Yugoslavia national basketball team

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Prior to the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s, the unified Yugoslav team (then including Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Macedonia) was regarded as one of the best in the world, always competing with the United States and the Soviet Union for the top positions on the medal podium.

Serbia and Montenegro adopted the name Federal Republic of Yugoslavia between 1992 and 2003 and competed under this title in a number of championships.

1 At the Olympics
2 At the World Basketball Championship
3 At the European Basketball Championships
4 The end
5 History
6 FIBA World Championships
7 Olympic Games
8 European Championships
9 Rosters
10 See also
11 References
12 External links

[edit] At the Olympics

At the Summer Olympic Games, the unified Yugoslavia captured one gold medal (1980), took the silver medal on three occasions (1968, 76, 88) and captured the bronze medal once (1984).

[edit] At the World Basketball Championship

At the World Basketball Championships, the unified Yugoslavia captured three gold medals (1970, 1978, 1990), three silver medals (1963, 1967, 1974) and two bronze medals (1982, 1986).

Serbia and Montenegro, under the name FR Yugoslavia, added two further gold medals to this total (1998, 2002), while independent Croatia captured a bronze medal once (1994).

Serbia and Montenegro holds the world record for greatest number of World Basketball Championships won with 5 gold medals in total.

[edit] At the European Basketball Championships

At the European basketball championships, the unified Yugoslavia captured the gold medal five times (1973, 1975, 1977, 1989, 1991), were silver medalists on five occasions (1961, 1965, 1969, 1971, 1981), and captured the bronze medal three times (1963, 1979, 1987).

Serbia and Montenegro, as FR Yugoslavia, added three gold medals to this total (1995, 1997, 2001) along with one bronze medal (1999), while independent Croatia captured the bronze medal twice (1993, 1995).

[edit] Eurobasket 1947

Yugoslavia made its European championship debut in Eurobasket 1947, the fifth edition of the tournament. The team placed 13th out of 14 teams in the competition, losing to the Soviet Union and Hungary in the preliminary round, beating the Netherlands but losing to Italy in the semifinal round (placing third in the three-way tie between the teams), and defeating Albania in the 13th/14th classification match.

[edit] Eurobasket 1953

Yugoslavia's second appearance was at Eurobasket 1953 in Moscow. They dropped an early 27-25 decision against Bulgaria but finished at 3-1 in their preliminary group. In the three-way tie-breaker with Bulgaria and Israel, Yugoslavia ended up in second place to advance to the final round. There, they won 3 but lost 4 to take 6th place overall in the 17 team tournament.

[edit] Eurobasket 1955

Yugoslavia again advanced to the final round at Eurobasket 1955 in Budapest, this time in sole second place with a 3-1 record in the preliminary round pool. Their final round performance was riddled with 6 losses in 7 games, but did include the high point of a 52-49 victory over eventual silver medallist Czechoslovakia on Yugoslavia's way to an 8th place finish of the 18 entrants.

[edit] Eurobasket 1957

Yugoslavia's appearance at the Eurobasket 1957 tournament in Sofia resulted in a 2-1 record for the preliminary round and advancement to the final round robin. There, they proved capable of two wins, defeating Poland and France to finish at 2-5 for 6th place in the tournament.

[edit] The end

The Yugoslav national team of the late 1980s and early 1990s, just prior to the Yugoslav wars, featured what was perhaps the greatest generation in the history of Yugoslav basketball. With such future NBA players as Dražen Petrović, Vlade Divac, Toni Kukoč, Dino Rađa and Žarko Paspalj, has pioneered the wave of international NBA players well before the early 21st century, when the concept began to gain true global momentum.

Many of the former Yugoslav stars mentioned above were a part of the under-21 national team that won the FIBA World Junior Championships in 1987, defeating the USA both in pool play and in the final.

FIBA considers the records of SFR Yugoslavia separate from FR Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro/Serbia.^[1] Serbia's national team became the direct descendant of the FR Yugoslavia team.

