Yugoslavia men's national under-16 basketball team

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Yugoslavia men's national under-16 basketball team
Medal record
Men's Basketball
Representing  Yugoslavia
European Championship for Cadets
Gold medal – first place 1971 Gorizia
Gold medal – first place 1979 Damascus
Gold medal – first place 1983 Tübingen, Ludwigsburg
Gold medal – first place 1985 Ruse
Gold medal – first place 1987 Székesfehérvár, Kaposvár
Silver medal – second place 1977 Le Touquet, Berck
Silver medal – second place 1989 Spain
Bronze medal – third place 1973 Angri, Summonte
Bronze medal – third place 1975 Athens, Thessaloniki

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.

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 2017.

Several members of the team have been inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame, including players Mirza Delibašić, Vlade Divac, Dragan Kićanović, Toni Kukoč, Dražen Petrović, and coach Mirko Novosel. Also, Petrović and Novosel are members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Individual awards[]

Top Scorer[1]

Competitive record[]

Main article: FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Year Pos. GP W L Ref.
Italy 1971 Gold medal icon.svg 7 6 1 [2]
Italy 1973 Bronze medal icon.svg 9 6 3 [3]
Greece 1975 Bronze medal icon.svg 6 5 1 [4]
France 1977 Silver medal icon.svg 7 5 2 [5]
Syria 1979 Gold medal icon.svg 7 7 0 [6]
Greece 1981 5th 7 4 3 [7]
West Germany 1983 Gold medal icon.svg 7 6 1 [8]
Bulgaria 1985 Gold medal icon.svg 7 6 1 [9]
Hungary 1987 Gold medal icon.svg 7 7 0 [10]
Spain 1989 Silver medal icon.svg 7 5 2 [11]
Greece 1991 8th 7 3 4 [12]
Total 11/11 78 60 18

Coaches[]

Years Head Coach[13] Assistant Coach(es)
1971 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mirko Novosel
1973 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
1975 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
1977–1979 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Luka Stančić
1981–1983 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Rusmir Halilović
1985 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Svetislav Pešić
1987–1989 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
1991 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Rajko Toroman

Rosters[]

1971 Championship 1973 Championship 1975 Championship 1977 Championship 1979 Championship 1981 Championship
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4 Dragan Todorić
5
6
7 Dragan Kićanović
8
9
10
11 Rajko Žižić
12 Mirza Delibašić
13
14
15 		4
5
6
7
8 None
9
10 Andro Knego
11
12 Ratko Radovanović
13
14
15 		4
5 Žarko Koprivica
6
7 Peter Vilfan
8
9
10
11
12 Aleksandar Petrović
13
14
15 Rade Vukosavljević 		4
5
6
7 Sabahudin Bilalović
8 Žarko Đurišić
9
10
11
12 Mihailo Poček
13
14 Milenko Savović
15 		4 Srđan Dabić
5 Nebojša Zorkić
6 Marko Ivanović
7
8
9 Zoran Čutura
10
11
12
13
14
15 		4
5 Dražen Petrović
6
7 Ivo Petović
8 Stojko Vranković
9
10 Zoran Sretenović
11 Velimir Perasović
12
13
14
15 Aleksandar Milivojša
1983 Championship 1985 Championship 1987 Championship 1989 Championship 1991 Championship
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[21]
[22]
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4
5 Branislav Prelević
6
7 Jure Zdovc
8 Miroslav Pecarski
9 Ivo Nakić
10
11
12 Ivica Mavrenski
13 Žarko Paspalj
14
15 Luka Pavićević 		4 Emilio Kovačić
5 Nenad Trunić
6
7 Toni Kukoč
8 Slaviša Koprivica
9 Nebojša Ilić
10
11 Rade Milutinović
12 Vlade Divac
13
14
15 Radenko Dobraš 		4
5 Oliver Popović
6 Rastko Cvetković
7 Žan Tabak
8
9
10
11 Marijan Kraljević
12
13 Arijan Komazec
14 Mirko Pavlović
15 		4
5 Nikola Lončar
6
7
8
9 Velibor Radović
10 Miro Jurić
11 Željko Topalović
12
13 Petar Arsić
14 Bojan Tadić
15 		4 Igor Perović
5
6 Haris Brkić
7 Saša Dončić
8
9
10 Zlatko Bolić
11 Predrag Drobnjak
12
13
14 Dejan Mišković
15 Dušan Jelić

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:

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "History of European Championship for Cadets". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  2. ^ "1971 European Championship for Cadets". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  3. ^ "1973 European Championship for Cadets". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  4. ^ "1975 European Championship for Cadets". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  5. ^ "1977 European Championship for Cadets". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  6. ^ "1979 European Championship for Cadets". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  7. ^ "1981 European Championship for Cadets". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  8. ^ "1983 European Championship for Cadets". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  9. ^ "1985 European Championship for Cadets". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  10. ^ "1987 European Championship for Cadets". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  11. ^ "1989 European Championship for Cadets". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  12. ^ "1991 European Championship for Cadets". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  13. ^ "Košarka: Bal kadeta". vreme.com. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  14. ^ "Yugoslavia – 1971 European Championship for Cadets". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  15. ^ "Yugoslavia – 1973 European Championship for Cadets". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  16. ^ "Yugoslavia – 1975 European Championship for Cadets". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  17. ^ "Yugoslavia – 1977 European Championship for Cadets". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  18. ^ "Yugoslavia – 1979 European Championship for Cadets". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  19. ^ "Yugoslavia – 1981 European Championship for Cadets". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  20. ^ "1983 Yugoslavia Cadet team". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  21. ^ "1985 Yugoslavia Cadet team". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  22. ^ "1987 Yugoslavia Cadet team". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  23. ^ "1989 Yugoslavia Cadet team". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
  24. ^ "1991 Yugoslavia Cadet team". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 13 July 2018.
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