The Montenegro women's national basketball team represents Montenegro in international women's basketball tournaments. The supervising body is the Basketball Federation of Montenegro. The Montenegrin women's national team entered international competition in 2008, playing their first official match on 27 August, against Republic of Ireland in Bijelo Polje (68–56). The Montenegrin women's team participated at the EuroBasket Women four times – 2011, 2013, 2015, and 2017 reaching the quarterfinals twice.
At 2006, soon after Montenegrin independence, Basketball Association of Montenegro became a member of FIBA. Federation founded its national teams, and among them was Montenegro women's basketball selection, which started to play in FIBA competitions during the 2008. Montenegro started with the record of 17 consecutive wins in official games. At summer 2008 and 2009, Montenegrin team played in FIBA Division B with the final score of 12 victories without any lose. That means fast promotion to FIBA Division A and participation in EuroBasket Women 2011 qualification. In their first qualifiers, Montenegro qualified for EuroBasket Women 2011 as a first-placed team in the group. On EuroBasket, the team made successful result and played in quarterfinals. At the end, Montenegro finished as a sixth-placed team, which is the best placement in history of Montenegrin women's basketball. After new successful qualifiers, Montenegro played on EuroBasket Women 2013, but finished competition in the second phase, with final placement on 10th position. For the third time, Montenegro played on EuroBasket at 2015. Like 2011, Montenegro played in the quarterfinals but lost against Spain with one point difference. Montenegro finished EuroBasket 2015 as seventh-placed team.
Period 2016–
Montenegro made another successful result in qualifiers for EuroBasket Women 2017. With score 4–2, the team qualified for European Championship, fourth in their history. At the championship finals, Montenegrin team disappointed with 3 losses and elimination on early stage of tournament. Just like in previous campaigns, Montenegrin national team won the Group A in EuroBasket Women 2019 qualifiers and gained their fifth performance on European Championship.
Since its foundation, Montenegro women's national basketball team had four head coaches. In the period 2008–2013, head coach of Montenegro was Miodrag Baletić. From 2014, Montenegrin team was led by Momir Milatović, who was head coach during three years. In 2017, first foreigner was promoted as head coach of Montenegrin team. That was Roberto Íñiguez, whose mandate lasted until the beginning of 2019. In January 2019, Basketball Association of Montenegro stated that new head coach of national team is former player and captain Jelena Škerović. She became a first woman to be a head coach of any Montenegrin national A team.
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External links
Official website(in Montenegrin)
FIBA profile
February 14, 2023
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This article is about the women s team For the men s team see Montenegro men s national basketball team The Montenegro women s national basketball team represents Montenegro in international women s basketball tournaments The supervising body is the Basketball Federation of Montenegro The Montenegrin women s national team entered international competition in 2008 playing their first official match on 27 August against Republic of Ireland in Bijelo Polje 68 56 The Montenegrin women s team participated at the EuroBasket Women four times 2011 2013 2015 and 2017 reaching the quarterfinals twice MontenegroFIBA ranking20 2 1 October 2022 1 Joined FIBA2006FIBA zoneFIBA EuropeNational federationKSCGCoachJelena SkerovicEuroBasketAppearances6MedalsNoneHomeAway Contents 1 History 1 1 Period 2006 2015 1 2 Period 2016 2 Competitive record 2 1 Olympic Games 2 2 FIBA Women s World Cup 2 3 EuroBasket Women 3 Team 3 1 Current roster 3 2 Head coaches 4 Statistics and games 4 1 List of official matches 4 2 Opponents 5 Kit 5 1 Manufacturer 5 2 Sponsor 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksHistory EditPeriod 2006 2015 Edit At 2006 soon after Montenegrin independence Basketball Association of Montenegro became a member of FIBA Federation founded its national teams and among them was Montenegro women s basketball selection which started to play in FIBA competitions during the 2008 Montenegro started with the record of 17 consecutive wins in official games At summer 2008 and 2009 Montenegrin team played in FIBA Division B with the final score of 12 victories without any lose That means fast promotion to FIBA Division A and participation in EuroBasket Women 2011 qualification In their first qualifiers Montenegro qualified for EuroBasket Women 2011 as a first placed team in the group On EuroBasket the team made successful result and played in quarterfinals At the end Montenegro finished as a sixth placed team which is the best placement in history of Montenegrin women s basketball After new successful qualifiers Montenegro played on EuroBasket Women 2013 but finished competition in the second phase with final placement on 10th position For the third time Montenegro played on EuroBasket at 2015 Like 2011 Montenegro played in the quarterfinals but lost against Spain with one point difference Montenegro finished