Croatian national basketball team

Croatia Hrvatska
Association	Hrvatski košarkaški savez
FIBA member since	1992
FIBA world rankings	12
Technical sponsor	Adidas
Trainer	Jasmine Repeša
World championships
Participation in the finals	2
Best results	Bronze (1994)
Olympic games
Participation in the finals	3
Best results	Silver (1992)
Continental championships
championship	European Championship
Participation in the finals	10
Best results	Bronze (1993, 1995)
Homepage	hks-cbf.hr (Croatian)
(As of September 3, 2013)

The Croatian basketball national team was founded 1992nd The Croatian team achieved their greatest success in the same year at the Summer Olympics in Barcelona . The players won the silver medal of the tournament and at that time only had to admit defeat to the professionals of the US Dream Team . Further successes include two third placements at the European Basketball Championship in 1993 and the European Basketball Championship in 1995 . The Croatian basketball team also won the bronze medal at the 1994 basketball world championship .

history

The beginnings of basketball in what is now Croatia are connected with the stay of the American William Weilland. As a representative of the American Christian Youth Association , he stayed in Zagreb in 1924 and introduced the new sport at that time. Thereafter, the Croatian Basketball Federation was founded on December 19, 1948. Before the breakup of the former Yugoslavia , the Croatian Basketball Federation was part of the All-Yugoslav Basketball Federation until November 17, 1991.

To the successes of the former all-Yugoslav national basketball team it should be added that basketball players from Croatia won a total of 27 medals out of a total of 60 in international competitions and 6 gold medals out of 12 in the Olympic Games . In eight of the nine successes of the former, gesamtjugoslawischen national basketball team at European and World Championships were at least 5 players of Croatian origin in being a player summoned. Among the best known were: Petar Skansi , Damir Šolman , Ratomir Tvrdic , Kresimir Cosic , Željko Jerkov , Nikola Plečaš , Zvonko Petričević , Josip Đerđa , Mihovil Nakic , Andro Knego , Stojko Vranković , Velimir Perasovic , Toni Kukoč , Dino Rađa , Arijan Komazec , Žan Tabak , and Dražen Petrović . In addition, Croatian club teams such. B. Jugoplastika Split (POP 84), today KK Split , or Lokomotiva Cibona, today Cibona Zagreb , most important European club title. The Croatian Basketball Federation was incorporated into the World Basketball Federation FIBA on January 19, 1992 .

At the 1992 Olympic Games , the Croatian selection was beaten only by the American Dream Team and won the silver medal. However, it was the only time that the " Golden Generation " of Croatian basketball competed in a final round, as Petrović was killed in a car accident the following year and other players were canceled for individual tournaments, partly due to injury. Nevertheless, Croatia reached the semi-finals unbeaten at the European Championship in 1993 , the World Championship in 1994 and the European Championship in 1995 , where, however, they were twice subject to the Russian selection and once to Lithuania . Oddly enough, you met Greece in the third place match in all three tournaments and won all of these games. The 1996 Olympic Games brought in only a seventh place, and with the subsequent generation change followed years of lack of sporting success. It was not until 2008 that the qualification for the Olympic Games succeeded in participating in a tournament held on a global level.

team

Current squad

Squad of Croatia at the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas 2019

player No. Surname birth size info Calls society Guards ( PG , SG ) 2 Krešimir Radovčić 04/19/1997 1.95 m 5/5 KK Helios Domžale 11 Mateo Drežnjak 03/08/1999 1.96 m 5/5 HKK Široki Brijeg 18th Roco Badžim 08/18/1997 1.96 m 5/5 KK Petrol Olimpija 32 Roko Rogić 09/25/1992 1.85 m 5/5 ČEZ Nymburk Forwards ( SF , PF ) 12 Pavle Marčinković 05/06/1989 1.97 m 5/5 KK split 17th Domagoj Vuković October 29, 1993 2.06 m 4/5 KK Zadar 26th Luka Babic 09/29/1991 2.01 m 4/5 OGM Ormanspor Ankara 27 Ivan Ramljak 08/09/1990 2.03 m 3/5 KK Krka Novo mesto 33 Željko Šakić 04/14/1988 2.06 m 5/5 Lietkabelis Panevėžys Center ( C ) 6th Marjan Čakarun 04/27/1990 2.04 m 5/5 KK Koper Primorska 30th Antonio Vranković 10/28/1996 2.13 m 5/5 Duke Blue Devils 34 Marin Marić 02/21/1994 2.11 m 4/5 Okapi eel star

