Bulgaria Women's National Basketball Team
The Bulgaria women's national basketball team (Bulgarian: България отбор жени национален по баскетбол) represents Bulgaria in international women's basketball, and is controlled by the Bulgarian Basketball Federation.
Their achievements range from winning the 1958 EuroBasket Women's Championship, and the Balkan Championship in 1960. Other successes came with the team finishing as runners-up at the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 1959 FIBA Women's World Cup. The national team has several members playing their professional basketball careers in the United States WNBA.
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| FIBA ranking | 59  1 (15 February 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Joined FIBA | 1935 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIBA zone | FIBA Europe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National federation | Bulgarian Basketball Federation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Stefan Mihaylov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | лъвиците (The Lionesses) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympic Games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals |  Silver: (1980) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals |  Silver: (1959) Bronze: (1964) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Appearances | 22 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals |  Gold: (1958) Silver: (1960, 1964, 1972, 1983, 1985) Bronze: (1954, 1962, 1976, 1989) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Competitive record
Olympic Games
| Year | Result |
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 1976 | Third place  |
 1980 | Runners-up  |
World Cup
| Year | Result |
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| 1959 | Runners-up  |
| 1964 | Third place  |
EuroBasket
| Year | Result |
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 1954 | Third place  |
 1958 | Champions  |
 1960 | Runners-up  |
 1962 | Third place |
 1964 | Runners-up |
| 1972 | Runners-up |
| 1976 | Third place |
| 1983 | Runners-up |
 1985 | Runners-up |
| 1989 | Third place |
Friendship Games
| Year | Result |
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| 1984 | Runners-up  |
Balkan Championship
| Year | Result |
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| 1960 | Champions  |
Summer Universiade
| Year | Result |
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| 1961 | Champions |
| 1977 | Third place  |
References
External links
- Official website (in Bulgarian)
- Bulgaria at FIBA site
- Bulgaria National Team – Women at Eurobasket.com
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