23 – (1997-07-30)30 July 1997 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Quesos El Pastor Spain
PF 10 Tina Jakovina 28 – (1992-08-11)11 August 1992 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Club Polideportivo Bembibre Spain
SG 13 Zala Friškovec 21 – (1999-10-10)10 October 1999 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) KSC Szekszárd Hungary
SG 20 Lea Debeljak 19 – (2001-10-25)25 October 2001 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) Cinkarna Celje Slovenia
C 30 Shante Evans 29 – (1991-07-08)8 July 1991 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Perfumerias Avenida Salamanca Spain
PF 31 Tina Trebec 31 – (1990-03-10)10 March 1990 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Montbrison Féminin France
PG 92 Nika Barič 28 – (1992-09-02)2 September 1992 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) Dynamo Kursk Russia
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Slovenia Alojzij Duščak
  • Slovenia Jure Krajnc
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 17 June 2021

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

References
  1. "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 28 February 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  2. "Za #raketami še zadnji pripravljalni obračun, Grgić določil dvanajsterico za EP". kzs.si (in Slovenian). 14 June 2021.
  3. "Team Roster Slovenia". fiba.basketball. 16 June 2021.
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