Serbia national basketball team

Serbia Србија
FIBA Ranking 8th
Joined FIBA 1936
FIBA Zone FIBA Europe
National Federation KSS
Coach Dušan Ivković
Nickname(s) Beli orlovi (White Eagles)
Orlovi (The Eagles)
Plavi (The Blues)
Olympic Games
Appearances 11
Medals Gold: 1980
Silver: 1968, 1976, 1988, 1996
Bronze: 1984,
World Championships
Appearances 14
Medals Gold: 1970, 1978, 1990, 1998, 2002
Silver: 1963, 1967, 1974
Bronze: 1982, 1986
Eurobasket
Appearances 8
Medals Gold: 1973, 1975, 1977, 1989, 1991 1995, 1997, 2001
Silver: 1961, 1965, 1969, 1971, 1981, 2009
Bronze: 1963, 1979, 1999
Uniforms
Light
Dark
Medal record
Mens' Basketball
Competitor for  Yugoslavia /  Serbia and Montenegro /  Serbia
Olympic Games
Gold 1980 Moscow
Silver 1996 Atlanta
Silver 1968 Mexico City
Silver 1976 Montreal
Silver 1988 Seoul
Bronze 1984 Los Angeles
FIBA World Championship
Gold 1970 Yugoslavia
Gold 1978 Philippines
Gold 1990 Argentina
Gold 1998 Greece
Gold 2002 United States
Silver 1963 Brazil
Silver 1967 Uruguay
Silver 1974 Puerto Rico
Bronze 1982 Colombia
Bronze 1986 Spain
EuroBasket
Gold 1973 Spain
Gold 1975 Yugoslavia
Gold 1977 Belgium
Gold 1989 Yugoslavia
Gold 1991 Italy
Gold 1995 Greece
Gold 1997 Spain
Gold 2001 Turkey
Silver 1961 Yugoslavia
Silver 1965 Soviet Union
Silver 1969 Italy
Silver 1981 Czechoslovakia
Silver 2009 Poland
Bronze 1963 Poland
Bronze 1987 Greece
Bronze 1999 France
Mediterranean Games
Gold 1959 Beirut
Gold 1967 Tunis
Gold 1971 Izmir
Gold 1976 Algiers
Gold 1983 Casablanca
Silver 1979 Split
Bronze 1963 Naples
Bronze 1997 Bari

The Serbian national basketball team (Serbian: Кошаркашка репрезентација Србије / Košarkaška reprezentacija Srbije) represents Serbia in international basketball matches.

FIBA considers Serbian national basketball team the direct successor of Serbia and Montenegro[1] (FR Yugoslavia), but not of SFR Yugoslavia.

Previously (1946–1991) Serbia was part of Yugoslav national basketball team.

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History

Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1936–1941)

Serbia, then a part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia became a member of FIBA in 1936. The national team did not show any success in its first couple of years and later suspended play due to World War II.

SFR Yugoslavia (1946–1991)

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.

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.

Yugoslavia had many successes at the FIBA World Championships. The national team captured 3 titles in 1970, 1978 and 1990, Later capturing 2 more titles as FR Yugoslavia in 1998 and 2002.

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 Canadians invented it, the Yugoslavs perfected it." With such future NBA players as Dražen Petrović, Vlade Divac, Toni Kukoč, Dino Rađa, Predrag Danilović 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 United States both in pool play and in the final.

FR Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006)

Despite being a noticeably smaller country, the national basketball team continued to be a very competitive force in the international scene. They won a number of back to back Eurobasket championships, and World Cups. They dominated the world scene in 1990s, in generations led by players such as Vlade Divac, Peja Stojaković, Aleksandar Đorđević and Dejan Bodiroga, but went through a crisis in early 2000s.

On Eurobasket they have won 3 gold medals, in 1995, 1997, 2001 and one bronze medal in 1999. Serbia and Montenegro was host of Eurobasket 2005, but only took 9th place. They also took the silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Yugoslav Olympic Committee selected the national basketball team for the best male team five times, from 1995 to 1998 and in 2002.[2]

Serbia (2006–present)

A new generation, again led by coach Dušan Ivković returned some of the old glory by taking the silver medal in Eurobasket 2009, and fourth place in the 2010 FIBA World Championship, with the youngest team.[3]

Medals table

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
Olympic Games
 Yugoslavia 1 3 1 5
FR Yugoslavia/SCG 0 1 0 1
Serbia
OLY Totals 1 4 1 6
World Championships
 Yugoslavia 3 3 2 8
FR Yugoslavia/SCG 2 0 0 2
Serbia
WC Totals 5 3 2 10
EuroBasket
/ Yugoslavia 5 5 3 13
FR Yugoslavia/SCG 3 0 1 4
Serbia 0 1 0 1
Euro Totals 8 6 4 18
Mediterranean Games
 Yugoslavia 5 1 1 7
FR Yugoslavia/SCG 0 0 1 1
Serbia
Med Games Totals 5 1 2 8
Grand Totals 19 14 9 42

