Yugoslavia men's national under-16 basketball team
The Yugoslavia men's national under-16 basketball team (Serbo-Croatian: Kadetska košarkaška reprezentacija Jugoslavije) was the boys' basketball team, administered by Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia, that represented SFR Yugoslavia in international under-16 (under age 16) men's basketball competitions, consisted mainly of the European Championship for Cadets, nowadays known as the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship.
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's Basketball | ||
| Representing Yugoslavia | ||
| European Championship for Cadets | ||
| 1971 Gorizia | ||
| 1979 Damascus | ||
| 1983 Tübingen, Ludwigsburg | ||
| 1985 Ruse | ||
| 1987 Székesfehérvár, Kaposvár | ||
| 1977 Le Touquet, Berck | ||
| 1989 Spain | ||
| 1973 Angri, Summonte | ||
| 1975 Athens, Thessaloniki | ||
After the dissolution of SFR Yugoslavia in 1991, the successor countries all set up their own national under-16 teams. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Croatia teams won the Championship, as of 2022.
Several members of the team have been inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame, including players Mirza Delibašić, Vlade Divac, Jure Zdovc, Dragan Kićanović, Toni Kukoč, Dražen Petrović, and coaches Mirko Novosel and Svetislav Pešić. Also, Divac, Petrović, Kukoč, and Novosel are members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Individual awards
Top Scorer[1]
- Dražen Petrović — 1981
- Arijan Komazec – 1987
Competitive record
Coaches
| Years | Head Coach[13] | Assistant Coach(es) |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Mirko Novosel | |
| 1973 | Joša Gagel | |
| 1975 | Janez Drvarič | |
| 1977–1979 | Luka Stančić | |
| 1981–1983 | Rusmir Halilović | |
| 1985 | Svetislav Pešić | |
| 1987–1989 | Janez Drvarič | |
| 1991 | Rajko Toroman |
Rosters
| 1971 Championship | 1973 Championship | 1975 Championship | 1977 Championship | 1979 Championship | 1981 Championship |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Dragan Todorić 5 Predrag Tripković 6 Ante Zaloker 7 Dragan Kićanović 8 Marko Martinović 9 Milan Milićević 10 Zoran Biorac 11 Rajko Žižić 12 Mirza Delibašić 13 Željko Morelj 14 Radmilo Lukovac 15 Mirko Grgin | 4 Dušan Božić 5 Goran Kriznar 6 Boško Bosiočić 7 Dušan Zupančić 8 None 9 Budimir Ćosović 10 Andro Knego 11 Mladen Mohorović 12 Ratko Radovanović 13 Dragan Pribanović 14 Dragan Vulić 15 Đorđe Bosnić | 4 Mladen Ostojić 5 Žarko Koprivica 6 Milenko Babić 7 Peter Vilfan 8 Boran Pilindavinć 9 Stane Košnik 10 Slobodan Pećirko 11 Željko Pribanović 12 Aleksandar Petrović 13 Nebojša Nikolić 14 Branko Sikirić 15 Rade Vukosavljević | 4 Stane Premrl 5 Draško Vučetić 6 Darko Petronijević 7 Sabahudin Bilalović 8 Žarko Đurišić 9 Mitja Muha 10 Bogdan Blaznik 11 Davor Dogan 12 Mihailo Poček 13 Goran Mastilović 14 Milenko Savović 15 Milenko Manojlović | 4 Srđan Dabić 5 Nebojša Zorkić 6 Marko Ivanović 7 Matej Janžek 8 Milan Benčić 9 Zoran Čutura 10 Dragan Zovko 11 Tomislav Tiringer 12 Jurica Kos 13 Robert Medved 14 Željko Mrnjavac 15 Jurid Kebe | 4 Neven Cambij 5 Dražen Petrović 6 Aleksandar Aleksić 7 Ivo Petović 8 Stojko Vranković 9 Siniša Radonjić 10 Zoran Sretenović 11 Velimir Perasović 12 Saša Radunović 13 Vladimir Mićunović 14 Edin Pašić 15 Aleksandar Milivojša |
New national teams
After the dissolution of SFR Yugoslavia in 1991, five new countries were created: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR Macedonia, FR Yugoslavia (in 2003, renamed to Serbia and Montenegro) and Slovenia. In 2006, Montenegro became an independent nation and Serbia became the legal successor of Serbia and Montenegro. In 2008, Kosovo declared independence from Serbia and became a FIBA member in 2015.
Here is a list of men's national under-16 teams on the SFR Yugoslavia area:
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992–present)
- Croatia (1992–present)
- North Macedonia (1993–present)
- Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006)
- Montenegro (2006–present)
- Serbia (2006–present)
- Kosovo (2015–present)
- Slovenia (1992–present)
See also
References
- ^ "History of European Championship for Cadets". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
- ^ "1971 European Championship for Cadets". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
- ^ "1973 European Championship for Cadets". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
- ^ "1975 European Championship for Cadets". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
- ^ "1977 European Championship for Cadets". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
- ^ "1979 European Championship for Cadets". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
- ^ "1981 European Championship for Cadets". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
- ^ "1983 European Championship for Cadets". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
- ^ "1985 European Championship for Cadets". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
- ^ "1987 European Championship for Cadets". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
- ^ "1989 European Championship for Cadets". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
- ^ "1991 European Championship for Cadets". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
- ^ "Košarka: Bal kadeta". vreme.com. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
- ^ "Yugoslavia – 1971 European Championship for Cadets". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
- ^ "Yugoslavia – 1973 European Championship for Cadets". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
- ^ "Yugoslavia – 1975 European Championship for Cadets". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
- ^ "Yugoslavia – 1977 European Championship for Cadets". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
- ^ "Yugoslavia – 1979 European Championship for Cadets". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
- ^ "Yugoslavia – 1981 European Championship for Cadets". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
- ^ "1983 Yugoslavia Cadet team". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
- ^ "1985 Yugoslavia Cadet team". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
- ^ "1987 Yugoslavia Cadet team". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
- ^ "1989 Yugoslavia Cadet team". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
- ^ "1991 Yugoslavia Cadet team". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 13 July 2018.