Bosnia and Herzegovina national basketball team

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosna i Hercegovina

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FIBA Ranking T-50 Decrease3
Joined FIBA 1992
FIBA Zone FIBA Europe
National Federation Basketball Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Coach Aleksandar Petrović
Nickname(s) Plavo Žuti, Žuto Plavi
Olympic Games
Appearances None
Medals For achievements before 1992 see Yugoslavia national basketball team
FIBA World Cup
Appearances None
Medals For achievements before 1992 see Yugoslavia national basketball team
European Championships
Appearances 8
Medals None
Uniforms
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The Bosnia and Herzegovina national basketball team represents Bosnia and Herzegovina in international basketball matches and competitions.

History

Bosnia and Herzegovina was part of Yugoslavia until 1992, therefore players born in Bosnia and Herzegovina played for the Yugoslav national basketball team. Notable players who played for Yugoslavia include Predrag Danilović, Zoran Savić, Aleksandar Nikolić, Borislav Stanković, Dražen Dalipagić and Mirza Delibašić.

Ever since their independence from Yugoslavia, Bosnia has regularly qualified for Eurobasket, Europe's biggest competition and it's major tournament. Their best result was finishing eighth in 1993, after making the quarterfinals. The only time Bosnia didn't qualify for Eurobasket since independence was in 1995, 2007, and 2009.

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Roster

Bosnia and Herzegovina National Basketball Team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Age - DOB Ht. Club Club nat.
PG Peršić, Dalibor 700127000000000000027 - (1985-05-28)28 May 1985 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) HKK Široki Bosnia and Herzegovina
SG Šutalo, Marko 700130000000000000030 - (1983-04-13)13 April 1983 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) HKK Široki Bosnia and Herzegovina
PG Adamović, Filip 700124000000000000024 - (1988-12-15)15 December 1988 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) KK Igokea Bosnia and Herzegovina
PG Avdibegović, Armin 700129000000000000029 - (1984-02-07)7 February 1984 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) KK Sloboda Tuzla Bosnia and Herzegovina
G/F Vrabac, Adin 700119000000000000019 - (1994-01-27)27 January 1994 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) KK SPARS Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina
SF Buza, Nedim 700118000000000000018 - (1995-05-10)10 May 1995 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) KK SPARS Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina
SF Mašić, Ante 700132000000000000032 - (1980-10-18)18 October 1980 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) KK Cedevita Croatia
C Nurkić, Jusuf 700119000000000000019 - (1994-01-18)18 January 1994 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) KK Zadar Croatia
SG Halilović, Miralem 700121000000000000021 - (1991-07-22)22 July 1991 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) KK Zagreb Croatia
SF Đedović, Nihad 700123000000000000023 - (1990-01-12)12 January 1990 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Alba Berlin Germany
PG Pašalić, Muhamed 700125000000000000025 - (1987-08-27)27 August 1987 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Aris B.C. Greece
PF Bavčić, Edin 700128000000000000028 - (1984-06-05)5 June 1984 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) K.A.O.D. B.C. Greece
SG Mitrović, Nemanja 700122000000000000022 - (1990-07-27)27 July 1990 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Kavala B.C. Greece
C Stipanović, Andrija 700126000000000000026 - (1986-12-18)18 December 1986 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) Guerino Vanoli Basket Italy
PG Wright, Zack 700127000000000000027 - (1985-12-01)1 December 1985 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) BC Spartak Saint Petersburg Russia
C Kikanović, Elmedin 700124000000000000024 - (1988-09-02)2 September 1988 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Enisey Krasnoyarsk Russia
PF Savović, Boris 700125000000000000025 - (1987-08-18)18 August 1987 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) KK Crvena zvezda Serbia
PG Gordić, Nemanja 700124000000000000024 - (1988-09-25)25 September 1988 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) KK Partizan Serbia
C Omić, Alen 700121000000000000021 - (1992-05-06)6 May 1992 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) KK Union Olimpija Slovenia
C Sulejmanović, Emir 700117000000000000017 - (1995-07-13)13 July 1995 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) KK Union Olimpija Slovenia
C Sinanović, Nedžad 700130000000000000030 - (1983-01-29)29 January 1983 2.22 m (7 ft 3 in) CB Valladolid Spain
C Kuzmić, Ognjen 700122000000000000022 - (1990-05-16)16 May 1990 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) Joventut Badalona Spain
PF Teletović, Mirza (C) 700127000000000000027 - (1985-09-17)17 September 1985 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Brooklyn Nets United States
Head coach
Assistant coach
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Dražen Orešković
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Marko Trbić
  • Croatia Jure Šango (conditioning coach)
  • Croatia Mirko Novosel
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Age field is age on 28 May 2012
  • (*) Look below the roster
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Eurobasket 2013 First Round - Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Lithuania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Macedonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Montenegro 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Serbia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Latvia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Competitive record