[edit] History

[edit] FIBA World Championships

As Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

1950 - 10th
1954 - 11th
1959 - Did not qualify
1963 - Runner up
1967 - Runner up
1970 - World Champion
1974 - Runner up
1978 - World Champion
1982 - Third place
1986 - Third place
1990 - World Champion

As Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

1994 - Did not participate due to the UN sanctions
1998 - World Champion
2002 - World Champion
2006 - Wild card qualification

[edit] Olympic Games

As Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

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

As Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

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

[edit] European Championships

As Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

1947 - 13th
1949 - Did not qualify
1951 - Did not qualify
1953 - 6th
1955 - 8th
1957 - 6th
1959 - 9th
1961 - Runner-up
1963 - Third place
1969 - Runner-up
1971 - Runner-up
1973 - European Champion
1975 - European Champion
1977 - European Champion
1979 - Third place
1981 - Runner-up
1983 - 7th
1985 - 7th
1987 - Third place
1989 - European Champion
1991 - European Champion

As Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

1993 - Did not participate due to the UN sanctions
1995 - European Champion
1997 - European Champion
1999 - Third place
2001 - European Champion

[edit] Rosters

As Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

1947 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 14 teams

Nebojsa Popovic, Zorko Cvetkovic, Ladislav Demsar, Aleksandar Gec, Bozo Grkinic, Srdjan Kalember, Zlatko Kovacevic, Mirko Marjanovic, Aleksandar Milojkovic, Bozidar Muncan, Otone Olivieri, Tulio Roklicer, Miodrag Stefanovic (Coach: Stevica Colovic)

1948 Olympic Games: did not participate

1949 EuroBasket: did not participate

1950 World Championship: finished 10th among 10 teams

Borislav Stankovic, Nebojsa Popovic, Ladislav Demsar, Aleksandar Gec, Mirko Amon, Aleksandar Blaskovic, Lajos Engler, Dusan Radojcic, Milorad Sokolovic, Srdjan Kalember, Vilmos Loczi, Milenko Novakovic (Coach: Nebojsa Popovic)

1951 EuroBasket: did not participate

1952 Olympic Games: did not participate

1953 EuroBasket: finished 6th among 17 teams

Borislav Stankovic, Ladislav Demsar, Aleksandar Gec, Borko Jovanovic, Mirko Marjanovic, Milan Bjegojevic, Djordje Andrijasevic, Dragan Godzic, Aleksandar Blaskovic, Srdjan Kalember, Vilmos Loczi, Borislav Curcic, Lajos Engler (Coach: Nebojsa Popovic)

1954 World Championship: finished 11th among 12 teams

Bogdan Muller, Mirko Marjanovic, Milan Bjegojevic, Djordje Andrijasevic, Lajos Engler, Djordje Konjovic, Dragan Godzic, Milan Blagojevic, Aleksandar Blaskovic, Boris Kristancic, Vilmos Loczi, Borislav Curcic (Coach: Aleksandar Nikolic)

1955 EuroBasket: finished 8th among 18 teams

Vilmos Loczi, Aleksandar Blaskovic, Bogdan Muller, Milutin Minja, Milan Bjegojevic, Djordje Andrijasevic, Ladislav Demsar, Obren Popovic, Djordje Konjovic, Joze Zupancic, Ljubomir Katic, Borislav Curcic (Coach: Aleksandar Nikolic)

1956 Olympic Games: did not participate

1957 EuroBasket: finished 6th among 16 teams

Ivo Daneu, Miodrag Nikolic, Marjan Kandus, Branko Radovic, Matija Dermastija, Lajos Engler, Ljubomir Katic, Milutin Minja, Branko Miletic, Bogdan Muller, Vilmos Loczi, Boris Kristancic (Coach: Aleksandar Nikolic)

1959 EuroBasket: finished 9th among 17 teams

Radivoj Korac, Ivo Daneu, Slobodan Gordic, Nemanja Djuric, Miodrag Nikolic, Radovan Radovic, Marjan Kandus, Branko Radovic, Igor Jelnikar, Matija Dermastija, Milutin Minja, Boris Kristancic (Coach: Aleksandar Nikolic)

