Croatia men's national basketball team

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Croatia Croatia
FIBA ranking8 Steady (18 September 2018)
Joined FIBA1992
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationCroatian Basketball Federation
CoachDražen Anzulović
Olympic Games
Appearances4
Medals Silver: (1992)
FIBA World Cup
Appearances3
MedalsBronze Bronze: (1994)
EuroBasket
Appearances13
Medals Bronze: (1993, 1995)
First international
 Germany 86–74 Croatia Croatia
(Murcia, Spain; 22 June 1992)[1]
Biggest win
Croatia Croatia 127–51 Iceland 
(Murcia, Spain; 24 June 1992)
Biggest defeat
Croatia Croatia 85–117 United States 
(Barcelona, Spain; 8 August 1992)

The Croatia men's national basketball team (Croatian: Hrvatska muška košarkaška reprezentacija)[2] is organized by the Croatian Basketball Federation (Croatian: Hrvatski košarkaški savez).[3]

The biggest success Croatia has achieved was at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics when the team reached the finals against the United States team and won the silver medal. Croatia has also won one bronze medal at the FIBA World Cup and two bronze medals at the FIBA EuroBasket.

Croatia's Krešimir Ćosić, Dražen Petrović, Dino Rađa and Mirko Novosel are members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Ćosić being inducted in 1996 as a player, Petrović in 2002 and Rađa in 2018 also as players, and Novosel in 2007 as a coach. Petrović, Ćosić, Kukoč and Novosel are members of the FIBA Hall of Fame. Ćosić, however, never played for the Croatian national team, he was a member of the Yugoslavia national basketball team.

History

Prior to Croatian independence

Croatia played its first unofficial friendly game on 2 June 1964 in Karlovac.[4] Croatian team played against US All Star Team and lost 65:110 (31:50). USA players coached by Red Auerbach were Bob Cousy, Tom Heinsohn, K. C. Jones, Jerry Lucas, Bob Pettit, Oscar Robertson and Bill Russell and Croatian team was Giuseppe Gjergja, Nemanja Đurić, Živko Kasun, Zlatko Kiseljak, Slobodan Kolaković, Dragan Kovačić, Boris Križan, Stjepan Ledić, Mirko Novosel, Marko Ostarčević, Petar Skansi and Željko Troskot.[5][6]

Independent Croatia

After independence of Croatia in 1991, the first official tournament played by Croatians were 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Croatia defeated CIS team 75:74 and reached the finals against USA Dream Team led by Michael Jordan. USA won 85:117 but Croatia won its first medal at major tournaments in history.

Next tournament was 1993 EuroBasket in Germany. Tragically, before the championship Dražen Petrović died in a car accident on 7 June 1993 at the age of 28. Croatia still managed to reach bronze medal beating Greece 99:59.

Croatia reached its third medal at 1994 FIBA World Championship in Canada. Croatia lost semifinals 64:66 against Russia but again beat Greece 78:60 for the bronze medal. Similar happened at 1995 EuroBasket in Greece. Croatia lost semifinals 80:90 against Lithuania but beat Greece 73:68 for the third time in a row in a bronze medal match. That medal was to date the last Croatian medal from major tournaments. At 1996 Summer Olympics Croatia won the 7th place.

Decline

At 1997 Eurobasket in Spain new Croatian generation emerged and ended in 11th place. Croatia failed to qualify at 2000, 2004 and 2012 Summer Olympics but ended 6th in 2008. Croatia also failed to qualify to 1998, 2002 and 2006 World Championships, best result being 14th place at 2010. At EuroBaskets Croatia's best results were 6th places at 2007 and 2009.

Competitive record

Medals table

Summer Olympics 0 1 0 1
FIBA World Cup 0 0 1 1
FIBA EuroBasket 0 0 2 2
Mediterranean Games 1 0 0 1
Grand Totals 1 1 2 4

Olympic Games

FIBA World Cup

EuroBasket

Team

The following is the Croatia roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2017 EuroBasket.[7]

