Croatia men's national basketball team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Croatia women's national basketball team.

The Croatia men's national basketball team (Croatian: Hrvatska košarkaška reprezentacija)^[3] represents Croatia in international basketball matches. The team is controlled by the Croatian Basketball Federation (HKS).^[4]

Croatia

FIBA ranking	23 (18 November 2022)^[1]
Joined FIBA	1992
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	HKS
Coach	Aleksandar Petrović
Nickname(s)	Kockasti (The Chequered Ones)
Olympic Games
Appearances	4
Medals	Silver: (1992)
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	3
Medals	Bronze: (1994)
EuroBasket
Appearances	14
Medals	Bronze: (1993, 1995)
Home Away
First international
Germany 86–74 Croatia  (Murcia, Spain; 22 June 1992)^[2]
Biggest win
Croatia 124–51 Iceland  (Murcia, Spain; 24 June 1992)
Biggest defeat
Croatia 70–103 United States  (Barcelona, Spain; 27 July 1992)
Medal record Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Team FIBA World Cup 1994 Canada EuroBasket 1993 Germany 1995 Greece Mediterranean Games 2009 Pescara Team 1993 Languedoc-Roussillon Team

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

Croatia's Krešimir Ćosić, Dražen Petrović, Dino Rađa, Mirko Novosel and Toni Kukoč are members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Ćosić was inducted in 1996, Petrović in 2002, Rađa in 2018 and Kukoč in 2021, all as players. Novosel was inducted in 2007 as a coach. Petrović, Ćosić, Kukoč and Novosel are members of the FIBA Hall of Fame. Ćosić is also the only Croatian to have received the FIBA Order of Merit. Ćosić, however, never played for the Croatia national team. As he was only a member of the Yugoslavia national team, holding the record for number of medals (including Olyimpic gold) and the most games played by a player.

History

Prior to Croatian independence

Croatia played its first unofficial friendly game on 2 June 1964 in Karlovac.^[5] 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.^[6][7]

Independent Croatia

After independence of Croatia in 1991, the first official tournament played by Croatians were the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Croatia defeated the CIS team 75–74 and reached the final against the USA Dream Team led by Michael Jordan. The USA won 85–117, but Croatia won its first medal at a major tournament in history.^[8]

The next competition for Croatia was the 1993 EuroBasket in Germany. Tragically, before the tournament Dražen Petrović died in a car accident on 7 June 1993 at the age of 28. Croatia still managed to reach the bronze medal game to defeat Greece 99–59.^[9]

Croatia earned its third medal at the 1994 FIBA World Cup in Canada. Croatia lost their semi-finals match against Russia 64–66, but beat Greece once again 78–60 for the bronze medal. A similar occurrence happened at the EuroBasket 1995 in Greece. Croatia lost in the semi-finals 80–90 against Lithuania, but beat Greece 73–68 for the third time in a row in a bronze medal match. That medal to date was the last Croatian medal from any major tournament. At the 1996 Summer Olympics Croatia finished in a subpar seventh place.^[10]

Decline

At the EuroBasket 1997 in Spain, the new Croatian generation emerged, but ended in 11th place. Croatia failed to qualify for the 2000, 2004 and 2012 Summer Olympics, but finished sixth in 2008. Croatia also failed to qualify for the 1998, 2002 and 2006 World Cups. Although the team did manage to qualify in 2010, before falling in the Round of 16. However, at the EuroBasket 2013, Croatia had its best tournament appearance since 1995, where the team finished in fourth place.^[11]

Honours

The Croatia national team's all-time medal table:

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Summer Olympics	0	1	0	1
FIBA World Cup	0	0	1	1
EuroBasket	0	0	2	2
Mediterranean Games	1	1	0	2
Stanković Cup	2	1	0	3
Total	3	3	3	9

Competitive record

FIBA World Cup World Cup Qualification Year Position Pld W L Pld W L 1950 to 1990 Part of Yugoslavia Part of Yugoslavia   1994   8 7 1 EuroBasket served as qualifiers   1998 Did not qualify   2002   2006   2010 14th 6 2 4   2014 10th 6 3 3   2019 Did not qualify 12 4 8     2023 6 1 5 Total 3/8 20 12 8 18 5 13 Olympic Games Olympic Games Qualifying Year Position Pld W L Pld W L 1936 to 1988 Part of Yugoslavia Part of Yugoslavia   1992   8 6 2 11 10 1   1996 7th 8 4 4 Direct qualification   2000 Did not qualify Did not qualify   2004   2008 6th 6 3 3 4 4 0   2012 Did not qualify Did not qualify   2016 5th 6 3 3 4 3 1   2020 Did not qualify 3 1 2 Total 4/7 28 16 12 22 18 4

