Yugoslavia national basketball team

Yugoslavia
FIBA ranking	Defunct
Joined FIBA	1936
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia
Nickname(s)	Plavi (Blues)
Olympic Games
Appearances	8
Medals	Gold: 1980 Silver: 1968, 1976, 1988 Bronze: 1984
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	10
Medals	Gold 1970, 1978, 1990 Silver 1963, 1967, 1974 Bronze 1982, 1986
FIBA EuroBasket
Appearances	21
Medals	Gold: 1973, 1975, 1977, 1989, 1991 Silver 1961, 1965, 1969, 1971, 1981 Bronze 1963, 1979, 1987
Uniforms
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Medal record Summer Olympic Games 1980 Moscow 1968 Mexico City 1976 Montreal 1988 Seoul 1984 Los Angeles FIBA World Cup 1970 Yugoslavia 1978 Philippines 1990 Argentina 1963 Brazil 1967 Uruguay 1974 Puerto Rico 1982 Colombia 1986 Spain FIBA EuroBasket 1973 Spain 1975 Yugoslavia 1977 Belgium 1989 Yugoslavia 1991 Italy 1961 Yugoslavia 1965 Soviet Union 1969 Italy 1971 West Germany 1981 Czechoslovakia 1963 Poland 1979 Italy 1987 Greece Mediterranean Games 1959 Beirut 1967 Tunis 1971 Izmir 1975 Algiers 1983 Casablanca 1979 Split 1963 Naples Summer Universiade 1987 Yugoslavia 1979 Mexico City 1983 Kobe 1981 Bucureşti

The Yugoslavian national basketball team (Serbo-Croatian: Košarkaška reprezentacija Jugoslavije / Кошаркашка репрезентација Југославије; Slovene: Jugoslovanska košarkarska reprezentanca; Macedonian: Кошаркарска репрезентација на Југославија); (Bosnian: Košarkaška reprezentacija Jugoslavije) represented Kingdom of Yugoslavia and Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1943 until 1992 in the international basketball matches and was controlled by the Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia (KSJ).

Competitions

The Yugoslavia team that won the 1989 FIFA EuroBasket held in Yugoslavia.

At the Summer Olympic Games, Yugoslavia captured one gold medal (1980), took the silver medal on three occasions (1968, 76, 88) and captured the bronze medal once (1984).

At the FIBA World Cup, Yugoslavia captured three gold medals (1970, 1978 and 1990), three silver medals (1963, 1967, 1974) and two bronze medals (1982, 1986).

At the EuroBasket, Yugoslavia captured the gold medal five times (1973, 1975, 1977, 1989, 1991), were silver medalists on five occasions (1961, 1965, 1969, 1971, 1981), and captured the bronze medal four times (1963, 1979, 1987).

Performance at Summer Olympic Games Year Position Pld W L 1936 Berlin Did not qualify 1948 London 1952 Helsinki 1956 Melbourne 1960 Rome 6th 8 4 4 1964 Tokyo 7th 9 5 4 1968 Mexico City 2nd 2 9 7 2 1972 Munich 5th 9 7 2 1976 Montreal 2nd 2 7 5 2 1980 Moscow 1st 1 8 8 0 1984 Los Angeles 3rd 3 8 7 1 1988 Seoul 2nd 2 8 6 2 Total 8/12 66 49 17 Performance at FIBA World Cup Year Position Pld W L 1950 Argentina 10th 5 0 5 1954 Brazil 11th 5 1 4 1959 Chile Did not qualify 1963 Brazil 2nd 9 8 1 1967 Uruguay 2nd 9 6 3 1970 Yugoslavia 1st 6 5 1 1974 Puerto Rico 2nd 7 6 1 1978 Philippines 1st 11 11 0 1982 Colombia 3rd 10 8 2 1986 Spain 3rd 12 10 2 1990 Argentina 1st 8 7 1 Total 10/11 82 62 20

