Croatia national basketball team
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Croatia  Hrvatska |
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| FIBA ranking | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Joined FIBA | 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| FIBA zone | FIBA Europe | ||||||||||||||||||||
| National federation | Croatian Basketball Federation | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Jasmin Repeša | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Appearances | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals |  1992 |
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| Appearances | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals |  1994 |
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| Appearances | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 1993, 1995 |
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The Croatian national basketball team represents Croatia at international tournaments. It is organized by the Croatian Basketball Federation.
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[edit] World Championships
[edit] Olympic Games
[edit] European Championships
[edit] Current team
- 4 Roko Leni Ukić
- 5 Davor Kus
- 6 Marko Popović
- 7 Marin Rozić
- 8 Nikola Prkačin(c)
- 9 Marko Tomas
- 10 Zoran Planinić
- 11 Mario Stojić
- 12 Damir Markota
- 13 Marko Banić
- 14 Mario Kasun
- 15 Stanko Barać
Coach: Jasmin Repeša
[edit] Famous players
Players that played for Yugoslavia:
- Petar Skansi
- Rato Tvrdić
- Nikola Plećaš
- Vinko Jelovac
- Zoran Čutura
- Branko Skroče
- Mihovil Nakić
- Andro Knego
- Damir Šolman
- Krešimir Ćosić
- Željko Jerkov
- Josip Đerđa
- Aleksandar "Aco" Petrović
Players that played for both Yugoslavia and Croatia:
- Dražen Petrović
- Toni Kukoč
- Dino Rađa
- Stojko Vranković
- Velimir Perasović
- Arijan Komazec
- Franjo Arapović
- Žan Tabak
- Danko Cvjetičanin
Players who played for Croatia:
[edit] Earlier history
Because Croatia was part of Yugoslavia until 1991, the Croatian players played for the Yugoslav national basketball team. Notable players from this period included Krešimir Ćosić, Petar Skansi, Željko Jerkov, Andro Knego, Zdravko Radulović. A number of famous players played for the Yugoslav team in the late 80s and for the Croatian team in the 90s.
[edit] Rosters
1992 Olympic Games: finished 2nd among 12 teams
Drazen Petrovic, Toni Kukoc, Dino Radja, Stojan Vrankovic, Zan Tabak, Arijan Komazec, Velimir Perasovic, Danko Cvjeticanin, Franjo Arapovic, Aramis Naglic, Vladan Alanovic, Alan Gregov (Coach: Petar Skansi)
1993 EuroBasket: finished 3rd among 16 teams
Dino Radja, Stojan Vrankovic, Zan Tabak, Arijan Komazec, Velimir Perasovic, Danko Cvjeticanin, Franjo Arapovic, Vladan Alanovic, Emilio Kovacic, Veljko Mrsic, Ivica Zuric, Alan Gregov (Coach: Mirko Novosel)
1994 World Championship: finished 3rd among 16 teams
Toni Kukoc, Dino Radja, Stojan Vrankovic, Arijan Komazec, Danko Cvjeticanin, Veljko Mrsic, Vladan Alanovic, Davor Pejcinovic, Josip Vrankovic, Alan Gregov, Ivica Zuric, Miro Juric (Coach: Giuseppe 'Pino" Djerdja)
1995 EuroBasket: finished 3rd among 14 teams
Toni Kukoc, Dino Radja, Stojan Vrankovic, Arijan Komazec, Velimir Perasovic, Vladan Alanovic, Veljko Mrsic, Ivica Zuric, Alan Gregov, Davor Pejcinovic, Josip Vrankovic, Ivica Maric (Coach: Aleksandar Petrovic)
1996 Olympic Games: finished 7th among 12 teams
Toni Kukoc, Dino Radja, Arijan Komazec, Stojan Vrankovic, Zan Tabak, Velimir Perasovic, Slaven Rimac, Damir Mulaomerovic, Veljko Mrsic, Vladan Alanovic, Josip Vrankovic, Davor Marcelic (Coach: Petar Skansi)
1997 EuroBasket: finished 11th among 16 teams
Damir Mulaomerovic, Gordan Giricek, Slaven Rimac, Josip Sesar, Nikola Prkacin, Vladan Alanovic, Emilio Kovacic, Davor Pejcinovic, Ivan Grgat, Davor Marcelic, Sinisa Kelecevic, Damir Milacic (Coach: Petar Skansi)
1998 World Championship: did not participate
1999 EuroBasket: finished 9th among 16 teams
Toni Kukoc, Damir Mulaomerovic, Gordan Giricek, Nikola Prkacin, Veljko Mrsic, Nikola Vujcic, Vladimir Krstic, Gordan Zadravec, Josko Poljak, Jurica Ruzic, Ivan Tomeljak, Hrvoje Henjak (Coach: Bosko Bozic)
2000 Olympic Games: did not participate
2001 EuroBasket: finished 7th among 16 teams
Damir Mulaomerovic, Zan Tabak, Nikola Vujcic, Gordan Giricek, Nikola Prkacin, Josip Sesar, Veljko Mrsic, Matej Mamic, Emilio Kovacic, Mate Skelin, Vladimir Krstic, Josip Vrankovic (Coach: Aleksandar Petrovic)
2002 World Championship: did not participate
2003 EuroBasket: finished 12th among 16 teams
Damir Mulaomerovic, Gordan Giricek, Zoran Planinic, Nikola Prkacin, Mate Skelin, Marko Popovic, Andrija Zizic, Dalibor Bagaric, Matej Mamic, Sandro Nicevic, Marino Bazdaric, Hrvoje Perincic (Coach: Neven Spahija)
2004 Olympic Games: did not participate
2005 EuroBasket: finished 7th among 16 teams
Nikola Vujcic, Gordan Giricek, Zoran Planinic, Marko Popovic, Roko Leni Ukic, Mario Kasun, Nikola Prkacin, Andrija Zizic, Dalibor Bagaric, Matej Mamic, Marko Tomas, Damir Rancic (Coach: Neven Spahija)
2006 World Championship: did not participate
2007 EuroBasket: finished 6th among 16 teams
Zoran Planinic, Roko Leni Ukic, Marko Popovic, Mario Kasun, Nikola Prkacin, Damir Markota, Marko Tomas, Mario Stojic, Davor Kus, Stanko Barac, Marin Rozic, Marko Banic (Coach: Jasmin Repesa)
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