Bulgaria women's national basketball team

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Bulgaria men'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 ranking	58 1 (9 February 2025)
Joined FIBA	1935
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	Bulgarian Basketball Federation
Coach	Tatyana Gateva
Nickname(s)	лъвиците (The Lionesses)
Olympic Games
Appearances	3
Medals	Silver: (1980)
World Cup
Appearances	6
Medals	Silver: (1959) Bronze: (1964)
EuroBasket
Appearances	22
Medals	Gold: (1958) Silver: (1960, 1964, 1972, 1983, 1985) Bronze: (1954, 1962, 1976, 1989)
Home Away
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

Olympic Games

Year	Result
1976	Third place
1980	Runners-up

World Cup

Year	Result
1959	Runners-up
1964	Third place

EuroBasket

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

Friendship Games

Year	Result
1984	Runners-up

Balkan Championship

Year	Result
1960	Champions

Summer Universiade

Year	Result
1961	Champions
1977	Third place

Current roster

Roster for EuroBasket Women 2025 qualifiers.

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 Tatyana Gateva Assistant coach(es) Matea Tavić Manuel Markov Legend Date – 30 December 2024

External links

• Official website (in Bulgarian)
• Bulgaria at FIBA site
• Bulgaria National Team – Women at Eurobasket.com