Bosnian-Herzegovinian national basketball team

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosna i Hercegovina
Association	KSBiH
FIBA member since	1992.
FIBA world rankings	53.
Trainer	Vedran Bosnić
World championships
Participation in the finals	0
Best results	-
Olympic games
Participation in the finals
Best results	-
Continental championships
championship	European Championship
Participation in the finals	8th
Best results	8th place
(As of January 28, 2014.)

The Bosnian-Herzegovinian national basketball team ( Bosnian Košarkaška reprezentacija Bosne i Hercegovine ) is the national selection of Bosnian basketball players . It is determined by the Bosnian basketball association Košarkaški savez Bosne i Hercegovine and represents Bosnia and Herzegovina at international tournaments and friendly matches.

history

After Bosnia and Herzegovina broke away from Yugoslavia during the wars of independence , the Bosnian national team qualified for a European Championship finals for the first time in 1993 . At the 1993 finals in Germany , the team was led by Emir Mutapčić , Sabahudin Bilalović and ex-European champion Mario Primorac and reached the quarter-finals after only two wins in six games because of the better direct comparison . There she finished eighth after three more defeats. This remained the best placement so far, as there were no further victories in another five finals participations until 2011. The impossible qualifications for basketball world championships or Olympic games. At the EM 2011 , two final round victories were achieved in an expanded field of participants - against the former Yugoslav republics of Croatia and Montenegro . After a clear defeat against Finland 64:92, Bosnia-Herzegovina missed the qualification for the intermediate round of the 16 best teams due to the poorer direct comparison.

Current squad

Squad of the Bosnian-Herzegovinian national team

player No. Surname birth size info Calls society Guards ( PG , SG ) 0 Jusuf Nurkić 08/23/1994. 2.13 Portland Trail Blazers 4th Adi Zahiragic 02/24/1995. 1.87 OKK Spars Sarajevo 5 Nedim Buza 05/10/1995. 2.02 Telenet Ostend 6th Andrija Stipanović 06/08/1986. 2.08 Demir İnşaat Büyükçekmece 7th Adin Vrabac 01/27/1994. 2.05 KK Partizan Belgrade Forwards ( SF , PF ) 8th Milan Milosevic 10/26/1985. 2.06 AEK Athens 9 Amar Gegić 02/14/1998. 1.98 OKK Spars Sarajevo 10 Nemanja Gordić 09/25/1988. 1.95 KK Budućnost Podgorica Center ( C ) 11 Elmedin Kikanović 09/02/1988. 2.10 Alba Berlin 12 Mirza Teletović 11/17/1985. 2.06 Milwaukee Bucks 13 Džanan Musa 05/08/1999. 2.05 Brooklyn Nets 22nd Emir Sulejmanović 07/13/1995. 2.06 KK Cibona Zagreb 25th Nikola Gajic 07/15/1991. 2.06 OKK Spars Sarajevo 77 Miralem Halilović 07/22/1991. 2.05 KK Šibenik 20th Alex Renfroe 05/23/1986. 1.91 FC Barcelona (basketball)

Trainer Nat. Surname position Duško Vujošević Head coach Legend Abbr. meaning swell Team homepage As of January 28, 2014

Other active players with appearances in the national team:

• Goran Ikonić (* 1980)
• Kenan Bajramović (* 1981)
• Edin Bavčić (* 1984)
• Nemanja Gordić (* 1988)
• Adnan Hodžić (* 1988)
• Jusuf Nurkic (* 1994)

Naturalized players:

• Henry Domercant ( ; * 1980)
• JR Bremer ( ; * 1980)

Former players (selection)

for the Yugoslav national team :  

• Emir Mutapčić (* 1960), Olympic bronze in 1984, active for the Bosnian national team as both a player and a coach
• Mario Primorac (* 1961), 1989 European champion, later active for the Bosnian national team

for the Bosnian national team :  

• Sabahudin Bilalović (1960-2003)
• Nenad Marković (* 1968), also Bosnian national coach
• Gordan Firić (* 1970)
• Damir Mršić (* 1970)
• Elvir Ovčina (* 1976)
• Aleksandar Radojević (* 1976)
• Jasmin Hukić (* 1979)
• Damir Krupalija (* 1979)
• Ermin Jazvin (* 1980)

Results at European Championships

year	Venue / country	Participation until ...	opponent	Result	Comments and special features
1993	Karlsruhe, Berlin and Munich, Germany	Quarter finals	Croatia	8th place	Sabahudin Bilalović best thrower
1995	Athens, Greece	Not qualified	-	-
1997	Badalona and Barcelona, ​​Spain	Preliminary round	Greece, Russia, Turkey	15th place
1999	France	Preliminary round	Croatia, Italy, Turkey	15th place
2001	Ankara, Antalya and Istanbul, Turkey	Preliminary round	Russia, Italy, Greece	15th place
2003	Sweden	Preliminary round	Italy, Slovenia, France	15th place
2005	Serbia and Montenegro	Preliminary round	Greece, Slovenia, France	15th place
2007	Spain	Not qualified	-	-
2009	Poland	Not qualified	-	-
2011	Lithuania	Preliminary round	Croatia, Montenegro, Finland, Greece, Macedonia	19th place
2013	Slovenia	Preliminary round	Serbia, Macedonia, Lithuania, Latvia,	12th place
2015	France, Croatia, Germany, Latvia	Preliminary round	Russia, Israel, Finland, Poland, France	23rd place

See also

• Basketball in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Web links

• Website

Individual evidence

1. ^ FIBA Ranking for Men (after the 2012 London Olympics). FIBA , 2012, accessed on February 16, 2013 .