Performance at FIBA EuroBasket Year Position Pld W L 1935 Switzerland Did not qualify 1937 Latvia 1939 Lithuania 1946 Switzerland 1947 Czechoslovakia 13th 5 2 3 1949 Egypt Did not qualify 1951 France 1953 Soviet Union 6th 11 6 5 1955 Hungary 8th 11 4 7 1957 Bulgaria 6th 10 4 6 1959 Turkey 9th 7 6 1 1961 Yugoslavia 2nd 10 8 2 1963 Poland 3rd 9 8 1 1965 Soviet Union 2nd 9 8 1 1967 Finland 9th 9 6 3 1969 Italy 2nd 7 6 1 1971 Germany 2nd 7 6 1 1973 Spain 1st 7 7 0 1975 Yugoslavia 1st 8 8 0 1977 Belgium 1st 7 6 1 1979 Italy 3rd 9 6 3 1981 Czechoslovakia 2nd 10 8 2 1983 France 7th 7 4 3 1985 Germany 7th 8 5 3 1987 Greece 3rd 8 5 3 1989 Yugoslavia 1st 5 5 0 1991 Italy 1st 5 5 0 Total 21/27 169 123 46

Medals table

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Summer Olympic Games
Yugoslavia	1	3	1	5
FIBA World Cup
Yugoslavia	3	3	2	8
FIBA EuroBasket
Yugoslavia	5	5	3	13
Mediterranean Games
Yugoslavia	5	1	1	7
Summer Universiade
Yugoslavia	1	2	1	4
Grand Totals	15	14	8	37

Individual awards

Vlade Divac and Drazen Petrovic in the 1990 FIBA World Championship held in Argentina.

• FIBA World Cup MVP
  • Ivo Daneu – 1967
  • Dragan Kićanović – 1974
  • Dražen Dalipagić – 1978
  • Dražen Petrović – 1986
  • Toni Kukoč – 1990
• FIBA EuroBasket MVP
  • Radivoj Korać – 1961
  • Krešimir Ćosić – 1971, 1975
  • Dražen Dalipagić – 1977
  • Dražen Petrović – 1989
  • Toni Kukoč – 1991
• FIBA World Cup All-Tournament Team
  • Radivoj Korać – 1967
  • Ivo Daneu – 1967
  • Krešimir Ćosić – 1970, 1978
  • Vinko Jelovac – 1974
  • Dražen Dalipagić – 1978
  • Dragan Kićanović – 1978, 1982
  • Dražen Petrović – 1986
  • Vlade Divac – 1990
  • Toni Kukoč – 1990
• FIBA EuroBasket All-Tournament Team
  • Krešimir Ćosić – 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1979
  • Ivo Daneu – 1969
  • Dražen Dalipagić – 1975, 1977, 1981
  • Dragan Kićanović – 1979, 1981
  • Dražen Petrović – 1985, 1989
  • Žarko Paspalj – 1989
  • Dino Rađa – 1989
  • Vlade Divac – 1991
  • Toni Kukoč – 1991

European championships

EuroBasket 1947

Yugoslavia made its European championship debut in EuroBasket 1947, the fifth edition of the tournament. The team placed 13th out of 14 teams in the competition, losing to the Soviet Union and Hungary in the preliminary round, beating the Netherlands but losing to Italy in the semifinal round (placing third in the three-way tie between the teams), and defeating Albania in the 13th/14th classification match.

EuroBasket 1953

Yugoslavia's second appearance was at EuroBasket 1953 in Moscow. They dropped an early 27–25 decision against Bulgaria but finished at 3–1 in their preliminary group. In the three-way tie-breaker with Bulgaria and Israel, Yugoslavia ended up in second place to advance to the final round. There, they won 3 but lost 4 to take 6th place overall in the 17-team tournament.