Croatia men's national basketball team – 2017 EuroBasket roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
SG 5 Filip Krušlin 28 – (1989-03-18)18 March 1989 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Cedevita Croatia
G 6 Marko Popović 35 – (1982-06-12)12 June 1982 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Fuenlabrada Spain
G/F 7 Krunoslav Simon 32 – (1985-06-24)24 June 1985 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Olimpia Milano Italy
F 9 Dario Šarić 23 – (1994-04-08)8 April 1994 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Philadelphia 76ers United States
G 10 Roko Ukić (C) 32 – (1984-12-05)5 December 1984 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) AEK Athens Greece
C 11 Luka Žorić 32 – (1984-11-05)5 November 1984 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Cibona Croatia
C 12 Darko Planinić 26 – (1990-11-22)22 November 1990 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Gran Canaria Spain
F/C 17 Dragan Bender 19 – (1997-11-17)17 November 1997 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) Phoenix Suns United States
F/C 25 Ivan Buva 26 – (1991-05-06)6 May 1991 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Bilbao Basket Spain
SF 27 Ivan Ramljak 27 – (1990-08-09)9 August 1990 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Zadar Croatia
G/F 33 Marko Tomas 32 – (1985-01-03)3 January 1985 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Cedevita Croatia
G/F 44 Bojan Bogdanović 28 – (1989-04-18)18 April 1989 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Utah Jazz United States
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Conditioning trainer
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 31 August 2017

Personnel

Head coach
Croatia Dražen Anzulović
Assistant coaches
Croatia Dražen Orešković
Croatia Vladimir Krstić
Croatia Josip Sesar
Conditioning coach
Croatia Šime Tomašević
Medical
Croatia Milan Martinac
Physiotherapists
Croatia Nikica Šižgorić
Croatia Miroslav Krnić
Team manager
Croatia Igor Kolarić

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Ante Tomic Ante Zizic Ivica Zubac
PF Dario Šarić Dragan Bender Ivan Buva
SF Bojan Bogdanović Marko Tomas Ivan Ramljak
SG Mario Hezonja Krunoslav Simon Filip Kruslin
PG Roko Ukić Marko Popović Rok Stipcevic

Past rosters

Olympic Games

Template:Croatia Men Basketball Squad 2008 Summer Olympics Template:Croatia Men Basketball Squad 2016 Summer Olympics

FIBA World Cup

EuroBasket

Head coaches

Notable players

Statistics

Record against other teams

As of 18 Aug 2016, after 2016 Olympics

Key
Positive total balance (more wins)
Neutral total balance (equal W/L ratio)
Negative total balance (more losses)
National team Total Olympic Games World
Championship 		European
Championship 		Mediterranean
Games 		Qualifications
Pld W L Pld W L Pld W L Pld W L Pld W L Pld W L
Albania Albania 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Angola Angola 2 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — — — 0 0 0
Argentina Argentina 4 2 2 3 1 2 1 1 0 — — — — — — 0 0 0
Australia Australia 4 3 1 3 2 1 1 1 0 — — — — — — 0 0 0
Austria Austria 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — 2 2 0
Belarus Belarus 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — 1 1 0
Belgium Belgium 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 — — — 2 2 0
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and
Herzegovina 		7 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 4 2 2
Brazil Brazil 4 2 2 3 2 1 1 0 1 — — — — — — 0 0 0
Bulgaria Bulgaria 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 — — — 2 1 1
Cameroon Cameroon 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — — — 1 1 0
Canada Canada 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 — — — — — — 1 1 0
China China 3 3 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 — — — — — — 0 0 0
Cuba Cuba 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 — — — — — — 0 0 0
Cyprus Cyprus 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0
Czech Republic Czech Republic * 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 — — — 1 1 0
Denmark Denmark 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — 2 2 0
England England 2 2 0 — — — 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — 2 2 0
Estonia Estonia 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 — — — 5 4 1
Finland Finland 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 — — — 0 0 0
France France 8 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Georgia (country) Georgia 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 — — — 0 0 0
Germany Germany 12 5 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 3 4 — — — 4 1 3
United Kingdom Great Britain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — 0 0 0
Greece Greece 15 9 6 0 0 0 3 2 1 8 3 5 2 2 0 2 2 0
Hungary Hungary 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — 4 4 0
Iceland Iceland 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — 3 3 0
Iran Iran 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 — — — — — — 0 0 0
Republic of Ireland Ireland 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — 2 2 0
Israel Israel 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 — — — 1 1 0
Italy Italy 10 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 1 1 1 0 3 2 1
Latvia Latvia 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 — — — 5 5 0
Lithuania Lithuania 11 2 9 3 1 2 0 0 0 5 0 5 — — — 3 1 2
North Macedonia Macedonia 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 3 3 0
Montenegro Montenegro 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Morocco Morocco 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — 1 1 0 0 0 0
Netherlands Netherlands 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 — — — 4 4 0
Nigeria Nigeria 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 — — — — — — 0 0 0
Philippines Philippines 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 — — — — — — 0 0 0
Poland Poland 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 — — — 0 0 0
Portugal Portugal 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 — — — 1 1 0
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 — — — — — — 1 1 0
Romania Romania 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — 4 4 0
Russia Russia ** 13 7 6 2 2 0 1 0 1 7 3 4 — — — 3 2 1
Senegal Senegal 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 — — — — — — 0 0 0
Serbia Serbia *** 5 1 4 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0
Slovakia Slovakia 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — 4 4 0
Slovenia Slovenia 8 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 3 2 0 0 0 2 1 1
South Korea South Korea 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 — — — — — — 0 0 0
Spain Spain 9 4 5 3 2 1 0 0 0 6 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sweden Sweden 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — 4 3 1
Switzerland Switzerland 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — 2 2 0
Tunisia Tunisia 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 — — — 0 0 0 1 1 0
Turkey Turkey 8 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 3 0 0 0 2 1 1
Ukraine Ukraine 8 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 — — — 5 4 1
United States United States 4 0 4 3 0 3 1 0 1 — — — — — — 0 0 0
Total (56) 234 157 77