EuroBasket EuroBasket Qualification Year Position Pld W L Pld W L 1935 to 1991 Part of Yugoslavia Part of Yugoslavia   1993   9 8 1 7 6 1   1995   9 8 1 6 5 1   1997 11th 8 2 6 10 7 3   1999 9th 6 3 3 10 7 3   2001 7th 8 2 6 10 10 0   2003 11th 4 1 3 10 8 2   2005 7th 7 4 3 4 3 1   2007 6th 9 3 6 6 5 1   2009 6th 9 4 5 Direct qualification   2011 13th 5 2 3   2013 4th 11 8 3 8 8 0      2015 9th 6 3 3 Qualified as co-host      2017 10th 6 4 2 Direct qualification      2022 12th 6 3 3 6 4 2      2025 To be determined To be determined Total 14/14 103 55 48 77 63 14

Results and fixtures

  Win   Loss

2022

Croatia   v   Sweden

25 February 2022 (2022-02-25) 2023 FIBA World Cup qualifiers – 1st round	Croatia	64–70	Sweden	Zagreb
18:30	Scoring by quarter: 15–18, 20–17, 10–17, 19–18
	Pts: Zubčić 20 Rebs: Krušlin 6 Asts: Gnjidić, Krušlin 2	Boxscore	Pts: Gaddefors 16 Rebs: Birgander 12 Asts: Håkanson 6	Arena: Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Marius Ciulin (ROU), Martin Horozov (BUL)
Note: v t e

Sweden   v   Croatia

28 February 2022 (2022-02-28) 2023 FIBA World Cup qualifiers – 1st round	Sweden	98–1050(2OT)	Croatia	Norrköping
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 21–14, 20–12, 18–24, 20–29, Overtime: 9–9, 10–17
	Pts: Håkanson 31 Rebs: Birgander 18 Asts: Håkanson 7	Boxscore	Pts: Filipović 29 Rebs: Matković 13 Asts: Krušlin 6	Arena: Stadium Arena Attendance: 2,683 Referees: Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Tomas Jasevicius (LTU), Thomas Bissuel (FRA)
Note: v t e

Slovenia   v   Croatia

30 June 2022 (2022-06-30) 2023 FIBA World Cup qualifiers – 1st round	Slovenia	97–69	Croatia	Ljubljana
20:15	Scoring by quarter: 33–8, 21–27, 22–16, 21–18
	Pts: Dončić 21 Rebs: Tobey 13 Asts: Dončić 10	Boxscore	Pts: Hezonja 22 Rebs: Hezonja 9 Asts: Hezonja 6	Arena: Arena Stožice Attendance: 13,000 Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Luis Castillo (ESP), Michał Proc (POL)
Note: v t e

Croatia   v   Finland

3 July 2022 (2022-07-03) 2023 FIBA World Cup qualifiers – 1st round	Croatia	79–81	Finland	Rijeka
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 17–22, 27–17, 18–21
	Pts: Bogdanović, Zubac 21 Rebs: Prkačin 9 Asts: three players 4	Boxscore	Pts: Markkanen 19 Rebs: Valtonen 9 Asts: Maxhuni 5	Arena: Centar Zamet Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Yener Yılmaz (TUR), Martin Horozov (BUL), Fernando Calatrava (ESP)
Note: v t e

Poland   v   Croatia

25 August 2022 EuroBasket 2025 pre-qualifiers – 2nd round	Poland	69–72	Croatia	Warsaw, Poland
18:30 (UTC+2)	Scoring by quarter: 15–11, 16–10, 16–28, 22–23
	Pts: Ponitka 26 Rebs: three players 6 Asts: Ponitka 6	Boxscore	Pts: Zubac 19 Rebs: Zubac 10 Asts: Šarić 6	Arena: Arena COS Torwar Attendance: 4,299 Referees: Gintaras Vitkauskas (LTU), Ivor Matějek (CZE), Zdenko Tomašovič (SVK)