EuroBasket 1955

Apollo Hall in Amsterdam between AMVJ and Lokomotiva from Yugoslavia (37-64) in 1955

Yugoslavia again advanced to the final round at EuroBasket 1955 in Budapest, this time in sole second place with a 3–1 record in the preliminary round pool. Their final round performance was riddled with 6 losses in 7 games, but did include the high point of a 52–49 victory over eventual silver medallist Czechoslovakia on Yugoslavia's way to an 8th-place finish of the 18 entrants.

EuroBasket 1957

Yugoslavia's appearance at the EuroBasket 1957 tournament in Sofia resulted in a 2–1 record for the preliminary round and advancement to the final round robin. There, they proved capable of two wins, defeating Poland and France to finish at 2–5 for 6th place in the tournament.

Dominate FIBA Years

The Yugoslav national team of the late 1980s and early 1990s featured what was perhaps the greatest generation in the history of Yugoslav basketball. A common quip about basketball is: "The Americans invented it, the Yugoslavs perfected it." With such players as Dražen Petrović, Vlade Divac, Toni Kukoč, Dino Rađa, Predrag Danilović, Žarko Paspalj and Jure Zdovc has pioneered the wave of international NBA players well before the early 21st century, when the concept began to gain true global momentum.

Many of the former Yugoslav stars mentioned above were a part of the under-21 national team that won the FIBA World Junior Championships in 1987, defeating the U.S. both in pool play and in the final.

Rosters

1947 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 14 teams ^[1]

Nebojša Popović, Ladislav Demšar, Aleksandar Gec, Srđan Kalember, Mirko Marjanović, Zorko Cvetković, Božo Grkinić, Zlatko Kovačević, Aleksandar Milojković, Božidar Munćan, Otone Olivieri, Tulio Roklicer, Miodrag Stefanović (Coach: Stevica Čolović)

1948 Olympic Games: did not participate

1949 EuroBasket: did not participate

1950 World Championship: finished 10th among 10 teams ^[2]

Borislav Stanković, Nebojša Popović, Ladislav Demšar, Aleksandar Gec, Srđan Kalember, Vilmos Loczi, Lajos Engler, Aleksandar Blašković, Mirko Amon, Dušan Radojčić, Milorad Sokolović, Milenko Novaković (Coach: Nebojša Popović)

1951 EuroBasket: did not participate

1952 Olympic Games: did not participate

1953 EuroBasket: finished 6th among 17 teams ^[3]

Borislav Stanković, Ladislav Demšar, Aleksandar Gec, Srđan Kalember, Vilmos Loczi, Lajos Engler, Aleksandar Blasković, Mirko Marjanović, Đorđe Andrijašević, Milan Bjegojević, Borislav Ćurčić, Dragan Godžić, Borko Jovanović (Coach: Nebojša Popović)

1954 World Championship: finished 11th among 12 teams ^[4]

Vilmos Loczi, Lajos Engler, Aleksandar Blasković, Mirko Marjanović, Đorđe Andrijašević, Milan Bjegojević, Borislav Ćurčić, Dragan Godzić, Bogdan Muller, Đorđe Konjović, Milan Blagojević, Boris Kristančič (Coach: Aca Nikolić)

1955 EuroBasket: finished 8th among 18 teams

Ladislav Demšar, Vilmos Loczi, Aleksandar Blasković, Đorđe Andrijašević, Milan Bjegojević, Borislav Ćurčić, Bogdan Muller, Đorđe Konjović, Milutin Minja, Obren Popović, Jože Zupančič, Ljubomir Katić (Coach: Aca Nikolić)

1956 Olympic Games: did not participate

1957 EuroBasket: finished 6th among 16 teams

Ivo Daneu, Vilmos Loczi, Lajos Engler, Bogdan Muller, Boris Kristančič, Milutin Minja, Ljubomir Katić, Marjan Kandus, Miodrag Nikolić, Branko Radović, Matija Dermastija, Branko Miletić (Coach: Aca Nikolić)