* includes games against Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
** includes games against Commonwealth of Independent States CIS and Soviet Union Soviet Union
*** includes games against Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro

Biggest Wins

20+ point difference

Olympic Games World Championship EuroBasket Mediterranean Games Qualifications
  • +34 vs. Iran (91–57) 2008
  • +33 vs. Australia (98–65) 1992
  • +31 vs. China (109–78) 1996
  • +23 vs. Angola (71–48) 1996
  • +21 vs. Germany (99–78) 1992
  • +51 vs. South Korea (104–53) 1994
  • +32 vs. China (105–73) 1994
  • +31 vs. Canada (92–61) 1994
  • +26 vs. Greece (81–55) 1994
  • +21 vs. Iran (75–54) 2010
  • +20 vs. Cuba (85–65)1994
  • +20 vs. Tunisia (84–64) 2010
  • +50 vs. Turkey (113–63) 1993
  • +40 vs. Greece (99–59) 1993
  • +38 vs. Czech Republic (107–69) 2017
  • +32 vs. Belgium (106–74) 1993
  • +25 vs. Finland (88–63) 2013
  • +22 vs. Turkey (90–68) 1995
  • +22 vs. Czech Republic (86–64) 1999
  • +22 vs. Ukraine (93–71) 2003
  • +22 vs. Portugal (90–68) 2007
  • +21 vs. Bulgaria (104–83) 1993
  • +20 vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina (98–78) 1993
  • +20 vs. Germany (75–55) 1997
  • +24 vs. Albania (94–70) 2009
  • +73 vs. Iceland (124-51) 1992
  • +60 vs. Romania (115-55) 1997
  • +56 vs. Macedonia (128-72) 1993[9]
  • +52 vs. Portugal (109-57) 1992
  • +46 vs. Italy (108-62) 1992
  • +40 vs. Belarus (112-72) 1993
  • +39 vs. Greece (102-63) 1992
  • +34 vs. Latvia (113-79) 1993
  • +33 vs. Romania (119-86) 1993
  • +29 vs. Ukraine (107-78) 1993
  • +23 vs. Slovenia (93-70) 1992

Biggest Losses

-20< point difference

Olympic Games World Championship EuroBasket Mediterranean Games Qualifications
  • -33 vs. USA (70–103) 1992
  • -32 vs. USA (85–117) 1992
  • -31 vs. USA (71–102) 1996
  • -24 vs. Argentina (53–77) 2008
  • -28 vs. USA (78–106) 2010
  • -28 vs. Spain (40-68) 2013
  • -26 vs. Spain (66-92) 2013
  • -21 vs. Czech Republic (59-80) 2015

See also

References

  1. ^ "XIII Olympic Basketball Tournament (Barcelona 1992) Qualifying stage". Linguasport. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  2. ^ http://www.eurobasket.com/Croatia/basketball.asp
  3. ^ http://www.hks-cbf.hr
  4. ^ "All Star NBA u Šancu 1964". kafotka.net. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  5. ^ "U Šancu haklale NBA zvijezde, a u Draganiću gradili naftnu bušotinu". www.kaportal.hr. Archived from the original on 19 July 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ "KARLOVAC: 40 GODINA NBA LIGE U KARLOVCU". Index.hr. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  7. ^ "Petrović confirms roster for upcoming EuroBasket". Croatian Basketball Federation. 26 July 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  8. ^ "Aco Petrovic otišao, a Hrvatska ekspresno dobila novog izbornika". Jutarnji.hr. 15 September 2017.
  9. ^ "XXVIII European Championship (München 1993) Qualifying stage". Linguasport. Retrieved 18 August 2017.

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