North Macedonia women's national basketball team

Women's national basketball team representing Macedonia
North Macedonia
FIBA ranking73 Increase 2 (15 February 2024)[1]
Joined FIBA1993
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationBasketball Federation of North Macedonia
CoachAleksandar Ashadanov
Nickname(s)Лавови (Lions)
Црвено-Жолти (Red-Yellows)
Фаланга (Phalanx)
Olympic Games
AppearancesNone
World Cup
AppearancesNone
EuroBasket
AppearancesNone
Home jersey
Team colours
Home
Away jersey
Team colours
Away
First international
 Austria 47–64  Macedonia
(Stara Zagora, Bulgaria; 1999)
Biggest win
 Macedonia 129–19 Gibraltar 
(Ohrid, Macedonia; 2000)
Biggest defeat
 Belgium 112–41  Macedonia
(Leuven, Belgium; 14 November 2022)

The North Macedonia women's national basketball team represents North Macedonia in international women's basketball competitions.They played their first match in 1999 B -Division for Womens Eurobasket. The National team played 3 times in B-Division Womens Eurobasket .


Competitions

Until 1992 Macedonia was part of the Yugoslavia women's national basketball team.After 1992 the national team didn't menage to qualify for the final stage of the competitions.

B-Division or Promotion Cup now called FIBA Women's European Championship for Small Countries was held in Ohrid Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall twice.First in 2000 European Promotion Cup for Women the national team was the host of the event.They won tournament by winning for victories against Gibraltar 129:12 ,Malta 83-20,Andora 102:35 and Scotland 68:41.


2012 FIBA Women's European Championship for Small Countries After 12 years was held for the second time in Ohrid , and this time they've finished second.The host of the tournament was again Ohrid Sports Center.This time the score was 4-1 after losing the final game.At Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall they won against Gibraltar 83:36,Austria 41:39, Wales 106:48 in the group stage.In the semi-final they've beat Scotland 80:61.In the final game they faced Austria again ,this time losing the close game by 63:68.
Biljanini Izvori Sports Hall

After few seasons they entered the Womens Eurobasket qualification . They played 3 times in the Womens Eurobasket Qualification.

Olympic Games

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Socialist Republic of Macedonia 1980 (3) , 1984 (6), 1988 (2)

Year Round Position Pld W L
Spain 1992 Couldn't Enter
United States 1996 Couldn't Enter
Womens Eurobasket Served as
Qualification for the tournament
They didn't Qualify for Eurobasket
Australia 2000
Greece 2004
China 2008
United Kingdom 2012
Brazil 2016
Japan 2020
France 2024 To be determined
Total 0 Titles 0 0 0 0

World Championship

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Socialist Republic of Macedonia 1959 (4), 1964 (6), 1967 (6), 1983 (8), 1990 (2)

Year Round Position Pld W L
Australia 1994 Couldn't Enter
Womens Eurobasket Served as
Qualification for the tournament
They didn't Qualify for Eurobasket
United States 1996
Germany 1998
China 2002
Brazil 2006
Czech Republic 2010
Turkey 2014
Spain 2018
Australia 2022
Germany 2026 To be determined
Total 0 Titles 0 0 0 0
Within Yugoslavia Federal Team 1948-1991

EuroBasket

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Socialist Republic of Macedonia 1954(5),1956(9),1958(4),1960(5),1962(5),1964(7)
1966(6),1968(2),1970(3),1972(8),1974(8),1976(5),1978(2)
1980(3),1981(4),1983(4),1985(5),1987(2),1989(4),1991(2)

Year Round Position Pld W L
Italy 1993 didn't Enter
Czech Republic 1995 Didn't participate
Hungary 1997
Poland 1999
France 2001 B-division
Greece 2003 Didn't participate
Turkey 2005 B-division
Italy 2007 Didn't participate
Latvia 2009 B-division
Poland 2011 Didn't participate
France 2013
HungaryRomania 2015 Didn't Qualify
Czech Republic 2017 Didn't participate
LatviaSerbia 2019 Didn't Qualify
FranceSpain 2021 Disqualified
IsraelSlovenia 2023 Didn't Qualify
Czech RepublicGermanyItalyGreece 2025 To Be Determined
FinlandLithuania 2027 To Be Determined
Total 0/5 0 0 0

Mediterranean Games

Year Round Position Pld W L
France 1993 Did not participate
Italy 1997
Tunisia 2001
Spain 2005
Italy 2009
Turkey 2013 Cancelled
Spain 2018 Did not participate
Algeria 2022 Did not participate
Total 0 Titles 0 0 0 0

Team

Aleksandra Stojanovska
Tijana Mitreva
Matea Nikolikj
Nena Trajchevska
Merit Hempe
Elena Antikj capetan
Ilina Selcova
Milica Nikolikj
Devana Boner
Angela Mitrishanovikj
Ivana Kmetovska

Home ground

Home Ground
Home Ground

The BTSC – Boris Trajkovski Sports Center Macedonian: Спортски центар Борис Трајковски, Skopje is a multi-functional indoor sports arena. It is located in the Karpoš Municipality of Skopje, Macedonia. It is named after the former president, Boris Trajkovski. Its capacity is 10,000 .There is an Olympic size Swimming Pool and 5 Star Hotel Alexander Palace within the complex. Additional Water Land Fun Park and Ice Skating Rink next to it.

The arena is a home-ground of the Macedonian basketball team (men and women). The venue also contains four restaurants and a sports bar.

External links

  • Basketball Federation Of Macedonia (Official Website)
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  1. ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 15 February 2024. Retrieved 15 February 2024.