1959 EuroBasket: finished 9th among 17 teams

Radivoj Korać, Ivo Daneu, Slobodan Gordić, Boris Kristančič, Milutin Minja, Marjan Kandus, Miodrag Nikolić, Branko Radović, Matija Dermastija, Nemanja Đurić, Radovan Radović, Igor Jelnikar (Coach: Aca Nikolić)

1959 World Championship: did not participate

1960 Olympic Games: finished 6th among 16 teams

Radivoj Korać, Ivo Daneu, Slobodan Gordić, Josip Đerđa, Boris Kristančič, Marjan Kandus, Miodrag Nikolić, Nemanja Đurić, Radovan Radović, Miha Lokar, Zvonko Petričević, Sreten Dragojlović (Coach: Aca Nikolić)

1961 EuroBasket: finished 2nd among 19 teams

Radivoj Korać, Ivo Daneu, Slobodan Gordić, Marjan Kandus, Miodrag Nikolić, Nemanja Đurić, Radovan Radović, Miha Lokar, Zvonko Petričević, Sreten Dragojlović, Vital Eiselt, Željko Troskot (Coach: Aca Nikolić)

1963 EuroBasket: finished 3rd among 16 teams

Radivoj Korać, Ivo Daneu, Slobodan Gordić, Trajko Rajković, Borut Bassin, Miodrag Nikolić, Nemanja Đurić, Zvonko Petričević, Dragoslav Ražnatović, Miloš Bojović, Živko Kasun, Emil Logar (Coach: Aca Nikolić)

1963 World Championship: finished 2nd among 13 teams

Radivoj Korać, Ivo Daneu, Josip Đerđa, Slobodan Gordić, Trajko Rajković, Miodrag Nikolić, Nemanja Đurić, Zvonko Petričević, Dragoslav Ražnatović, Vital Eiselt, Vladimir Cvetković, Dragan Kovačić (Coach: Aca Nikolić)

1964 Olympic Games: finished 7th among 16 teams

Radivoj Korać, Ivo Daneu, Josip Đerđa, Slobodan Gordić, Trajko Rajković, Miodrag Nikolić, Nemanja Đurić, Zvonko Petričević, Dragoslav Ražnatović, Vital Eiselt, Vladimir Cvetković, Dragan Kovačić (Coach: Aca Nikolić)

1965 EuroBasket: finished 2nd among 16 teams

Radivoj Korać, Ivo Daneu, Petar Skansi, Josip Đerđa, Slobodan Gordić, Trajko Rajković, Nemanja Đurić, Zvonko Petričević, Dragoslav Ražnatović, Vital Eiselt, Dragan Kovačić, Milos Bojović (Coach: Aca Nikolić)

1967 EuroBasket: finished 9th among 16 teams

Kresimir Ćosić, Petar Skansi, Aljoša Zorga, Rato Tvrdić, Damir Šolman, Borut Bassin, Ljubodrag Simonović, Dragoslav Ražnatović, Vladimir Cvetković, Dragan Kapičić, Zoran Marojević, Goran Brajković (Coach: Ranko Žeravica)

1967 World Championship: finished 2nd among 13 teams

Radivoj Korać, Krešimir Ćosić, Ivo Daneu, Josip Đerđa, Petar Skansi, Rato Tvrdić, Borut Bassin, Nemanja Đurić, Trajko Rajković, Dragoslav Ražnatović, Vladimir Cvetković, Dragan Kovačić (Coach: Ranko Žeravica)

1968 Olympic Games: finished 2nd among 16 teams

Radivoj Korać, Krešimir Ćosić, Ivo Daneu, Petar Skansi, Nikola Plećaš, Aljoša Žorga, Damir Šolman, Trajko Rajković, Dragoslav Ražnatović, Vladimir Cvetković, Dragutin Čermak, Zoran Marojević (Coach: Ranko Žeravica)

