Bulgaria women's national basketball team

Bulgaria
FIBA ranking59 Steady (26 August 2024)[1]
Joined FIBA1935
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationBulgarian Basketball Federation
CoachStefan Mihaylov
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

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.

  1. ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 26 August 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2024.