Croatia   v   Switzerland

28 August 2022 EuroBasket 2025 pre-qualifiers – 2nd round	Croatia	84–53	Switzerland	Opatija, Croatia
20:00 (UTC+2)	Scoring by quarter: 22–10, 28–16, 20–15, 14–12
	Pts: Matković 17 Rebs: Matković 12 Asts: Gnjidić, Simon 5	Boxscore	Pts: Fofana 10 Rebs: Rocak 5 Asts: Kazadi 3	Arena: Sportska dvorana Marino Cvetković Attendance: 1,600 Referees: Petros Papapetrou (GRE), Geert Jacobs (BEL), Alessandro Perciavalle (ITA)

Croatia   v   Greece

2 September 2022 EuroBasket 2022 – Group stage	Croatia	85–89	Greece	Mediolanum Forum, Milan
17:00	Scoring by quarter: 16–24, 14–22, 32–24, 23–19
	Pts: Smith 23 Rebs: Hezonja 8 Asts: Smith 4	Boxscore	Pts: G. Antetokounmpo, Dorsey 27 Rebs: G. Antetokounmpo 11 Asts: G. Antetokounmpo, Calathes 6	Attendance: 6,844 Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Luis Castillo (ESP), Martin Horozov (BUL)
Note: v t e

Great Britain   v   Croatia

3 September 2022 EuroBasket 2022 – Group stage	Great Britain	65–86	Croatia	Mediolanum Forum, Milan
14:15	Scoring by quarter: 17–20, 14–17, 9–35, 25–14
	Pts: Hesson 18 Rebs: Soko 7 Asts: Nelson 6	Boxscore	Pts: three players 15 Rebs: Hezonja 10 Asts: Smith 6	Attendance: 2,373 Referees: Martin Horozov (BUL), Paulo Marques (POR), Geert Jacobs (BEL)
Note: v t e

Croatia   v   Estonia

5 September 2022 EuroBasket 2022 – Group stage	Croatia	73–70	Estonia	Mediolanum Forum, Milan
14:15	Scoring by quarter: 20–16, 13–13, 20–19, 20–22
	Pts: Matković 17 Rebs: Šarić 12 Asts: Smith 7	Boxscore	Pts: Vene 18 Rebs: Drell 7 Asts: Kullamäe 5	Attendance: 2,972 Referees: Paulo Marques (POR), Zafer Yılmaz (TUR), Carsten Straube (GER)
Note: v t e

Italy   v   Croatia

6 September 2022 EuroBasket 2022 – Group stage	Italy	81–76	Croatia	Mediolanum Forum, Milan
21:00	Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 20–17, 13–25, 26–17
	Pts: Fontecchio, Melli 19 Rebs: three players 5 Asts: Spissu 6	Boxscore	Pts: Bogdanović 27 Rebs: Hezonja 10 Asts: Smith 4	Attendance: 11,745 Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Paulo Marques (POR), Zafer Yılmaz (TUR)
Note: v t e

Croatia   v   Ukraine

8 September 2022 EuroBasket 2022 – Group stage	Croatia	90–85	Ukraine	Mediolanum Forum, Milan
14:15	Scoring by quarter: 21–21, 24–21, 22–25, 23–18
	Pts: Bogdanović 27 Rebs: Zubac 8 Asts: Mavra 4	Boxscore	Pts: Gerun 21 Rebs: Bliznyuk 8 Asts: four players 4	Attendance: 2,753 Referees: Luis Castillo (ESP), Nicolas Maestre (FRA), Zafer Yılmaz (TUR)
Note: v t e

Finland   v   Croatia

11 September 2022 EuroBasket 2022 – Round of 16	Finland	94–86	Croatia	Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin
14:45	Scoring by quarter: 20–21, 25–22, 22–22, 27–21
	Pts: Markkanen 43 Rebs: Markkanen 9 Asts: three players 3	Boxscore	Pts: Bogdanović 23 Rebs: Šarić 9 Asts: Šarić 6	Attendance: 6,904 Referees: Saverio Lanzarini (ITA), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Lorenzo Baldini (ITA)
Note: v t e

