Serbia men's national basketball team
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FIBA ranking | 3 3 | ||
Joined FIBA | 1992 | ||
FIBA zone | FIBA Europe | ||
National federation | KSS | ||
Coach | Aleksandar Đorđević | ||
Nickname(s) | Orlovi (The Eagles) | ||
Olympic Games | |||
Appearances | 4 | ||
Medals | Silver: 1996, 2016 | ||
FIBA World Cup | |||
Appearances | 5 | ||
Medals |
Gold: 1998, 2002 Silver: 2014 | ||
EuroBasket | |||
Appearances | 12 | ||
Medals |
Gold: 1995, 1997, 2001 Silver: 2009 Bronze: 1999 | ||
Uniforms | |||
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Medal record
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The Serbian men's national basketball team represents Serbia in international basketball matches and is controlled by the Basketball Federation of Serbia. Serbia is currently ranked third in the FIBA World Rankings.[1]
History
Serbia and Montenegro
1992–1995: Breakup of Yugoslavia
With the start of Yugoslav Wars in 1991, the mighty team of Yugoslavia was disbanded. The players were selected from the population of over 23 million people and basketball infrastructure evenly distributed all over the six states which formed the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The national team was suspended from participating in 1992 Summer Olympics, EuroBasket 1993 and 1994 FIBA World Championship due to the ongoing war and sanctions imposed on newly formed country of FR Yugoslavia, which was consisted of Serbia and Montenegro, and had less than half the population of former country.
1995–2002: Golden generation
Without much sponsorship of war-impoverished country, the national team made its comeback to the international scene at the EuroBasket 1995 in Greece, where the national team won the gold medal after defeating Lithuania in gold-medal game. At the 1996 Summer Olympics the team lost with 69–95 to the United States in gold-medal game. The national team won the gold medal at the EuroBasket 1997, 1998 FIBA World Championship, EuroBasket 2001 and bronze medal at the EuroBasket 1999.
One of the most notable wins of the Yugoslavian national team came in the quarter-finals of the 2002 FIBA World Championship, when the host nation of the tournament United States was eliminated with 81–78.[2] The significance of the win was tremendous for the Serbian people in general, as the public in Serbia perceived the United States political leadership responsible for the breakup of Yugoslavia and destruction of country's infrastructure and civil victims during the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.[3] Later, the Yugoslavian national team won the tournament by defeating New Zealand in the semi-finals and Argentina after 84–77 OT win in gold-medal game.[2]
2002–2006: National team disappointments
In 2002, FR Yugoslavia consisted of Serbia and Montenegro, came to a new agreement regarding continued co-operation, which, among other changes, promised the end of the name Yugoslavia, since they were part of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. On 4 February 2003, the federal assembly of Yugoslavia created a loose state union—the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro. The following years were underwhelming as the national team failed to make the podium of the tournament, after decades of winning medals.
At the EuroBasket 2003 it came in 6th place, but due the world champion status, qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Greece. However, it was eliminated in the group stage with 1–4 score, finishing in 11th place. The national team participated at the 2004 FIBA Diamond Ball where it won the gold medal.
After two consecutive tournament disappointments, hope for the comeback came at the EuroBasket 2005 where the national team of Serbia and Montenegro was a host nation. Also, legendary Željko Obradović became national head coach again. However, the national team was surprisingly eliminated in the play-off stage by France with 71–74 loss, and finished in 9th place. Obradović stepped down shortly after the tournament, and blamed the bad atmosphere among the team star players for yet another failure. The national team participated at the 2006 FIBA World Championship on a wild card due to the results in the past, on initiative by FIBA prominent administrator Borislav Stanković. However, the national team of Serbia and Montenegro once again failed to impress and finished in 9th place.
On 21 May 2006, Montenegrins voted in an independence referendum, with 55.5% supporting independence. The subsequent Montenegrin proclamation of independence in June 2006 and the Serbian proclamation of independence on 5 June ended the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro and thus the last remaining vestiges of the former Yugoslavia.
Serbia
2006–2009: Continued disappointments
Following the dissolution of the state union of Serbia and Montenegro, national team participated at the EuroBasket 2007 and finished the competition in the group stage with three close losses. Also, it failed to qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics, missing the Olympics for the first time after being suspended at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
2009–present: Regaining former glory
A new generation led by legendary 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.[4] However, the national team failed to reach the semifinals at the EuroBasket 2011 and EuroBasket 2013, thus way failing to qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics, missing second Olympics tournament in a row.
