Bosnia and Herzegovina national basketball team

Bosnia and Herzegovina
FIBA ranking	53
Joined FIBA	1992
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	Basketball Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Nickname(s)	Zlatni ljiljani (Golden Lilies) Zmajevi (Dragons)
Olympic Games
Appearances	None
Medals	None For achievements before 1992 see Yugoslavia national basketball team
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	None
Medals	None For achievements before 1992 see Yugoslavia national basketball team
FIBA EuroBasket
Appearances	9 (First in 1993)
Medals	None
Uniforms
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The Bosnia and Herzegovina national basketball team represents Bosnia and Herzegovina in international basketball games and competitions. It is organized by the Basketball Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

History

Until 1992, Bosnia was a part of Yugoslavia, which meant players born in Bosnia and Herzegovina played for the Yugoslavia national basketball team. Notable players born in Bosnia who played for Yugoslavia include: Mirza Delibašić, Dražen Dalipagić, Predrag Danilović, Zoran Savić, Aleksandar Nikolić, and Borislav Stanković. During this time, Bosnia and Herzegovina's capital city, Sarajevo, was one of five locations where games were played during the 1970 FIBA World Championship, where Yugoslavia finished in first place, the team's first gold medal at the FIBA World Cup.

Ever since gaining its independence from Yugoslavia, Bosnia and Herzegovina has regularly qualified for the EuroBasket, Europe's biggest competition and major tournament. Their best result was finishing eighth in 1993, after making the quarterfinals. The only times Bosnia and Herzegovina didn't qualify for the EuroBasket since their independence, were in 1995, 2007, and 2009.

Team

Current roster

Roster for EuroBasket 2017 qualification.

Bosnia and Herzegovina men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. C 0 Nurkić, Jusuf 22 – 23 August 1994 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Denver Nuggets PG 4 Zahiragić, Adi 21 – 24 February 1995 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Spars Sarajevo SF 5 Buza, Nedim 21 – 10 May 1995 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Telenet Oostende SF 7 Vrabac, Adin 22 – 27 January 1994 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Partizan NIS Belgrade SF 8 Milošević, Milan 30 – 26 October 1985 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) AEK SG 9 Gegić, Amar 18 – 14 February 1998 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Bayern Munich PG 10 Gordić, Nemanja 28 – 25 September 1988 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Budućnost VOLI C 11 Kikanović, Elmedin 28 – 2 September 1988 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Alba Berlin PF 12 Teletović, Mirza 31 – 17 September 1985 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Milwaukee Bucks SF 13 Musa, Džanan 17 – 8 May 1999 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Cedevita PF 22 Sulejmanović, Emir 21 – 13 July 1995 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Cibona SG 25 Gajić, Nikola 25 – 15 July 1991 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) KK Lastovka PF 77 Halilović, Miralem 25 – 22 July 1991 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Šibenik	Head coach vacant Assistant coach Legend Club – describes last club on 20 October 2016 Age – describes age on 20 October 2016

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Jusuf Nurkić	Elmedin Kikanović
PF	Mirza Teletović	Miralem Halilović	Emir Sulejmanović
SF	Milan Milošević	Nedim Buza	Adin Vrabac
SG	Džanan Musa	Nikola Gajić	Amar Gegić
PG	Nemanja Gordić	Adi Zahiragić

Notable players

Other current notable players from Bosnia and Herzegowina:

Bosnia and Herzegovina men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. C Stipanović, Andrija 29 – 18 December 1986 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Büyükçekmece Basketbol SG Đedović, Nihad 26 – 12 January 1990 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) Bayern Munich PG Renfroe, Alex 30 – 23 May 1986 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Bayern Munich SG Atić, Edin 19 – 19 January 1997 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) AEK PG Wright, Zackary 31 – 5 February 1985 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) AS Monaco C Karahodžić, Kenan 20 – 29 January 1996 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) Partizan NIS Belgrade PG Čampara, Sani 17 – 3 March 1999 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Real Madrid B SG Mitrović, Nemanja 26 – 27 July 1990 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Ourense PG Pašalić, Muhamed 29 – 27 August 1987 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) CSM Oradea PF Sikiraš, Njegoš 17 – 11 April 1999 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Alba Berlin PF Glogovac, Stefan 22 – 13 June 1994 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Mega Leks	Legend Club – describes last club on 20 October 2016 Age – describes age on 20 October 2016

Eurobasket 2017 qualification

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	4	4	0	309	253	+56	8	EuroBasket 2017		—	31 Aug	17 Sep
2	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4	2	2	273	308	−35	6			10 Sep	—	3 Sep
3	Sweden	4	0	4	279	300	−21	4			7 Sep	14 Sep	—

First match(es) will be played on 31 August 2016. Source:

31 August 2016 20:00

Boxscore

Russia	83–54	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 15–15, 27–10, 22–9
Pts: Kulagin 17 Rebs: Karasev 9 Asts: Antonov, Khvostov 5		Pts: Nurkić 19 Rebs: Nurkić 15 Asts: Gordić 3

