Russia women's national basketball team

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

The Russia women's national basketball team is administered by the Russian Basketball Federation.^[2] The team has participated in four FIBA Women's World Cups and their best finish has been a silver medal in 1998, 2002 and 2006. In European Women Basketball Championship the Russian team won gold medals in 2003, 2007 and 2011, silver medals in 2001, 2005 and 2009, and bronze in 1995 and 1999. They have participated in five Olympic Games, winning two bronze medals.^{[citation needed]}

Russia

FIBA ranking	NR (8 August 2025)[1]
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	RBF
Coach	Alexander Kovalev
Olympic Games
Appearances	5
Medals	Bronze: (2004, 2008)
World Cup
Appearances	4
Medals	Silver: (1998, 2002, 2006)
EuroBasket
Appearances	15
Medals	Gold: (2003, 2007, 2011) Silver: (2001, 2005, 2009) Bronze: (1995, 1999)
Home Away
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 0 2 FIBA World Cup 0 3 0 EuroBasket 3 3 2 Total 3 6 4

After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, FIBA banned Russian teams and officials from participating in FIBA 3x3 Basketball competitions.^[3]

Competition records

Olympic Games Olympic Games Pre-Olympic Year Position Pld W L Pld W L 1996 5th 8 6 2 2000 6th 7 3 4 2004 8 6 2 2008 8 6 2 2012 4th 8 5 3 2016 Did not qualify 2020 Total 39 26 13 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup FIBA World Cup Qualification Year Position Pld W L Pld W L 1994 Did not qualify 1998 9 7 2 2002 9 7 2 2006 9 5 4 2010 7th 9 7 2 2014 Did not qualify 2018 2022 Expelled[4] 2 1 1 2026 Banned Banned Total 36 26 10 2 1 1

EuroBasket Women EuroBasket Women Qualification Year Position Pld W L Pld W L 1993 7th 8 4 4 5 4 1 1995 9 7 2 5 3 2 1997 6th 8 4 4 5 4 1 1999 8 7 1 5 5 0 2001 8 6 2 6 5 1 2003 8 6 2 6 5 1 2005 8 5 3 2007 9 8 1 2009 9 7 2 2011 9 7 2 2013 13th 3 1 2 2015 6th 10 5 5 4 3 1 2017 9th 4 2 2 6 6 0 2019 8th 6 2 4 6 6 0 2021 6th 6 4 2 6 5 1 2023 Banned Banned 2025 2027 Total 113 75 38

2021 roster

Roster for the EuroBasket Women 2021.^[5][6]

Russia women's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. SG 1 Daria Kurilchuk 23 – (1998-02-14)14 February 1998 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) WBC Enisey SF 4 Raisa Musina 23 – (1998-03-31)31 March 1998 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Dynamo Kursk G 5 Marina Goldyreva 27 – (1993-06-19)19 June 1993 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) WBC Dynamo Novosibirsk SF 6 Kamilla Ogun 22 – (1999-05-07)7 May 1999 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) BC Namur-Capitale C 7 Maria Vadeeva 22 – (1998-07-16)16 July 1998 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) UMMC Ekaterinburg PG 8 Ekaterina Fedorenkova 27 – (1993-08-12)12 August 1993 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) NIKA Syktyvkar SF 10 Anastasia Shilova 30 – (1991-01-10)10 January 1991 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Nadezhda Orenburg SG 22 Elizaveta Komarova 26 – (1995-02-01)1 February 1995 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) Nadezhda Orenburg PF 55 Nina Glonti 24 – (1997-01-14)14 January 1997 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) MBA Moscow C 63 Aleksandra Shtanko 30 – (1991-02-21)21 February 1991 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) MBA Moscow C 97 Elizaveta Shabanova 23 – (1997-12-07)7 December 1997 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Dynamo Kursk PG 99 Kseniia Levchenko 25 – (1996-03-29)29 March 1996 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) Sparta & K	Head coach Alexander Kovalev Assistant coach(es) Alexander Vasin Dmitry Shumikhin Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 17 June 2021

See also

• Russia women's national under-19 basketball team
• Russia women's national under-17 basketball team
• Russia women's national 3x3 team
• Soviet Union women's national basketball team