Following the EuroBasket 2013, Ivković stepped from the position and Serbian basketball hall of famer Aleksandar Đorđević stepped in. Đorđević led the team to two silver medals at the 2014 FIBA World Championship[5] and the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Honours
Medals table
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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FIBA World Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
FIBA EuroBasket | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Summer Olympics | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Mediterranean Games | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Summer Universiade | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
Grand Totals | 9 | 6 | 4 | 19 |
Individual awards
- FIBA World Cup MVP
- Dejan Bodiroga – 1998
- FIBA EuroBasket MVP
- Aleksandar Đorđević – 1997
- Predrag Stojaković – 2001
- FIBA World Cup All-Tournament Team
- Dejan Bodiroga – 1998
- Željko Rebrača – 1998
- Predrag Stojaković – 2002
- Miloš Teodosić – 2010, 2014
- FIBA EuroBasket All-Tournament Team
- Vlade Divac – 1995
- Aleksandar Đorđević – 1997
- Željko Rebrača – 1997
- Dejan Bodiroga – 1997, 1999
- Predrag Stojaković – 2001
- Marko Jarić – 2001
- Miloš Teodosić – 2009
- FIBA EuroBasket Assists Leader
- Miloš Teodosić – 2009, 2011
Competitions
Olympic Games
World Cup
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EuroBasket
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Team
Current roster
The following is the Serbia roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics
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Depth chart
Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
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C | Miroslav Raduljica | Nikola Jokić | Vladimir Štimac |
PF | Stefan Birčević | Milan Mačvan | |
SF | Nikola Kalinić | Marko Simonović | |
SG | Bogdan Bogdanović | Nemanja Nedović | |
PG | Miloš Teodosić | Stefan Jović | Stefan Marković |
Past rosters
Head coaches
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Serbia
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Notable people
Players
- Vlade Divac
- World and European Champion
- Korać Cup Champion (1989)
- FIBA World Cup All-Tournament Team member (1990)
- 2x All-EuroBasket Team member (1991, 1995)
- FIBA Korać Cup Finals Top Scorer (1989)
- FIBA's 50 Greatest Players (1991)
- 50 Greatest Euroleague Contributors (2008)
- FIBA Hall of Fame induction (2010)
- Named NBA All-Star (2001)
- One of only two basketball players born and trained in Europe (Dražen Petrović is the other) to have his number retired by an NBA team
- One of only two basketball players born and trained in Europe (Dirk Nowitzki is the other) to play at least 1,000 NBA games (1,134)
- Ranked 12th in the NBA in field-goal percentage (.503) in 1999–2000
- Mr. Europa Award (1989)
- Predrag Stojaković
- World and European Champion
- NBA Champion 2011 with Dallas Mavericks
- NBA All Star 2002-2004
- NBA 3 Point Shootout Champion 2002-2003
- 4th in NBA history in career free-throw percentage
- 6th in NBA history in 3-pointers made
- 6th in NBA playoff history in free-throw percentage
- First player in NBA history to start a game off by scoring 20 consecutive points for his team
- EuroBasket MVP (2001)
- FIBA World Cup All-Tournament Team member (2002)
- All-EuroBasket Team member (2001)
- Euroleague Top Scorer (1998)
- Greek League MVP (1998)
- Euroscar Award (2001)
- 2x Mr. Europa Award (2001, 2002)
- Dejan Bodiroga
- World and European Champion
- 3x Euroleague champion (2000, 2002, 2003)
- FIBA Saporta Cup Champion (1997)
- FIBA World Cup MVP (1998)
- FIBA World Cup All-Tournament Team member (1998)
- 2x All-EuroBasket Team member (1997, 1999)
- 50 Greatest Euroleague Contributors (2008)
- Euroleague 2001–2010 All Decade Team member
- 2x Euroleague Final Four MVP (2001, 2002)
- Euroleague Top 16 MVP (2002)
- 3x All-Euroleague First Team member (2002, 2003, 2004)
- 2x FIBA EuroStar selection (1998, 1999)
- Spanish League MVP (1998)
- Greek League MVP (1999)
- 2x Greek League Finals MVP (1999, 2000)
- Spanish League Finals MVP (2004)
- Spanish Cup Final MVP (2003)
- 2x Golden Badge (1998, 2002)
- 2x Best Sportsman by Yugoslav Olympic Committee (1998, 2002)
- All-Europe Player of the Year (2002)
- Predrag Danilović
- European Champion
