Serbia and Montenegro men's national basketball team explained

Country:Serbia and Montenegro
FR Yugoslavia
Fiba Ranking:Defunct
Joined Fiba:1992
Fiba Zone:FIBA Europe
Oly Appearances:3
Oly Medals: Silver: (1996)
Wc Appearances:3
Wc Medals: Gold: (1998, 2002)
Zone Championship:EuroBasket
Zone Appearances:6
Zone Medals: Gold: (1995, 1997, 2001)
Bronze: (1999)
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The Serbia and Montenegro men's national basketball team (Serbian: Кошаркашка репрезентација Србије и Црне Горе|Košarkaška reprezentacija Srbije i Crne Gore ) also widely known as the FR Yugoslavia men's national basketball team, represented Serbia and Montenegro in international basketball competition, from 1993 to 2006. It was governed by the Basketball Federation of Serbia and Montenegro.

History

After the breakup of Yugoslavia, in 1991–1992, the original senior Yugoslav national basketball team was dissolved. Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnian and Herzegovina NT), Croatia (Croatian NT), Macedonia (Macedonian NT) (later known as North Macedonia), and Slovenia (Slovenia) then formed their own senior national teams. While the then remaining and smaller Yugoslavia (originally known as FR Yugoslavia, and later as Serbia and Montenegro) formed its own senior national team.

That senior national team was originally named either "Yugoslavia national basketball team", or "FR Yugoslavia national basketball team", from 1992 until 2003, after the country's name at the time. In 2003, after the country was renamed from FR Yugoslavia to Serbia and Montenegro, the team was also renamed to "Serbia and Montenegro national basketball team". After Serbia and Montenegro split up, in 2006, and became the independent countries of Serbia and Montenegro, they each formed their own successor national teams. The senior Serbian national basketball team's first appearance at a major FIBA competition was at the 2007 EuroBasket. While the senior Montenegrin national basketball team's first appearance at a major FIBA event was at the 2011 EuroBasket.

Names

Competitions

Olympic Games

Olympic Games
YearPositionwidth=30width=30width=30
1936 to 1988Part of Yugoslavia
1992Suspended
1996871
20006th 743
200411th 624
Total3/421138

FIBA World Cup

World Cup
YearPositionwidth=30width=30width=30
1950 to 1990Part of Yugoslavia
1994Suspended
1998981
2002972
200611th624
Total3/424177

EuroBasket

EuroBasketQualification
YearPositionwidth=30width=30width=30width=30width=30width=30
1935 to 1991Part of YugoslaviaPart of Yugoslavia
1993SuspendedSuspended
1995990440
1997981Direct qualification
1999972
2001660
20036th734
20059th422Qualified as host
Total6/7!44 35 9 4 4 0

Honours

Individual awards

Rosters

Head coaches

YearsNameP.Competition
1992–1995 Dušan Ivković1995 EuroBasket
1996–2000 Željko Obradović



6th
1996 Summer Olympics
1997 EuroBasket
1998 World Cup
1999 EuroBasket
2000 Summer Olympics
2000–2002 Svetislav Pešić
2001 EuroBasket
2002 World Cup
2003 Duško Vujošević6th 2003 EuroBasket
2004–2005 Željko Obradović11th
9th
2004 Summer Olympics
2005 EuroBasket
2006 Dragan Šakota11th 2006 World Cup

Predecessor and successor teams

See also

References

External links