The Yugoslavia women's national under-16 basketball team () was the girls' basketball team, administered by Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia, that represented SFR Yugoslavia in international under-16 (under age 16) women's basketball competitions, consisted mainly of the European Championship for Cadettes, nowadays known as the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women.
After the dissolution of SFR Yugoslavia in 1991, the successor countries all set up their own national under-16 teams.
Individual awards Top Scorer Zagorka Počeković – 1982 Danira Nakić – 1985 Žana Lelas – 1987 Vedrana Grgin – 1991
European Championship competitive record
Year 19767th6 5 1 19786th 8 5 3 19807th8 5 3 19827 6 1 19847th 7 4 3 19857 6 1 19877 4 3 19897th 7 4 3 1991 7 61 Total 9/9 64 45 19
Coaches Years Head coach Assistant coach(es) 1976 Bogo Debevc 1978 Borislav Ćorković 1980 Branko Milačić 1982 Milan Vasojević 1984 Mihajlo Vuković 1985 Milan Vasojević 1987 Miodrag Vesković Zoran Kovačić 1989 Milan Vasojević 1991 Sulejman Begovac
New national teams After the dissolution of SFR Yugoslavia in 1991, five new countries were created: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR Macedonia, FR Yugoslavia (in 2003, renamed to Serbia and Montenegro) and Slovenia. In 2006, Montenegro became an independent nation and Serbia became the legal successor of Serbia and Montenegro. In 2008, Kosovo declared independence from Serbia and became a FIBA member in 2015.
Here is a list of women's national under-16 teams on the SFR Yugoslavia area: (1992–present) (1992–present) (1993–present) (1992–2006) (2006–present) (2006–present) (2015–present) (1992–present)
See also Yugoslavia women's national under-19 basketball team Yugoslavia women's national under-18 basketball team
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