Austria   v   Croatia

10 November 2022 EuroBasket 2025 pre-qualifiers – 2nd round	Austria	75–100	Croatia	Graz, Austria
20:20 (UTC+1)	Scoring by quarter: 24–18, 19–30, 16–25, 16–27
	Pts: Vujošević 18 Rebs: Rados 8 Asts: Guttl 4	Boxscore	Pts: Badžim 23 Rebs: Branković 5 Asts: Kapusta 8	Arena: Raiffeisen Sportpark Attendance: 2,115 Referees: Ventsislav Velikov (BUL), Mehmet Karabilecen (TUR), Marek Kúkelčík (SVK)

Croatia   v   Poland

13 November 2022 EuroBasket 2025 pre-qualifiers – 2nd round	Croatia	79–87	Poland	Zagreb, Croatia
20:00 (UTC+1)	Scoring by quarter: 18–21, 19–13, 19–24, 23–29
	Pts: Branković 17 Rebs: Prkačin 6 Asts: Kapusta 8	Boxscore	Pts: Garbacz, Zyskowski 21 Rebs: Sokołowski 8 Asts: 4 players 4	Arena: Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall Attendance: 5,200 Referees: Sergii Zashchuk (UKR), Ilias Kounelles (CYP), Zdenko Tomašovič (SVK)

2023

Switzerland   v   Croatia

23 February 2023 EuroBasket 2025 pre-qualifiers – 2nd round	Switzerland	vs.	Croatia
		Boxscore

Croatia   v   Austria

26 February 2023 EuroBasket 2025 pre-qualifiers – 2nd round	Croatia	vs.	Austria
		Boxscore

Team

Current roster

Roster for the EuroBasket 2025 pre-qualifiers matches against Austria and Poland on November 10th and November 13th, 2022.^[12]

Croatia national basketball team – EuroBasket 2025 pre-qualification roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. SG 1 Toni Perković 24 – (1998-04-10)April 10, 1998 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Orléans Loiret   PG 4 Borna Kapusta 26 – (1996-07-24)July 24, 1996 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Cibona   SF 6 Matej Rudan 21 – (2001-03-21)March 21, 2001 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Mega Basket   PF 8 Roko Prkačin 19 – (2002-11-26)November 26, 2002 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Girona   SG 9 Toni Nakić 23 – (1999-06-01)June 1, 1999 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Breogán   C 13 Tomislav Ivišić 19 – (2003-08-09)August 9, 2003 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) SC Derby   SF 17 Dario Drežnjak 24 – (1998-03-24)March 24, 1998 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Zadar   SG 18 Roko Badžim 25 – (1997-08-18)August 18, 1997 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Konyaspor   C 22 Danko Branković 22 – (2000-11-05)November 5, 2000 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) Mega Basket   SG 23 Mateo Drežnjak 23 – (1999-03-08)March 8, 1999 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) SC Derby   PF 24 Filip Bundović 28 – (1994-02-16)February 16, 1994 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) Cibona   PG 30 Dominik Mavra (C) 28 – (1994-06-15)June 15, 1994 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Split	Head coach   Aleksandar Petrović Assistant coach(es)   Josip Sesar   Ivan Tomas Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the competition Age – describes age on 10 November 2022

Head coaches

1990s and 2000s Years Name Competition 1992 Petar Skansi   1992 Summer Olympics 1993 Mirko Novosel   1993 EuroBasket 1994 Josip Gjergja   1994 World Cup 1995 Aleksandar Petrović   1995 EuroBasket 1996–1998 Petar Skansi (2) 7th 1996 Summer Olympics 11th 1997 EuroBasket 1999 Boško Božić 9th 1999 EuroBasket 1999–2001 Aleksandar Petrović (2) 7th 2001 EuroBasket 2001–2005 Neven Spahija 11th 2003 EuroBasket 7th 2005 EuroBasket 2005–2009 Jasmin Repeša 6th 2007 EuroBasket 6th 2008 Summer Olympics 6th 2009 EuroBasket

2010s and 2020s Years Name Competition 2010–2011 Josip-Jerko Vranković 14th 2010 World Cup 13th 2011 EuroBasket 2012–2014 Jasmin Repeša (2) 4th 2013 EuroBasket 10th 2014 World Cup 2015 Velimir Perasović 9th 2015 EuroBasket 2016–2017 Aleksandar Petrović (3)^[13] 5th 2016 Summer Olympics 10th 2017 EuroBasket 2017–2018 Ivica Skelin 2018–2019 Dražen Anzulović 2019–2022 Veljko Mršić 2022 Damir Mulaomerović 12th 2022 EuroBasket 2022–present Aleksandar Petrović (interim) (4)

