Bulgaria women's national basketball team
The Bulgaria women's national basketball team achievements range from winning the Balkan Championship in 1960, to winning the 1958 Euro Basket Championship. Other successes came with the team finishing as Runners-Up at the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 1959 FIBA World Championship for Women. The team has several members playing their professional basketball in the United States WNBA.
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| FIBA ranking | 80  (1 October 2018)[1] | ||
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| FIBA zone | FIBA Europe | ||
| National federation | Bulgarian Basketball Federation | ||
| Nickname(s) | Лъвовете (The Lions) | ||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Appearances | 4 (First in 1952) | ||
| Medals |  Runners-Up: (1980) | ||
| Women's World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 2 (First in 1959) | ||
| Medals |  Runners-Up: (1959) | ||
| EuroBasket Women | |||
| Appearances | 20 (First in 1935) | ||
| Medals |  Champions: (1958) | ||
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Competition ResultsEdit
Champions Runners-Up Semi-Finals Other Top Results
Balkan ChampionshipEdit
| Year | Rank |
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 1960 |
Champions 
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Summer UniversiadeEdit
| Year | Result |
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| 1961 |
Champions
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| 1977 |
Third Place 
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Summer OlympicsEdit
| Year | Result |
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 1976 |
Third Place  |
 1980 |
Runners-Up  |
Euro BasketEdit
| Year | Result |
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 1954 |
Third Place  |
 1958 |
Champions  |
| 1960 |
Runners-Up  |
 1962 |
Third Place |
 1964 |
Runners-Up |
| 1972 |
Runners-Up |
| 1976 |
Third Place |
| 1983 |
Runners-Up |
 1985 |
Runners-Up |
| 1989 |
Third Place |
FIBA World ChampionshipEdit
| Year | Result |
|---|---|
| 1959 |
Runners-Up  |
| 1964 |
Third Place  |
External linksEdit
- ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 1 October 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2018.