Croatia men's national under-19 basketball team

 Croatia
FIBA ranking 8 Decrease
Joined FIBA 1992
FIBA zone FIBA Europe
National federation Croatian Basketball Federation
Coach Ante Nazor
Nickname(s) Kockasti
World Championships
Appearances 7
Medals Silver Silver: (1) 2015
Bronze Bronze: (2) 1999, 2009
Europe Championships
Appearances 17
Medals (3) 1996, 2002, 2012
(4) 1994, 1998, 2000, 2013
(2) 2008, 2014
Uniforms
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The Croatia men's national under-19 basketball team (Croatian: Hrvatska muška košarkaška reprezentacija) represents Croatia at international under-19 and under-18 basketball tournaments. It is organized by the Croatian Basketball Federation (Croatian: Hrvatski košarkaški savez).[1]

The Croatia men's under-19 team has achieved success in World Championship competition with one silver and two bronze. But has achieved even more success in FIBA Europe Championships with three golds, four silver and two bronze.[2]

History

From 1964 to 1992 Croatia played under Yugoslavia. In 1994 the team participated in its first ever FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship as an independent entity. When Croatia men's national basketball team also with youth, U-19, U-16 and women's team joined FIBA in 1992 they then launched their own youth teams due to them being no longer with Yugoslavia. Their wins as combined stayed with the Yugoslavia team only. None of the teams wins where transferred to Croatia, as FIBA is concerned the U-19 team was formed in 1994 even though players from Croatia played for Yugoslavia. When Croatian Basketball Federation was founded on 19 December 1948 as a member of the larger Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia.[3][4][5]

The team won their first medal in 1996 where they finished first for a gold medal at FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship.

Competition results

World Championships

Year Position Tournament Host Country
1995 4th 1995 FIBA Under-19 World Championship  Greece
1996 Silver2nd 1996 FIBA Under-19 World Championship  Portugal
2003 4th 2003 FIBA Under-19 World Championship  Greece
2009 Silver2nd 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Championship  New Zealand
2011 8th 2011 FIBA Under-19 World Championship  Latvia
2013 8th 2013 FIBA Under-19 World Championship  Czech Republic
2015 Bronze3rd 2015 FIBA Under-19 World Championship  Greece

Europe Championships

Year Position Tournament Host Country
1994 Silver 2nd 1994 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship  Israel
1996 1st 1996 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship  France
1998 2nd 1998 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship  Bulgaria
2000 2nd 2000 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship  Croatia
2002 1st 2002 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship  Germany
2005 11th 2005 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship  Russia
2006 10th 2006 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship  Greece
2007 7th 2007 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship  Spain
2008 3rd 2005 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship  Greece
2009 8th 2009 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship  France
2010 5th 2010 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship  Lithuania
2011 8th 2011 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship  Poland
2012 1st 2012 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship  Lithuania and  Latvia
2013 2nd 2013 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship  Latvia
2014 3rd 2014 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship  Turkey
2015 12th 2015 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship  Greece
2016 14th 2016 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship  Turkey
2017 TBD 2017 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Group B  Estonia

Notable players

NBA players

Šarić currently plays for the Philadelphia 76ers. He was a member of Croatia's team at the 2011 and 2013 FIBA Under-19 World Championships.[6][7]

Drafted by NBA teams:

Team

Current roster

Croatia National Basketball Team - FIBA Qualifying Tournament roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club
PG 4 Šarić, Domagoj (C) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 187 lb (85 kg)
SG 5 Mandi, Mate 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 202 lb (92 kg)
SG 6 Barnjak, Josip 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 170 lb (77 kg)
SF 7 Bajo, Darko 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 205 lb (93 kg)
PG 8 Uljarevic, Karlo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 171 lb (78 kg)
SG 9 Savic, Emil 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 199 lb (90 kg)
PF 10 Proleta, Domagoj 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 222 lb (101 kg)
PF 11 Cizmic, Leo 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 211 lb (96 kg)
SF 12 Barisic, Luka 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 202 lb (92 kg)
C 13 Pajic, Pavao 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 209 lb (95 kg)
C 14 Ljubicic, Kresimir 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 244 lb (111 kg)
Head coach
  • Croatia Marijan Mance
Legend
  • (C) Team captain

See also

References

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