North Macedonia men's national basketball team

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

The North Macedonia men's national basketball team (Macedonian: Кошаркарска репрезентација на Северна Македонија, romanized: Košarkarska reprezentacija na Severna Makedonija) represents North Macedonia in international basketball and is controlled by the Basketball Federation of North Macedonia. They joined FIBA in 1993, after they gained independence from Yugoslavia. That same year the national team played their first official match against Estonia. Prior to 1993, Macedonian players took part on the Yugoslavia national team.

North Macedonia

FIBA ranking	53 1 (27 February 2023)
Joined FIBA	1993 (1936 within Yugoslavia)
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	BFNM
Coach	Aleksandar Jončevski
Nickname(s)	Лавови (The Lions) Црвено-Жолти (The Red and Yellow) Фаланга (Phalanx)
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	None
EuroBasket
Appearances	5
Medals	None
Home Away
First international
Estonia 74–60 Macedonia (Wrocław, Poland; 30 May 1993)
Biggest win
Macedonia 105–66 Luxembourg (Skopje, Macedonia; 3 September 2005)
Biggest defeat
Croatia 128–72 Macedonia (Wrocław, Poland; 1 June 1993)

Macedonia debuted in their first international tournament at the EuroBasket in 1999. They have appeared five times at the event overall, with their top performance coming in 2011.

History

Macedonia basketball team prior to a match at Boris Trajkovski Sports Center

Main article: Yugoslavia men's national basketball team

Before 1991, Macedonia was a Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, with players from Macedonia being part of the Yugoslavia national team. First match was in 1945 when Macedonia finished 4th. The first match was in 1945 against Croatia finishing 27-29. The team had mostly played matches against teams from other republics of federation and was represented by Macedonian players under the traditional red, color.

EuroBasket 1999

Macedonia basketball team at a time out during a match with Latvia.

After qualifying for EuroBasket 1999, the national team was placed in Group A, along with FR Yugoslavia, France and Israel. The first game Macedonia came out firing showing solid competitive play against the French Team, however, eventually lost by a narrow margin of 67–71. Next up, was Group A favorites FR Yugoslavia, showing superior play with their post up offense, Macedonia lost 68–83. With the final game of the group Macedonia played a fairly even match, however, luck was not on their side, losing 82–84. Even though Macedonia lost all 3 of their matches to be eliminated, the team showed heart and talent with their impressive play against France and Israel. Due to their small margin of the losses Macedonia ended the tournament ranked as 13th overall.

EuroBasket 2009

EuroBasket 2009 was the first EuroBasket tournament that Macedonia qualified for in a decade. Macedonia was placed in Group A, along with Greece, Croatia and Israel. Macedonia began the tournament with a brutal 54–86 loss to rivals Greece, but rebounded with an 82–79 victory over Israel. Despite dropping their last match against Croatia, the Israel result was enough to secure second round qualification. In the second round, Macedonia was placed in Group E alongside France, Germany and Russia. Macedonia lost to France in the second round opener, but famously defeated Germany in the next game. Against Russia, Macedonia was narrowly defeated by a score of 69–71. This performance was not enough to secure a berth in to the knockout round. Nevertheless, Macedonia considers this as a historic success for the national team, since it was only the country's second appearance at the EuroBasket and the team advanced past the first round. In the final tournament rankings, Macedonia ranked 9th place with a record of 2–4.

EuroBasket 2011

Marin Dokuzovski, head coach of the team in 2011.

Through the qualifying round, Macedonia qualified for EuroBasket 2011 and was in Group C along with Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, Montenegro, and Finland in the preliminary phase. The national team lost their first match to Montenegro 65–70 in overtime but won the remaining four against Croatia 78–76, Greece 72–58, Finland 72–70, and Bosnia and Herzegovina 75–63. Macedonia finished first in the group and advanced to the second round.

In the second round, Macedonia was in Group F with Russia, Slovenia, Greece, Georgia, and Finland. Having beaten Greece and Finland in the preliminary round, Macedonia went in to the second round with a 2–0 record. After beating Georgia 65–63, Macedonia qualified for the knockout round. The team then beat Slovenia 68–59, but lost to Russia by 2 points 63–61 after Sergey Monya made a buzzer-beating shot to win the final game of the second round. Macedonia, therefore, finished second in Group F.