Past rosters

1992 Olympic Games: finished 2nd   among 12 teams

4 Dražen Petrović, 5 Velimir Perasović, 6 Danko Cvjetićanin, 7 Toni Kukoč, 8 Vladan Alanović, 9 Franjo Arapović, 10 Žan Tabak,
11 Stojko Vranković, 12 Alan Gregov, 13 Arijan Komazec, 14 Dino Rađa, 15 Aramis Naglić (Coach: Petar Skansi)

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1993 EuroBasket: finished 3rd   among 16 teams

4 Velimir Perasović, 5 Alan Gregov, 6 Ivica Žurić, 7 Vladan Alanović, 8 Franjo Arapović, 9 Žan Tabak, 10 Stojko Vranković,
11 Danko Cvjetićanin, 12 Arijan Komazec, 13 Dino Rađa, 14 Emilio Kovačić 15 Veljko Mršić (Coach: Mirko Novosel)

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1994 FIBA World Cup: finished 3rd   among 16 teams

4 Josip Vranković, 5 Alan Gregov, 6 Arijan Komazec, 7 Toni Kukoč, 8 Vladan Alanović, 9 Ivica Žurić, 10 Davor Pejčinović,
11 Stojko Vranković, 12 Danko Cvjetićanin, 13 Miro Jurić, 14 Dino Rađa, 15 Veljko Mršić (Coach: Josip Gjergja)

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1995 EuroBasket: finished 3rd   among 14 teams

4 Josip Vranković, 5 Velimir Perasović, 6 Arijan Komazec, 7 Toni Kukoč, 8 Vladan Alanović, 9 Ivica Marić, 10 Ivica Žurić,
11 Stojko Vranković, 12 Alan Gregov, 13 Veljko Mršić, 14 Dino Rađa, 15 Davor Pejčinović (Coach: Aleksandar Petrović)

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1996 Olympic Games: finished 7th among 12 teams

4 Josip Vranković, 5 Velimir Perasović, 6 Arijan Komazec, 7 Toni Kukoč, 8 Vladan Alanović, 9 Slaven Rimac, 10 Žan Tabak,
11 Stojko Vranković, 12 Damir Mulaomerović, 13 Veljko Mršić, 14 Dino Rađa, 15 Davor Marcelić (Coach: Petar Skansi)

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1997 EuroBasket: finished 11th among 16 teams

4 Josip Sesar, 5 Damir Mulaomerović, 6 Gordan Giriček, 7 Damir Milačić, 8 Vladan Alanović, 9 Slaven Rimac, 10 Emilio Kovačić,
11 Davor Pejčinović, 12 Siniša Kelečević, 13 Nikola Prkačin, 14 Ivan Grgat, 15 Davor Marcelić (Coach: Petar Skansi)

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1999 EuroBasket: finished 9th among 16 teams

4 Vladimir Krstić, 5 Damir Mulaomerović, 6 Veljko Mršić, 7 Toni Kukoč, 8 Nikola Prkačin, 9 Gordan Zadravec, 10 Gordan Giriček,
11 Joško Poljak, 12 Jurica Ružić, 13 Ivan Tomeljak, 14 Nikola Vujčić, 15 Hrvoje Henjak (Coach: Boško Božić)

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2001 EuroBasket: finished 7th among 16 teams

4 Damir Mulaomerović, 5 Josip Vranković, 6 Josip Sesar, 7 Veljko Mršić, 8 Nikola Prkačin, 9 Vladimir Krstić, 10 Gordan Giriček,
11 Emilio Kovačić, 12 Mate Skelin, 13 Matej Mamić, 14 Nikola Vujčić, 15 Žan Tabak (Coach: Aleksandar Petrović)

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2003 EuroBasket: finished 11th among 16 teams

4 Damir Mulaomerović, 5 Marino Baždarić, 6 Marko Popović, 7 Sandro Nicević, 8 Nikola Prkačin, 9 Zoran Planinić, 10 Gordan Giriček,
11 Hrvoje Perinčić, 12 Andrija Žižić, 13 Matej Mamić, 14 Dalibor Bagarić, 15 Mate Skelin (Coach: Neven Spahija)

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2005 EuroBasket: finished 7th among 16 teams

