Montenegro women's national basketball team

 Montenegro
FIBA ranking 34 Increase 7
Joined FIBA 2006
FIBA zone FIBA Europe
National federation KSCG
Coach Momir Milatović
Olympic Games
Appearances None
Medals None
Women's World Cup
Appearances None
Medals None
Eurobasket Women
Appearances 4
Medals None
Uniforms
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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.

History

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.

Current roster

Roster for the EuroBasket Women 2017.[1]

Montenegro women's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club
SG 4 Matović, Irena 29 – (1988-05-23)23 May 1988 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) ŽKK Budućnost Podgorica Montenegro
PG 5 Škerović, Jelena 36 – (1980-12-23)23 December 1980 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) Lotos Gdynia Poland
PG 6 Vučetić, Jelena 23 – (1993-09-14)14 September 1993 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Kazanochka Kazan Russia
C 7 Popović, Nataša 35 – (1982-04-14)14 April 1982 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Reims Basket Féminin France
SF 8 Milošev, Milica 24 – (1993-04-11)11 April 1993 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Panthers Osnabrück Germany
PG 9 Aleksić, Snežana 28 – (1989-01-14)14 January 1989 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) CDB Zaragoza Spain
PF 10 Raković, Kristina 22 – (1994-09-26)26 September 1994 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Valencia Basket Spain
PG 11 Mujović, Božica 21 – (1996-01-07)7 January 1996 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) ŽKK Budućnost Podgorica Montenegro
C 12 Perovanović, Iva 33 – (1983-09-01)1 September 1983 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Beşiktaş Turkey
SG 13 Pašić, Jovana 25 – (1992-05-12)12 May 1992 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) ICIM Arad Romania
PF 14 Vujović, Aleksandra 27 – (1989-08-14)14 August 1989 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) MBK Doğuş Hastanesi Turkey
C 15 Robinson, Angel 30 – (1987-04-20)20 April 1987 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi Turkey
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Montenegro Goran Bošković
  • Montenegro Zoran Kašćelan
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 16 June 2017

Competitive record

Montenegro was part of Yugoslavia until 2006.

Statistics and games

List of official matches

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

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
 Bulgaria
2
1
1
-30
 Croatia
2
1
1
+7
 Czech Republic
1
1
0
+19
 Estonia
2
2
0
+52
 Finland
4
4
0
+90
 France
2
1
1
-7
 Germany
3
3
0
+35
 Great Britain
2
1
1
+4
 Greece
1
0
1
-13
 Hungary
2
2
0
+13
 Iceland
2
2
0
+25
 Ireland
2
2
0
+15
 Italy
3
1
2
+2
 Latvia
1
1
0
+4
 Lithuania
2
2
0
+21
 Netherlands
2
2
0
+11
 Poland
3
2
1
+23
 Portugal
2
2
0
+13
 Romania
1
1
0
+18
 Russia
1
0
1
-8
 Serbia
2
1
1
+1
 Slovakia
1
1
0
+14
 Slovenia
2
2
0
+29
 Spain
3
1
2
-8
 Sweden
1
0
1
-11
  Switzerland
4
4
0
+85
 Turkey
5
1
4
-30
 Ukraine
4
3
1
+27
OVERALL
65
47
18
+524

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.

Years Name Score Competition
2008-2013 Montenegro Miodrag Baletić 33-10 EuroBasket 2011 (6th); EuroBasket 2013 (10th)
2014- Montenegro Momir Milatović 14-8 EuroBasket 2015 (7th); EuroBasket 2017

See also

References

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