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.

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

Slovenia
FIBA ranking24 2 (15 February 2024)[1]
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationKZS
CoachGeorge Dikeoulakos
Nickname(s)Rakete (The Rockets)
EuroBasket
Appearances4
Home
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 2023.[2][3]

Slovenia women's national basketball team roster
PlayersCoaches
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Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
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
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
  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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