Competitions

Performance at Summer Olympics

Year Position Pld W L
1936 Berlin Did not qualify
1948 London
1952 Helsinki
1956 Melbourne
1960 Rome 6th 8 4 4
1964 Tokyo 7th 9 5 4
1968 Mexico City 2nd 9 7 2
1972 Munich 5th 9 7 2
1976 Montreal 2nd 7 5 2
1980 Moscow 1st 8 8 0
1984 Los Angeles 3rd 8 7 1
1988 Seoul 2nd 8 6 2
1992 Barcelona Did not qualify
1996 Atlanta 2nd 8 7 1
2000 Sydney 6th 7 4 3
2004 Athens 11th 6 2 4
2008 Beijing Did not qualify
2012 London
2016 Rio de Janeiro
Total 11/18 87 62 25

Performance at World Championships

Year Position Pld W L
1950 Argentina 10th 5 0 5
1954 Brazil 11th 5 1 4
1959 Chile Did not qualify
1963 Brazil 2nd 9 8 1
1967 Uruguay 2nd 9 6 3
1970 Yugoslavia 1st 6 5 1
1974 Puerto Rico 2nd 7 6 1
1978 Philippines 1st 11 11 0
1982 Colombia 3rd 10 8 2
1986 Spain 3rd 12 10 2
1990 Argentina 1st 8 7 1
1994 Canada Did not qualify
1998 Greece 1st 9 8 1
2002 USA 1st 9 7 2
2006 Japan 11th 6 2 4
2010 Turkey 4th 9 6 3
2014 Spain
Total 14/16 115 85 30

Performance at Eurobasket

Year Position Pld W L
1935 Switzerland Did not qualify
1937 Latvia
1939 Lithuania
1946 Switzerland
1947 Czechoslovakia 13th 5 2 3
1949 Egypt Did not qualify
1951 France
1953 Soviet Union 6th 11 6 5
1955 Hungary 8th 11 4 7
1957 Bulgary 6th 10 4 6
1959 Turkey 9th 7 6 1
1961 Yugoslavia 2nd 10 8 2
1963 Poland 3rd 9 8 1
1965 Soviet Union 2nd 9 8 1
1967 Finland 9th 9 6 3
1969 Italy 2nd 7 6 1
1971 Germany 2nd 7 6 1
1973 Spain 1st 7 7 0
1975 Yugoslavia 1st 8 8 0
1977 Belgium 1st 7 6 1
1979 Italy 3rd 9 6 3
1981 Czechoslovakia 2nd 10 8 2
1983 France 7th 7 4 3
1985 Germany 7th 8 5 3
1987 Greece 3rd 8 5 3
1989 Yugoslavia 1st 5 5 0
1991 Italy 1st 5 5 0
1993 Germany Did not qualify
1995 Greece 1st 9 9 0
1997 Spain 1st 9 8 1
1999 France 3rd 9 7 2
2001 Turkey 1st 6 6 0
2003 Sweden 6th 7 3 4
2005 Serbia and Montenegro 9th 4 2 2
2007 Spain 13th 3 0 3
2009 Poland 2nd 9 6 3
2011 Lithuania 8th 11 5 6
2013 Slovenia
Total 30/37 236 169 67

Roster

Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Age - DOB Ht. Club Club nat.
G 4 Teodosić, Miloš &1000000000000002400000024 - March 19, 1987(1987-03-19) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) PBC CSKA Moscow
G/F 5 Tepić, Milenko &1000000000000002400000024 - February 27, 1987(1987-02-27) 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Cajasol Sevilla
G 6 Rašić, Aleksandar &1000000000000002700000027 - March 16, 1984(1984-03-16) 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) BC Lietuvos Rytas
SG 7 Paunić, Ivan &1000000000000002400000024 - January 27, 1987(1987-01-27) 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) BC Nizhny Novgorod
SF 8 Bjelica, Nemanja &1000000000000002300000023 - May 9, 1988(1988-05-09) 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) Caja Laboral
PG 9 Marković, Stefan &1000000000000002300000023 - April 25, 1988(1988-04-25) 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) Valencia BC
PF 10 Savanović, Duško &1000000000000002700000027 - September 5, 1983(1983-09-05) 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Anadolu Efes S.K.
SF 11 Kešelj, Marko &1000000000000002300000023 - January 2, 1988(1988-01-02) 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Olympiacos BC
C 12 Krstić, Nenad &1000000000000002800000028 - July 25, 1983(1983-07-25) 2.14 m (7 ft 0 in) PBC CSKA Moscow
C 13 Perović, Kosta &1000000000000002600000026 - February 19, 1985(1985-02-19) 2.18 m (7 ft 2 in) FC Barcelona Bàsquet
C 14 Marjanović, Boban &1000000000000002200000022 - September 27, 1988(1988-09-27) 2.21 m (7 ft 3 in) BC Nizhny Novgorod
F/C 15 Mačvan, Milan &1000000000000002100000021 - November 16, 1989(1989-11-16) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) KK Partizan
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Aleksandar Kesar
  • Saša Nikitović

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club field describes current pro club

Depth Chart

Pos. Starter Bench Bench
C (5) Nenad Krstić Kosta Perović Boban Marjanović
PF (4) Duško Savanović Milan Mačvan
SF (3) Marko Kešelj Nemanja Bjelica
SG (2) Milenko Tepić Aleksandar Rašić Ivan Paunić
PG (1) Miloš Teodosić Stefan Marković

Past rosters

As Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

As Serbia and Montenegro

As Serbia

Head coaches

Notable players

References

External links