Slovenia national basketball team

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Slovenia Slovenija
FIBA Ranking	20th
Joined FIBA	1992
FIBA Zone	FIBA Europe
National Federation	Basketball Federation of Slovenia
Coach	Jure Zdovc
Olympic Games
Appearances	None
Medals	None
World Championships
Appearances	1 2006
Medals	None
Eurobasket
Appearances	8 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007
Medals	None
Uniforms
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The Slovenian National Basketball Team is a team that is selected by the Basketball Federation of Slovenia to compete in major international basketball events in representation of Slovenia.

Slovenia ended on the 6th place in the Eurobasket 2005 and thus qualified for Basketball World Championship 2006. Since the independence of the country in 1991, the team competed at every European Basketball Championship but failed to advance to the next group until 2005.

Contents 1 Competitions 1.1 Performance at Eurobasket 1.2 Performance at Summer Olympics 1.3 Performance at World Championship 2 Roster 2.1 Depth Chart 3 Selectors 4 Past Rosters

[edit] Competitions

[edit] Performance at Eurobasket

Year	Position	Tournament	Host
1955	See Team Yugoslavia	Eurobasket 1955
1957	See Team Yugoslavia	Eurobasket 1957
1959	See Team Yugoslavia	Eurobasket 1959
1961	See Team Yugoslavia	Eurobasket 1961
1963	See Team Yugoslavia	Eurobasket 1963
1965	See Team Yugoslavia	Eurobasket 1965
1967	See Team Yugoslavia	Eurobasket 1967
1969	See Team Yugoslavia	Eurobasket 1969
1971	See Team Yugoslavia	Eurobasket 1971
1973	See Team Yugoslavia	Eurobasket 1973
1975	See Team Yugoslavia	Eurobasket 1975
1977	See Team Yugoslavia	Eurobasket 1977
1979	See Team Yugoslavia	Eurobasket 1979
1981	See Team Yugoslavia	Eurobasket 1981
1983	See Team Yugoslavia	Eurobasket 1983
1985	See Team Yugoslavia	Eurobasket 1985
1987	See Team Yugoslavia	Eurobasket 1987
1989	See Team Yugoslavia	Eurobasket 1989
1991	See Team Yugoslavia	Eurobasket 1991
1993	16	Eurobasket 1993
1995	12	Eurobasket 1995
1997	14	Eurobasket 1997
1999	10	Eurobasket 1999
2001	15	Eurobasket 2001
2003	10	Eurobasket 2003
2005	6	Eurobasket 2005
2007	7	Eurobasket 2007
2009	4	Eurobasket 2009

[edit] Performance at Summer Olympics

Year	Position	Tournament	Host
1936	See Team Yugoslavia	Basketball at the 1936 Summer Olympics	Germany
1948	See Team Yugoslavia	Basketball at the 1948 Summer Olympics	Great Britain
1952	See Team Yugoslavia	Basketball at the 1952 Summer Olympics	Finland
1956	See Team Yugoslavia	Basketball at the 1956 Summer Olympics	Australia
1960	See Team Yugoslavia	Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics	Italy
1964	See Team Yugoslavia	Basketball at the 1964 Summer Olympics	Japan
1968	See Team Yugoslavia	Basketball at the 1968 Summer Olympics	Mexico
1972	See Team Yugoslavia	Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics	Germany
1976	See Team Yugoslavia	Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics	Canada
1980	See Team Yugoslavia	Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics	Soviet Union
1984	See Team Yugoslavia	Basketball at the 1984 Summer Olympics	USA
1988	See Team Yugoslavia	Basketball at the 1988 Summer Olympics	Korea
1992	Did not qualify	Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics	Spain
1996	Did not qualify	Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics	USA
2000	Did not qualify	Basketball at the 2000 Summer Olympics	Australia
2004	Did not qualify	Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics	Greece
2008	Did not qualify	Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics	China

[edit] Performance at World Championship

Year	Position	Tournament	Host
1950	See Team Yugoslavia	1950 FIBA World Championship	Argentina
1954	See Team Yugoslavia	1954 FIBA World Championship	Brazil
1959	See Team Yugoslavia	1959 FIBA World Championship	Chile
1963	See Team Yugoslavia	1963 FIBA World Championship	Brazil
1967	See Team Yugoslavia	1967 FIBA World Championship	Uruguay
1970	See Team Yugoslavia	1970 FIBA World Championship	Yugoslavia
1974	See Team Yugoslavia	1974 FIBA World Championship	Puerto Rico
1878	See Team Yugoslavia	1978 FIBA World Championship	Philippines
1982	See Team Yugoslavia	1982 FIBA World Championship	Colombia
1986	See Team Yugoslavia	1986 FIBA World Championship	Spain
1990	See Team Yugoslavia	1990 FIBA World Championship	Argentina
1994	Did not qualify	1994 FIBA World Championship	Canada
1998	Did not qualify	1998 FIBA World Championship	Greece
2002	Did not qualify	2002 FIBA World Championship	USA
2006	12	2006 FIBA World Championship	Japan