4 Mario Kasun, 5 Roko Ukić, 6 Marko Popović, 7 Nikola Vujčić, 8 Nikola Prkačin, 9 Andrija Žižić, 10 Gordan Giriček, 11 Zoran Planinić,
12 Marko Tomas, 13 Matej Mamić, 14 Dalibor Bagarić, 15 Damir Rančić (Coach: Neven Spahija)

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2007 EuroBasket: finished 6th among 16 teams

4 Roko Ukić, 5 Davor Kus, 6 Marko Popović, 7 Marin Rozić, 8 Nikola Prkačin, 9 Marko Tomas, 10 Zoran Planinić, 11 Mario Stojić,
12 Damir Markota, 13 Marko Banić, 14 Mario Kasun, 15 Stanko Barać (Coach: Jasmin Repeša)

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2008 Olympic Games: finished 6th among 12 teams

4 Roko Ukić, 5 Davor Kus, 6 Marko Popović, 7 Marin Rozić, 8 Nikola Prkačin, 9 Marko Tomas, 10 Zoran Planinić, 11 Sandro Nicević,
12 Damjan Rudež, 13 Marko Banić, 14 Krešimir Lončar, 15 Stanko Barać (Coach: Jasmin Repeša)

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2009 EuroBasket: finished 6th among 16 teams

4 Roko Ukić, 5 Davor Kus, 6 Marko Popović, 7 Nikola Vujčić, 8 Nikola Prkačin, 9 Marin Rozić, 10 Zoran Planinić, 11 Mario Stojić,
12 Krešimir Lončar, 13 Marko Banić, 14 Sandro Nicević, 15 Mario Kasun (Coach: Jasmin Repeša)

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2010 FIBA World Cup: finished 14th among 24 teams

4 Roko Ukić, 5 Davor Kus, 6 Marko Popović, 7 Bojan Bogdanović, 8 Rok Stipčević, 9 Marko Tomas, 10 Zoran Planinić, 11 Ante Tomić,
12 Krešimir Lončar, 13 Marko Banić, 14 Luka Žorić, 15 Lukša Andrić (Coach: Josip Vranković)

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2011 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 24 teams

4 Ante Tomić, 5 Lukša Andrić, 6 Marko Popović, 7 Bojan Bogdanović, 8 Rok Stipčević, 9 Marko Tomas, 10 Dontaye Draper,
11 Krunoslav Simon, 12 Damir Markota, 13 Damjan Rudež, 14 Luka Žorić, 15 Stanko Barać (Coach: Josip Vranković)

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2013 EuroBasket: finished 4th among 24 teams

4 Ante Tomić, 5 Lukša Andrić, 6 Dontaye Draper, 7 Bojan Bogdanović, 8 Dario Šarić, 9 Damjan Rudež, 10 Roko Ukić,
11 Krunoslav Simon, 12 Damir Markota, 13 Mario Delaš, 14 Luka Žorić, 15 Ante Delaš (Coach: Jasmin Repeša)

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2014 FIBA World Cup: finished 10th among 24 teams

4 Ante Tomić, 5 Lukša Andrić, 6 Oliver Lafayette, 7 Bojan Bogdanović, 8 Dario Šarić, 9 Damjan Rudež, 10 Roko Ukić,
11 Krunoslav Simon, 12 Damir Markota, 13 Mario Hezonja, 14 Luka Žorić, 15 Luka Babić (Coach: Jasmin Repeša)

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2015 EuroBasket: finished 9th among 24 teams

4 Ante Tomić, 5 Damjan Rudež, 6 Rok Stipčević, 7 Bojan Bogdanović, 8 Dario Šarić, 9 Marko Tomas, 10 Roko Ukić (C),
11 Krunoslav Simon, 13 Dontaye Draper, 15 Miro Bilan, 21 Luka Žorić, 23 Mario Hezonja (Coach: Velimir Perasović)

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2016 Olympic Games: finished 5th among 12 teams

4 Luka Babić, 5 Filip Krušlin, 6 Rok Stipčević, 7 Krunoslav Simon, 8 Mario Hezonja, 9 Dario Šarić, 10 Roko Ukić (C), 12 Darko Planinić,
15 Miro Bilan, 33 Željko Šakić, 35 Marko Arapović, 44 Bojan Bogdanović (Coach: Aleksandar Petrović)

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2017 EuroBasket: finished 10th among 24 teams