1969 EuroBasket: finished 2nd among 12 teams

Krešimir Ćosić, Ivo Daneu, Nikola Plećaš, Vinko Jelovac, Rato Tvrdić, Damir Šolman, Ljubodrag Simonović, Trajko Rajković, Dragutin Čermak, Dragan Kapičić, Vladimir Cvetković, Zoran Marojević (Coach: Ranko Žeravica)

1970 World Championship: finished 1st among 13 teams

Krešimir Ćosić, Ivo Daneu, Petar Skansi, Nikola Plećaš, Vinko Jelovac, Aljoša Žorga, Rato Tvrdić, Damir Šolman, Ljubodrag Simonović, Trajko Rajković, Dragutin Čermak, Dragan Kapičić (Coach: Ranko Žeravica)

1971 EuroBasket: finished 2nd among 12 teams

Krešimir Ćosić, Nikola Plećaš, Vinko Jelovac, Aljoša Žorga, Ljubodrag Simonović, Dragutin Čermak, Borut Bassin, Dragan Kapičić, Blagoje Georgijevski, Žarko Knežević, Dragiša Vučinić, Davor Rukavina (Coach: Ranko Žeravica)

1972 Olympic Games: finished 5th among 16 teams

Krešimir Ćosić, Nikola Plećaš, Vinko Jelovac, Rato Tvrdić, Damir Šolman, Ljubodrag Simonović, Dragan Kapičić, Blagoje Georgijevski, Žarko Knežević, Dragutin Čermak, Miroljub Damnjanović, Milun Marović (Coach: Ranko Žeravica)

1973 EuroBasket: finished 1st among 12 teams

Kresimir Ćosić, Dražen Dalipagić, Dragan Kićanović, Nikola Plećaš, Vinko Jelovac, Zoran Slavnić, Željko Jerkov, Rato Tvrdić, Damir Šolman, Žarko Knezević, Milun Marović, Dragan Ivković (Coach: Mirko Novosel)

1974 World Championship: finished 2nd among 14 teams

Kresimir Ćosić, Dražen Dalipagić, Dragan Kićanović, Nikola Plećaš, Vinko Jelovac, Zoran Slavnić, Željko Jerkov, Rato Tvrdić, Damir Šolman, Žarko Knezević, Dragan Kapičić, Milun Marović (Coach: Mirko Novosel)

1975 EuroBasket: finished 1st among 12 teams

Krešimir Ćosić, Dražen Dalipagić, Mirza Delibašić, Dragan Kićanović, Nikola Plećaš, Vinko Jelovac, Zoran Slavnić, Željko Jerkov, Rato Tvrdić, Damir Šolman, Dragan Kapičić, Rajko Žižić (Coach: Mirko Novosel)

1976 Olympic Games: finished 2nd among 12 teams

Krešimir Ćosić, Dražen Dalipagić, Mirza Delibašić, Dragan Kićanović, Vinko Jelovac, Zoran Slavnić, Željko Jerkov, Žarko Varajić, Damir Šolman, Andro Knego, Rajko Žižić, Blagoje Georgijevski (Coach: Mirko Novosel)

1977 EuroBasket: finished 1st among 12 teams

Krešimir Ćosić, Dražen Dalipagić, Mirza Delibašić, Dragan Kićanović, Vinko Jelovac, Zoran Slavnić, Željko Jerkov, Žarko Varajić, Ratko Radovanović, Duje Krstulović, Ante Đogić, Joško Papić (Coach: Aca Nikolić)

1978 World Championship: finished 1st among 14 teams

Kresimir Ćosić, Dražen Dalipagić, Mirza Delibašić, Dragan Kićanović, Zoran Slavnić, Željko Jerkov, Andro Knego, Ratko Radovanović, Rajko Žižić, Duje Krstulović, Peter Vilfan, Branko Skroče (Coach: Aca Nikolić)