Universal Sports Palace Molot, Perm Attendance: 7,000 Referees: Elias Koromilas (GRE), Tolga Sahin (ITA), Robert Vyklický (CZE)

3 September 2016 20:15

Boxscore

Bosnia and Herzegovina	74–71	Sweden
Scoring by quarter: 25–16, 15–19, 10–15, 24–21
Pts: Musa, Nurkić 19 Rebs: Nurkić 15 Asts: Musa, Zahiragić 3		Pts: Czerapowicz 16 Rebs: Engström 6 Asts: Borg, Håkanson 4

Dvorana Mirza Delibašić, Sarajevo Attendance: 5,500 Referees: Daniel Hierrezuelo (ESP), Lorenzo Baldini (ITA), Tomasz Trawicki (POL)

10 September 2016 20:15

Boxscore

Bosnia and Herzegovina	67–78	Russia
Scoring by quarter: 22–12, 17–19, 12–24, 16–23
Pts: Teletović 23 Rebs: Nurkić 13 Asts: Gordić 8		Pts: Mozgov 17 Rebs: Vorontsevich 8 Asts: Khvostov 5

Mejdan, Tuzla Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Robert Lottermoser (GER), Aare Halliko (EST), Oļegs Latiševs (LAT)

14 September 2016 time = 20:00

Boxscore

Sweden	76–78	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Scoring by quarter: 16–14, 19–23, 23–23, 18–18
Pts: Borg, Massamba 14 Rebs: three players 5 Asts: Håkanson 8		Pts: Nurkić 21 Rebs: Milošević 11 Asts: Gordić 4

Hovet, Stockholm Attendance: 7,120 Referees: Miguel Pérez Pérez (ESP), Tomas Jasevičius (LTU), Piotr Pastusiak (POL)

Competitive record

FIBA EuroBasket Qualification Year Position Pld W L Pld W L 1993 8th 9 2 7 7 5 2 1995 Did not qualify 10 4 6 1997 15th 5 1 4 10 7 3 1999 15th 3 0 3 10 9 1 2001 13th 3 0 3 10 6 4 2003 15th 3 0 3 10 6 4 2005 15th 3 0 3 6 4 2 2007 Did not qualify 12 5 7 2009 Did not qualify 10 6 4 2011 19th 5 2 3 8 3 5 2013 12th 5 3 2 8 6 2 2015 23rd 5 1 4 4 4 0 2017 Did not qualify 4 2 2 Total 41 9 32

Ex-Yu Cup Year Position Pld W L 2011 Fourth 3 1 2 2012 Runners-up 3 2 1 Total 6 3 3

Statistics

Most appearances # Name Career Caps 1 Gordan Firić 1993–2006 63 2 Samir Lerić 1993–2005 61 3 Jasmin Hukić 1998–2005 54 4 Kenan Bajramović 2001–2011 52 5 Mirza Teletović 2003– 49 6 Adis Bećiragić 1993–1999 45 7 Elmedin Kikanović 2006– 44 8 Nenad Marković 1994–2001 43 9 Elvir Ovčina 1997–2005 40 10 Ermin Jazvin 2001–2011 39

Most points # Name Career Points 1 Nenad Marković 1994–2001 840 2 Gordan Firić 1993–2006 639 3 Mirza Teletović 2003– 620 4 Jasmin Hukić 1998–2005 581 5 Samir Avdić 1993–1997 390 6 Samir Lerić 1993–2005 388 7 Elvir Ovčina 1997–2005 376 8 Damir Mršić 2000–2006 345 9 Elmedin Kikanović 2006– 345 10 Kenan Bajramović 2001–2011 342

The below table does not include any minor tournaments data.
Table correct as of 1 September 2015.

Kit

Period	Supplier
2015	Haad (Adnan Hajrulahović)

Past rosters

Head coaches

Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina Dates Name 1993 Ibrahim Krehić Mirza Delibašić 1993–1995 Faruk Kulenović 1995–1997 Sabit Hadžić

Bosnia and Herzegovina Dates Name 1998–2001 Sabit Hadžić 2001–2003 Draško Prodanović 2004–2006 Mensur Bajramović 2006–2008 Nenad Marković 2008–2010 Mensur Bajramović 2010–2012 Sabit Hadžić 2012–2013 Aleksandar Petrović 2014–2015 Duško Ivanović 2016 Damir Mulaomerović

See also

• Bosnia and Herzegovina men's national under-20 and under-21 basketball team
• Bosnia and Herzegovina men's national under-18 and under-19 basketball team
• Bosnia and Herzegovina men's national under-16 and under-17 basketball team
• Bosnia and Herzegovina women's national basketball team
• Bosnia and Herzegovina women's national under-20 and under-21 basketball team
• Bosnia and Herzegovina women's national under-18 and under-19 basketball team

External links

• Official website
• FIBA profile
• Eurobasket.com
• Scoresway