Serbia will attempt to continue the country`s success on the basketball court when they compete at EuroBasket Women 2007 in Italy.

The Serbians will be targeting a medal to follow the achievements of the women`s U18 side, who won gold in the European Championship, and the U20's, who were European silver medalists this summer.

Serbia will be led by several experienced stars, while four members of the youth teams have graduated to the senior ranks.

		Zorica Mitov helped Serbia capture silver at the U20 European Championship this summer.

Miljana Musovic, Tamara Radocaj and Zorica Mitov all captured silver at U20 level, while Sonja Petrovic starred for the triumphant U18 team, and they have impressed their coach Jovica Antonic even before the start of the senior continental championship.

"The girls are giving their best in training and I'm proud of them," Antonic said.

"They are giving their maximum at the moment as they want to show what they are made of when EuroBasket starts."

Despite numerous medals in youth competitions, Serbia, formerly part of Yugoslavia and joint state Serbia and Montenegro, are without success at senior level since 1991 when the Yugoslavians won silver in Tel Aviv.

"We have great team, a young one though, and the future is in front of them. We just need to keep our faith in their quality," added Antonic.

"I just want to talk and work with girls that are here, now, at our training camp.

"These girls are our strength and the future of Serbian women basketball."

Milica Dabovic, Jasmina Ilic, Marina Puskar, Ivana Grubor, Maja Miljkovic, Monika Veselovska, Ana Perovic and Ines Kresovic will compete alongside Radocaj, Musovic, Petrovic and Mitov at EuroBasket.

Serbia will complete their preparations in an international friendly tournament against EuroBasket hosts Italy, France and Croatia.

They have been drawn in Group A of EuroBasket Women, which begins on September 24, alongside the Croatians, Spain and Belarus.