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 Women's Eurobasket. The national team played 3 times in B-Division Women's Eurobasket. Competitions Until 1992 Macedonia was part of the Yugoslavia women's national basketball team. After 1992, the national team did not manage 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 the 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 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 beat Scotland 80:61. In the final game they faced Austria again, this time losing the close game by 63:68.
After a few seasons they entered the Women's Eurobasket qualification. They played 3 times in the Women's Eurobasket Qualification.
Olympic Games 1980 (3), 1984 (6), 1988 (2) YearRoundPosition 1992Couldn't Enter 1996Couldn't Enter Women's Eurobasket Served as Qualification for the tournament They didn't Qualify for Eurobasket 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024Didn't Qualify 2028To be determinedTotal0 Titles0000
World Championship
1959 (4), 1964 (6), 1967 (6), 1983 (8), 1990 (2) YearRoundPosition 1994 Couldn't Enter Women's Eurobasket Served as Qualification for the tournament They didn't Qualify for Eurobasket 1996 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 2030To be determinedTotal0 Titles0000
EuroBasket
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) YearRoundPosition 1993didn't Enter 1995 Didn't participate 1997 1999 2001 B-division 2003 Didn't participate 2005 B-division 2007 Didn't participate 2009 B-division 2011 Didn't participate 2013 2015 Didn't Qualify 2017 Didn't participate 2019 Didn't Qualify 2021 Disqualified 2023 Didn't Qualify 2025 Didn't Qualify 2027 Didn't QualifyTotal0/5000
Mediterranean Games YearRoundPosition 1993 Did not participate 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 Cancelled 2018 Did not participate 2022 Did not participateTotal0 Titles0000
Team
Aleksandra Stojanovska Tijana Mitreva Matea Nikolikj Nena Trajchevska Merit Hempe Elena Antikj – captain Ilina Selcova Milica Nikolikj DeWanna Bonner Angela Mitrishanovikj Ivana Kmetovska Manager: Aleksandar Ashadanov
Home ground
The BTSC – Boris Trajkovski Sports Center , 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. Water Land Fun Park and Ice Skating Rink are 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.
References
External links Basketball Federation Of Macedonia (Official Website)