Slovenia men's national basketball team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Slovenia women's national basketball team.

Slovenia

FIBA ranking	13 1
Joined FIBA	1992
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	Basketball Federation of Slovenia
Coach	Jure Zdovc
Nickname(s)	Junaki (The Heroes)
Olympic Games
Appearances	None
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	3 (2006, 2010, 2014)
FIBA EuroBasket
Appearances	11 (1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013)
Home Away

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 in 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 FIBA EuroBasket, but failed to advance to the next group until 2005.

Roster

Slovenian National Basketball Team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. F 4 Jure Balažič 33 – (1980-09-12)12 September 1980 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Tofaş S.K. C 5 Uroš Slokar 31 – (1983-05-14)14 May 1983 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) CB Estudiantes PG 6 Aleksej Nikolić 19 – (1995-02-21)21 February 1995 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) OKK Spars Sarajevo SG 7 Klemen Prepelič 21 – (1992-10-20)20 October 1992 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Banvit B.K. SF 8 Edo Murić 22 – (1991-11-27)27 November 1991 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) BC Krka SG 9 Jaka Blažič 23 – (1990-06-30)30 June 1990 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) KK Crvena Zvezda PF 10 Miha Zupan 31 – (1982-09-13)13 September 1982 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Uşak Sportif PG 11 Goran Dragić (C) 28 – (1986-05-06)6 May 1986 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Phoenix Suns SG 12 Zoran Dragić 24 – (1989-06-22)22 June 1989 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Unicaja Málaga F 13 Domen Lorbek 29 – (1985-03-06)6 March 1985 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Royal Halı Gaziantep G 14 Jaka Klobučar 26 – (1987-08-19)19 August 1987 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) BC Krka C 15 Alen Omić 22 – (1992-05-06)6 May 1992 2.17 m (7 ft 1 in) KK Union Olimpija	Head coach Jure Zdovc Assistant coach Gašper Potočnik Stefanos Dedas Chris Thomas Tomaž Brinec (conditioning coach) Legend (C) Team captain Age field is age on 12 June 2014

Depth chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Bench	Bench
C	Alen Omić	Uroš Slokar
PF	Jure Balažič	Miha Zupan
SF	Domen Lorbek	Edo Murić
SG	Zoran Dragić	Jaka Blažič	Klemen Prepelič
PG	Goran Dragić	Jaka Klobučar	Aleksej Nikolič

Competitive record

For results before 1992, see Yugoslavia national basketball team.

Summer Olympics

Year	Position	Pld	W	L
Spain 1992	Qualification Tournament	–	–	–
United States 1996	not qualified	–	–	–
Australia 2000		–	–	–
Greece 2004		–	–	–
China 2008	Qualification Tournament	–	–	–
United Kingdom 2012	not qualified	–	–	–
Brazil 2016	TBD	–	–	–

FIBA World Cup

Year	Position	Pld	W	L
Canada 1994	not qualified	–	–	–
Greece 1998		–	–	–
United States 2002		–	–	–
Japan 2006	12th place	6	2	4
Turkey 2010	8th place	9	5	4
Spain 2014	Q	–	–	–
Total		15	7	8

FIBA EuroBasket

Year	Position	Pld	W	L
Germany 1993	16th place	3	1	2
Greece 1995	12th place	6	2	4
Spain 1997	14th place	5	1	4
France 1999	10th place	6	2	4
Turkey 2001	13th place	3	1	2
Sweden 2003	10th place	4	2	2
Serbia and Montenegro 2005	6th place	6	4	2
Spain 2007	7th place	9	6	3
Poland 2009	Fourth place	9	6	3
Lithuania 2011	7th place	11	6	5
Slovenia 2013	5th place	11	7	4
Ukraine 2015	Q	-	-	-
Total		73	38	35

Coaches

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Statistics

Record against other teams in the FIBA EuroBasket

Country	W-L
Turkey	4–0
Bosnia and Hercegovina	3–0
Italy	3–0
Georgia	2–0
Bulgaria	1–0
Czech Republic	1–0
Estonia	1–0
Great Britain	1–0
Hungary	1–0
Serbia	3–1
Finland	2–1
Poland	2–1
Ukraine	2–1
Croatia	2–2
Belgium	1–1
Greece	2–3
France	3–5
Spain	2–4
Germany	1–3
Lithuania	1–4
Latvia	0–1
Macedonia	0–1
Yugoslavia	0–1
Israel	0–3
Russia	0–3
Total	38–35

Last updated: 22 September 2013

Record against other teams in the FIBA World Cup

Country	W-L
Australia	2–0
Angola	1–0
Brazil	1–0
Croatia	1–0
Iran	1–0
Mexico	1–0
Puerto Rico	1–0
Senegal	1–0
South Korea	1–0
Tunisia	1–0
China	0–1
Italy	0–1
Lithuania	0–1
Russia	0–1
Spain	0–1
Turkey	0–2
United States	0–2
Total	11–9

Last updated: 4 September 2014

Most appearances

#	Name	NT Career	Caps	Points
1	Jaka Lakovič	2001–2013	86	880
2	Goran Jagodnik	1997–2011	75	260
3	Mario Kraljevič	1992–2003	73	219
4	Jaka Daneu	1992–1999	67	362
4	Boris Gorenc	1992–2003	67	620
6	Uroš Slokar	2005–	66	293
7	Marko Tušek	1993–2004	63	491
8	Goran Dragić	2006–	61	583
8	Ivica Jurkovič	1996–2004	61	488
10	Marko Milič	1994–2006	59	605

Last updated: 2 September 2014. Statistics include official FIBA-recognised matches only.

