Slovenian national basketball team

Slovenia Slovenija
Nickname (s)	"Junaki" (heroes)
Association	Košarkarska Zveza Slovenije
FIBA member since	1991
FIBA world rankings	12
Technical sponsor	telemach
Trainer	Igor Kokoškov
Record player	Jaka Lakovič (86 games)
World championships
Participation in the finals	3
Best results	7th place ( 2014 )
Olympic games
Participation in the finals	-
Best results
Continental championships
championship	European Championship
Participation in the finals	13
Best results	Gold ( 2017 )
(As of September 17, 2017)

The Slovenian national basketball team represents Slovenia at international basketball matches.

Since the country gained independence in 1991, the team has participated in every European championship . In 2005 it reached the final round for the first time, which qualified it for the World Cup; there they took 12th place. At the following two World Championships in 2010 and 2014 , the team reached the quarter-finals of the best eight. In 2017 Slovenia became European champions with a final victory against Serbia in Istanbul .

In 2007 and 2010 the team won the Stanković Cup .

Current squad

Squad of Slovenia at the 2017 European Championship

player No. Surname birth size info Calls society Guards ( PG , SG ) 6th Aleksej Nikolić 02/21/1995 191  Brose Bamberg 7th Klemen Prepelič 10/20/1992 191  Paris-Levallois Basket 3 Goran Dragic 05/06/1986 194  Miami Heat 77 Luka Dončić 02/18/1999 201  Dallas Mavericks 1 Matic Rebec 01/24/1995 180  KK Krka Forwards ( SF , PF ) 0 Anthony Randolph 07/15/1989 211  real Madrid 8th Edo Murić 11/27/1991 202  Banvit BK 11 Jaka Blažič 06/30/1990 196  MoraBanc Andorra 31 Vlatko Čančar 04/10/1997 203  KK Mega Basket Center ( C ) 22nd Ziga Dimec 02/20/1993 211  KK Krka 14th Gašper Vidmar 09/14/1987 211  Banvit BK 17th Saša Zagorac 01/01/1984 206  Soproni KC

Trainer Nat. Surname position / Igor Kokoškov Head coach Rado Trifunovic Assistant coach Aleksander Sekulic Assistant coach Legend Abbr. meaning Team captain swell League homepage Status: August 2017

Other well-known players

Other well-known players who have recently been on the squad include:

• Miha Zupan (* 1982)
• Mirza Begić (* 1985)
• Jaka Klobučar (* 1987)
• Zoran Dragić (* 1989)
• Alen Omić (* 1992)

Performing in international tournaments

Olympic Summer Games

See also : Basketball in the Olympics

• 1996 - did not participate
• 2000 - did not participate
• 2004 - did not participate
• 2008 - did not participate
• 2012 - did not participate
• 2016 - did not participate

World championships

See also : World Basketball Championship

• 1994 - did not participate
• 1998 - did not participate
• 2002 - did not participate
• 2006 - 12th place
• 2010 - 8th place
• 2014 - 7th place

European championships

See also : European Basketball Championship

1991 - 13th place 1993 - 16th place 1995 - 12th place 1997 - 14th place 1999 - 10th place 2001 - 15th place

2003 - 10th place 2005 - 6th place 2007 - 7th place 2009 - 4th place 2011 - 7th place 2013 - 5th place

2015 - 12th place 2017 - European Champion

Record international player

Number of international matches			Points scored
space	Surname	Games	space	Surname	Points
1	Jaka Lakovič	86	1	Teoman Alibegović	990
2	Uroš Slokar	76	2	Jaka Lakovič	880
2	Goran Jagodnik	75	3	Jure Zdovc	755
4th	Marijan Kraljevic	73	4th	Goran Dragic	721
5	Goran Dragic	70	4th	Boris Gorenc	620
6th	Jaka Daneu	67	6th	Slavko Kotnik	605
7th	Marko Tusek	63	7th	Marko Milič	605
8th	Ivica Jurkovic	52	8th	Boštjan neighbor	532
8th	Marko Milic	59	9	Radoslav Nesterovič	530
10	Boštjan neighbor	58	10	Sani Bečirović	529

As of September 17, 2016

Individual evidence

1. ↑ International match information on the official website of the Slovenian association ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ Point information on the official website of the Slovene Association ( memento of the original from August 29, 2017 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. 

Web links

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