1979 EuroBasket: finished 3rd among 12 teams

Kresimir Ćosić, Dražen Dalipagić, Mirza Delibašić, Dragan Kićanović, Zoran Slavnić, Željko Jerkov, Žarko Varajić, Ratko Radovanović, Rajko Žižić, Duje Krstulović, Peter Vilfan, Mihovil Nakić (Coach: Petar Skansi)

1980 Olympic Games: finished 1st among 12 teams

Kresimir Ćosić, Dražen Dalipagić, Mirza Delibašić, Dragan Kićanović, Zoran Slavnić, Željko Jerkov, Andro Knego, Ratko Radovanović, Rajko Žižić, Duje Krstulović, Mihovil Nakić, Branko Skroče (Coach: Ranko Žeravica)

1981 EuroBasket: finished 2nd among 12 teams

Krešimir Ćosić, Dražen Dalipagić, Mirza Delibašić, Dragan Kićanović, Andro Knego, Ratko Radovanović, Peter Vilfan, Branko Skroče, Predrag Benaček, Boban Petrović, Željko Poljak, Petar Popović (Coach: Bogdan Tanjević)

1982 World Championship: finished 3rd among 13 teams

Dražen Dalipagić, Mirza Delibašić, Dragan Kićanović, Željko Jerkov, Aco Petrović, Andro Knego, Ratko Radovanović, Peter Vilfan, Rajko Žižić, Boban Petrović, Zufer Avdija, Zoran Radović (Coach: Ranko Žeravica)

1983 EuroBasket: finished 7th among 12 teams

Dražen Petrović, Krešimir Ćosić, Dražen Dalipagić, Dragan Kićanović, Zoran Slavnić, Ratko Radovanović, Peter Vilfan, Rajko Žižić, Ivan Sunara, Goran Grbović, Željko Poljak, Milenko Savović (Coach: Josip Đerđa)

1984 Olympic Games: finished 3rd among 12 teams

Dražen Petrović, Aco Petrović, Dražen Dalipagić, Andro Knego, Ratko Radovanović, Rajko Žižić, Mihovil Nakić, Emir Mutapčić, Sabit Hadžić, Ivan Sunara, Nebojša Zorkić, Branko Vukičević (Coach: Mirko Novosel)

1985 EuroBasket: finished 7th among 12 teams

Dražen Petrović, Andro Knego, Zoran Čutura, Mihovil Nakić, Emir Mutapčić, Stojan Vranković, Ivan Sunara, Zoran Radović, Sven Ušić, Nebojša Zorkić, Boban Petrović, Borislav Vučević (Coach: Krešimir Ćosić)

1986 World Championship: finished 3rd among 24 teams

Dražen Petrović, Aco Petrović, Dražen Dalipagić, Vlade Divac, Stojan Vranković, Ratko Radovanović, Zoran Čutura, Emir Mutapčić, Danko Cvjetičanin, Franjo Arapović, Zoran Radović, Veljko Petranović (Coach: Krešimir Ćosić)

1987 EuroBasket: finished 3rd among 12 teams

Dražen Petrović, Aco Petrović, Vlade Divac, Toni Kukoč, Dino Rađa, Žarko Paspalj, Aleksandar Đorđević, Stojan Vranković, Ratko Radovanović, Danko Cvjetičanin, Zoran Radović, Goran Grbović (Coach: Krešimir Ćosić)

1988 Olympic Games: finished 2nd among 12 teams

Dražen Petrović, Vlade Divac, Toni Kukoč, Dino Rađa, Žarko Paspalj, Stojan Vranković, Jure Zdovc, Zoran Čutura, Danko Cvjetičanin, Franjo Arapović, Željko Obradović, Zdravko Radulović (Coach: Dušan Ivković)

1989 EuroBasket: finished 1st among 8 teams

Dražen Petrović, Vlade Divac, Toni Kukoč, Dino Rađa, Žarko Paspalj, Predrag Danilović, Stojan Vranković, Jure Zdovc, Zoran Čutura, Zdravko Radulović, Zoran Radović, Mario Primorac (Coach: Dušan Ivković)