1959 World Championship: did not participate

1960 Olympic Games: finished 6th among 16 teams

Radivoj Korac, Ivo Daneu, Slobodan Gordic, Josip Djerdja, Miodrag Nikolic, Nemanja Djuric, Marjan Kandus, Miha Lokar, Boris Kristancic, Zvonko Petricevic, Sreten Dragojlovic, Radovan Radovic (Coach: Aleksandar Nikolic)

1961 EuroBasket: finished 2nd among 19 teams

Radivoj Korac, Ivo Daneu, Slobodan Gordic, Radovan Radovic, Vital Eiselt, Sreten Dragojlovic, Nemanja Djuric, Marjan Kandus, Miha Lokar, Miodrag Nikolic, Zvonko Petricevic, Zeljko Troskot (Coach: Aleksandar Nikolic)

1963 EuroBasket: finished 3rd among 16 teams

Radivoj Korac, Ivo Daneu, Trajko Rajkovic, Slobodan Gordic, Borut Bassin, Milos Bojovic, Nemanja Djuric, Zivko Kasun, Emil Logar, Miodrag Nikolic, Zvonko Petricevic, Dragoslav Raznatovic (Coach: Aleksandar Nikolic)

1963 World Championship: finished 2nd among 13 teams

Radivoj Korac, Ivo Daneu, Trajko Rajkovic, Slobodan Gordic, Vladimir Cvetkovic, Vital Eiselt, Josip Djerdja, Nemanja Djuric, Dragan Kovacic, Miodrag Nikolic, Zvonko Petricevic, Dragoslav Raznatovic (Coach: Aleksandar Nikolic)

1964 Olympic Games: finished 7th among 16 teams

Radivoj Korac, Ivo Daneu, Slobodan Gordic, Trajko Rajkovic, Dragan Kovacic, Josip Djerdja, Dragoslav Raznatovic, Zvonko Petricevic, Vital Eiselt, Vladimir Cvetkovic, Nemanja Djuric, Miodrag Nikolic (Coach: Aleksandar Nikolic)

1965 EuroBasket: finished 2nd among 16 teams

Radivoj Korac, Petar Skansi, Ivo Daneu, Slobodan Gordic, Trajko Rajkovic, Josip Djerdja, Nemanja Djuric, Vital Eiselt, Milos Bojovic, Dragan Kovacic, Zvonko Petricevic, Dragoslav Raznatovic (Coach: Aleksandar Nikolic)

1967 EuroBasket: finished 9th among 16 teams

Kresimir Cosic, Petar Skansi, Rato Tvrdic, Damir Solman, Borut Bassin, Ljubodrag Simonovic, Zoran Marojevic, Dragan Kapicic, Vladimir Cvetkovic, Dragoslav Raznatovic, Goran Brajkovic, Aljosa Zorga (Coach: Ranko Zeravica)

1967 World Championship: finished 2nd among 13 teams

Radivoj Korac, Kresimir Cosic, Ivo Daneu, Petar Skansi, Rato Tvrdic, Trajko Rajkovic, Vladimir Cvetkovic, Borut Bassin, Josip Djerdja, Nemanja Djuric, Dragan Kovacic, Dragoslav Raznatovic (Coach: Ranko Zeravica)

1968 Olympic Games: finished 2nd among 16 teams

Radivoj Korac, Kresimir Cosic, Ivo Daneu, Petar Skansi, Nikola Plecas, Aljosa Zorga, Damir Solman, Trajko Rajkovic, Vladimir Cvetkovic, Dragutin Cermak, Zoran Marojevic, Dragoslav Raznatovic (Coach: Ranko Zeravica)

1969 EuroBasket: finished 2nd among 12 teams

Kresimir Cosic, Ivo Daneu, Nikola Plecas, Vinko Jelovac, Rato Tvrdic, Damir Solman, Ljubodrag Simonovic, Trajko Rajkovic, Dragutin Cermak, Dragan Kapicic, Vladimir Cvetkovic, Zoran Marojevic (Coach: Ranko Zeravica)