For the first time in the national team's history, it reached the knockout stage where it defeated host country Lithuania 67–65 by 2 points in the quarter-finals. Macedonia then lost to the eventual champion Spain 92–80 in the semi-finals. They then lost again in the third place game to Russia 68–72 and finished in fourth place.

2012 Olympic Qualifying Tournament

McCalebb with Macedonia in 2011

By finishing in 4th place at EuroBasket 2011, Macedonia qualified for the 2012 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament. They were drawn into Group D along with Angola and New Zealand. In the first game against Angola, Macedonia came out non-aggressive in the 1st half falling to a 13 pt deficit 40–53 at halftime. During most of the match, the top Macedonian players showed fatigue due to the grueling playoff matches they had played for their club teams. In addition, Macedonia came out with a strong 4th quarter, eventually losing by a margin of 4 points, with the final score being 84–88 Angola. Top scorers for Macedonia against Angola were Pero Antic with 17, and Bo McCalebb with 21. On the next match day, which was the day after with less than 24 hours of rest, Macedonia came out a lot stronger in the 1st quarter with a strong lead that carried over the entire game. Eventually, New Zealand could not recover, and fell to Macedonia with a final score of 84–62. Leading scorers for the game were Todor Gecevski with 16, Antic with 17, and McCalebb with 23.

The Macedonian players got much needed rest before the quarterfinals, which would begin two days later on 6 July 2012. The team, following the 68–64 victory by New Zealand over Angola, won Group D and its opponent in the quarterfinals was to be the Group C runner-up, Dominican Republic. Macedonia lost the game 86–76, though the team had a 13-point lead at halftime. The lost eliminated the national team from qualifying for the 2012 Olympic Games.

EuroBasket 2013

By participating at the 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Macedonia qualified for EuroBasket 2013 in Slovenia. In a disappointing campaign, Macedonia did not manage to repeat the success from the previous Eurobasket, having one victory in five matches in their preliminary Group B against Serbia 89–75, which was good enough only for the last place in the group stage and 21st overall. The first game of the Eurobasket against Montenegro was particularly demoralizing, as the Montenegrins won 81–80 in controversial fashion, after the referees didn't call interference on the basket during Gjorgji Čekovski's last second game winning attempt, despite the fact that one of the Montenegrin players got his hand trapped in the net. Macedonia's best performers were once again McCalebb and Antić, with 17.6 and 13.8 points per game, respectively. After the tournament, several of the Macedonian veteran players, led by captain Pero Antić, announced their retirement from the national team.

EuroBasket 2015

At the EuroBasket 2015 there were not high expectations for Macedonia, due to their poor performance at their last EuroBasket appearance in 2013. In their first match against Greece they were thoroughly manhandled throughout as they were defeated 65-85. Looking for their first victory heading in to their second match of the tournament they went up against the Netherlands. The outcome was different this time, as the national team played with more energy and heart and pulled out an 78-71 win. Unfortunately, that would wind up being the only win for Macedonia, as they finished with an 1-4 record and a lousy 19th place at the event.

Recent years

Since 12 February 2019, the national team participate as North Macedonia. The national team took part in the 2019 FIBA World Cup Pre-Qualifiers, but were eliminated after posting an (1-3) record in their group. The team will now go through EuroBasket 2022 qualifiers for the chance to qualify to the next EuroBasket.

Competitive record

FIBA World Cup

1950(10),1954(11),1963(2),1967(2),1970(1)
1974(2),1978(1),1982(3),1986(3),1990(1)

World Cup						Qualification
Year	Position	Pld	W	L		Pld	W	L
1950 to 1990	Within Yugoslavia					Within Yugoslavia
1994	Did not enter					Did not enter
1998	Did not enter					Did not qualify for EuroBasket
2002
2006
2010	Did not qualify					EuroBasket served as qualifiers
2014
2019						4	1	3
2023						10	2	8
Total	0/3					14	3	11

Olympic Games

1960(6),1964(7),1968(2)
1972(5),1976(2),1980(1),1984(3),1988(2)

