Croatia men's national basketball team

Croatia

FIBA ranking	16th
Joined FIBA	1992
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	Croatian Basketball Federation
Coach	Jasmin Repeša
Olympic Games
Appearances	3
Medals	1992
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	1
Medals	1994
Eurobasket
Appearances	8
Medals	1993, 1995
Home Away

The Croatian national basketball team represents Croatia at international tournaments. It is organized by the Croatian Basketball Federation.

World Championships

• 1994 -
• 1998 - Did not qualify
• 2002 - Did not qualify
• 2006 - Did not qualify

Olympic Games

• 1992:
• 1996: 7th
• 2000: Did not qualify
• 2004: Did not qualify
• 2008: 6th

European Championships

• 1993 -
• 1995 -
• 1997 - 11th
• 1999 - 11th
• 2001 - 7th
• 2003 - 11th
• 2005 - 7th
• 2007 - 6th

Mediterranean Games record

• 1993: silver medalists
• 1997: ...
• 2001: ...
• 2005: ...
• 2009: gold medalists

Roster

Last updated on July 9, 2009. This is the preliminary roster for the EuroBasket 2009.

Croatian National Basketball Team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PG Zoran Planinić 26 – (1982-09-12)September 12, 1982 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) PBC CSKA Moscow PG Roko Ukić 24 – (1984-12-05)December 5, 1984 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Toronto Raptors G Davor Kus 30 – (1978-07-21)July 21, 1978 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Pallacanestro Treviso G Marko Popović 26 – (1982-06-12)June 12, 1982 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) UNICS Kazan SG Damir Rančić 25 – (1983-06-23)June 23, 1983 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) KK Zadar G/F Marko Tomas 24 – (1985-01-03)January 3, 1985 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Real Madrid Baloncesto G/F Mario Stojić 29 – (1980-05-06)May 6, 1980 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Menorca Bàsquet SF Marin Rozić 26 – (1983-02-14)February 14, 1983 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) KK Cibona F Damjan Rudež 22 – (1986-06-17)June 17, 1986 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) KK Union Olimpija PF Marko Banić 24 – (1984-08-31)August 31, 1984 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) CB Bilbao Berri F/C Krešimir Lončar 26 – (1983-02-12)February 12, 1983 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) UNICS Kazan F/C Sandro Nicević 32 – (1976-06-16)June 16, 1976 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) Pallacanestro Treviso F/C Drago Pašalić 24 – (1984-06-23)June 23, 1984 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) CB Bilbao Berri F/C Nikola Prkačin 33 – (1975-11-15)November 15, 1975 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) KK Cibona F/C Ante Tomić 22 – (1987-02-17)February 17, 1987 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) KK Zagreb F/C Nikola Vujčić 30 – (1978-08-13)August 13, 1978 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) Olympiacos B.C. C Mario Kasun 29 – (1980-04-05)April 5, 1980 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) Efes Pilsen S.K.	Head coach Jasmin Repeša Assistant coach Dražen Anzulović Legend Age field is age on June 3, 2009

Famous players

Template:Famous players Players who 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
• Giuseppe Gjergja
• Aleksandar "Aco" Petrović

Players who 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:

• Gordan Giriček

Earlier history

Main article: Yugoslavia national basketball team

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.

Past Rosters

1992 Olympic Games: finished 2nd among 12 teams

Dražen Petrović, Toni Kukoč, Dino Rađa, Stojan Vranković, Žan Tabak, Arijan Komazec, Velimir Perasović, Danko Cvjetičanin, Franjo Arapović, Aramis Naglić, Vladan Alanović, Alan Gregov (Coach: Petar Skansi)

1993 EuroBasket: finished 3rd among 16 teams

Dino Rađa, Stojan Vranković, Žan Tabak, Arijan Komazec, Velimir Perasović, Danko Cvjetičanin, Franjo Arapović, Vladan Alanović, Emilio Kovačić, Veljko Mršić, Ivica Žurić, Alan Gregov (Coach: Mirko Novosel)