Trainer Nat. Surname position Veljko Mršić Head coach Domagoj Kujundžić Assistant coach Ivan Perinčić Assistant coach Dr. Miran Martinac Team doctor Nikica Šižgorić Physiotherapist Igor Kolarić Sports director Legend Abbr. meaning Team captain swell Team homepage League homepage Status: July 15, 2019

Former squad

Olympic Summer Games

European Championship

World Championship

Croatia at Summer Olympics

Overview

year	Host country	Participation until ...	Last opponent	Result	Trainer	Comments and special features
1936-1988						Croatia was part of Yugoslavia
1992	Spain	final	United States	Silver medal	Petar Skansi	First participation as an independent state; Best result at the Summer Olympics
1996	United States	Quarter finals	Australia	7th place	Petar Skansi	They lost to Australia in the quarterfinals with 71:73.
2000	Australia	not qualified	-	-	Boško Božić	In the second round of the EuroBasket in 1999, the direct comparison with Germany failed.
2004	Greece				Neven Spahija	In the elimination round of the Euro 2003 Baskets to Russia failed in 77:81.
2008	China	Quarter finals	Spain	12th place	Jasmine Repeša	They lost to Spain in the quarterfinals with 59:72.
2012	Great Britain	not qualified	-	-	Josip Vranković	Failed in the preliminary round of the EuroBasket 2011 due to the poorer basket ratio compared to the Finnish selection .
2016	Brazil	Quarter finals	Serbia	5th place	Aleksandar Petrovic	They lost to Serbia in the quarterfinals with 83:86.

successes

Olympic Summer Games

• Silver Medals (1): 1992

EuroBasket

• Bronze medals (2): 1993 , 1995

FIBA World Cup

• Bronze medals (1): 1994

competition				All in all
Olympic Summer Games	0	1	0	1
EuroBasket	0	0	2	2
FIBA World Cup	0	0	1	1
All in all	0	1	3	4th

Results at international tournaments

Olympic Summer Games

• Barcelona 1992 : silver medal
• Atlanta 1996 : 7th place
• Sydney 2000 : Did not qualify
• Athens 2004 : Not qualified
• Beijing 2008 : quarter-finals
• London 2012 : Did not qualify

Basketball world championship

• 1994 : bronze medal
• 1998 : not qualified
• 2002 : not qualified
• 2006 : not qualified
• 2010 : 14th place
• 2014 : 10th place

European basketball championship

• 1993 : bronze medal
• 1995 : bronze medal
• 1997 : 11th place
• 1999 : 11th place
• 2001 : 07th place
• 2003 : 11th place
• 2005 : 07th place
• 2007 : 06th place
• 2009 : 06th place
• 2011 : 13th place
• 2013 : 04th place
• 2015 - qualified

Former players (selection)

• Stojan Vranković
• Dražen Dalipagic
• Dino Rađa
• Toni Kukoč
• Arijan Komazec
• Drazen Petrovic

See also

• Basketball in Croatia

supporting documents

1. ↑ History of the Croatian Basketball Federation: hks-cbf.hr ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The  archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Croatian).
2. ↑ cf. sportnet.hr , successful qualification of the Croatian national basketball team for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, article accessed on July 19, 2008 from www.sportnet.hr

Web links

• Croatian Basketball Federation (croat.)
• Croatian basketball portal (croat.), (English)
• The Croatian national basketball team on the side of FIBA ​​(English)
• The current ranking of the Croatian national basketball team on the FIBA ​​website