Serbia men's national basketball team

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The Serbia men's national basketball team (Template:Langx) represents Serbia in international men's basketball competition, and is controlled by the Basketball Federation of Serbia. Serbia is currently ranked second in the FIBA World Ranking.[1]

From 1992 to 2003, the national team played in international tournaments under the name FR Yugoslavia, and from 2003 to 2006, under the name Serbia and Montenegro. Following Montenegro’s declaration of independence in 2006, Serbia is considered sole legal successor.[2] The Basketball Federation of Serbia retained the place of the Basketball Federation of Serbia and Montenegro as a FIBA member,[3] and Serbia thus officially inherited all of the preceding country's results and medals.

Serbia has often been portrayed as a basketball powerhouse.[4][5] With 16 members of the FIBA Hall of Fame (second most behind USA), 5 members of the Naismith’s Hall of Fame (second most behind USA) and 20% of the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors, Serbian players, coaches and administrators had and continue to have a profound effect on the development of basketball in Europe and the world.

From the leader of the Silver Generation of Yugoslavian basketball (Radivoj Korać), through the most important players of the First Golden Generation (Dragan Kićanović, Dražen Dalipagić, Zoran Slavnić and Ratko Radovanović) and Second Golden Generation (Vlade Divac, Žarko Paspalj, Zoran Savić, Predrag Danilović), the successes of Serbian players continued even after the collapse of the joint state in 1991. During the international debut in 1995, strengthened by new stars of European basketball (Aleksandar Đorđević, Dejan Bodiroga, Željko Rebrača, Dejan Tomašević, Peja Stojaković and many others), Serbian national team continued where Yugoslavia stopped by winning 7 medals from 1995 to 2002 (back to back World Championships in 1998 and 2002, 3 Eurobaskets in 1995, 1997 and 2001, silver at 1996 Olympics and bronze at 1999 Eurobasket).

The production of great players continued in the 21st century with Euroleague MVPs Miloš Teodosić, Nemanja Bjelica and Vasilije Micić, along with Bogdan Bogdanović, Nenad Krstić and 3-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokić. In 2020s the new generations continue in the footsteps of their predecessors, winning titles and individual accolades in both NBA and Euroleague, simultaneously positioning the national team in second place in the FIBA ranking.

Perhaps even more than the players on the court, Serbian coaches have significantly influenced the development of basketball in Europe for almost a century. From Naismith's Hall of Famer Aleksandar Nikolić and Olympic champion Ranko Žeravica through multiple Euroleague champions Dušan Ivković, Svetislav Pešić and Božidar Maljković to Željko Obradović, the greatest coach in European basketball history and outside the NBA,[6][7][8] Serbian coaches have won a record 19 Euroleague titles, 17 out of 26 Yugoslavian medals and 13 medals with the Serbian national team at the biggest international competitions (FIBA World Cup, Eurobasket and Summer Olympics).

The four “Fathers of Yugoslav basketball” and recipients of the prestigious FIBA Order of Merit are also Serbs:[9] coach, journalist, commentator and founder of Crvena Zvezda basketball team Nebojša Popović, long-term president of the Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia Radomir Šaper, the aforementioned founder of the Serbian (and Yugoslav) coaching school Aleksandar Nikolić and Borislav Stanković, a Serb who probably had the greatest impact on the world of basketball. As the general secretary of FIBA Stanković is responsible for bridging the conflict between the NBA and FIBA. With the agreement between Stankovic and NBA commissioner David Stern,[10] NBA players got the opportunity to play at the Olympics, while at the same time the first wave of European players went to the NBA. The agreement made basketball truly a global sport and directly opened the door for the continuation of American dominance on the international stage as well as the creation of a base of foreign players who will win 7 NBA MVP awards in a row and counting.

History

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Serbia and Montenegro

With the start of Yugoslav Wars in 1991, and subsequent breakup of Yugoslavia, the Yugoslavia national team was disbanded. The team consisted of players selected from the population of over 23 million people, and the basketball infrastructure was evenly distributed among the six states which formed the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

In 1992, FR Yugoslavia was established as the federation of the two remaining Yugoslav republics, Serbia and Montenegro. The newly established country had less than half the population of the former country. The Basketball Federation of FR Yugoslavia became the governing body of basketball for the new country. After the adoption of UNSCR 757, the national team was suspended from participating in international tournaments. Due to these sanctions and ongoing war, the national team was prevented from participating at the 1992 Summer Olympics, EuroBasket 1993 and 1994 FIBA World Cup.

1995–2002: Golden generation

Without much sponsorship for the war-impoverished country, the national team made its comeback to the international scene at the EuroBasket 1995 in Greece, where it won the gold medal; after defeating Lithuania in the final. At the 1996 Summer Olympics, the team lost 69–95 to the United States in the gold-medal game. After the defeat, the national team would go on to claim the gold medal in their next two international competitions, EuroBasket 1997 and the 1998 FIBA World Cup; while winning the bronze medal at EuroBasket 1999 and reclaiming gold once again at the EuroBasket 2001.