Olympic Games						Qualifying
Year	Position	Pld	W	L		Pld	W	L
1948 to 1988	Within Yugoslavia					Within Yugoslavia
1992	Did not enter					Did not enter
1996	Could not participate					Could not participate
2000	Did not qualify					EuroBasket served as qualifiers
2004	Did not enter					Did not qualify for EuroBasket
2008
2012	Did not qualify					3	1	2
2016	Did not qualify					EuroBasket served as qualifiers
2020	Did not enter					Did not qualify for FIBA World Cup
Total	0/3					3	1	2

EuroBasket

1947(13),1953(6),1955(8),1957(6),1959(9),1961(2)
1963(3),1965(2),1967(9),1969(2),1971(2),1973(1),1975(1),1977(1)
1979(3),1981(2),1983(7),1985(7),1987(3),1989(1),1991(1)

EuroBasket						Qualification
Year	Position	Pld	W	L		Pld	W	L
1947 to 1991	Within Yugoslavia					Within Yugoslavia
1993	Did not qualify					3	0	3
1995	Banned					Banned
1997	Did not qualify					15	8	7
1999	13th	3	0	3		10	8	2
2001	Did not qualify					10	6	4
2003						10	4	6
2005	Division B					8	7	1
2007	Did not qualify					12	7	5
2009	9th	6	2	4		6	4	2
2011	4th	11	7	4		8	5	3
2013	21st	5	1	4		Direct qualification
2015	19th	5	1	4		6	5	1
2017	Did not qualify					6	2	4
2022						14	8	6
2025	To be determined					To be determined
Total	5/12	30	11	19		108	64	44

Within Yugoslavia Federal Team 1948-1991

Minor Tournaments

• Yugoslav Basketball tournament
  • 4th place:1945

Team image

Home ground

Home Ground

Home Ground

The BTSC – Boris Trajkovski Sports Center Macedonian: Спортски центар Борис Трајковски, Skopje is a multi-functional indoor sports arena. It is located in the Karpoš Municipality of Skopje, Macedonia. It is named after the former president, Boris Trajkovski. Its capacity is 10,000 .There is an Olympic size Swimming Pool and 5 Star Hotel Alexander Palace within the complex. Additional Water Land Fun Park and Ice Skating Rink next to it.

The arena is a home-ground of the Macedonian basketball team (men and women). The venue also contains four restaurants and a sports bar.

Colors

National kit colors are colors of the flag which are also Spread on the Presidential Shield. Noble Red blood and Golden Yellow Sun Devine "ILI".

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Team

Current roster

Squad for the games vs Slovakia and Norway on February 2023.

North Macedonia men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. C 0 Bojan Krstevski 33 – (1989-06-04)4 June 1989 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) MZT Skopje PG 00 T. J. Shorts 25 – (1997-10-15)15 October 1997 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Bonn PG 5 Kristijan Nikolov 26 – (1996-10-15)15 October 1996 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Konya G/F 8 Vojdan Stojanovski (C) 35 – (1987-12-09)9 December 1987 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) MZT Skopje G 9 Andrej Magdevski 27 – (1996-01-14)14 January 1996 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Donar G/F 10 Adem Mekic 27 – (1995-12-28)28 December 1995 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Zadar F 11 Stojan Gjuroski 31 – (1991-11-06)6 November 1991 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Ourense C 15 Teodor Simic 19 – (2004-02-04)4 February 2004 2.14 m (7 ft 0 in) Borac G/F 20 Damjan Robev 25 – (1997-04-10)10 April 1997 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) MZT Skopje F/C 22 Andrej Maslinko 25 – (1997-05-20)20 May 1997 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Pelister F 27 Lejson Zekiri 21 – (2001-09-17)17 September 2001 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Sigal Pristina PF 99 Strahil Nikolov 22 – (2000-07-17)17 July 2000 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) TFT	Head Coach Aleksandar Jončevski Assistant Coaches Nikola Vasilev Nikola Velev Legend Club – describes last team before the competition Age – describes age on 12 July 2022

Following list is of active players who have been called up by the national team in the last year