5 Filip Krušlin, 6 Marko Popović, 7 Krunoslav Simon, 9 Dario Šarić, 10 Roko Ukić (C), 11 Luka Žorić, 12 Darko Planinić,
17 Dragan Bender, 25 Ivan Buva, 27 Ivan Ramljak, 33 Marko Tomas, 44 Bojan Bogdanović (Coach: Aleksandar Petrović)

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2022 EuroBasket: finished 12th among 24 teams

1 Toni Perković, 3 Jaleen Smith, 4 Roko Prkačin, 7 Krunoslav Simon, 8 Mario Hezonja, 9 Dario Šarić, 10 Lovro Gnjidić,
17 Karlo Matković, 27 Ivan Ramljak, 30 Dominik Mavra, 40 Ivica Zubac, 44 Bojan Bogdanović (C) (Coach: Damir Mulaomerović)

Notable players and coaches

Players Individual awards FIBA World Cup All-Tournament Team Dino Rađa – 1994 EuroBasket All-Tournament Team Dino Rađa – 1993 Toni Kukoč – 1995 Damir Mulaomerović – 2001 Bojan Bogdanović – 2013 Other notable achievements FIBA Order of Merit Krešimir Ćosić FIBA Hall of Fame Krešimir Ćosić Dražen Petrović Toni Kukoč Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Krešimir Ćosić Dražen Petrović Dino Rađa Toni Kukoč Euroscar Toni Kukoč – 1991, 1994, 1996, 1998 Dražen Petrović – 1992, 1993 Mr. Europa Toni Kukoč – 1991, 1992, 1996 Dražen Petrović – 1993 NBA champion Toni Kukoč – 1996, 1997, 1998 Žan Tabak – 1995 NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award Toni Kukoč – 1996 NBA All-Rookie First Team Dario Šarić – 2017 EuroLeague Final Four MVP Toni Kukoč – 1993 EuroLeague Top Scorer Zdravko Radulović – 1993 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors (2008) Krešimir Ćosić Dražen Petrović Toni Kukoč Dino Rađa

Coaches Individual achievements FIBA Hall of Fame Mirko Novosel Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Mirko Novosel

Head-to-head record

Record against teams at the EuroBasket As of 11 September 2022 National team Pld W L PF PA PD   Belgium 1 1 0 106 74 +32   Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 2 1 243 229 +14   Bulgaria 2 2 0 192 165 +27   Czech Republic 4 3 1 322 266 +56   Estonia 3 3 0 252 219 +33   Finland 4 3 1 350 313 +37   France 7 3 4 566 566 0   Georgia 2 1 1 135 147 −12   Germany 7 3 4 559 559 0   Greece 9 3 6 710 684 +26   Great Britain 1 1 0 86 65 +21   Hungary 1 1 0 67 58 +9   Israel 2 1 1 161 159 +2   Italy 7 5 2 500 475 +25   Latvia 2 1 1 170 176 −6   Lithuania 5 0 5 356 417 −61   Montenegro 2 2 0 173 153 +20   Netherlands 1 1 0 78 72 +6   North Macedonia 3 2 1 230 204 +26   Poland 2 1 1 150 147 +3   Portugal 1 1 0 90 68 +22   Romania 1 1 0 74 58 +16   Russia 8 3 5 628 648 −20   Serbia 2 0 2 128 144 −16   Slovenia 5 3 2 392 386 +6   Spain 7 2 5 500 572 −72   Turkey 6 3 3 503 430 +73   Ukraine 4 3 1 355 323 +32 Total 27 teams Record against teams in EuroBasket qualification As of 13 November 2022 National team Pld W L PF PA PD   Austria 3 3 0 260 224 +36   Belarus 1 1 0 112 72 +40   Belgium 2 2 0 176 129 +47   Bosnia and Herzegovina 4 2 2 295 267 +28   Bulgaria 2 1 1 173 148 +25   Cyprus 4 4 0 368 224 +144   Denmark 2 2 0 183 146 +37   England 2 2 0 163 149 +14   Estonia 5 4 1 417 350 +67   Germany 2 0 2 144 159 −15   Hungary 4 4 0 316 268 +48   Iceland 2 2 0 193 151 +42   Ireland 2 2 0 165 145 +20   Latvia 5 5 0 466 371 +95   Lithuania 2 1 1 137 140 −3   Netherlands 6 5 1 457 389 +68   North Macedonia 3 3 0 312 232 +80   Poland 2 1 1 151 156 −5   Romania 3 3 0 342 206 +136   Russia 2 1 1 151 138 +13   Slovakia 4 4 0 355 277 +53   Slovenia 1 0 1 90 94 −4   Sweden 6 5 1 479 417 +62   Switzerland 3 3 0 260 180 +80   Turkey 4 2 2 290 267 +23   Ukraine 5 4 1 416 370 +46 Total 26 teams