One of the most notable wins for the Yugoslavia national team came in the quarter-finals of the 2002 FIBA World Cup, where the host nation of the tournament, the United States was eliminated 81–78.[11] 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 the country's infrastructure; as well as civil victims during the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.[12] Thereafter, the Yugoslavia national team went on to win the competition, by defeating New Zealand in the semi-finals and Argentina in the final 84–77 in OT to win the gold medal.[11]

2003–2006: Underwhelming results

In 2002, FR Yugoslavia consisted of the states of Serbia and Montenegro. The merged nations came to a new agreement regarding continued co-operation, which, among other changes, promised the end of the name 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 at international tournaments, after decades of winning medals.

At the EuroBasket 2003, the team came in sixth place, but due to their world champion status, were automatically qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Greece. Entering 2004, the national team participated in the less important Diamond Ball tournament, prior to the 2004 Olympic Games where they won the gold medal. Although the team was unable to carry over the momentum heading into the Olympics, and were eliminated in the group stage with a (1–4) record, finishing in 11th place.

After two consecutive tournament disappointments, hopes of getting back on the podium returned for the EuroBasket 2005 where Serbia and Montenegro was the host nation. Heading into the tournament, Željko Obradović was brought back for a second stint as head coach of the national team. However, they were eliminated in the play-off stage by France 74–71, and finished in ninth place. After the tournament, Obradović stepped down, and blamed a bad atmosphere among the team's star players for the failure. The team then participated at the 2006 FIBA World Cup on a wild card, due to the results in the past on the initiative by FIBA prominent administrator Borislav Stanković. Although the national team of Serbia and Montenegro came up short once again, with another ninth-place finish.

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

Following the dissolution of the state union of Serbia and Montenegro, the national team participated at the EuroBasket 2007. There, the team finished the competition failing to make it out of the group stage after three close losses. The result failed to qualify the team for the 2008 Summer Olympics, which was their first time missing the Olympic tournament after missing it in 1992 due to suspension.

In December 2007, the legendary Dušan Ivković hinted that he would take the helm as head coach of the national team.[13]

2009–2013: Flashes of old glory

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Duško Savanović in 2011

Under Ivković's coaching, a new generation of players led by Nenad Krstić and Miloš Teodosić returned some of the old glory by taking the silver medal at Eurobasket 2009. At the 2010 FIBA World Cup, after narrowly defeating Croatia in the Round of 16, Miloš Teodosić hit a deep three-point shot to upset the favourites of the tournament Spain in the quarter-finals.[14] Entering the semis, Serbia would come up short, after a controversial referee's error to the tournament's host Turkey 83–82.[14] With the youngest team in the competition, Serbia eventually finished in fourth place after losing to Lithuania 99–88 in the bronze-medal game.[14][15]

At the EuroBasket 2011, the team failed to reach the semi-finals, finishing the tournament in eighth place; thus failing to qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics. At the EuroBasket 2013, the team was once again eliminated in the quarter-finals and finished in seventh place.

2013–2019: Silver generation

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Đorđević led the team to the silver medal at the 2014 FIBA World Cup, where they lost in the final to the United States.[17][18] At the EuroBasket 2015, Serbia finished in fourth place, with their only tournament loses coming in the semi-finals to Lithuania and in the bronze-medal game to France.

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Nikola Jokić defending Kevin Durant at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro

After winning the 2016 Olympic Qualifying Tournament held in Belgrade, the national team won the silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, losing in the final to the United States.[19][20]

With the absence of team captains Miloš Teodosić, and Nikola Jokić, rising star Bogdan Bogdanović emerged as team leader at the EuroBasket 2017. The national team went on to earn their third silver medal in four years, after falling to a Goran Dragić-led Slovenia 93–85 in the final.[21]

Facing a different qualification system introduced by FIBA for the 2019 FIBA World Cup, the national team was forced to play without their key players in nearly all of their qualification matches. However, they narrowly secured the last spot for the World Cup in their second round qualification group.[22] Prior the World Cup, Serbia was dubbed as one of the favourites to win the tournament;[23] but was eventually defeated in the quarter-finals by Argentina.[24] With the team relegated to the classification phase, they would pick up wins against the United States and Czech Republic to finish in fifth place.[25][26][27] After the tournament, head coach Đorđević announced his decision to leave the position after six years.[28]

2019–2021

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Serbia after winning their semi-final match against Canada at the 2023 FIBA World Cup.

Under head coach Igor Kokoškov, Serbia failed to qualify to the 2020 Summer Olympics after losing in the final game of the Qualifying Tournament to Italy before home crowd.