Players previously called up roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. G 4 Boban Stajić 29 – (1993-10-06)6 October 1993 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Pelister F 24 Jacob Wiley  28 – (1994-09-04)4 September 1994 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Shiga Lakes C 13 Ljubomir Mladenovski 27 – (1995-05-02)2 May 1995 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Pelister F/C 1 Filip Bakoč 26 – (1996-05-02)2 May 1996 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Akademija FMP F/C 00 Dimitar Pandev 25 – (1997-10-09)9 October 1997 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) MZT Skopje G 7 Nenad Dimitrijević 24 – (1998-02-23)23 February 1998 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) UNICS Kazan G/F 25 Viktor Efremovski 24 – (1998-10-21)21 October 1998 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Gostivar PF 6 Valmir Kakruki 22 – (2000-09-20)20 September 2000 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Rabotnički SF 23 Andrej Jakimovski 21 – (2001-03-18)18 March 2001 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Washington State University PG 77 Viktor Tashovski 21 – (2001-11-22)22 November 2001 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) TFT G/F 55 Marko Milovanović 21 – (2002-01-18)18 January 2002 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Juvi Cremona G 21 Luka Savićević 20 – (2002-02-19)19 February 2002 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Eastern Michigan University F 6 Andrej Andonoski 20 – (2002-04-02)2 April 2002 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) MZT Skopje Uni Banka F Goce Petrushevski 20 – (2002-08-24)24 August 2002 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) San Severo G Rezart Memed 19 – (2003-05-01)1 May 2003 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Aurora F Amar Hot 19 – (2003-08-17)17 August 2003 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Feniks SG Dimitar Ivanov 19 – (2003-08-27)27 August 2003 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) MZT Skopje G 1 Andrej Mitrevski 19 – (2003-09-17)17 September 2003 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Feniks G Andrej Sosić 17 – (2005-04-27)27 April 2005 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Rabotnički PG 1 Rubin Stefanov 17 – (2005-05-03)3 May 2005 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Cantù

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Bojan Krstevski	Teodor Simic
PF	Stojan Gjuroski	Andrej Maslinko	Strahil Nikolov
SF	Adem Mekic	Damjan Robev	Lejson Zekiri
SG	Vojdan Stojanovski	Andrej Magdevski
PG	T. J. Shorts	Kristijan Nikolov

Notable players

• Petar Naumoski – (1995–2002)
• Vrbica Stefanov – (1995–2009)
• Pero Blaževski – (1995–2009)
• Todor Gecevski – (1996–2013)
• Pero Antić – (2002–2013)
• Bo McCalebb – (2010–2013)
• Vlado Ilievski – (1998–2015)
• Predrag Samardžiski – (2005–2015)
• Gjorgji Čekovski – (1999–2017)
• Damjan Stojanovski – (2009–2021)

Coaching history

• Aleksandar Knjazev – (1993–1994)
• Blagoja Georgievski – (1995–1996)
• Zare Markovski – (1997–1999)
• Marin Dokuzovski – (1999–2001)
• Jordančo Davitkov – (2001–2007)
• Jovica Arsić – (2007–2009)
• Marin Dokuzovski – (2010–2011)
• Marjan Lazovski – (2012)
• Aleš Pipan – (2013)
• Aleksandar Džikić – (2014)
• Marjan Srbinovski – (2015)
• Dragan Raca – (2016)
• Jordančo Davitkov – (2017–2019)
• Aleksandar Todorov – (2020–2021)
• Dragan Bajić – (2021–2022)

Past rosters

1999 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 16 teams

4 Vrbica Stefanov, 5 Vlado Ilievski, 6 Gjorgji Čekovski, 7 Mirza Kurtović, 8 Marjan Srbinovski, 9 Igor Mihajlovski, 10 Petar Naumoski, 11 Todor Gečevski, 12 Dejan Jovanovski, 13 Srdjan Stanković, 14 Pero Blaževski, 15 Dušan Bocevski (Coach: Zare Markovski)

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2009 EuroBasket: finished 9th among 16 teams

4 Vrbica Stefanov, 5 Dimitar Mirakovski, 6 Darko Sokolov, 7 Riste Stefanov, 8 Vojdan Stojanovski, 9 Pero Blaževski, 10 Dime Tasovski, 11 Todor Gečevski, 12 Pero Antić, 13 Damjan Stojanovski, 14 Jeremiah Massey, 15 Predrag Samardžiski (Coach: Jovica Arsić)

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2011 EuroBasket: finished 4th among 24 teams

