Montenegro national basketball team

Montenegro
FIBA ranking	72 [1]
Joined FIBA	2006
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	KSCG
Coach	Bogdan Tanjević
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Appearances	3
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The Montenegrin national basketball team represents Montenegro in men's international basketball tournaments. It is organized by the Basketball Federation of Montenegro (Montenegrin: Кошаркашки Савез Црне Горе, КСЦГ; Košarkaški Savez Crne Gore, KSCG), which is the governing body of basketball in Montenegro. This team competes in the European region of FIBA.

History

Period 2006-2014

Nikola Peković with Montenegro in 2010

Nikola Vučević

In 2006, the Basketball Federation of Montenegro along with this team joined the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) on its own following the Independence of Montenegro.
The Montenegrin national team entered international competition in 2008,^[2] and appointed Duško Vujošević as the national coach. Montenegro started from FIBA Division B, where they won first place on their first competetive season. Since becoming a separate team, Montenegro have won 13 official games in a row, until losing to Israel in August 2010.
At that time, NBA players like Nikola Vučević and Nikola Peković became most known players of Montenegrin national basketball team.
In their first qualifiers for EuroBasket, Montenegro finished first in group. So, team qualified for Eurobasket 2011, where they played five games in the first phase - with one win and four loses. Coach of Montenegro at their first ever EuroBasket was Dejan Radonjić.
In august 2012, with the new coach Luka Pavićević, Montenegro started qualifiers for Eurobasket 2013. Again, they won first place, but without any defeat from 10 matches. Notable matches were against Serbia, first after the two countries separated. Montenegro won both games, and victory in Belgrade (73:71), in front of 18,000 spectators, is gained by Nikola Ivanović three-point shot from the center, one second before the end of match.^[3][4]
As a first-placed team in qualifiers, Montenegro participated at Eurobasket 2013 in Slovenia. They made better result than 2011, with two wins and three defeats, but that was not enough for second phase of EuroBasket.
First unsuccessful qualifying campaign since independence, Montenegro had during the 2014. Surprisingly, group stage at the EuroBasket 2015 qualification, Montenegro finished third, so they failed to qualify for final tournament.

Period 2015-

At 2015, new coach of Montenegro became Bogdan Tanjević, who is born in Montenegro, and during the past coached Montenegrin strongest team KK Budućnost Podgorica. As national team earlier failed to qualify for EuroBasket 2015, they participated on Games of the Small States of Europe on Iceland (European countries with less than milion citizens) and easily won a gold medal.
On summer 2016, Montenegro started competition in EuroBasket 2017 qualifiers, with the only ambition to qualify for their third final tournament since independence. In a group with Georgia, Slovakia and Albania, Montenegro finished as a second-placed team, with one defeat, and qualified for EuroBasket 2017.

Competitive record

Montenegro played three times at FIBA EuroBasket (2011, 2013, 2017). Among the other competitions, as a country with less than milion inhabitants, Montenegro participated at the Games of the Small States of Europe 2015 and won first place.

EuroBasket EuroBasket Qualification Year Pos. Pld W L Pld W L 2009 Division B 10 10 0 2011 21st Place 5 1 4 8 6 2 2013 17th Place 5 2 3 10 10 0 2015 Did not qualify 6 3 3 2017 Qualified 6 5 1 Total 10 3 7

Games of the Small States of Europe Games of the Small States of Europe Year Position Pld W L 2015 3 3 0 Total 3 3 0

Team

Current roster

Roster for the EuroBasket 2017 qualification.

Montenegrin National Basketball Team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age Ht. Club F/C 4 Vučević, Nikola 25 – 24 October 1990 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Orlando Magic SG 5 Mihailović, Vladimir 25 – 3 September 1990 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) s.Oliver Würzburg PG 7 Pavličević, Nikola 28 – 13 August 1988 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Union Olimpija SG 8 Radončić, Dino 17 – 8 January 1999 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Real Madrid PG 10 Needham, Derek 25 – 20 October 1990 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Pallacanestro Reggiana PF 11 Todorović, Marko 24 – 19 April 1992 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) BC Khimki PF 14 Dubljević, Bojan 24 – 24 October 1991 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Valencia BC PG 20 Ivanović, Nikola 22 – 19 February 1994 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) AEK SG 21 Vranješ, Nemanja 28 – 11 May 1988 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Budućnost SF 22 Đurišić, Nemanja 24 – 23 February 1992 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Stelmet Zielona Góra F 23 Dašić, Vladimir 28 – 13 May 1988 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) free agent PG 24 Popović, Petar 19 – 13 September 1996 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Budućnost	Head coach Bogdan Tanjević Assistant coaches Veljko Perović Boško Radović Legend (C) – Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 31 August 2016

