, one of the best Slovak basketball players in history and country top-scorer at
Eurobasket Women with 490 points 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. 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. The team won a bronze medal during the
1993 European Championship and a silver medal during the
1997 European Championship. 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. 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. After the victory over
Netherlands on 6 February 2021 in
Piešťany 61:50, Slovaks won qualification group H and advanced to
EuroBasket Women 2021. Slovakia qualified for
EuroBasket Women 2023 after finishing second in the
Group H. 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. ==Competitive record==