4 Dimitar Mirakovski, 5 Vlado Ilievski, 6 Darko Sokolov, 7 Bo McCalebb, 8 Vojdan Stojanovski, 9 Damjan Stojanovski, 10 Marko Simonovski, 11 Todor Gečevski, 12 Pero Antic, 13 Ivica Dimcevski, 14 Gjorgji Čekovski, 15 Predrag Samardžiski (Coach: Marin Dokuzovski)

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2012 Olympic Qualifying Tournament

4 Aleksandar Kostoski, 5 Vlado Ilievski. 6 Darko Sokolov, 7 Bo McCalebb, 8 Vojdan Stojanovski, 9 Damjan Stojanovski, 10 Marko Simonovski, 11 Todor Gečevski, 12 Pero Antić, 13 Kiril Nikolovski, 14 Gjorgji Čekovski, 15 Predrag Samardžiski (Coach: Marjan Lazovski)

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2013 EuroBasket: finished 21st among 24 teams

4 Aleksandar Kostoski, 5 Vlado Ilievski. 6 Darko Sokolov, 7 Bo McCalebb, 8 Vojdan Stojanovski, 9 Damjan Stojanovski, 10 Vladimir Brčkov, 11 Todor Gečevski, 12 Pero Antić, 13 Stojan Gjuroski, 14 Gjorgji Čekovski, 15 Predrag Samardžiski (Coach: Aleš Pipan)

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2015 EuroBasket: finished 19th among 24 teams

4 Vladimir Brčkov, 5 Vlado Ilievski. 6 Darko Sokolov, 7 Aleksandar Kostoski, 8 Vojdan Stojanovski, 9 Damjan Stojanovski, 10 Marko Simonovski, 11 Ljubomir Mladenovski, 12 Bojan Trajkovski, 13 Stojan Gjuroski, 14 Richard Hendrix, 15 Predrag Samardžiski (Coach: Marjan Srbinovski)

Recent results and upcoming fixtures

  Win   Loss

2021

North Macedonia v Spain

26 November 2021 (2021-11-26) 2023 FIBA World Cup qualifiers – 1st round	North Macedonia	65–94	Spain	Skopje
19:30	Scoring by quarter: 14–21, 16–20, 17–29, 18–24
	Pts: Simić 18 Rebs: three players 5 Asts: Nikolov 6	Boxscore	Pts: Sima 17 Rebs: Sima 7 Asts: Guerra, Pérez 4	Arena: Jane Sandanski Arena Attendance: 1,985 Referees: Tomas Jasevičius (LTU), Alexandre Deman (FRA), Sergei Beliakov (RUS)
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Ukraine v North Macedonia

29 November 2021 (2021-11-29) 2023 FIBA World Cup qualifiers – 1st round	Ukraine	78–61	North Macedonia	Kyiv
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 14–17, 16–17, 19–13, 29–14
	Pts: Pustovyi 18 Rebs: Lukashov, Petrov 7 Asts: three players 4	Boxscore	Pts: Krstevski 14 Rebs: Wiley 9 Asts: Nikolov 6	Arena: Palace of Sports Attendance: 2,300 Referees: Kerem Baki (TUR), Gintaras Vitkauskas (LTU), Gvidas Gedvilas (LTU)
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2022

Georgia v North Macedonia

24 February 2022 (2022-02-24) 2023 FIBA World Cup qualifiers – 1st round	Georgia	91–70	North Macedonia	Tbilisi
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 24–18, 22–13, 22–16, 23–23
	Pts: McFadden 26 Rebs: Shermadini 15 Asts: Bakradze 7	Boxscore	Pts: Stojanovski 15 Rebs: Krstevski 11 Asts: Krstevski 4	Arena: Tbilisi Sports Palace Attendance: 2,821 Referees: Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Ilias Kounelles (CYP), Goran Šljivić (AUT)
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North Macedonia v Georgia

27 February 2022 (2022-02-27) 2023 FIBA World Cup qualifiers – 1st round	North Macedonia	65–79	Georgia	Skopje
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 14–25, 17–15, 13–21
	Pts: Dimitrijević 25 Rebs: Wiley 9 Asts: Wiley 4	Boxscore	Pts: McFadden 24 Rebs: Jintcharadze, Shermadini 8 Asts: McFadden 5	Arena: Boris Trajkovski Sports Center Attendance: 1,428 Referees: Martin Horozov (BUL), Gatis Saliņš (LAT), Ivor Matějek (CZE)
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Spain v North Macedonia