At FIBA EuroBasket

FIBA EuroBasket
Year Position Pld W L
Germany 1993 8th Place 9 2 7
Greece 1995 Did not Qualify
Spain 1997 15th Place 5 1 4
France 1999 15th Place 3 0 3
Turkey 2001 13th Place 3 0 3
Sweden 2003 15th Place 3 0 3
Serbia and Montenegro 2005 13th Place 3 0 3
Spain 2007 Did not Qualify
Poland 2009
Lithuania 2011 17th Place 5 2 3
Slovenia 2013 Qualified
Total 31 5 26

At Adecco Ex-Yu Cup

Adecco Ex-Yu Cup
Year Position Pld W L
Slovenia 2011 Fourth Place 3 1 2
Slovenia 2012 Runners-up 3 2 1
Total 6 3 3
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Results at Adecco Ex-Yu Cup

2011 Adecco Ex-Yu Cup: 1-2

First Round

vs.  Macedonia 50-55

vs.  Serbia 82-61

Bronze Medal Match

vs.  Slovenia 59-52

Finished: 4th out of 6 teams

2012 Adecco Ex-Yu Cup: 2-1

First Round

vs.  Slovenia 79-80

vs.  Serbia 101-91

vs.  Croatia 68-78

Finished: 2 2nd out of 4 teams

Please note:

- Both Adecco Ex-Yu Cups so far have been hosted by Slovenia.

- The 2012 Adecco Ex-Yu Cup was played in a table format, so there was no match for the gold and bronze medals.

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Past rosters

Eurobasket 1993:
Sabahudin "Dino" Bilalović, Emir Mutapčić, Gordan Firić, Adis Bećiragić, Samir Avdić, Mario Primorac, Emir Halimić, Samir Selešković, Senad Begović, Ilijaš Masnić (Coach: Ibrahim Krehić)

1994 FIBA World Championship: did not qualify

Eurobasket 1995: did not qualify

1996 Olympics: did not qualify

Eurobasket 1997:
Nenad Marković, Gordan Firić, Adis Bećiragić, Samir Avdić, Elvir Ovčina, Dževad Alihodžić, Haris Mujezinović, Samir Selešković, Sejo Bukva, Adnan Hodžić, Samir Lerić, Azur Korlatović (Coach: Sabit Hadžić)

1998 FIBA World Championship: did not qualify

Eurobasket 1999:
Nenad Marković, Gordan Firić, Adis Bećiragić, Haris Mujezinović, Jasmin Hukić, Dževad Alihodžić, Elvir Ovčina, Samir Lerić, Abdurahman Kahrimanović, Damir Mirković, Tarik Valjevac, Ivan Opačak (Coach: Sabit Hadžić)

2000 Olympics: did not qualify

Eurobasket 2001:
Damir Mršić, Nenad Marković, Gordan Firić, Haris Mujezinović, Elvir Ovčina, Jasmin Hukić, Samir Lerić, Bariša Krasić, Siniša Kovačević, Goran Terzić, Ivan Opačak, Ramiz Suljanović (Coach: Sabit Hadžić)

2002 FIBA World Championship: did not qualify

Eurobasket 2003:
Damir Mršić, Terrell Castle, Haris Mujezinović, Kenan Bajramović, Jasmin Hukić, Elvir Ovčina, Mirza Teletović, Damir Krupalija, Bariša Krasić, Samir Lerić, Siniša Kovačević, Želimir Stevanović (Coach: Draško Prodanović)

2004 Olympics: did not qualify

Eurobasket 2005:
Henry Domercant, Damir Mršić, Aleksandar Radojević, Kenan Bajramović, Mirza Teletović, Jasmin Hukić, Elvir Ovčina, Edin Bavčić, Siniša Kovačević, Samir Lerić, Mujo Tuljković, Vedran Princ (Coach: Mensur Bajramović)

2006 FIBA World Championship: did not qualify

Eurobasket 2007: did not qualify

2008 Olympics: did not qualify

Eurobasket 2009: did not qualify

2010 FIBA World Championship: did not qualify

Eurobasket 2011:
Nemanja Gordić, Aleksej Nešović, Ermin Jazvin, Goran Ikonić, Milan Milošević, Edin Bavčić, Saša Vasiljević, Elmedin Kikanović, Mirza Teletović, Henry Domercant, Nihad Đedović, Kenan Bajramović (Coach: Sabit Hadžić)

Eurobasket 2013:

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