Montenegro women's national basketball team

Montenegro
FIBA ranking	34 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
Appearances	3
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.

Roster

Montenegro Women's National Basketball Team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age Ht. Club F/C 4 Raković, Kristina 20 – 26 September 1994 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Šumadija Kragujevac G 5 Škerović, Jelena 34 – 23 December 1980 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) Osmaniye Genclik F/C 6 Jovanović, Milica 25 – 14 August 1989 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Adana Aski C 7 Popović, Nataša 33 – 14 April 1982 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Čelik Zenica G 8 Vučetić, Jelena 21 – 14 September 1993 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Vojvodina PG 9 Aleksić, Snežana 26 – 14 January 1989 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Orduspor PF 10 Dubljević, Jelena 28 – 7 May 1987 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Galatasaray Odeabank PF 11 Bjelica, Milka 33 – 22 June 1981 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Hatay BŞB C 12 Perovanović, Iva 31 – 1 September 1983 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Orduspor G 13 Pašić, Jovana 23 – 12 May 1992 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Vojvodina G 14 Vujović, Aleksandra 34 – 16 July 1980 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Rivas Ecópolis C 15 Robinson, Angel 28 – 20 April 1987 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) CB Avenida	Head coach Momir Milatović Assistant coaches Miloš Kovač Igor Đaletić Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 11 June 2015

Competetive record

Montenegro played three times at EuroBasket Women (2011, 2013, 2015) and played twice in the quarterfinals.

EuroBasket Women						Qualification
Year	Pos.	Pld	W	L		Pld	W	L
2009	Division B					12	12	0
2011	6th Place	9	7	2		8	6	2
2013	10th Place	6	2	4		8	6	2
2015	7th Place	10	5	5		6	5	1
2017	Qualified					6	4	2
Total		25	14	11		40	33	7

As of November 24, 2016

Statistics and games

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.

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	Miodrag Baletić	33-10	EuroBasket 2011 (6th); EuroBasket 2013 (10th)
2014-	Momir Milatović	14-8	EuroBasket 2015 (7th); EuroBasket 2017

See also

• List of official matches of the Montenegro women's national basketball team
• Sport in Montenegro
• First А Women's Basketball League of Montenegro
• Montenegro national basketball team

External links

Media related to Montenegro women's national basketball team at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website