Depth Chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Nikola Vučević	Bojan Dubljević	Radosav Spasojević	Nikola Peković
PF	Vladimir Dašić	Marko Todorović	Danilo Nikolić	Vladimir Dragičević
SF	Nemanja Djurišić	Dino Radončić		Nemanja Radović
SG	Vladimir Mihailović	Nemanja Vranješ	Petar Popović	Suad Šehović
PG	Derek Needham	Nikola Ivanović	Nikola Pavličević	Taylor Rochestie

Head coaches

Bogdan Tanjević is a current head coach of Montenegro

Since independence, all head coaches were Montenegrin-born. First head coach of Montenegro was Duško Vujošević. With him, Montenegro won FIBA B division championship (2009). From 2010 to 2012, Montenegro was coached by Dejan Radonjić and, for the first time played on Eurobasket (2011). At their next Eurobasket participation (2013) Montenegro was led by Luka Pavićević. From 2015, head coach of Montenegro is Bogdan Tanjević.

Years	Name	Score	Competition
2007–2010	Duško Vujošević	10–0
2010–2012	Dejan Radonjić	7–6	EuroBasket 2011 (21st)
2012–2014	Luka Pavićević	15–6	EuroBasket 2013 (17th)
2015–	Bogdan Tanjević	8–1	GSS 2015 (1st); EuroBasket 2017

Notable former players

• Vlado Šćepanović
• Dejan Radonjić
• Predrag Drobnjak
• Omar Cook

Statistics and games

Records

Largest home victory

102-58,  Montenegro –  Iceland, 26 August 2009, Podgorica

Largest away victory

73-113,  Albania –  Montenegro, 03 September 2016, Tirana

Largest home defeat

65-80,  Montenegro –  Israel, 20 August 2014, Podgorica

Largest away defeat

71-55,  Greece –  Montenegro, 04 September 2011, Alytus

Longest winning streak

13 matches, (06 September 2008 - 14 August 2010)

Longest losing streak

4 matches, (01 September 2011 - 05 September 2011)

Most scored points in a match

113,  Albania –  Montenegro 73-113

Least scored points in a match

55,  Greece –  Montenegro 71-55,  Netherlands –  Montenegro 68-55

Most conceded points in a match

97,  Israel –  Montenegro 97-100

Least conceded points in a match

48,  Montenegro –  Slovakia 80-48

Highest home attendance

5,500,  Montenegro –  Serbia 72-62, 02 September 2012, Podgorica

Highest away attendance

18,000,  Serbia –  Montenegro 71-73, 18 August 2012, Belgrade

List of official matches

Montenengro played its' first official match at september 2008. There is a List of official matches of the Montenegro national basketball team.

Opponents

Below is the list of performances of Montenegro national basketball team against every single opponent.

Opponents' country	G	W	L	PD
Albania	2	2	0	+78
Andorra	1	1	0	+20
Austria	2	2	0	+46
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	0	2	-14
Bulgaria	2	2	0	+17
Croatia	1	0	1	-6
Denmark	2	2	0	+52
Estonia	2	2	0	+22
Finland	3	2	1	+28
Georgia	2	1	1	-4
Greece	1	0	1	-16
Iceland	5	5	0	+103
Israel	6	4	2	+8
Italy	2	1	1	+8
Latvia	3	2	1	+35
Lithuania	1	1	0	-7
Luxembourg	1	1	0	+27
Macedonia	2	2	0	+6
Netherlands	4	2	2	+14
Serbia	3	3	0	+19
Slovakia	4	4	0	+114
Sweden	2	2	0	+37
OVERALL	53	40	13	+606

Last update: September 2016.

See also

• List of official matches of the Montenegro national basketball team
• Sport in Montenegro
• Montenegrin Basketball League
• Montenegro women's national basketball team

References

1. http://www.fiba.com/rankingmen#tab=fiba
2. Eurobasket – Montenegro Profile
3. http://www.vijesti.me/sport/cudo-crna-gora-trojkom-ivanovica-sa-pola-terena-srusila-srbiju-88110
4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QFeZfpVkxo

External links

• Official website
• [www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/FIBA/fibaStru/nfLeag/p/nationalfederationnumber/96781/nfProf.html FIBA profile