Top scorers

#	Name	NT Career	Points	Caps	Points per game
1	Teoman Alibegovič	1992–2000	990	52	19.0
3	Jaka Lakovič	2001–2013	880	86	10.2
3	Jure Zdovc	1992–2000	755	57	13.2
4	Boris Gorenc	1992–2003	620	67	9.2
5	Slavko Kotnik	1992–1995	605	38	15.9
5	Marko Milič	1994–2006	605	59	10.2
7	Goran Dragić	2006–	583	61	9.6
8	Boštjan Nachbar	1999–2013	532	54	9.8
9	Sani Bečirovič	1998–2010	551	52	10.6
10	Radoslav Nesterović	1995–2008	530	52	10.2

Last updated: 2 September 2014. Statistics include official FIBA-recognised matches only.

Slovene players in the NBA

#	Player	Club(s)
1	Marko Milič	Phoenix Suns
2	Primož Brezec	Indiana Pacers, Charlotte Bobcats, Detroit Pistons, Toronto Raptors, Philadelphia 76ers, Milwaukee Bucks
3	Radoslav Nesterović	Minnesota Timberwolves, San Antonio Spurs, Toronto Raptors, Indiana Pacers
4	Boštjan Nachbar	Houston Rockets, New Orleans(/Okhlahoma City) Hornets, New Jersey Nets
5	Beno Udrih*	San Antonio Spurs, Sacramento Kings, Milwaukee Bucks, Orlando Magic, New York Knicks, Memphis Grizzlies
6	Sasha Vujačić	Los Angeles Lakers, New Jersey Nets, Los Angeles Clippers
7	Uroš Slokar	Toronto Raptors
8	Goran Dragić*	Phoenix Suns, Houston Rockets

NOTE: Boris Gorenc signed 1 year contract with Chicago Bulls on 1 October 1997 and was waived by the club on 30 October 1997 due to his knee injuries just before the season started. He never played at any of NBA games. He trained with Michael Jordan for two months and played with him at 1997 McDonald's Open.

Slovenian players drafted in the NBA

Draft Year	Round	Pick	Player	Drafted by
1997	2nd	#34	Marko Milič	Philadelphia 76ers
1998	1st	#17	Radoslav Nesterović	Minnesota Timberwolves
2000	1st	#27	Primož Brezec	Indiana Pacers
2002	1st	#15	Boštjan Nachbar	Houston Rockets
2003	2nd	#46	Sani Bečirović	Denver Nuggets
2004	1st	#27	Saša Vujačić	Los Angeles Lakers
2004	1st	#28	Beno Udrih	San Antonio Spurs
2005	2nd	#46	Erazem Lorbek	Indiana Pacers
2005	2nd	#58	Uroš Slokar	Toronto Raptors
2008	2nd	#45	Goran Dragić	San Antonio Spurs (traded to Phoenix Suns)

Past rosters

1993 EuroBasket: finished 16th among 16 teams
4.Roman Horvat, 5.Marko Tušek, 6.Jaka Daneu, 7.Darko Mirt, 8.Primoz Bačar, 9.Jure Zdovc, 10.Boštjan Leban, 11.Teoman Alibegović, 12.Boris Gorenc, 13.Marijan Kraljević, 14.Slavko Kotnik, 15.Žarko Durisić (Coach: Janez Drvarič)

1994 World Championship: did not qualify

1995 EuroBasket: finished 12th among 14 teams
4.Roman Horvat, 5.Matjaž Tovornik, 6.Jaka Daneu, 7.Walter Jeklin, 8.Marijan Kraljević, 9.Jure Zdovc, 10.Marko Tušek, 11.Teoman Alibegović, 12.Marko Milič, 13.Boris Gorenc, 14.Slavko Kotnik, 15.Aleš Kunc (Coach: Zmago Sagadin)

1996 Olympics: did not qualify

1997 EuroBasket: finished 14th among 16 teams
4.Walter Jeklin, 5.Goran Jagodnik, 6.Jaka Daneu, 7.Radoslav Nesterović, 9.Jure Zdovc, 8.Aleš Kunc, 10.Marko Tušek, 11.Teoman Alibegović, 12.Marko Milič, 13.Boris Gorenc, 14.Ivica Jurković, 15.Radovan Trifunovic (Coach: Andrej Urlep)

