Serbia national basketball team

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Serbia Србија
FIBA ranking	4
Joined FIBA	1936
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	Basketball Federation of Serbia
Coach	Dušan Ivković
Nickname(s)	Plavi (The Blues)
Olympic Games
Appearances	11[1]
Medals	6 1980 1968, 1976, 1988, 1996 1984
World Championships
Appearances	14[2]
Medals	10 1970, 1978, 1990, 1998, 2002 1963, 1967, 1974 1982, 1986[3]
Eurobasket
Appearances	25
Medals	16 1973, 1975, 1977, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1997, 2001 1961, 1969, 1971, 1981 1963, 1979, 1987, 1999
Uniforms
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The Serbia national basketball team represents Serbia in international basketball matches. FIBA considers Serbia national basketball team the direct descendant of the Serbia and Montenegro^[4], and Yugoslavia national teams.^{[citation needed]}

Contents 1 History 2 FIBA World Championships 3 Olympic Games 4 European Championships 5 Rosters 5.1 Current Squad 5.2 FIBA 2006 World Championship Squad 6 References 7 External links

[edit] History

Main article: Yugoslavia national basketball team

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[edit] FIBA World Championships

As Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

• 1950 - 10th
• 1954 - 11th
• 1963 -
• 1967 -
• 1970 -
• 1974 -
• 1978 -
• 1982 -
• 1986 -
• 1990 -

As Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

• 1994 - Did not participate due to the UN sanctions
• 1998 -
• 2002 -

As Serbia and Montenegro

• 2006 - 11th

[edit] Olympic Games

As Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

• 1960 - 6th
• 1964 - 7th
• 1968 -
• 1972 - 5th
• 1976 -
• 1980 -
• 1984 -
• 1988 -

As Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

• 1992 - Did not participate due to the UN sanctions
• 1996 -
• 2000 - 6th

As Serbia and Montenegro

• 2004 - 11th

[edit] European Championships

As Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia / Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

• 1947 - 13th
• 1953 - 6th
• 1955 - 8th
• 1957 - 6th
• 1959 - 9th
• 1961 -
• 1963 -
• 1969 -
• 1971 -
• 1973 -
• 1975 -
• 1977 -
• 1979 -
• 1981 -
• 1983 - 7th
• 1985 - 7th
• 1987 -
• 1989 -
• 1991 -

As Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

• 1993 - Did not participate due to the UN sanctions
• 1995 -
• 1997 -
• 1999 -
• 2001 -

As Serbia and Montenegro

• 2003 - 6th
• 2005 - 9th

As Serbia

• 2007 - 14th

[edit] Rosters

As Serbia and Montenegro

2003 EuroBasket: finished 6th among 16 teams

Predrag Stojaković, Marko Jarić, Milan Gurović, Miloš Vujanić, Predrag Drobnjak, Ognjen Aškrabić, Dušan Vukčević, Dejan Koturović, Nebojša Bogavac, Vule Avdalović, Đuro Ostojić, Kosta Perović (Coach: Dušan Vujošević)

2004 Olympic Games: finished 11th among 12 teams

Dejan Bodiroga, Vladimir Radmanović, Igor Rakočević, Dejan Tomašević, Predrag Drobnjak, Miloš Vujanić, Vlado Šćepanović, Nenad Krstić, Đuro Ostojić, Aleksandar Pavlović, Vule Avdalović, Petar Popović (Coach: Željko Obradović)

2005 EuroBasket: finished 9th among 16 teams

Dejan Bodiroga, Marko Jarić, Željko Rebrača, Vladimir Radmanović, Igor Rakočević, Milan Gurović, Dejan Tomašević, Darko Miličić, Nenad Krstić, Dejan Milojević, Vlado Šćepanović, Vule Avdalović (Coach: Željko Obradović)

2006 World Championship: finished 11th among 24 teams

Darko Miličić, Igor Rakočević, Mile Ilić, Ognjen Aškrabić, Goran Nikolić, Bojan Popović, Vule Avdalović, Kosta Perović, Marko Marinović, Uroš Tripković, Miroslav Raičević, Branko Jorović (Coach: Dragan Šakota)

as Serbia

2007 EuroBasket: finished 14th among 16 teams

Marko Jarić, Darko Miličić, Milan Gurović, Zoran Erceg, Miloš Teodosić, Branko Cvetković, Nemanja Aleksandrov, Milenko Tepić, Dragan Labović, Vuk Radivojević, Stefan Marković, Novica Veličković (Coach: Zoran Slavnić)

[edit] Current Squad

The Serbian team gathered on July 19 to begin the final phase of its preparations for Eurobasket 2007. ^[5]

Position	Player	Club
Guard	Milenko Tepić	KK Partizan
Guard	Stefan Marković	KK Hemofarm
Guard	Miloš Teodosić	Olympiacos BC
Guard	Vuk Radivojević	Baloncesto Fuenlabrada
Guard	Marko Jarić	Minnesota Timberwolves
Forward	Novica Veličković	KK Partizan
Forward	Nemanja Aleksandrov	KK Crvena zvezda
Forward	Dragan Labović	KK FMP
Forward	Branko Cvetković	Akasvayu Girona
Forward	Milan Gurović *	Prokom Trefl Sopot
Center	Nenad Mišanović	KK Crvena zvezda
Center	Darko Miličić	Memphis Grizzlies

* - Captain

[edit] FIBA 2006 World Championship Squad

Position	Player	Club
Center	Darko Miličić	Orlando Magic
Center	Mile Ilić	New Jersey Nets
Center	Kosta Perović	Golden State Warriors
Forward/Center	Miroslav Raičević	Dynamo Moscow
Forward/Center	Goran Nikolić	CB Estudiantes
Forward/Center	Ognjen Aškrabić	Dynamo Saint Petersburg
Forward	Branko Jorović	CB Girona
Guard	Igor Rakočević *	TAU Cerámica
Guard	Uroš Tripković	KK Partizan
Guard	Vule Avdalović	Pamesa Valencia
Guard	Bojan Popović	Dynamo Moscow
Guard	Marko Marinović	CB Girona

* - Captain

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Basketball Federation of Serbia

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