Bulgaria women's national basketball team

The Bulgaria Women's National Basketball Team is the women's national basketball team of Bulgaria.

Their achievements range from winning Silver at the 1959 FIBA World Championship for Women up to finishing fifth in the 1988 Olympics in Seoul. In 1983 they successfully managed to achieve sixth position in the Brazilian World Championships, not to mention their second ranking in the 1984 Summer Olympics. Their best players include Evladiya Slavcheva, Krassimira Banova, Kostandinka Radkova, Petkana Makaveeva,Polina Tzekova, Madlena Staneva, Radmila Vasileva, Vanja Dermendjieva, Larisa Sashova.

Honours

Olympic Games

• Silver Medal : 1980
• Bronze Medal : 1976

FIBA World Championship

• Silver Medal : 1959
• Bronze Medal : 1964

EuroBasket

• Winners : 1958
• Silver Medal : 1960
• Silver Medal : 1964
• Silver Medal : 1972
• Silver Medal : 1983
• Silver Medal : 1985
• Bronze Medal : 1954
• Bronze Medal : 1962
• Bronze Medal : 1976
• Bronze Medal : 1989

Summer Universiade

• Winners : 1961
• Bronze Medal : 1977

External links

• Tanja Ćirov interview for famous people from Bor Municipality

International women's basketball FIBA Olympics World Cup World Rankings U21 World Championship U19 World Championship U17 World Championship Commonwealth Games Teams Africa FIBA Africa Africa Championship Americas FIBA Americas Americas Championship Asia FIBA Asia Asian Championship Europe FIBA Europe EuroBasket Women Oceania FIBA Oceania Oceania Championship Note: The Under-21 Championship is no longer held.