1998 World Championship: did not qualify

1999 EuroBasket: finished 10th among 16 teams
4.Jure Zdovc, 5.Walter Jeklin, 6.Jaka Daneu, 7.Sani Bečirović, 8.Marijan Kraljević, 9.Matjaž Tovornik, 10.Matjaž Smodiš, 11.Goran Jagodnik, 12.Marko Milič, 13.Ivica Jurković, 14.Radoslav Nesterović, 15.Ervin Dragsič (Coach: Boris Zrinski)

2000 Olympics: did not qualify

2001 EuroBasket: finished 15th among 16 teams
4.Beno Udrih, 5.Jaka Lakovič, 6.Boris Gorenc, 7.Sani Bečirović, 8.Marijan Kraljević, 9.Matjaž Smodiš, 10.Marko Tušek, 11.Goran Jagodnik, 12.Marko Milič, 13.Ivica Jurković, 14.Ariel McDonald, 15.Radoslav Nesterović (Coach: Boris Zrinski)

2002 World Championship: did not qualify

2003 EuroBasket: finished 10th among 16 teams
4.Goran Jurak, 5.Jaka Lakovič, 6.Boris Gorenc, 7.Simon Petrov, 8.Marijan Kraljević, 9.Boštjan Nachbar, 10.Slavko Duščak, 11.Marko Tušek, 12.Marko Milič, 13.Ivica Jurković, 14.Jurica Golemac, 15.Primož Brezec (Coach: Slobodan Subotić)

2004 Olympics: did not qualify

2005 EuroBasket: finished 6th among 16 teams
4.Goran Jurak, 5.Jaka Lakovič, 6.Aleksandar Ćapin, 7.Sani Bečirović, 8.Radoslav Nesterović, 9.Nebojša Joksimović, 10.Boštjan Nachbar, 11.Erazem Lorbek, 12.Marko Milič, 13.Marko Maravič, 14.Uroš Slokar, 15.Primož Brezec (Coach: Aleš Pipan)

2006 World Championship: finished 12th among 24 teams
4.Goran Jurak, 5.Jaka Lakovič, 6.Sašo Ožbolt, 7.Sani Bečirović, 8.Radoslav Nesterović, 9.Beno Udrih, 10.Boštjan Nachbar, 11.Željko Zagorac, 12.Marko Milič, 13.Goran Dragić, 14.Uroš Slokar, 15.Primož Brezec (Coach: Aleš Pipan)

2007 EuroBasket: finished 7th among 16 teams
4.Sandi Čebular, 5.Jaka Lakovič, 6.Aleksandar Ćapin, 7.Goran Dragić, 8.Radoslav Nesterović, 9.Matjaž Smodiš, 10.Uroš Slokar, 11.Jaka Klobučar, 12.Goran Jagodnik, 13.Domen Lorbek, 14.Gašper Vidmar, 15.Erazem Lorbek (Coach: Aleš Pipan)

2008 Olympics: did not qualify

2009 EuroBasket: finished 4th among 16 teams
4.Uroš Slokar, 5.Jaka Lakovič, 6.Samo Udrih, 7.Primož Brezec, 8.Matjaž Smodiš, 9.Jaka Klobučar, 10.Boštjan Nachbar, 11.Goran Dragić, 12.Goran Jagodnik, 13.Domen Lorbek, 14.Jurica Golemac, 15.Erazem Lorbek (Coach: Jure Zdovc)

2010 World Championship: finished 8th among 24 teams
4.Uroš Slokar, 5.Jaka Lakovič, 6.Hasan Rizvić, 7.Sani Bečirović, 8.Jaka Klobučar, 9.Samo Udrih, 10.Boštjan Nachbar, 11.Goran Dragić, 12.Goran Jagodnik, 13.Miha Zupan, 14.Gašper Vidmar, 15.Primož Brezec (Coach: Memi Bečirović)

2011 EuroBasket: finished 7th among 24 teams
4.Uroš Slokar, 5.Jaka Lakovič, 6.Luka Rupnik, 7.Sašo Ožbolt, 8.Matjaž Smodiš, 9.Samo Udrih, 10.Edo Murić, 11.Goran Dragić, 12.Goran Jagodnik, 13.Zoran Dragić, 14.Mirza Begić, 15.Erazem Lorbek (Coach: Božidar Maljković)

2013 EuroBasket: finished 5th among 24 teams
4.Uroš Slokar, 5.Jaka Lakovič, 6.Jure Balažič, 7.Nebojša Joksimović, 8.Edo Murić, 9.Jaka Blažič, 10.Boštjan Nachbar, 11.Goran Dragić, 12.Zoran Dragić, 13.Domen Lorbek, 14.Gašper Vidmar, 15.Mirza Begić (Coach: Božidar Maljković)

2014 World Championship:
4.Jure Balažič, 5.Uroš Slokar, 6.Aleksej Nikolić, 7.Klemen Prepelič, 8.Edo Murić, 9.Jaka Blažič, 10.Miha Zupan, 11.Goran Dragić, 12.Zoran Dragić, 13.Domen Lorbek, 14.Jaka Klobučar, 15.Alen Omić (Coach: Jure Zdovc)