Slovenia national basketball team

Slovenia Slovenija

FIBA ranking	13 1
Joined FIBA	1992
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	Basketball Federation of Slovenia
Coach	Igor Kokoškov
Nickname(s)	Junaki (The Heroes)
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	3
EuroBasket
Appearances	12
Uniforms
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The Slovenia national basketball team (Slovene: Slovenska košarkarska reprezentanca) is a team that is selected by the Basketball Federation of Slovenia to compete in major international basketball events in representation of Slovenia.

Slovenia ended in the 6th place in the EuroBasket 2005 and thus qualified for Basketball World Championship 2006. Since the independence of the country in 1991, the team has competed at every FIBA EuroBasket, but failed to advance to the next group until 2005.

Competitive record

Summer Olympics Year Position Pld W L 1992 Qualification Tournament – – – 1996 Did not qualify – – – 2000 – – – 2004 – – – 2008 Qualification Tournament – – – 2012 Did not qualify – – – 2016 – – – World Cup Year Position Pld W L 1994 Did not qualify – – – 1998 – – – 2002 – – – 2006 12th place 6 2 4 2010 8th place 9 5 4 2014 7th place 7 5 2 Total 22 12 10

EuroBasket Year Position Pld W L 1993 16th place 3 1 2 1995 12th place 6 2 4 1997 14th place 5 1 4 1999 10th place 6 2 4 2001 13th place 3 1 2 2003 10th place 4 2 2 2005 6th place 6 4 2 2007 7th place 9 6 3 2009 Fourth place 9 6 3 2011 7th place 11 6 5 2013 5th place 11 7 4 2015 12th place 6 3 3 Total 79 41 38

Record against other teams at the World Cup Country W-L Australia 2–0 Angola 1–0 Brazil 1–0 Croatia 1–0 Dominican Republic 1–0 Iran 1–0 Mexico 1–0 Puerto Rico 1–0 Senegal 1–0 South Korea 1–0 Tunisia 1–0 China 0–1 Italy 0–1 Lithuania 0–1 Russia 0–1 Spain 0–1 Turkey 0–2 United States 0–3 Total 12–10 Last updated: 9 September 2014

Record against other teams in the EuroBasket Country W-L Turkey 4–0 Bosnia and Hercegovina 3–0 Georgia 3–0 Italy 3–0 Serbia 3–1 Finland 2–1 Poland 2–1 Ukraine 2–1 Bulgaria 1–0 Czech Republic 1–0 Estonia 1–0 Great Britain 1–0 Hungary 1–0 Netherlands 1–0 Belgium 1–1 Macedonia 1–1 Croatia 2–3 France 3–5 Greece 2–4 Spain 2–4 Germany 1–3 Lithuania 1–4  Yugoslavia 0–1 Latvia 0–2 Israel 0–3 Russia 0–3 Total 41–38 Last updated: 12 September 2015

Team

Current roster

Slovenia men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. 1.5 !G 1 Joksimović, Nebojša 7001340000000000000♠34 – (1981-01-17)17 January 1981 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) KK Krka SVN ! 1.0 !PG 5 Rupnik, Luka 7001220000000000000♠22 – (1993-05-20)20 May 1993 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Union Olimpija SVN ! 2.0 !SG 7 Prepelič, Klemen 7001220000000000000♠22 – (1992-10-20)20 October 1992 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) EWE Baskets Oldenburg GER ! 2.0 !SG 9 Blažič, Jaka 7001250000000000000♠25 – (1990-06-30)30 June 1990 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Laboral Kutxa ESP ! 3.0 !SF 10 Nikolić, Mitja 7001240000000000000♠24 – (1991-02-24)24 February 1991 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Union Olimpija SVN ! 2.0 !SG 12 Dragić, Zoran 7001260000000000000♠26 – (1989-06-22)22 June 1989 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) BC Khimki RUS ! 4.0 !PF 13 Zupan, Miha 7001320000000000000♠32 – (1982-09-13)13 September 1982 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Uşak Sportif TUR ! 4.0 !PF 15 Balažič, Jure 7001340000000000000♠34 – (1980-09-12)12 September 1980 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Gaziantep Basketbol TUR ! 5.0 !C 17 Zagorac, Saša 7001310000000000000♠31 – (1984-01-01)1 January 1984 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Union Olimpija SVN ! 5.0 !C 23 Omić, Alen 7001230000000000000♠23 – (1992-05-06)6 May 1992 2.15 m (7 ft 1 in) CB Gran Canaria ESP ! 1.0 !PG 24 Klobučar, Jaka 7001280000000000000♠28 – (1987-08-19)19 August 1987 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) ratiopharm Ulm GER ! 5.0 !C 55 Slokar, Uroš 7001320000000000000♠32 – (1983-05-14)14 May 1983 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Sevilla ESP !	Head coach Igor Kokoškov Assistant coach Gašper Potočnik Rado Trifunović Jaka Lakovič Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 5 September 2015