1 July 2022 (2022-07-01) 2023 FIBA World Cup qualifiers – 1st round	Spain	80–44	North Macedonia	Zaragoza
19:30	Scoring by quarter: 19–17, 26–6, 17–8, 18–13
	Pts: Saiz 19 Rebs: Saiz 9 Asts: three players 3	Boxscore	Pts: Jakimovski 14 Rebs: Jakimovski 6 Asts: Nikolov 4	Arena: Pabellón Príncipe Felipe Attendance: 6,112 Referees: Oskars Lūcis (LAT), Dariusz Zapolski (POL), Alexandre Deman (FRA)
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North Macedonia v Ukraine

4 July 2022 (2022-07-04) 2023 FIBA World Cup qualifiers – 1st round	North Macedonia	68–73	Ukraine	Skopje
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 21–35, 16–12, 16–10, 15–16
	Pts: Jakimovski 17 Rebs: Jakimovski 9 Asts: four players 3	Boxscore	Pts: Mykhailiuk 24 Rebs: Kovalov, Kravtsov 6 Asts: five players 2	Arena: Boris Trajkovski Sports Center Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Luis Castillo (ESP), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Marek Kúkelčík (SVK)
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Denmark v North Macedonia

25 August 2022 EuroBasket 2025 pre-qualifiers – 2nd round	Denmark	70–73	North Macedonia	Næstved, Denmark
18:00 (UTC+2)	Scoring by quarter: 18–14, 11–20, 26–21, 15–18
	Pts: Jukić 20 Rebs: Lundberg 9 Asts: Lundberg 4	Boxscore	Pts: Dimitrijević 29 Rebs: Maslinko 5 Asts: Dimitrijević 4	Arena: Næstved Arena Attendance: 1,418 Referees: Tanel Suslov (EST), Can Mavisu (TUR), Francisco Araña (ESP)

North Macedonia v Slovakia

28 August 2022 EuroBasket 2025 pre-qualifiers – 2nd round	North Macedonia	79–75	Slovakia	Skopje, North Macedonia
19:00 (UTC+2)	Scoring by quarter: 19–26, 21–20, 19–17, 20–12
	Pts: Dimitrijević 20 Rebs: Jakimovski 5 Asts: Dimitrijević 7	Boxscore	Pts: Mokráň 18 Rebs: Mokráň 11 Asts: Ihring, Krajčovič 6	Arena: SRC Kale Attendance: 1,900 Referees: Ciprian Stoica (ROU), Özlem Yalman (TUR), Alexandre Deman (FRA)

North Macedonia v Norway

10 November 2022 EuroBasket 2025 pre-qualifiers – 2nd round	North Macedonia	58–36	Norway	Gevgelija, North Macedonia
19:00 (UTC+1)	Scoring by quarter: 16–11, 18–7, 11–11, 13–7
	Pts: Krstevski, Stojanovski 14 Rebs: Krstevski 10 Asts: Shorts 8	Boxscore	Pts: Frey, Jawara 11 Rebs: Berg 7 Asts: Frey 3	Arena: Gevgelija Sports Hall Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Łukasz Jankowski (POL), Valentin Oliot (FRA), Jan Baloun (CZE)

North Macedonia v Denmark

13 November 2022 EuroBasket 2025 pre-qualifiers – 2nd round	North Macedonia	74–710(OT)	Denmark	Gevgelija, North Macedonia
19:00 (UTC+1)	Scoring by quarter: 14–20, 18–17, 16–17, 16–10, Overtime: 10–7
	Pts: Shorts 33 Rebs: Gjuroski 6 Asts: Shorts 6	Boxscore	Pts: Darboe 21 Rebs: Zohore 13 Asts: Darboe 10	Arena: Gevgelija Sports Hall Attendance: 1,900 Referees: Petros Papapetrou (GRE), Geert Jacobs (BEL), Alin Faur (ROU)