1970 World Championship: finished 1st among 13 teams

Kresimir Cosic, Ivo Daneu, Nikola Plecas, Petar Skansi, Aljosa Zorga, Vinko Jelovac, Damir Solman, Rato Tvrdic, Ljubodrag Simonovic, Trajko Rajkovic, Dragutin Cermak, Dragan Kapicic (Coach: Ranko Zeravica)

1971 EuroBasket: finished 2nd among 12 teams

Kresimir Cosic, Nikola Plecas, Aljosa Zorga, Vinko Jelovac, Ljubodrag Simonovic, Dragutin Cermak, Borut Bassin, Blagoje Georgijevski, Zarko Knezevic, Dragan Kapicic, Dragisa Vucinic, Davor Rukavina (Coach: Ranko Zeravica)

1972 Olympic Games: finished 5th among 16 teams

Kresimir Cosic, Nikola Plecas, Vinko Jelovac, Rato Tvrdic, Damir Solman, Ljubodrag Simonovic, Zarko Knezevic, Miroljub Damnjanovic, Dragan Kapicic, Blagoje Georgijevski, Dragutin Cermak, Milun Marovic (Coach: Ranko Zeravica)

1973 EuroBasket: finished 1st among 12 teams

Kresimir Cosic, Drazen Dalipagic, Dragan Kicanovic, Zoran Slavnic, Nikola Plecas, Zeljko Jerkov, Vinko Jelovac, Damir Solman, Rato Tvrdic, Milun Marovic, Zarko Knezevic, Dragan Ivkovic (Coach: Mirko Novosel)

1974 World Championship: finished 2nd among 14 teams

Kresimir Cosic, Drazen Dalipagic, Dragan Kicanovic, Zoran Slavnic, Nikola Plecas, Zeljko Jerkov, Vinko Jelovac, Rato Tvrdic, Damir Solman, Dragan Kapicic, Milun Marovic, Zarko Knezevic (Coach: Mirko Novosel)

1975 EuroBasket: finished 1st among 12 teams

Kresimir Cosic, Drazen Dalipagic, Mirza Delibasic, Dragan Kicanovic, Zoran Slavnic, Nikola Plecas, Zeljko Jerkov, Vinko Jelovac, Damir Solman, Rato Tvrdic, Rajko Zizic, Dragan Kapicic (Coach: Mirko Novosel)

1976 Olympic Games: finished 2nd among 12 teams

Kresimir Cosic, Mirza Delibasic, Drazen Dalipagic, Dragan Kicanovic, Zoran Slavnic, Zarko Varajic, Zeljko Jerkov, Vinko Jelovac, Damir Solman, Rajko Zizic, Andro Knego, Blagoje Georgijevski (Coach: Mirko Novosel)

1977 EuroBasket: finished 1st among 12 teams

Kresimir Cosic, Drazen Dalipagic, Mirza Delibasic, Dragan Kicanovic, Zoran Slavnic, Zarko Varajic, Zeljko Jerkov, Vinko Jelovac, Ratko Radovanovic, Duje Krstulovic, Ante Djogic, Josko Papic (Coach: Aleksandar Nikolic)

1978 World Championship: finished 1st among 14 teams

Mirza Delibasic, Kresimir Cosic, Drazen Dalipagic, Dragan Kicanovic, Zoran Slavnic, Zeljko Jerkov, Andro Knego, Ratko Radovanovic, Rajko Zizic, Duje Krstulovic, Peter Vilfan, Branko Skroce (Coach: Aleksandar Nikolic)

1979 EuroBasket: finished 3rd among 12 teams

Mirza Delibasic, Kresimir Cosic, Drazen Dalipagic, Dragan Kicanovic, Zeljko Jerkov, Zarko Varajic, Zoran Slavnic, Rajko Zizic, Mihovil Nakic, Peter Vilfan, Ratko Radovanovic, Duje Krstulovic (Coach: Petar Skansi)

