Slovakia women's national basketball team

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

The Slovakia women's national basketball team (Slovak: Slovenské národné basketbalové družstvo žien) represents Slovakia in international women's basketball, and is run by the Slovak Basketball Association. Slovakia are one of the newest national basketball teams in the world, having split from Czechoslovakia after the dissolution of the unified state in 1993, with both teams continuing as the successor state of Czechoslovakia.

Slovakia

FIBA ranking	34 6 (8 August 2025)[1]
Joined FIBA	1993
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	SBA
Coach	Juraj Suja
Nickname(s)	Repre
Olympic Games
Appearances	1
World Cup
Appearances	2
EuroBasket
Appearances	13
Medals	Silver: (1997) Bronze: (1993)
Home Away

History

Zuzana Žirková, one of the best Slovak basketball players in history and country top-scorer at Eurobasket Women with 490 points^[2]

Before 1993, Slovak players represented Czechoslovakia. When Slovakia became independent, it became the successor state to the Czechoslovakia and, therefore, the results of previous state rightfully belong to it.^[3]

In the 1990s, the Slovaks were the most successful women's basketball team in Europe, and thanks to that they became the most successful team sport in the country. This position was confirmed at the 1994 Women's Basketball World Cup, where they placed fifth; at the 1998 Women's Basketball World Cup, they were eighth.^[4]

The team won a bronze medal during the 1993 European Championship^[5] and a silver medal during the 1997 European Championship.^[6]

The only Olympic start in the Sydney 2000 was marked by the resignation of the implementation team led by Natália Hejková before the Olympics after disagreements with the leadership of the SBA.^[7]

After 2001, there was a withdrawal from the positions, which culminated in non – participation in the EuroBasket Women 2005 and EuroBasket Women 2007. The biggest successes of the last period is 8th place from the European Championships 2009 and 2017.

In the qualification for EuroBasket Women 2019, the team did not succeed and finished in third place in the group. Following the failure, the national team coach Peter Kováčik resigned and was replaced from February 2019 by Juraj Suja.^[8]

After the victory over Netherlands on 6 February 2021 in Piešťany 61:50, Slovaks won qualification group H and advanced to EuroBasket Women 2021.^[9]

Slovakia qualified for EuroBasket Women 2023 after finishing second in the Group H.^[10] At the Eurobasket, Slovaks won one game in the Group phase and advanced to Quarterfinals qualification where they lost against Germany and finished in 12th place.^[11]

Competitive record

Olympic Games Olympic Games Year Position Pld W L 1996 Did not qualify 2000 7th 7 3 4 2004 Did not qualify 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 Total 7 3 4 FIBA Women's World Cup Women's World Cup Year Position Pld W L 1994 5th 8 6 2 1998 8th 9 3 6 2002 Did not qualify 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 To be determined Total 17 9 8

EuroBasket Women EuroBasket Women Qualification Year Position Pld W L Pld W L 1993 5 3 2 Qualified as Czechoslovakia 1995 4th 9 6 3 5 5 0 1997 8 6 2 5 5 0 1999 4th 8 3 5 Qualified as Eurobasket 97 Finalist 2001 8th 8 2 6 6 6 0 2003 7th 8 4 4 6 6 0 2005 Did not qualify 12 7 5 2007 10 6 4 2009 8th 9 4 5 8 5 3 2011 13th 3 1 2 6 3 3 2013 12th 6 1 5 8 7 1 2015 9th 7 3 4 6 5 1 2017 8th 7 2 5 6 4 2 2019 Did not qualify 6 4 2 2021 13th 3 1 2 4 2 2 2023 12th 4 1 3 6 4 2 2025 Did not qualify 6 4 2 2027 To be determined Total 85 37 48 95 68 27

Team

Current roster

Roster for the EuroBasket Women 2023.^[12][13]

Slovakia women's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. C 3 Ivana Jakubcová 28 – (1994-08-20)20 August 1994 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Angers UFAB 49 PG 5 Radka Stašová 26 – (1997-05-14)14 May 1997 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) Al-Qazeres SF 7 Stella Tarkovičová 23 – (1999-07-16)16 July 1999 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) GiroLive Panthers Osnabrück SF 9 Terézia Páleníková 27 – (1995-08-16)16 August 1995 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Uni Girona CB PF 11 Sabína Oroszová 30 – (1993-06-05)5 June 1993 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Slávia Banská Bystrica C 16 Alica Moravčíková 28 – (1994-12-05)5 December 1994 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Piešťanské Čajky SG 17 Alexandra Buknová 23 – (1999-10-28)28 October 1999 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) MBK Ružomberok PF 34 Tereza Sedláková 26 – (1997-05-30)30 May 1997 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) CD Talent G 38 Miroslava Mištinová 26 – (1997-06-02)2 June 1997 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) CTL Zagłębie Sosnowiec PG 41 Barbora Wrzesiński (C) 28 – (1994-12-15)15 December 1994 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) Arka Gdynia PG 77 Nikola Dudášová 28 – (1995-03-17)17 March 1995 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) KSC Szekszárd SG 88 Natália Martišková 23 – (1999-06-24)24 June 1999 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Slávia Banská Bystrica	Head coach Juraj Suja Assistant coach(es) Peter Jankovič Miloslav Michálik Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 15 June 2023

Head coaches

• Marián Matyáš – (1993–1995)
• Tibor Vasiľko – (1996–1997)
• Natália Hejková – (1998 – 15 July 2000)
• Ľubomír Doušek – (2000)
• Marián Matyáš – (2001 – October 2001)
• Peter Kováčik – (October 2001 – 2003)
• Maroš Guzikiewicz – (2004)
• Jozef Rešetár – (2004–2005)
• Vladimír Karnay – (2006–2007)
• Pokey Chatman – (2008–2010)
• Natália Hejková – (2011)
• Ivan Vojtko – (5 March 2012 – 30 September 2013)
• Maroš Kováčik – (30 September 2013 – 27 April 2017)
• Marián Svoboda – (27 April 2017 – 26 October 2017)
• Peter Kováčik – (27 October 2017 – November 2018)
• Juraj Suja – (22 February 2019 – present)

See also

• Slovakia women's national under-20 basketball team
• Slovakia women's national under-18 basketball team
• Slovakia women's national under-16 basketball team