- 2x Euroleague champion (1991–92, 1997–98)
- Korać Cup Champion (1989)
- Euroleague Final Four MVP (1992)
- Euroleague Top Scorer (1995)
- FIBA Saporta Cup Finals Top Scorer (2000)
- Italian League MVP (1998)
- 50 Greatest Euroleague Contributors (2008)
- 2x FIBA EuroStar selection (1997, 1998)
- Mr. Europa Award (1998)
- Aleksandar Đorđević
- World and European Champion
- 2x Korać Cup Champion (1989, 1999)
- EuroBasket MVP (1997)
- All-EuroBasket Team member (1997)
- 2x FIBA Korać Cup Finals Top Scorer (1993, 1999)
- 50 Greatest Euroleague Contributors (2008)
- FIBA EuroStar selection (1997)
- 2x Mr. Europa Award (1994, 1995)
- Golden Badge (1995)
- Best Sportsman by Yugoslav Olympic Committee (1995)
- Zoran Savić
- World and European Champion
- 3x Euroleague Champion (1990, 1991, 1998)
- Korać Cup Champion (1994)
- Euroleague Final Four MVP (1998)
- 2x FIBA EuroStar selection (1996, 1997)
- Dragan Kićanović
- World, Olympic and European Champion
- 2x FIBA Korać Cup Champion (1978, 1979)
- FIBA Saporta Cup Champion (1983)
- FIBA World Cup MVP (1974)
- 2x FIBA World Cup All-Tournament Team member (1978, 1982)
- 2x All-EuroBasket Team member (1979, 1981)
- FIBA Korać Cup Finals Top Scorer (1979)
- FIBA Saporta Cup Finals Top Scorer (1983)
- FIBA Hall of Fame induction (2010)
- FIBA's 50 Greatest Players (1991)
- 3x FIBA European Selection (1976, 1978, 1981)
- 2x Mr. Europa Award (1981, 1982)
- 2x Euroscar Award (1981, 1982)
- Golden Badge (1982)
- Dražen Dalipagić
- World, Olympic and European Champion
- FIBA World Cup MVP (1978)
- FIBA Korać Cup Champion (1978)
- EuroBasket MVP (1977)
- FIBA World Cup All-Tournament Team member (1978)
- 3x All-EuroBasket Team member (1975, 1977, 1981)
- 2x FIBA Korać Cup Finals Top Scorer (1974, 1978)
- Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (2004)
- FIBA Hall of Fame induction (2007)
- FIBA's 50 Greatest Players (1991)
- 3x FIBA European Selection (1978, 1981, 1982)
- 2x Mr. Europa Award (1977, 1978)
- Golden Badge (1978)
- Yugoslav Sportsman of the Year by Sportske novosti (1978)
- Zoran Slavnić
- World, Olympic and European Champion
- FIBA Saporta Cup Champion (1974)
- 2× FIBA Saporta Cup Finals Top Scorer (1974, 1975)
- FIBA Hall of Fame induction (2013)
- FIBA's 50 Greatest Players (1991)
- FIBA European Selection (1976)
- Radivoj Korać
- FIBA EuroBasket MVP (1961)
- 3x EuroBasket Top Scorer (1959, 1961, 1963)
- FIBA World Cup All-Tournament Team member (1967)
- Former FIBA Korać Cup was named after him.
- FIBA Hall of Fame induction (2007)
- FIBA's 50 Greatest Players (1991)
- 2x FIBA European Selection (1964, 1965)
- 50 Greatest Euroleague Contributors (2008)
- Golden Badge (1960)
- Yugoslav Sportsman of the Year by Sportske novosti (1960)
- Žarko Paspalj
- World and European Champion
- Korać Cup Champion (1989)
- All-EuroBasket Team member (1989)
- FIBA European Selection (1991)
- Euroleague Final Four MVP (1994)
- 2x Greek League Finals MVP (1993, 1994)
- Greek League Top Scorer (1992)
- Greek Cup Final Top Scorer (1994)
- Željko Rebrača
- World and European Champion
- FIBA World Cup All-Tournament Team member (1998)
- FIBA Saporta Cup Champion (1999)
- All-EuroBasket Team member (1997)
- Euroleague Final Four MVP (2000)
- 3x FIBA EuroStar selection (1996, 1997, 1998)
- Greek League MVP (2000)
- Greek League Finals MVP (2001)
- Greek Cup Final MVP (2000)
- Dejan Tomašević
- World and European Champion
- 2x All-Euroleague First Team member (2001), (2002)
- Euroleague Regular Season MVP (2001)
- Eurocup Finals MVP (2003)
- Yugoslavian League MVP (1998)
- Spanish Cup Final MVP (2002)
Notes
References
- ↑ "Srbija sedma na FIBA listi". RTS. 17 September 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
- 1 2 "BASKETBALL; U.S. an Embarrassed Sixth as Yugoslavia Takes the Gold". nytimes.com. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. 9 September 2002. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
- ↑ "Jugoslavija pobedila "Dream team"". b92.net (in Serbian). Beta. 6 September 2002. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
- ↑ "Duda otpisao Milosavljevića". B92.net (in Serbian). BETA. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
- ↑ "Srbija srebrna, 'vanzemaljci' Ameri šampioni". B92.net (in Serbian). BETA. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
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