[edit] Roster

Slovenian National Basketball Team roster v • d • e
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age - DOB Ht. Club Club nat. 4.0 PF 4 Slokar, Uroš &0000000000000026.00000026 - May 14, 1983(1983-05-14) 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) KK Union Olimpija Slovenia  1.0 PG 5 Lakovič, Jaka &0000000000000031.00000031 - July 6, 1978(1978-07-06) 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) FC Barcelona Basquet Spain  5.0 C 7 Brezec, Primož &0000000000000029.00000029 - October 2, 1979(1979-10-02) 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) Philadelphia 76ers USA  4.0 PF 8 Smodiš, Matjaž (C) &0000000000000029.00000029 - December 13, 1979(1979-12-13) 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) PBC CSKA Moscow Russia  2.0 SG 9 Klobučar, Jaka &0000000000000021.00000021 - August 9, 1987(1987-08-09) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) KK Union Olimpija Slovenia  3.0 SF 10 Nachbar, Boštjan &0000000000000029.00000029 - July 3, 1980(1980-07-03) 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Efes Pilsen SK Turkey  1.0 PG 11 Dragić, Goran &0000000000000023.00000023 - May 6, 1986(1986-05-06) 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Phoenix Suns USA  3.0 SF 12 Jagodnik, Goran &0000000000000035.00000035 - May 23, 1974(1974-05-23) 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) KD Hopsi Polzela Slovenia  2.0 SG 13 Udrih, Samo &0000000000000030.00000030 - August 2, 1979(1979-08-02) 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) CB Estudiantes Spain  4.0 PF 14 Golemac, Jurica &0000000000000032.00000032 - May 29, 1977(1977-05-29) 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) Free Agent 5.0 C 15 Lorbek, Erazem &0000000000000025.00000025 - February 21, 1984(1984-02-21) 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) FC Barcelona Basquet Spain  2.0 SG 16 Lorbek, Domen &0000000000000024.00000024 - March 6, 1985(1985-03-06) 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) Free Agent	Head coach Jure Zdovc Assistant coach Tomo Mahorič Miro Alilović Jadranko Nikolić (conditioning coach) Stefanos Dedas (analysis of competitors) Legend (C) Team captain Age field is age on September 7, 2009

[edit] Depth Chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Bench	Reserve	Inactive/Injured
C	Erazem Lorbek	Primož Brezec
PF	Uroš Slokar	Jurica Golemac			Matjaž Smodiš
SF	Boštjan Nachbar	Goran Jagodnik
SG	Domen Lorbek	Samo Udrih	Jaka Klobučar		Saša Vujačič
PG	Jaka Lakovič				Beno Udrih Goran Dragič

[edit] Selectors

• Jure Zdovc (current)
• Aleš Pipan
• Slobodan Subotić
• Boris Zrinski
• Andrej Urlep
• Zmago Sagadin
• Janez Drvarič

[edit] Past Rosters

1993 EuroBasket: finished 15th among 16 teams
Jure Zdovc, Teoman Alibegović, Roman Horvat, Boris Gorenc, Marijan Kraljevic, Slavko Kotnik, Marko Tušek, Jaka Daneu, Darko Mirt, Primoz Bacar, Zarko Durisic, Bostjan Leban (Coach: Janez Drvaric)

1994 World Championship: did not qualify

1995 EuroBasket: finished 9th among 14 teams
Teoman Alibegovic, Jure Zdovc, Roman Horvat, Marijan Kraljevic, Marko Tušek, Marko Milič, Boris Gorenc, Slavko Kotnik, Jaka Daneu, Ales Kunc, Matjaz Tovornik, Walter Jeklin (Coach: Zmago Sagadin)

1996 Olympics: did not qualify

1997 EuroBasket: finished 14th among 16 teams
Jure Zdovc, Teoman Alibegovic, Marko Milič, Radoslav Nesterović, Boris Gorenc, Marko Tušek, Ivica Jurković, Goran Jagodnik, Jaka Daneu, Ales Kunc, Radovan Trifunovic, Walter Jeklin (Coach: Andrej Urlep)

1998 World Championship: did not qualify

1999 EuroBasket: finished 10th among 16 teams
Marko Milič, Jure Zdovc, Radoslav Nesterović, Matjaž Smodiš, Sani Bečirovič, Goran Jagodnik, Ivica Jurković, Marijan Kraljević, Jaka Daneu, Matjaz Tovornik, Walter Jeklin, Ervin Dragsic (Coach: Boris Zrinski)

2000 Olympics: did not qualify

2001 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 16 teams
Arriel McDonald, Marko Milič, Radoslav Nesterović, Beno Udrih, Sani Becirovic, Matjaz Smodis, Jaka Lakovič, Ivica Jurković, Goran Jagodnik, Boris Gorenc, Marko Tušek, Marijan Kraljević (Coach: Boris Zrinski)

2002 World Championship: did not qualify

2003 EuroBasket: finished 9th among 16 teams
Boštjan Nachbar, Marko Milič, Jaka Lakovic, Primož Brezec, Boris Gorenc, Marko Tušek, Jurica Golemac, Slavko Duscak, Ivica Jurković, Marijan Kraljević, Goran Jurak, Simon Petrov (Coach: Slobodan Subotić)

2004 Olympics: did not qualify

2005 EuroBasket: finished 6th among 16 teams
Marko Milič, Radoslav Nesterović, Boštjan Nachbar, Jaka Lakovič, Primož Brezec, Sani Bečirovič, Erazem Lorbek, Uroš Slokar, Goran Jurak, Marko Maravić, Aleksandar Ćapin, Nebojša Joksimović (Coach: Aleš Pipan)

2006 World Championship: finished 13th among 24 teams
Marko Milič, Radoslav Nesterović, Jaka Lakovič, Beno Udrih, Boštjan Nachbar, Sani Bečirovič, Primož Brezec, Uroš Slokar, Goran Jurak, Sašo Ožbolt, Željko Zagorac, Goran Dragić (Coach: Aleš Pipan)

2007 EuroBasket: finished 7th among 16 teams
Radoslav Nesterović, Matjaž Smodiš, Jaka Lakovič, Erazem Lorbek, Goran Dragić, Uroš Slokar, Goran Jagodnik, Aleksandar Ćapin, Domen Lorbek, Gasper Vidmar, Sandi Čebular, Jaka Klobučar (Coach: Aleš Pipan)

2008 Olympics: did not qualify

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