2023

Slovakia v North Macedonia

23 February 2023 EuroBasket 2025 pre-qualifiers – 2nd round	Slovakia	82–73	North Macedonia	Levice, Slovakia
18:00 (UTC+1)	Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 22–23, 17–8, 21–27
	Pts: Krajčovič 23 Rebs: Malovec 13 Asts: Krajčovič 6	Boxscore	Pts: Shorts 23 Rebs: Krstevski, Maslinko 5 Asts: Shorts 6	Arena: Športová hala Levice Attendance: 1,050 Referees: Ventsislav Velikov (BUL), Mehmet Şahin (TUR), Mart Uuehendrik (EST)

Norway v North Macedonia

26 February 2023 EuroBasket 2025 pre-qualifiers – 2nd round	Norway	41–79	North Macedonia	Oslo, Norway
18:00 (UTC+1)	Scoring by quarter: 12–24, 14–21, 10–15, 5–19
	Pts: Frey 10 Rebs: Jawara, Ndow 5 Asts: Jawara 4	Boxscore	Pts: Shorts 22 Rebs: Shorts 6 Asts: Shorts 5	Arena: Nordstrand Arena Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Ciprian Stoica (ROU), Can Mavisu (TUR), Javier Torres (ESP)

Statistics

Most games played

Rank	Name	NT Career	Games
1	Todor Gečevski	1996–2013	89
2	Vojdan Stojanovski	2008 –	77
3	Vrbica Stefanov	1995–2009	66
4	Gjorgji Čekovski	1999–2017	60
5	Damjan Stojanovski	2009–2021	57
6	Pero Blaževski	1995–2009	54
7	Predrag Samardžiski	2005–2015	52
8	Pero Antić	2002–2013	49
9	Vlado Ilievski	1998–2015	47
10	Darko Sokolov	2006–2019	45

All time points scored

Rank	Name	NT Career	Total Points	Caps	Points per game
1	Petar Naumoski	1995–2002	989	42	23.5
2	Vrbica Stefanov	1995–2009	947	66	14.3
3	Todor Gečevski	1996–2013	891	89	10.0
4	Vojdan Stojanovski	2008 –	788	77	10.2
5	Pero Antić	2002–2013	605	49	12.3
6	Bo McCalebb	2010–2013	543	25	21.7
7	Vlado Ilievski	1998–2015	500	47	10.6
8	Dejan Jovanovski	1995–2002	394	38	10.4
9	Damjan Stojanovski	2009–2021	328	57	5.8
10	Gjorgji Čekovski	1999–2017	318	60	5.3

• * Active NT players are listed in bold
• * Official FIBA games excluding Friendly games

Leader in points per game

Name	PPG	Competition
Petar Naumoski	29.4	EuroBasket 1997 qualification
Petar Naumoski	30.5	EuroBasket 1999 qualification
Petar Naumoski	15.0	EuroBasket 1999
Vrbica Stefanov	21.2	EuroBasket 2001 qualification
Petar Naumoski	19.3	EuroBasket 2003 qualification
Vrbica Stefanov / Pero Antić	15.2	EuroBasket 2005 Division B*
Vrbica Stefanov	19.0	EuroBasket 2007 qualification
Vrbica Stefanov	15.0	EuroBasket 2009 qualification
Pero Antić	12.5	EuroBasket 2009
Bo McCalebb	23.5	EuroBasket 2011 qualification
Bo McCalebb	21.4	EuroBasket 2011
Bo McCalebb	26.3	2012 Olympic Qualifying
Bo McCalebb	17.6	EuroBasket 2013
Bojan Trajkovski	11.3	EuroBasket 2015 qualification
Aleksandar Kostoski	9.8	EuroBasket 2015
Vojdan Stojanovski	17.2	EuroBasket 2017 qualification
Jordan Theodore	19.5	2019 World Cup Pre-Qualifiers
Vojdan Stojanovski	15.2	EuroBasket 2021 qualification Round 1, 2 & 3
Nenad Dimitrijević	25.0	World Cup 2023 Qualifiers
Nenad Dimitrijević	24.5	EuroBasket 2025 qualification Pre-Qualifiers

• Only played 2005 season in Division B (won promotion)

See also

• North Macedonia women's national basketball team
• North Macedonia men's national under-20 basketball team
• North Macedonia men's national under-18 basketball team
• North Macedonia men's national under-16 basketball team

External links

• Official website (in Macedonian)
• North Macedonia FIBA profile
• North Macedonia National Team – Men at Eurobasket.com
• North Macedonia Basketball Records at FIBA Archive