2021–present

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Honours

Medals table

Games Gold Silver Bronze Total
Summer Olympics 0 2 1 3
FIBA World Cup 2 2 0 4
EuroBasket 3 2 1 6
Mediterranean Games 0 1 1 2
Summer Universiade 4 2 2 8
Diamond Ball 1 1 0 2
Stanković Cup 0 0 1 1
Total 10 10 6 26

Competitive record

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FIBA World Cup

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Template:Flagicon 1950 to Template:Flagicon 1990 Part of Yugoslavia Part of Yugoslavia
Template:Flagicon 1994 Suspended Duda Ivković Suspended
Template:Flagicon 1998 Template:World1 Champions Template:World1 1st 8-1 .888 698-563 +135 Željko Obradović Directly qualified
Template:Flagicon 2002 Template:World1 Champions Template:World1 1st 7-2 .777 806-670 +136 Svetislav Pešić Directly qualified
Template:Flagicon 2006 Round of 16 11th 2-4 .333 484-439 +45 Dragan Šakota Wild card
Template:Flagicon 2010 Semi-finals 4th 6-3 .666 800-699 +101 Duda Ivković Directly qualified
Template:Flagicon 2014 Template:World2 Runners-up Template:World2 2nd 5-4 .555 743-720 +23 Sale Đorđević Directly qualified
Template:Flagicon 2019 Quarter-finals 5th 6-2 .750 753-598 +155 Group L
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2023 Template:World2 Runners-up Template:World2 2nd 6-2 .750 761-617 +144 Svetislav Pešić Group I
Template:Flagicon 2027 To be determined To be determined
Total 40-18 .690 5045 - 4306 +739 7/7

EuroBasket

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Template:Flagicon 1993 Suspended Duda Ivković Suspended
Template:Flagicon 1995 Template:Eur1 Champions Template:Eur1 1st 9-0 1.000 750-639 +111 Qualifying round
Template:Flagicon 1997 Template:Eur1 Champions Template:Eur1 1st 8-1 .888 628-544 +84 Željko Obradović Directly qualified
Template:Flagicon 1999 Template:Eur3 Semi-finals Template:Eur3 3rd 7-2 .777 657-587 +70
Template:Flagicon 2001 Template:Eur1 Champions Template:Eur1 1st 6-0 1.000 549-409 +140 Svetislav Pešić
Template:Flagicon 2003 Quarter-finals 6th 3-4 .429 537-561 -24 Duško Vujošević
Template:Flagicon 2005 Play-off round 9th 2-2 .500 316-307 +9 Željko Obradović Qualified as host
Template:Flagicon 2007 Group stage 14th 0-3 .000 215-228 −13 Moka Slavnić Directly qualified
Template:Flagicon 2009 Template:Eur2 Runners-up Template:Eur2 2nd 6-3 .666 603-602 +1 Duda Ivković Group A
Template:Flagicon 2011 Quarter-finals 8th 5-6 .455 600-648 -48 Directly qualified
Template:Flagicon 2013 Quarter-finals 7th 6-5 .545 581-589 -8 Group A
Template:Flagicon Template:FlagiconTemplate:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2015 Semi-finals 4th 7-2 .777 748-658 +90 Sale Đorđević Directly qualified
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2017 Template:Eur2 Runners-up Template:Eur2 2nd 7-2 .777 741-670 +71
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2022 Round of 16 9th 5-1 .833 552-455 +97 Svetislav Pešić Group E
Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon 2025 Qualified Group G
Template:FlagiconTemplate:FlagiconTemplate:FlagiconTemplate:Flagicon 2029 To be determined To be determined To be determined
Total 71-31 .700 7477 - 6897 +580 14/14

Results and fixtures

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2023

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2024

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2025

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Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2024 Summer Olympics. {{#section:Basketball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters|SRB}}

Depth chart for the 2024 Olympics

Players on the preliminary squad list for the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris. Active players, that were for different reasons either not called up, or declined the invitation, include Miloš Teodosić, Nikola Kalinić, Vladimir Lučić, Stefan Jović, Boban Marjanović, Nemanja Nedović, Luka Mitrović, Nikola Topić, Nikola Đurišić, Tristan Vukčević, Dušan Beslać, Boriša Simanić, Uroš Trifunović, Balša Koprivica, Danilo Anđušić, Branko Lazić, Alen Smailagić

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Past rosters

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Head coaches

Since 1992, the national team has been managed by a total of eight different head coaches. Dušan Ivković, Željko Obradović, and Svetislav Pešić are the only coaches with more than one spell.

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Player statistics

These tables include player statistics on Olympic games, FIBA World Cup and FIBA Eurobasket matches as well as matches on qualification tournaments since 1995. Friendly matches are not included.[31][32]

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Notable players

Multiple medal winners

This is a list of people who have won two or more medals, who represented FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro or Serbia since 1995.

Individual awards

(including achievements of Serbian players from 1945 to 1991)

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International competitions

Other notable achievements

Notable coaches

Individual achievements

(including achievements of Serbian coaches from 1945 to 1991)

See also

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References

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  6. ↑ The Greatest EuroLeague Coaches In Modern History
  7. ↑ Zeljko Obradovic: why the greatest European coach never worked in NBA?
  8. ↑ Zeljko Obradovic is the best coach in Europe by far, says legendary Dusan Ivkovic
  9. ↑ https://kosmagazin.com/four-saints-serbian-basketball/
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External links

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