EuroBasket 2015 as seventh placed team Period 2016 Edit Montenegro made another successful result in qualifiers for EuroBasket Women 2017 With score 4 2 the team qualified for European Championship fourth in their history At the championship finals Montenegrin team disappointed with 3 losses and elimination on early stage of tournament Just like in previous campaigns Montenegrin national team won the Group A in EuroBasket Women 2019 qualifiers and gained their fifth performance on European Championship Competitive record EditMontenegro was part of Yugoslavia until 2006 Olympic Games Edit Olympic GamesYear Position Pld W L 2008 Did not qualify 2012 2016 2020 To be determinedFIBA Women s World Cup Edit Women s World CupYear Position Pld W L 2010 Did not qualify 2014 2018 2022 EuroBasket Women Edit EuroBasket Women QualificationYear Position Pld W L Pld W L 2009 Division B 12 12 0 2011 6th place 9 7 2 8 6 2 2013 10th place 6 2 4 8 6 2 2015 7th place 10 5 5 6 5 1 2017 16th place 3 0 3 6 4 2 2019 12th place 4 1 3 6 4 2 2021 12th place 4 1 3 4 3 1 2023 Qualified 2 1 1Total 36 16 20 50 40 10Team EditCurrent roster Edit Roster for the EuroBasket Women 2021 2 3 Montenegro women s national basketball team rosterPlayers CoachesPos No Name Age Date of birth Height Club Ctr PF 1 Jelena Dubljevic 34 1987 05 07 7 May 1987 1 91 m 6 ft 3 in Elazig Il Ozel Idarespor F 5 Jovana Pasic 29 1992 05 12 12 May 1992 1 83 m 6 ft 0 in ACS Sepsi SIC SG 8 Dragana Zivkovic 20 2001 01 23 23 January 2001 1 79 m 5 ft 10 in ZKK Buducnost Podgorica PG 9 Snezana Aleksic 32 1989 01 14 14 January 1989 1 73 m 5 ft 8 in WBC Montana 2003 PF 10 Kristina Rakovic 26 1994 09 26 26 September 1994 1 85 m 6 ft 1 in Club Basquet Santfeliuenc PG 11 Bozica Mujovic 25 1996 01 07 7 January 1996 1 76 m 5 ft 9 in PINKK Pecsi 424 G 12 Milena Jaksic 22 1998 12 27 27 December 1998 1 83 m 6 ft 0 in ZKK Buducnost Podgorica PF 13 Bojana Kovacevic 24 1996 10 16 16 October 1996 1 86 m 6 ft 1 in Campus Promete C 19 Violeta Lazarevic 24 1997 06 13 13 June 1997 1 90 m 6 ft 3 in ZKK Buducnost Podgorica PG 25 Marija Lekovic 17 2003 07 21 21 July 2003 1 66 m 5 ft 5 in ZKK Buducnost Podgorica F 30 Milica Jovanovic 31 1989 08 14 14 August 1989 1 89 m 6 ft 2 in Izmit Belediyespor C 34 Markisa Getling 28 1992 07 14 14 July 1992 1 96 m 6 ft 5 in Nadezhda Orenburg Head coach Jelena SkerovicAssistant coach es Dusan DubljevicLegendClub describes lastclub before the tournament Age describes ageon 17 June 2021Head coaches Edit Since its foundation Montenegro women s national basketball team had four head coaches In the period 2008 2013 head coach of Montenegro was Miodrag Baletic From 2014 Montenegrin team was led by Momir Milatovic who was head coach during three years In 2017 first foreigner was promoted as head coach of Montenegrin team That was Roberto Iniguez whose mandate lasted until the beginning of 2019 In January 2019 Basketball Association of Montenegro stated that new head coach of national team is former player and captain Jelena Skerovic She became a first woman to be a head coach of any Montenegrin national A team Years Name Score Competition2008 2013 Miodrag Baletic 33 10 EuroBasket 2011 6th EuroBasket 2013 10th 2014 2017 Momir Milatovic 14 8 EuroBasket 2015 7th 2017 2019 Roberto Iniguez 4 5 EuroBasket 2017 16th 2019 present Jelena Skerovic 6 3 GSS 2019 1st EuroBasket 2019 12 EuroBasket 2021 12 Statistics and games EditList of official matches Edit Main article List of official matches of the Montenegro women s national basketball team Montenengro played its first official match in August 2008 There is a List of official matches of the Montenegro women s national basketball team played since independence Opponents Edit Below is the list of performances of Montenegro national basketball team against every single opponent Opponents country G W L PD Albania 2 2 0 118 Belarus 1 1 0 5 Belgium 1 0 1 2 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 1 1 6 Bulgaria 2 1 1 30 Croatia 2 1 1 7 Czech Republic 2 2 0 32 Cyprus 1 1 0 41 Estonia 2 2 0 52 Finland 4 4 0 90 France 3 1 2 42 Germany 3 3 0 35 Great Britain 3 1 2 17 Greece 1 0 1 13 Hungary 2 2 0 13 Iceland 5 5 0 87 Ireland 2 2 0 15 Italy 3 1 2 2 Latvia 2 1 1 17 Lithuania 2 2 0 21 Luxembourg 1 1 0 19 Malta 1 1 0 46 Monaco 1 1 0 10 Netherlands 2 2 0 11 Poland 3 2 1 23 Portugal 2 2 0 13 Romania 1 1 0 18 Russia 2 0 2 32 Serbia 2 1 1 1 Slovakia 3 2 1 27 Slovenia 2 2 0 29 Spain 3 1 2 8 Sweden 2 0 2 27 Switzerland 4 4 0 85 Turkey 5 1 4 30 Ukraine 4 3 1 27OVERALL 83 57 26 605Last update 22 September 2019 Kit EditManufacturer Edit 2008 2011 Kappa 2011 present PeakSponsor Edit 2008 2011 VOLI 2012 2014 diva 2014 2015 EPCG 2015 present m telSee also EditList of official matches of the Montenegro women s national basketball team Sport in Montenegro First A Women s Basketball League of Montenegro Montenegro national basketball teamReferences Edit FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike FIBA 1 October 2022 Retrieved 1 October 2022 Selektorka zadovoljna pripremama Cilj je da damo maksimum na svakom mecu kscg me in Montenegrin 11 June 2021 Team Roster Montenegro fiba basketball 16 June 2021 External links EditOfficial website in Montenegrin FIBA profile Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Montenegro women 27s national basketball team amp oldid 1138605868, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