Depth chart

Coaches

Slovene players in the NBA

NOTE: Boris Gorenc signed 1 year contract with Chicago Bulls on 1 October 1997 and was waived by the club on 30 October 1997 due to his knee injuries just before the season started. He never played at any of NBA games. He trained with Michael Jordan for two months and played with him at 1997 McDonald's Open.

Slovenian players drafted in the NBA

Past rosters

1993 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 16 teams
4.Roman Horvat, 5.Marko Tušek, 6.Jaka Daneu, 7.Darko Mirt, 8.Primoz Bačar, 9.Jure Zdovc, 10.Boštjan Leban, 11.Teoman Alibegović, 12.Boris Gorenc, 13.Marijan Kraljević, 14.Slavko Kotnik, 15.Žarko Durisić (Coach: Janez Drvarič)

1995 EuroBasket: finished 12th among 14 teams
4.Roman Horvat, 5.Matjaž Tovornik, 6.Jaka Daneu, 7.Walter Jeklin, 8.Marijan Kraljević, 9.Jure Zdovc, 10.Marko Tušek, 11.Teoman Alibegović, 12.Marko Milič, 13.Boris Gorenc, 14.Slavko Kotnik, 15.Aleš Kunc (Coach: Zmago Sagadin)

1997 EuroBasket: finished 14th among 16 teams
4.Walter Jeklin, 5.Goran Jagodnik, 6.Jaka Daneu, 7.Radoslav Nesterović, 9.Jure Zdovc, 8.Aleš Kunc, 10.Marko Tušek, 11.Teoman Alibegović, 12.Marko Milič, 13.Boris Gorenc, 14.Ivica Jurković, 15.Radovan Trifunovic (Coach: Andrej Urlep)

1999 EuroBasket: finished 10th among 16 teams
4.Jure Zdovc, 5.Walter Jeklin, 6.Jaka Daneu, 7.Sani Bečirović, 8.Marijan Kraljević, 9.Matjaž Tovornik, 10.Matjaž Smodiš, 11.Goran Jagodnik, 12.Marko Milič, 13.Ivica Jurković, 14.Radoslav Nesterović, 15.Ervin Dragsič (Coach: Boris Zrinski)

2001 EuroBasket: finished 15th among 16 teams
4.Beno Udrih, 5.Jaka Lakovič, 6.Boris Gorenc, 7.Sani Bečirović, 8.Marijan Kraljević, 9.Matjaž Smodiš, 10.Marko Tušek, 11.Goran Jagodnik, 12.Marko Milič, 13.Ivica Jurković, 14.Ariel McDonald, 15.Radoslav Nesterović (Coach: Boris Zrinski)

2003 EuroBasket: finished 10th among 16 teams
4.Goran Jurak, 5.Jaka Lakovič, 6.Boris Gorenc, 7.Simon Petrov, 8.Marijan Kraljević, 9.Boštjan Nachbar, 10.Slavko Duščak, 11.Marko Tušek, 12.Marko Milič, 13.Ivica Jurković, 14.Jurica Golemac, 15.Primož Brezec (Coach: Slobodan Subotić)

