The SFR Yugoslavian national basketball team (Serbo-Croatian: Ko?arka?ka reprezentacija Jugoslavije / ?????????? ?????????????? ???????????; Slovene: Jugoslovenska ko?arka?ka reprezentacija; Macedonian: ?????????? ?????????????? ?? ???????????) represented Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1943 until 1992 in international basketball matches and was controlled by the Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia (KSJ).
After the World War II, the team steadily improved their rankings and came to be one of dominant forces of the world basketball in the 1970s and the 1980s, along with the United States and Soviet Union, capturing 13 World Cup and Olympic medals in total. After the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1991, national teams of the successor countries, particularly Serbia and Montenegro/Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia, continued the "Yugoslav school" tradition and exhibited strong performance in international competitions.
Ten FIBA Hall of Fame members emerged from the Yugoslavian national team: Kre?imir ?osi?, Dra?en Dalipagi?, Ivo Daneu, Mirza Deliba?i?, Vlade Divac, Dragan Ki?anovi?, Radivoj Kora?, Toni Kuko?, Dra?en Petrovi? and Zoran Slavni?.
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Competitions
At the Summer Olympic Games, Yugoslavia captured one gold medal (1980), took the silver medal on three occasions (1968, 76, 88) and captured the bronze medal once (1984).
At the FIBA World Cup, Yugoslavia captured three gold medals (1970, 1978 and 1990), three silver medals (1963, 1967, 1974) and two bronze medals (1982, 1986).
At the EuroBasket, 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 four times (1963, 1979, 1987).
Maps Yugoslavia national basketball team
Medals table
Individual awards
- FIBA World Cup MVP
- Ivo Daneu - 1967
- Ljubodrag Simonovi? - 1971
- Dragan Ki?anovi? - 1974
- Dra?en Dalipagi? - 1978
- Dra?en Petrovi? - 1986
- Toni Kuko? - 1990
- FIBA EuroBasket MVP
- Radivoj Kora? - 1961
- Kre?imir ?osi? - 1971, 1975
- Dra?en Dalipagi? - 1977
- Dra?en Petrovi? - 1989
- Toni Kuko? - 1991
- FIBA World Cup All-Tournament Team
- Radivoj Kora? - 1967
- Ivo Daneu - 1967
- Kre?imir ?osi? - 1970, 1978
- Vinko Jelovac - 1974
- Dra?en Dalipagi? - 1978
- Dragan Ki?anovi? - 1978, 1982
- Dra?en Petrovi? - 1986
- Vlade Divac - 1990
- Toni Kuko? - 1990
- FIBA EuroBasket All-Tournament Team
- Kre?imir ?osi? - 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1979
- Ivo Daneu - 1969
- Dra?en Dalipagi? - 1975, 1977, 1981
- Dragan Ki?anovi? - 1979, 1981
- Dra?en Petrovi? - 1985, 1989
- ?arko Paspalj - 1989
- Dino Ra?a - 1989
- Vlade Divac - 1991
- Toni Kuko? - 1991
European championships
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.
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.
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.
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.
The dominant years in FIBA competition
The Yugoslav national team of the late 1980s and early 1990s featured what was perhaps the greatest generation in the history of Yugoslav basketball. A common quip about basketball is: "The Americans invented it, the Yugoslavs perfected it." With such players as Dra?en Petrovi?, Vlade Divac, Toni Kuko?, Dino Ra?a, Predrag Danilovi?, ?arko Paspalj and Jure Zdovc the country was responsible for a wave of international NBA players in the 1990s. Many of the former Yugoslav players of this era were a part of the under-21 national team that won the FIBA World Junior Championships in 1987, defeating the U.S. both in pool play and in the final.
The 1991 team is regarded by Antonello Riva as the best team in European history.
Rosters
For 1992 onwards, as Federal Republic of Yugoslavia: see Serbia and Montenegro national basketball team
Player statistics
Notable people
Players
Manager (head coach) history
- 1947-1950 - Stevica ?olovi?
- 1950-1953 - Neboj?a Popovi?
- 1954-1965 - Aleksandar Nikoli?
- 1965-1972 - Ranko ?eravica
- 1973-1976 - Mirko Novosel
- 1977-1978 - Aleksandar Nikoli?
- 1979 - Petar Skansi
- 1980 - Ranko ?eravica
- 1981 - Bogdan Tanjevi?
- 1982 - Ranko ?eravica
- 1983 - Josip Gjergja
- 1984 - Mirko Novosel
- 1985-1987 - Kre?imir ?osi?
- 1988-1991 - Du?an Ivkovi?
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 men's national teams on the SFR Yugoslavia area:
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992-present)
- Croatia (1992-present)
- Macedonia (1993-present)
- Serbia and Montenegro (1992-2006)
- Montenegro (2006-present)
- Serbia (2006-present)
- Kosovo (2015-present)
- Slovenia (1992-present)
None of these teams is an inheritor of the results the SFR Yugoslavia national basketball team had accomplished.
References
External links
- Yugoslavia participation - FIBA archive
- Yugoslavia at fibaeurope.com
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