1980 Olympic Games: finished 1st among 12 teams

Mirza Delibasic, Kresimir Cosic, Drazen Dalipagic, Dragan Kicanovic, Zeljko Jerkov, Zoran Slavnic, Andro Knego, Mihovil Nakic, Rajko Zizic, Ratko Radovanovic, Duje Krstulovic, Branko Skroce (Coach: Ranko Zeravica)

1981 EuroBasket: finished 2nd among 12 teams

Mirza Delibasic, Kresimir Cosic, Drazen Dalipagic, Dragan Kicanovic, Andro Knego, Peter Vilfan, Predrag Benacek, Ratko Radovanovic, Boban Petrovic, Branko Skroce, Zeljko Poljak, Petar Popovic (Coach: Bogdan Tanjevic)

1982 World Championship: finished 3rd among 13 teams

Mirza Delibasic, Drazen Dalipagic, Dragan Kicanovic, Aleksandar Petrovic, Andro Knego, Zeljko Jerkov, Peter Vilfan, Rajko Zizic, Ratko Radovanovic, Zufer Avdija, Zoran Radovic, Boban Petrovic (Coach: Ranko Zeravica)

1983 EuroBasket: finished 7th among 12 teams

Drazen Petrovic, Dragan Kicanovic, Kresimir Cosic, Drazen Dalipagic, Zoran Slavnic, Goran Grbovic, Rajko Zizic, Peter Vilfan, Ivan Sunara, Zeljko Poljak, Ratko Radovanovic, Milenko Savovic (Coach: Josip Djerdja)

1984 Olympic Games: finished 3rd among 12 teams

Drazen Petrovic, Aleksandar Petrovic, Drazen Dalipagic, Andro Knego, Mihovil Nakic, Sabit Hadzic, Emir Mutapcic, Ratko Radovanovic, Rajko Zizic, Ivan Sunara, Branko Vukicevic, Nebojsa Zorkic (Coach: Mirko Novosel)

1985 EuroBasket: finished 7th among 12 teams

Drazen Petrovic, Stojan Vrankovic, Emir Mutapcic, Andro Knego, Zoran Cutura, Mihovil Nakic, Nebojsa Zorkic, Ivan Sunara, Zoran Radovic, Sven Usic, Borislav Vucevic, Boban Petrovic (Coach: Kresimir Cosic)

1986 World Championship: finished 3rd among 24 teams

Drazen Petrovic, Aleksandar Petrovic, Vlade Divac, Drazen Dalipagic, Stojan Vrankovic, Danko Cvjeticanin, Zoran Cutura, Emir Mutapcic, Zoran Radovic, Ratko Radovanovic, Franjo Arapovic, Veljko Petranovic (Coach: Kresimir Cosic)

1987 EuroBasket: finished 3rd among 12 teams

Drazen Petrovic, Aleksandar Petrovic, Vlade Divac, Toni Kukoc, Dino Radja, Zarko Paspalj, Aleksandar Djordjevic, Stojan Vrankovic, Danko Cvjeticanin, Ratko Radovanovic, Zoran Radovic, Goran Grbovic (Coach: Kresimir Cosic)

1988 Olympic Games: finished 2nd among 12 teams

Drazen Petrovic, Vlade Divac, Toni Kukoc, Dino Radja, Zarko Paspalj, Stojan Vrankovic, Jure Zdovc, Danko Cvjeticanin, Zoran Cutura, Franjo Arapovic, Zeljko Obradovic, Zdravko Radulovic (Coach: Dusan Ivkovic)

1989 EuroBasket: finished 1st among 8 teams

Drazen Petrovic, Toni Kukoc, Vlade Divac, Dino Radja, Zarko Paspalj, Stojan Vrankovic, Jure Zdovc, Predrag Danilovic, Zoran Cutura, Zdravko Radulovic, Zoran Radovic, Mario Primorac (Coach: Dusan Ivkovic)