2005 EuroBasket: finished 6th among 16 teams
4.Goran Jurak, 5.Jaka Lakovič, 6.Aleksandar Ćapin, 7.Sani Bečirović, 8.Radoslav Nesterović, 9.Nebojša Joksimović, 10.Boštjan Nachbar, 11.Erazem Lorbek, 12.Marko Milič, 13.Marko Maravič, 14.Uroš Slokar, 15.Primož Brezec (Coach: Aleš Pipan)

2006 World Championship: finished 12th among 24 teams
4.Goran Jurak, 5.Jaka Lakovič, 6.Sašo Ožbolt, 7.Sani Bečirović, 8.Radoslav Nesterović, 9.Beno Udrih, 10.Boštjan Nachbar, 11.Željko Zagorac, 12.Marko Milič, 13.Goran Dragić, 14.Uroš Slokar, 15.Primož Brezec (Coach: Aleš Pipan)

2007 EuroBasket: finished 7th among 16 teams
4.Sandi Čebular, 5.Jaka Lakovič, 6.Aleksandar Ćapin, 7.Goran Dragić, 8.Radoslav Nesterović, 9.Matjaž Smodiš, 10.Uroš Slokar, 11.Jaka Klobučar, 12.Goran Jagodnik, 13.Domen Lorbek, 14.Gašper Vidmar, 15.Erazem Lorbek (Coach: Aleš Pipan)

2009 EuroBasket: finished 4th among 16 teams
4.Uroš Slokar, 5.Jaka Lakovič, 6.Samo Udrih, 7.Primož Brezec, 8.Matjaž Smodiš, 9.Jaka Klobučar, 10.Boštjan Nachbar, 11.Goran Dragić, 12.Goran Jagodnik, 13.Domen Lorbek, 14.Jurica Golemac, 15.Erazem Lorbek (Coach: Jure Zdovc)

2010 World Championship: finished 8th among 24 teams
4.Uroš Slokar, 5.Jaka Lakovič, 6.Hasan Rizvić, 7.Sani Bečirović, 8.Jaka Klobučar, 9.Samo Udrih, 10.Boštjan Nachbar, 11.Goran Dragić, 12.Goran Jagodnik, 13.Miha Zupan, 14.Gašper Vidmar, 15.Primož Brezec (Coach: Memi Bečirović)

2011 EuroBasket: finished 7th among 24 teams
4.Uroš Slokar, 5.Jaka Lakovič, 6.Luka Rupnik, 7.Sašo Ožbolt, 8.Matjaž Smodiš, 9.Samo Udrih, 10.Edo Murić, 11.Goran Dragić, 12.Goran Jagodnik, 13.Zoran Dragić, 14.Mirza Begić, 15.Erazem Lorbek (Coach: Božidar Maljković)

2013 EuroBasket: finished 5th among 24 teams
4.Uroš Slokar, 5.Jaka Lakovič, 6.Jure Balažič, 7.Nebojša Joksimović, 8.Edo Murić, 9.Jaka Blažič, 10.Boštjan Nachbar, 11.Goran Dragić, 12.Zoran Dragić, 13.Domen Lorbek, 14.Gašper Vidmar, 15.Mirza Begić (Coach: Božidar Maljković)

2014 World Championship: finished 7th among 24 teams
4.Jure Balažič, 5.Uroš Slokar, 6.Aleksej Nikolić, 7.Klemen Prepelič, 8.Edo Murić, 9.Jaka Blažič, 10.Miha Zupan, 11.Goran Dragić, 12.Zoran Dragić, 13.Domen Lorbek, 14.Jaka Klobučar, 15.Alen Omić (Coach: Jure Zdovc)

2015 EuroBasket: finished 12th among 24 teams
1.Nebojša Joksimović, 5.Luka Rupnik, 7.Klemen Prepelič, 9.Jaka Blažič, 10.Mitja Nikolić, 12.Zoran Dragić, 13.Miha Zupan, 15.Jure Balažič, 17.Saša Zagorac, 23.Alen Omić, 24.Jaka Klobučar, 55.Uroš Slokar (Coach: Jure Zdovc)

References and notesotes

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