Record against teams at the World Cup As of 6 September 2014 National team Pld W L PF PA PD   Argentina 1 1 0 90 85 +5   Australia 1 1 0 83 69 +14   Brazil 1 0 1 74 92 −18   Canada 1 1 0 92 61 +31   China 1 1 0 105 73 +32   Cuba 1 1 0 85 65 +20   France 1 0 1 64 69 −5   Greece 3 2 1 224 191 +33   Iran 1 1 0 75 54 +21   Philippines 1 1 0 81 78 +3   Puerto Rico 1 1 0 103 82 +21   Russia 1 0 1 64 66 −2   Senegal 1 0 1 75 77 −2   Serbia 1 0 1 72 73 −1   Slovenia 1 0 1 84 91 −7   South Korea 1 1 0 104 53 +51   Tunisia 1 1 0 84 64 +20   United States 1 0 1 78 106 −28 Total 18 teams Record against teams in World Cup qualification As of 3 July 2022 National team Pld W L PF PA PD   Finland 2 0 2 150 158 −8   Hungary 2 1 1 139 153 −14   Italy 2 1 1 142 152 −10   Lithuania 2 0 2 145 163 −18   Netherlands 2 1 1 143 146 −3   Poland 2 0 2 143 156 −13   Romania 2 1 1 146 121 +25   Slovenia 2 0 2 143 173 −30   Sweden 2 1 1 169 168 +1 Total 9 teams Record against teams at the Olympic Games As of 17 August 2016 National team Pld W L PF PA PD   Angola 2 2 0 144 112 +32   Argentina 3 1 2 225 242 −17   Australia 3 2 1 266 220 +46   Brazil 3 2 1 243 230 +13   China 2 2 0 208 163 +45   CIS 1 1 0 75 74 +1   Germany 1 1 0 99 78 +21   Iran 1 1 0 91 57 +34   Lithuania 3 1 2 244 250 −6   Nigeria 1 0 1 76 90 −14   Russia 1 1 0 85 78 +7   Serbia 1 0 1 83 86 −3   Spain 3 2 1 219 221 −2   United States 3 0 3 226 322 −96 Total 14 teams

Biggest tournament wins

20+ point difference

Olympic Games	World Cup	EuroBasket
+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 +21 vs. Great Britain (86–65) 2022 +20 vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina (98–78) 1993 +20 vs. Germany (75–55) 1997

• Croatia also defeated Albania (94–70) for a win margin of +24 at the 2009 Mediterranean Games.

Biggest tournament losses

-20> point difference

Olympic Games	World Cup	EuroBasket
-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

Biggest qualification wins

20+ point difference

Olympic qualification	World Cup qualification	EuroBasket qualification
+73 vs. Iceland (124–51) 1992 +52 vs. Portugal (109–57) 1992 +46 vs. Italy (108–62) 1992 +39 vs. Greece (102–63) 1992 +23 vs. Slovenia (93–70) 1992	+27 vs. Romania (90–63) 2018	+60 vs. Romania (115–55) 1997 +56 vs. Macedonia (128–72) 1993^[14] +40 vs. Belarus (112–72) 1993 +34 vs. Latvia (113–79) 1993 +33 vs. Romania (119–86) 1993 +31 vs. Switzerland (84–53) 2025 +29 vs. Ukraine (107–78) 1993 +25 vs. Austria (100–75) 2025

See also

•  Sports portal
•  Croatia portal

• Sport in Croatia
• Croatia women's national basketball team
• Croatia men's national under-20 basketball team
• Croatia men's national under-18 and under-19 basketball team
• Croatia men's national under-16 and under-17 basketball team

References

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External links

 

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Croatia men's national basketball team.

• Official website   (in Croatian)
• Croatia FIBA profile
• Croatia National Team – Men at Eurobasket.com
• Croatia Basketball Records at FIBA Archive