1990 World Championship: finished 1st among 16 teams

Drazen Petrovic, Toni Kukoc, Vlade Divac, Zoran Savic, Zarko Paspalj, Velimir Perasovic, Jure Zdovc, Zoran Cutura, Zeljko Obradovic, Arijan Komazec, Radisav Curcic, Zoran Jovanovic (Coach: Dusan Ivkovic)

1991 EuroBasket: finished 1st among 8 teams

Toni Kukoc, Dino Radja, Vlade Divac, Zarko Paspalj, Zoran Savic, Predrag Danilovic, Aleksandar Djordjevic, Velimir Perasovic, Jure Zdovc, Arijan Komazec, Zoran Sretenovic, Zoran Jovanovic (Coach: Dusan Ivkovic)

As Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

1995 EuroBasket: finished 1st among 14 teams

Vlade Divac, Zarko Paspalj, Aleksandar Djordjevic, Predrag Danilovic, Zoran Savic, Dejan Bodiroga, Zeljko Rebraca, Sasa Obradovic, Dejan Tomasevic, Zoran Sretenovic, Miroslav Beric, Dejan Koturovic (Coach: Dusan Ivkovic)

1996 Olympic Games: finished 2nd among 12 teams

Dejan Bodiroga, Vlade Divac, Predrag Danilovic, Zoran Savic, Zarko Paspalj, Aleksandar Djordjevic, Zeljko Rebraca, Sasa Obradovic, Nikola Loncar, Miroslav Beric, Dejan Tomasevic, Milenko Topic (Coach: Zeljko Obradovic)

1997 EuroBasket: finished 1st among 16 teams

Dejan Bodiroga, Predrag Danilovic, Zoran Savic, Aleksandar Djordjevic, Zeljko Rebraca, Dejan Tomasevic, Sasa Obradovic, Nikola Loncar, Miroslav Beric, Milenko Topic, Nikola Bulatovic, Miroslav Radosevic (Coach: Zeljko Obradovic)

1998 World Championship: finished 1st among 16 teams

Dejan Bodiroga, Aleksandar Djordjevic, Zeljko Rebraca, Dejan Tomasevic, Sasa Obradovic, Nikola Loncar, Predrag Drobnjak, Vlado Scepanovic, Dragan Lukovski, Miroslav Beric, Nikola Bulatovic, Milenko Topic (Coach: Zeljko Obradovic)

1999 EuroBasket: finished 3rd among 16 teams

Vlade Divac, Dejan Bodiroga, Predrag Stojakovic, Predrag Danilovic, Dragan Tarlac, Dejan Tomasevic, Sasa Obradovic, Milan Gurovic, Nikola Loncar, Milenko Topic, Dragan Lukovski, Vlado Scepanovic (Coach: Zeljko Obradovic)

2000 Olympic Games: finished 6th among 12 teams

Predrag Stojakovic, Dejan Bodiroga, Predrag Danilovic, Sasa Obradovic, Igor Rakocevic, Vlado Scepanovic, Dragan Lukovski, Zeljko Rebraca, Dragan Tarlac, Predrag Drobnjak, Dejan Tomasevic, Nikola Jestratijevic (Coach: Zeljko Obradovic)

2001 EuroBasket: finished 1st among 16 teams

Predrag Stojakovic, Dejan Bodiroga, Marko Jaric, Dejan Tomasevic, Dragan Tarlac, Milan Gurovic, Predrag Drobnjak, Igor Rakocevic, Sasa Obradovic, Vlado Scepanovic, Dejan Milojevic, Veselin Petrovic (Coach: Svetislav Pesic)

2002 World Championship: finished 1st among 16 teams

Dejan Bodiroga, Predrag Stojakovic, Vlade Divac, Vladimir Radmanovic, Marko Jaric, Milan Gurovic, Milos Vujanic, Dejan Tomasevic, Predrag Drobnjak, Igor Rakocevic, Dejan Koturovic, Zarko Cabarkapa (Coach: Svetislav Pesic)

[edit] See also

[edit] References

^ FIBA.com, FIBA World Championship medals table 1950-2006

[edit] External links

Serbia Basketball - extensive Serbian basketball site

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