Serbia national basketball team

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Serbia

Србија

FIBA ranking

Joined FIBA

1936

FIBA zone

FIBA Europe

National federation

Basketball Federation of Serbia

Coach

Dušan Ivković

Nickname(s)

Plavi (The Blues)

Olympic Games

Appearances

11^[1]

Medals

1980

1968, 1976, 1988, 1996
1984

World Championships

Appearances

14^[2]

Medals

1970, 1978, 1990, 1998, 2002

1963, 1967, 1974

1982, 1986^[3]

Eurobasket

Appearances

Medals

1973, 1975, 1977, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 2001

1961, 1969, 1971, 1981
1963, 1979, 1987, 1999

Uniforms



Light



Dark

The Serbia national basketball team represents Serbia in international basketball matches. FIBA considers Serbia national basketball team the direct descendant of the Serbia and Montenegro^[4], and Yugoslavia national teams.^{[citation needed]}

1 History
2 FIBA World Championships
3 Olympic Games
4 European Championships
5 Rosters
- 5.1 Current Squad
- 5.2 FIBA 2006 World Championship Squad
6 References
7 External links

[edit] History

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[edit] FIBA World Championships

As Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

1950 - 10th
1954 - 11th
1963 -
1967 -
1970 -
1974 -
1978 -
1982 -
1986 -
1990 -

As Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

1994 - Did not participate due to the UN sanctions
1998 -
2002 -

As Serbia and Montenegro

2006 - 11th

[edit] Olympic Games

As Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

1960 - 6th
1964 - 7th
1968 -
1972 - 5th
1976 -
1980 -
1984 -
1988 -

As Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

1992 - Did not participate due to the UN sanctions
1996 -
2000 - 6th

As Serbia and Montenegro

2004 - 11th

[edit] European Championships

As Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia / Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

1947 - 13th
1953 - 6th
1955 - 8th
1957 - 6th
1959 - 9th
1961 -
1963 -
1969 -
1971 -
1973 -
1975 -
1977 -
1979 -
1981 -
1983 - 7th
1985 - 7th
1987 -
1989 -
1991 -

As Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

1993 - Did not participate due to the UN sanctions
1995 -
1997 -
1999 -
2001 -

As Serbia and Montenegro

2003 - 6th
2005 - 9th

As Serbia

2007 - 14th

[edit] Rosters

As Serbia and Montenegro

2003 EuroBasket: finished 6th among 16 teams

Predrag Stojaković, Marko Jarić, Milan Gurović, Miloš Vujanić, Predrag Drobnjak, Ognjen Aškrabić, Dušan Vukčević, Dejan Koturović, Nebojša Bogavac, Vule Avdalović, Đuro Ostojić, Kosta Perović (Coach: Dušan Vujošević)

2004 Olympic Games: finished 11th among 12 teams

Dejan Bodiroga, Vladimir Radmanović, Igor Rakočević, Dejan Tomašević, Predrag Drobnjak, Miloš Vujanić, Vlado Šćepanović, Nenad Krstić, Đuro Ostojić, Aleksandar Pavlović, Vule Avdalović, Petar Popović (Coach: Željko Obradović)

2005 EuroBasket: finished 9th among 16 teams

Dejan Bodiroga, Marko Jarić, Željko Rebrača, Vladimir Radmanović, Igor Rakočević, Milan Gurović, Dejan Tomašević, Darko Miličić, Nenad Krstić, Dejan Milojević, Vlado Šćepanović, Vule Avdalović (Coach: Željko Obradović)

2006 World Championship: finished 11th among 24 teams

Darko Miličić, Igor Rakočević, Mile Ilić, Ognjen Aškrabić, Goran Nikolić, Bojan Popović, Vule Avdalović, Kosta Perović, Marko Marinović, Uroš Tripković, Miroslav Raičević, Branko Jorović (Coach: Dragan Šakota)

as Serbia

2007 EuroBasket: finished 14th among 16 teams

Marko Jarić, Darko Miličić, Milan Gurović, Zoran Erceg, Miloš Teodosić, Branko Cvetković, Nemanja Aleksandrov, Milenko Tepić, Dragan Labović, Vuk Radivojević, Stefan Marković, Novica Veličković (Coach: Zoran Slavnić)

[edit] Current Squad

The Serbian team gathered on July 19 to begin the final phase of its preparations for Eurobasket 2007. ^[5]

Position	Player	Club
Guard	Milenko Tepić	KK Partizan
Guard	Stefan Marković	KK Hemofarm
Guard	Miloš Teodosić	Olympiacos BC
Guard	Vuk Radivojević	Baloncesto Fuenlabrada
Guard	Marko Jarić	Minnesota Timberwolves
Forward	Novica Veličković	KK Partizan
Forward	Nemanja Aleksandrov	KK Crvena zvezda
Forward	Dragan Labović	KK FMP
Forward	Branko Cvetković	Akasvayu Girona
Forward	Milan Gurović ^*	Prokom Trefl Sopot
Center	Nenad Mišanović	KK Crvena zvezda
Center	Darko Miličić	Memphis Grizzlies

* - Captain

[edit] FIBA 2006 World Championship Squad

Position	Player	Club
Center	Darko Miličić	Orlando Magic
Center	Mile Ilić	New Jersey Nets
Center	Kosta Perović	Golden State Warriors
Forward/Center	Miroslav Raičević	Dynamo Moscow
Forward/Center	Goran Nikolić	CB Estudiantes
Forward/Center	Ognjen Aškrabić	Dynamo Saint Petersburg
Forward	Branko Jorović	CB Girona
Guard	Igor Rakočević ^*	TAU Cerámica
Guard	Uroš Tripković	KK Partizan
Guard	Vule Avdalović	Pamesa Valencia
Guard	Bojan Popović	Dynamo Moscow
Guard	Marko Marinović	CB Girona

* - Captain

[edit] References

^ Achievements before 1991 were as part of SFR Yugoslavia, 1992-2006 as FR Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro
^ FIBA World Championship 2006 Team Profile
^ InsideHoops - All-Time World Championship Medal Winners
^ PR no.22: Montenegro becomes 213th FIBA Member, 28 August 2006
^ Gurovic Makes Dramatic Return To Serbia Team on EuroBasket 2007 Official Site

[edit] External links

Basketball Federation of Serbia

International basketball

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Africa: FIBA Africa – Africa Championship Americas: FIBA Americas – Americas Championship Asia: FIBA Asia – Asian Championship Europe: FIBA Europe – EuroBasket Oceania: FIBA Oceania – Oceania Championship