1990 World Championship: finished 1st among 16 teams

Dražen Petrović, Vlade Divac, Toni Kukoč, Žarko Paspalj, Zoran Savić, Velimir Perasović, Jure Zdovc, Zoran Čutura, Željko Obradović, Arijan Komazec, Radisav Ćurčić, Zoran Jovanović (Coach: Dušan Ivković)

1991 EuroBasket: finished 1st among 8 teams

Vlade Divac, Toni Kukoč, Dino Rađa, Žarko Paspalj, Zoran Savić, Predrag Danilović, Aleksandar Đorđević, Velimir Perasović, Jure Zdovc, Arijan Komazec, Zoran Sretenović, Zoran Jovanović (Coach: Dušan Ivković)

For 1992 onwards, as Federal Republic of Yugoslavia: see Serbia and Montenegro national basketball team

Player statistics

Most appearances 100+ # Player Matches Position Years Nationality 1 Krešimir Ćosić 303 C CRO Vinko Jelovac 243 C CRO Dražen Dalipagić 243 BIH Damir Šolman 226 SF CRO Dragan Kićanović 216 SG SRB Ivo Daneu 209 SLO Mirza Delibašić 176 SG BIH Dragan Kapičić 169 SRB Zoran Radović 168 SG, SF SRB Radivoj Korać 157 PF SRB Ratko Radovanović 150+ C BIH Peter Vilfan 121 SG SLO Trajko Rajković 113 SRB Aleksandar Đorđević 108 PG SRB Boris Kristančič 100 SLO Dragutin Čermak CRO Nikola Plećaš CRO Ratomir Tvrdić SG CRO Josip Gjergja CRO Željko Jerkov C CRO Andro Knego C CRO Zoran Slavnić PG SRB Rajko Žižić C SRB Mihovil Nakić CRO

Top scorers 1000+ # Name Points PPG Position Years Nationality Damir Šolman 1785 7.9 SF CRO Mirza Delibašić 1759 10.0 SG BIH

Notable people

Players

Dražen Petrović World and European Champion 2× Euroleague champion (1985, 1986) 2× FIBA Saporta Cup Champion (1987, 1989) FIBA World Championship MVP (1986) FIBA World Cup All-Tournament Team member (1986) FIBA EuroBasket MVP (1989) Euroleague Finals Top Scorer (1985) 2× FIBA EuroBasket All-Tournament Team (1985, 1989) 2× FIBA Saporta Cup Finals Top Scorer (1987, 1989) FIBA Korać Cup Finals Top Scorer (1988) All-NBA Third Team (1993) 4× Euroscar (1986, 1989, 1992–1993) 2× Mr. Europa Award (1986, 1993) FIBA's 50 Greatest Players (1991) 50 Greatest Euroleague Contributors FIBA Hall of Fame induction (2007) Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame induction (2002) FIBA European Selection (1987) Golden Badge (1985) No. 3 Retired by the New Jersey Nets 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) NBA All-Star (2001) Mr. Europa Award (1989) J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award (2000) No. 21 Retired by the Sacramento Kings 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)

