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Croatia Croatia
FIBA ranking16 Increase 3
Joined FIBA1992
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationCroatian Basketball Federation
CoachCroatia Jasmin Repeša
Nickname(s)Vatreni (The Blazers)
Olympic Games
Appearances3
Medals Silver: 1992
FIBA World Cup
Appearances2
Medals Bronze: 1994
Eurobasket
Appearances11
Medals Bronze: 1993, 1995

The Croatian national basketball team represents Croatia at international tournaments.[1] It is organized by the Croatian Basketball Federation.[2]

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

Croatia's Dražen Petrović and Mirko Novosel are members of Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Petrović being inducted in 2002 as a player and Novosel in 2007 as a coach. Petrović and Novosel are also members of FIBA Hall of Fame.

History

Pre - Independence

Croatia played its first unofficial friendly game in June 2, 1964 in Karlovac.[3] Croatian team played against USA 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 Russel 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.[4][5]

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 in June 7, 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

Current roster

This is the roster for EuroBasket 2013 qualification. As of July 15, 2012.

Croatian National Basketball Team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
G Marko Car 26 – (1985-10-21)October 21, 1985 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) KK Cedevita Croatia
G Fran Pilepić 23 – (1989-05-05)May 5, 1989 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) CB Bilbao Berri Spain
G Krunoslav Simon 26 – (1985-06-24)June 24, 1985 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) CB Málaga Spain
G Rok Stipčević 26 – (1986-05-25)May 25, 1986 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Olimpia Milano Italy
G Roko Leni Ukić 27 – (1984-12-05)December 5, 1984 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Panathinaikos B.C. Greece
G Goran Vrbanc 27 – (1984-10-08)October 8, 1984 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) KK Zadar Croatia
G/F Bojan Bogdanović 23 – (1989-04-18)April 18, 1989 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Fenerbahçe Ülker Turkey
F Luka Babić 20 – (1991-09-29)September 29, 1991 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) KK Cedevita Croatia
F Pavle Marčinković 23 – (1989-05-06)May 6, 1989 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) KK Cibona Croatia
F Damir Markota 26 – (1985-12-26)December 26, 1985 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) Beşiktaş Milangaz Turkey
F Ivan Ramljak 21 – (1990-08-08)August 8, 1990 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) HKK Široki Bosnia and Herzegovina
F Damjan Rudež 26 – (1986-06-17)June 17, 1986 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Basket Zaragoza 2002 Spain
F Dario Šarić 18 – (1994-04-08)April 8, 1994 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) KK Cibona Croatia
F/C Lukša Andrić 27 – (1985-05-29)May 29, 1985 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) KK Cedevita Croatia
C Luka Žorić 27 – (1984-11-05)November 5, 1984 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) CB Málaga Spain
C Darko Planinić 21 – (1990-11-22)November 22, 1990 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Croatia Ivan Sunara
  • Croatia Luka Milanović
Legend
  • Age field is age on June 19, 2012

Past rosters

Olympic Games

Template:Croatia Men Basketball Squad 2008 Summer Olympics

FIBA World Championship

Template:Croatia Squad 2010 FIBA World Championship

EuroBasket

Template:Croatia Squad EuroBasket 1997 Template:Croatia Squad EuroBasket 1999 Template:Croatia Squad EuroBasket 2001 Template:Croatia Squad EuroBasket 2003 Template:Croatia Squad EuroBasket 2005 Template:Croatia Squad EuroBasket 2007 Template:Croatia Squad EuroBasket 2009 Template:Croatia Squad EuroBasket 2011

Head coaches

Notable players

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.eurobasket.com/Croatia/basketball.asp
  2. ^ http://www.hks-cbf.hr
  3. ^ "All Star NBA u Šancu 1964". http://kafotka.net. Retrieved 2012-09-08. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
  4. ^ "U Šancu haklale NBA zvijezde, a u Draganiću gradili naftnu bušotinu". http://www.kaportal.hr. Retrieved 2012-09-08. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
  5. ^ "KARLOVAC: 40 GODINA NBA LIGE U KARLOVCU". http://index.hr. Retrieved 2012-08-21. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)

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