Bulgaria women's national basketball team

The Bulgaria women's national basketball team (Bulgarian: България отбор жени национален по баскетбол) represents Bulgaria in international women's basketball, and is controlled by the Bulgarian Basketball Federation. Their achievements range from winning the 1958 EuroBasket Women's Championship, and the Balkan Championship in 1960. Other successes came with the team finishing as runners-up at the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 1959 FIBA Women's World Cup. The national team has several members playing their professional basketball careers in the United States WNBA.

Bulgaria
FIBA ranking58 Increase 1 (9 February 2025)[1]
Joined FIBA1935
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationBulgarian Basketball Federation
CoachTatyana Gateva[2]
Nickname(s)лъвиците (The Lionesses)
Olympic Games
Appearances3
MedalsSilver Silver: (1980)
World Cup
Appearances6
MedalsSilver Silver: (1959)
Bronze Bronze: (1964)
EuroBasket
Appearances22
MedalsGold Gold: (1958)
Silver Silver: (1960, 1964, 1972, 1983, 1985)
Bronze Bronze: (1954, 1962, 1976, 1989)
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 1 1
FIBA World Cup 0 1 1
EuroBasket 0 2 1
Balkan Championship 1 0 0
Friendship Games 0 1 0
Summer Universiade 1 0 1
Total 2 5 4

Competitive record

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Year Result
  1976 Third place  
  1980 Runners-up  
Year Result
  1959 Runners-up  
  1964 Third place  
Year Result
  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  
Year Result
  1984 Runners-up  

Balkan Championship

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Year Result
  1960 Champions  

Summer Universiade

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Year Result
  1961 Champions  
  1977 Third place  

Current roster

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Roster for EuroBasket Women 2025 qualifiers.[3]

Bulgaria women's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
C 00 Khaalia  Hillsman 28 – (1996-08-01)1 August 1996 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Beşiktaş JK  
G 1 Valeria  Aleksieva 24 – (2000-08-10)10 August 2000 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) BC Šiauliai-Vilmers  
F 5 Yuliyana  Valcheva 25 – (1999-05-03)3 May 1999 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Montana 2003  
PF 6 Katrin  Stoichkova 25 – (1999-11-14)14 November 1999 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Rhodigium Basket AD  
F 7 Borislava  Hristova 28 – (1996-07-12)12 July 1996 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) Spar Girona  
G 8 Denitsa  Manolova 18 – (2006-09-06)6 September 2006 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) Rilski Sportist  
C 9 Aleksandra  Petrova 26 – (1998-07-25)25 July 1998 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) BC Beroe  
G 12 Viktoriya  Ivanova 20 – (2004-03-11)11 March 2004 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Les Sangliers Wooltz  
SF 13 Radostina  Dimitrova 30 – (1994-10-19)19 October 1994 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) BC Beroe  
F 15 Violeta  Grigorova 22 – (2002-01-11)11 January 2002 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Rilski Sportist  
PF 16 Zlatka  Madankova 22 – (2002-11-16)16 November 2002 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) BC Beroe  
G 19 Deana  Stoyanovska 20 – (2004-03-19)19 March 2004 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) BC Beroe  
SG 20 Ivana  Nikolova 23 – (2001-06-13)13 June 2001 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Levhartice Chomutov  
PG 23 Gergana  Ivanova 25 – (1999-09-22)22 September 1999 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) A.Dil Brixia Basket  
F 27 Yana  Karamfilova 19 – (2005-12-16)16 December 2005 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) BC Beroe  
PG 33 Karina  Konstantinova 25 – (1999-10-21)21 October 1999 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Rutronik Stars Keltern  
C 34 Preslava  Koleva 25 – (1999-08-12)12 August 1999 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) BC Pharmaserv Marburg  
F 35 Gabriela  Nikolova 27 – (1997-06-01)1 June 1997 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Montana 2003  
SG 77 Iva  Kostova 30 – (1994-09-02)2 September 1994 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) US Le Poinçonnet  
F 99 Iliyana  Georgieva 21 – (2003-10-30)30 October 2003 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) ASD Nuova Jolly  
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  •   Matea Tavić
  •   Manuel Markov
Legend
  • Date – 30 December 2024

References

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  1. ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 9 February 2025. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
  2. ^ Bulgarian Women National Team 2024, Eurobasket
  3. ^ Bulgaria, FIBA
  4. ^ Bulgarian Women National Team 2024, eurobasket.com
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