Croatia women's national basketball team

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Croatia men's national basketball team.

Croatia

FIBA ranking	34 (26 August 2024)
Joined FIBA	1993
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	Croatian Basketball Federation
Coach	Stipe Bralić
Olympic Games
Appearances	1
Medals	None
World Cup
Appearances	None
EuroBasket
Appearances	7
Medals	None
Mediterranean Games
Appearances	4
Medals	Gold: (1997, 2001) Silver: (2005) Bronze: (2009)
Medal record Mediterranean Games 1997 Italy Team 2001 Tunisia Team 2005 Spain Team 2009 Italy Team

The Croatia women's national basketball team is the national representative for Croatia in international women's basketball competition. The team is controlled by the Croatian Basketball Federation (Hrvatski košarkaški savez).

Results

Prior to 1992 the Croatia women's national basketball team competed as a part of the Yugoslavia women's national basketball team.

The lone competition the Croatia women's national team have never qualified for is the FIBA Women's World Cup.

Olympic Games

Year	Round	Position
1996	did not qualify
2000
2004
2008
2012	Preliminary Round	10th
2016	did not qualify
2020

EuroBasket Women

Year	Round	Position
1993	did not qualify
1995	Quarterfinal	8th
1997	did not qualify
1999	Quarterfinal	8th
2001	did not qualify
2003
2005
2007	Preliminary Round	13th
2009	did not qualify
2011	Quarterfinal	5th
2013	Main Round	11th
2015	Main Round	12th
2017	did not qualify
2019
2021	Qualification to quarterfinal	11th
2023	did not qualify
2025	to be determined
2027

Mediterranean Games

Croatia is the most successful women's basketball team at the Mediterranean Games.

Year	Round	Position
1993	Did not compete
1997	Final
2001	Final
2005	Final
2009	Semi-final

• At the 2013 Mediterranean Games the women's basketball tournament was cancelled because too few teams applied for the competition which was mainly due to coinciding dates with EuroBasket 2013.

Team

Current roster

The roster for the EuroBasket Women 2025 qualifers.

Croatia women's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PG 0 Mihaela  Lazić 24 – (2000-11-20)20 November 2000 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Beşiktaş JK SG 1 Shavonte  Zellous 38 – (1986-08-28)28 August 1986 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq G 3 Ivana Ujevic 24 – (2000-02-21)21 February 2000 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) ZKK Pula PF 4 Ana-Marija Begić 30 – (1994-01-17)17 January 1994 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) BDS Dinamo Sassari PG 5 Karla Erjavec 25 – (1999-06-17)17 June 1999 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) CB Islas Canarias SG 6 Iva Slonjšak 27 – (1997-04-16)16 April 1997 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) ESB Villeneuve-d'Ascq PG 7 Matea Tadić 26 – (1998-10-25)25 October 1998 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) Celta de Vigo Baloncesto F 9 Lena  Bilić 17 – (2007-05-02)2 May 2007 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) ZKK Tresnjevka 2009 F 10 Andrijana Cvitković 30 – (1994-04-28)28 April 1994 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Panathinaikos F 11 Andela  Strize 25 – (1999-07-25)25 July 1999 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) WBC Sibenik F 12 Ana  Mandic 23 – (2001-01-09)9 January 2001 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Cadi La Seu F 13 Iva  Belošević 27 – (1997-07-23)23 July 1997 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Basket Ostrava G 22 Nerea  Brajac 25 – (1999-10-28)28 October 1999 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) BC FSV SG 24 Klaudia Periša 28 – (1996-12-10)10 December 1996 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) VOO Liege Panthers C 28 Patricia  Bura 28 – (1996-07-30)30 July 1996 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Elitzur Ramla F 44 Karmen  Čičić 26 – (1994-10-28)28 October 1994 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Pallacanestro Sanga Milano PF 91 Tihana  Stojsavljević 23 – (1997-09-27)27 September 1997 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) ZKK Ragusa	Head coach Stipe Bralić Assistant coach(es) Iva Borović Goran Gunjević Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 23 December 2024

Notable players

• Korana Longin-Zanze
• Sandra Mandir
• Anđa Jelavić
• Antonija Mišura

External links

• Official website (in Croatian)
• FIBA profile
• Croatia National Team – Women at Eurobasket.com