FIBA ranking Appearances None Appearances None Coach Momir Milatović | FIBA zone FIBA Europe Medals None Medals None Joined FIBA 2006 | |
National federation Basketball Federation of Montenegro | ||
The Montenegro women's national basketball team is the representative for Montenegro in international women's basketball competitions and it is organized and run by the Basketball Federation of Montenegro.
The Montenegrin women's national team entered international competition in 2008, playing its' first official match on August 27, against Republic of Ireland in Bijelo Polje (68-56).
Montenegrin women's team participated on EuroBasket Women three times - 2011, 2013 and 2015, playing two times in quarterfinals.
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Period 2006-2015
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.
Competitive record
Montenegro played three times at EuroBasket Women (2011, 2013, 2015) and played twice in the quarterfinals.
As of November 24, 2016
List of official matches
Montenengro played its' first official match on August 2008. There is a List of official matches of the Montenegro women's national basketball team played since independence.
Opponents
Below is the list of performances of Montenegro national basketball team against every single opponent.
Last update: 24. November 2016.
Head coaches
Since its' foundation, Montenegro women's national basketball team had two head coaches.
In the period 2008-2013, head coach of Montenegro was Miodrag Baletić. From 2014, Montenegrin team is led by Momir Milatović.