1994 World Championship: finished 3rd among 16 teams

Toni Kukoč, Dino Rađa, Stojan Vranković, Arijan Komazec, Danko Cvjetičanin, Veljko Mršić, Vladan Alanović, Davor Pejčinović, Josip Vranković, Alan Gregov, Ivica Žurić, Miro Jurić (Coach: Giuseppe Gjergja)

1995 EuroBasket: finished 3rd among 14 teams

Toni Kukoč, Dino Rađa, Stojan Vranković, Arijan Komazec, Velimir Perasović, Vladan Alanović, Veljko Mršić, Ivica Žurić, Alan Gregov, Davor Pejčinović, Josip Vranković, Ivica Marić (Coach: Aleksandar Petrović)

1996 Olympic Games: finished 7th among 12 teams

Toni Kukoč, Dino Rađa, Arijan Komazec, Stojan Vranković, Žan Tabak, Velimir Perasović, Slaven Rimac, Damir Mulaomerović, Veljko Mršić, Vladan Alanović, Josip Vranković, Davor Marcelić (Coach: Petar Skansi)

1997 EuroBasket: finished 11th among 16 teams

Damir Mulaomerović, Gordan Giriček, Slaven Rimac, Josip Sesar, Nikola Prkačin, Vladan Alanović, Emilio Kovačić, Davor Pejčinović, Ivan Grgat, Davor Marcelić, Siniša Kelečević, Damir Milačić (Coach: Petar Skansi)

1998 World Championship: did not qualify

1999 EuroBasket: finished 9th among 16 teams

Toni Kukoč, Damir Mulaomerović, Gordan Giriček, Nikola Prkačin, Veljko Mršić, Nikola Vujčić, Vladimir Krstić, Gordan Zadravec, Joško Poljak, Jurica Ružić, Ivan Tomeljak, Hrvoje Henjak (Coach: Boško Božić)

2000 Olympic Games: did not qualify

2001 EuroBasket: finished 7th among 16 teams

Damir Mulaomerović, Žan Tabak, Nikola Vujčić, Gordan Giriček, Nikola Prkačin, Josip Sesar, Veljko Mršić, Matej Mamić, Emilio Kovačić, Mate Skelin, Vladimir Krstić, Josip Vranković (Coach: Aleksandar Petrović)

2002 World Championship: did not qualify

2003 EuroBasket: finished 12th among 16 teams

Damir Mulaomerović, Gordan Giriček, Zoran Planinić, Nikola Prkačin, Mate Skelin, Marko Popović, Andrija Žižić, Dalibor Bagarić, Matej Mamić, Sandro Nicević, Marino Baždarić, Hrvoje Perinčić (Coach: Neven Spahija)

2004 Olympic Games: did not qualify

2005 EuroBasket: finished 7th among 16 teams

Nikola Vujčić, Gordan Giriček, Zoran Planinić, Marko Popović, Roko Leni Ukić, Mario Kasun, Nikola Prkačin, Andrija Žižić, Dalibor Bagarić, Matej Mamić, Marko Tomas, Damir Rančić (Coach: Neven Spahija)

2006 World Championship: did not qualify

2007 EuroBasket: finished 6th among 16 teams

Zoran Planinić, Roko Leni Ukić, Marko Popović, Mario Kasun, Nikola Prkačin, Damir Markota, Marko Tomas, Mario Stojić, Davor Kus, Stanko Barać, Marin Rozić, Marko Banić (Coach: Jasmin Repeša)

2008 Olympic Games: finished 6th among 12 teams

Roko Ukić, Davor Kus, Marko Popović, Marin Rozić, Nikola Prkačin, Marko Tomas, Zoran Planinić, Sandro Nicević, Damjan Rudež, Marko Banić, Krešimir Lončar, Stanko Barać (Coach: Jasmin Repeša)