Bulgaria women's national basketball team

 Bulgaria
FIBA zone FIBA Europe
National federation Bulgarian Basketball Federation
Nickname(s) The Lions
Olympic Games
Appearances 4 (First in 1952)
Medals Silver Runners-Up: (1980)
Women's World Cup
Appearances 2 (First in 1959)
Medals Silver Runners-Up: (1959)
FIBA EuroBasket
Appearances 20 (First in 1935)
Medals Gold Champions: (1958)
Uniforms
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The Bulgarian women's national basketball team achievements range from winning the Balkan Championship in 1960, to winning the 1958 Euro Basket Championship. Other successes came with the team finishing as Runners-Up at the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 1959 FIBA World Championship for Women. The team has several members playing their professional basketball in the United States WNBA.

Competition Results

     Champions       Runners-Up       Semi-Finals       Other Top Results  

Balkan Championship

Year Rank
Bulgaria 1960Champions

Summer Universiade

Year Result
Bulgaria 1961Champions
Bulgaria 1977Third Place

Summer Olympics

Year Result
Canada 1976Third Place Bronze
Soviet Union 1980Runners-Up Silver

Euro Basket

Year Result
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1954Third Place Bronze
Poland 1958Champions Gold
Bulgaria 1960Runners-Up Silver
France 1962Third Place Bronze
Hungary 1964Runners-Up Silver
Bulgaria 1972Runners-Up Silver
France 1976Third Place Bronze
Hungary 1983Runners-Up Silver
Italy 1985Runners-Up Silver
Bulgaria 1989Third Place Bronze

FIBA World Championship

Year Result
Soviet Union 1959Runners-Up Silver
Soviet Union 1964Third Place Bronze
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