Toni Kukoč World and European Champion 3× NBA champion (1996–1998) 3× Euroleague champion (1989, 1990, 1991) FIBA World Championship MVP (1990) FIBA EuroBasket MVP (1991) FIBA World Cup All-Tournament Team member (1990) 2× FIBA EuroBasket All-Tournament Team (1991, 1995) NBA Sixth Man of the Year (1996) NBA All-Rookie Second Team (1994) 3× Euroleague Final Four MVP (1990, 1991, 1993) 5× Euroscar (1990–1991, 1994, 1996, 1998) 4× Mr. Europa Award (1990–1992, 1996) FIBA's 50 Greatest Players (1991) 50 Greatest Euroleague Contributors FIBA European Selection (1991) Dino Rađa European Champion 2× Euroleague champion (1989, 1990) Korać Cup champion (1992) FIBA World Cup All-Tournament Team member (1994) 2× FIBA EuroBasket All-Tournament Team (1989, 1993) Euroleague Final Four MVP (1989) Greek League Finals MVP (1998) Croatian Cup Final Four MVP (2000) Croatian Cup Final Four Top Scorer (2000) 2× Greek League rebounding leader (1998, 2001) NBA All-Rookie Second Team (1994) FIBA's 50 Greatest Players (1991) 50 Greatest Euroleague Contributors (2008) FIBA European Selection (1991) 2× FIBA EuroStar selection (1997, 1998) Krešimir Ćosić World, Olympic and European Champion FIBA Saporta Cup Champion (1982) 2x FIBA EuroBasket MVP (1971, 1975) 2x FIBA World Cup All-Tournament Team member (1970, 1978) 5x All-EuroBasket Team member (1969, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1979) Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame induction (1996) FIBA Hall of Fame induction (2007) FIBA's 50 Greatest Players (1991) 50 Greatest Euroleague Contributors (2008) 6x FIBA European Selection (1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974) 2x fourth-team All-American – NABC (1972–1973) 3× First-team All-WAC (1971–1973) No. 11 retired by BYU

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) 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 (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) Ivo Daneu World Champion FIBA World Championship MVP (1967) FIBA World Cup All-Tournament Team member (1967) All-EuroBasket Team member (1969) FIBA Hall of Fame induction (2007) FIBA's 50 Greatest Players (1991) FIBA European Selection (1967) Golden Badge (1967) Yugoslav Sportsman of the Year by Sportske novosti (1967)

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) 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) 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) Mirza Delibašić World, Olympic and European Champion Euroleague champion (1979) FIBA Hall of Fame induction (2007) FIBA's 50 Greatest Players (1991) 50 Greatest Euroleague Contributors (2008) 2x FIBA European Selection (1978, 1981) Bosnia and Herzegovina Sportsman of the 20th century (2000) 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) Vinko Jelovac World and European Champion FIBA World Cup All-Tournament Team member (1974) 2x FIBA European Selection (1973, 1974) 2x Slovenian Sportsperson of the Year (1973, 1974) Jure Zdovc World and European Champion Euroleague champion (1993) 2x FIBA European Selection (1990, 1991) FIBA EuroStar selection (1996) Stojko Vranković European Champion Euroleague champion (1996) FIBA European Selection (1987) FIBA EuroStar selection (1999)

Manager history

• 1947–1950 – Stevica Čolović
• 1950–1953 – Nebojša Popović
• 1954–1965 – Aleksandar Nikolić
• 1967–1972 – Ranko Žeravica
• 1973–1976 – Mirko Novosel
• 1977–1978 – Aleksandar Nikolić
• 1979 – Petar Skansi
• 1980 – Ranko Žeravica
• 1981 – Bogdan Tanjević
• 1982 – Ranko Žeravica
• 1983 – Josip Gjergja
• 1984 – Mirko Novosel
• 1985–1987 – Krešimir Ćosić
• 1988–1991 – Dušan Ivković

Successor teams

• Bosnia and Herzegovina national basketball team
• Croatia national basketball team
• Kosovo national basketball team
• Macedonia national basketball team
• Montenegro national basketball team
• Serbia national basketball team^[5]
• Slovenia national basketball team

References

1. https://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/team/p/sid/2241/tid/390/_//index.html
2. https://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/team/p/sid/2902/tid/390/_//index.html
3. https://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/team/p/sid/2244/tid/390/_//index.html
4. https://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/team/p/sid/2903/tid/390/_/1954_World_Championship_for_Men/index.html
5. "Note: Serbian national basketball team is a successor of the SFR Yugoslavia national basketball team; At the time of 1992, FR Yugoslavia was one of the successors (Later Serbian national basketball team); Although, none of these teams is a results successor of what has the SFR Yugoslavia national basketball team accomplished)".