The Yugoslavia men's national under-18 basketball team () was the boys' basketball team, administered by Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia, that represented SFR Yugoslavia in international under-18 men's basketball competitions, consisted mainly of the European Championship for Juniors, nowadays known as the FIBA U18 EuroBasket.
After the dissolution of SFR Yugoslavia in 1991, the successor countries all set up their own national under-18 teams. Serbia and Croatia teams won the Championship for three times each, as of 2017.
Several team members have been inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame, including players Krešimir Ćosić, Mirza Delibašić, Zoran Slavnić, Dragan Kićanović, Vlade Divac, Jure Zdovc, Toni Kukoč, Dražen Petrović, and coaches Ranko Žeravica, Bogdan Tanjević, Mirko Novosel, Dušan Ivković, and Svetislav Pešić. Also, Dino Rađa, Divac, Petrović, Kukoč, and Novosel are members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Bogdan Tanjević is the only individual who respresented the team both as a player (1964) and a head coach (1974).
Individual awards Top Scorer Vinko Jelovac — 1968
Competitive record
Year 19647th5 2 3 19665 4 1 19687 6 1 19704th7 4 3 19727 7 0 19749 9 0 19768 7 1 19787 6 1 19807 6 1 19827 6 1 19847 5 2 19867 7 0 19887 70 19905th7 4 3 Total 14/14 97 82 17
Coaches Years Head coach Assistant coach(es) 1964–1966 Ranko Žeravica 1968 Slobodan Ivković 1970 Lazar Lečić 1972 Mirko Novosel 1974 Bogdan Tanjević Slobodan Ivković 1976–1980 Luka Stančić Dušan Ivković 1982 Rusmir Halilović Dejan Srzić 1984 Luka Stančić Dejan Srzić 1986 Svetislav Pešić Dejan Srzić 1988–1990 Duško Vujošević Dejan Srzić
Rosters 1964 Championship1966 Championship1968 Championship1970 Championship1972 Championship1974 Championship1976 Championship4 Tihomir Pavlović5 Anton Bračun6 Miljenko Valčić7 Jurica Kosta8 Slobodan Jelić9 Danko Hočevar10 Momčilo Pazman11 Bogdan Tanjević12 Srđan Škulić13 Ljubiša Stanković14 Ljubiša Janjić 15 Andrej Brenk 4 Mihajlo Manović5 Bogdan Tanjević6 Sterija Andonovski7 Kosta Grubor8 Dragiša Vučinić9 Ivica Valek10 Dragan Kapičić11 Ljubodrag Simonović12 Damir Šolman13 Aljoša Žorga14 Željko Dokman15 Krešimir Ćosić 4 Žarko Zečević5 Dragan Đukić6 Ivan Sarjanović7 Vinko Jelovac8 Dragiša Vučinić9 Zoran Slavnić10 Mihajlo Manović11 Ljubodrag Simonović12 Damir Šolman13 Stanislav Bizjak14 Franjo Luković15 Sadik Zejnilović 4 Blagoja Georgievski5 Nedjeljko Ostarčević6 Radivoj Živković7 Anton Sagadin8 Branko Kovačević9 Branislav Tomić10 Goran Rakočević11 Davor Rukavina12 Miroljub Damjanović13 Srećko Jarić14 Dragan Radosavljević15 Marko Gvardijančić4 Dragan Todorić5 Franc Volaj6 Milan Grabovac7 Dragan Kićanović8 Rajko Žižić9 Milan Milićević10 Boris Beravs11 Ratko Kaljević12 Mirza Delibašić13 14 15 Željko Jerkov 4 Branko Skroče5 Goran Kriznar6 Boško Bosiočić7 Rajko Žižić8 Dušan Zupančić9 Aleksandar Paternost10 Mladen Mohorović11 Mihovil Nakić12 Andro Knego13 Darko Fabulić14 Zoran Gavrilović15 Ratko Radovanović 4 Mile Stanković5 Aleksandar Petrović6 7 Predrag Bogosavljev8 Damir Pavličević9 Stevo Vukasović10 Branko Sikirić11 Željko Pribanović12 Mladen Ostojić13 Čedo Brborić14 Miodrag Marić15 Rade Vukosavljević
1978 Championship1980 Championship1982 Championship1984 Championship1986 Championship1988 Championship1990 Championship4 Mihailo Poček5 Slobodan Nikolić6 Petar Popović7 Predrag Bogosavljev8 Milan Medić9 Ivan Sunara10 Aleš Pipan11 Predrag Benaček12 Veljko Petranović13 Davor Dogan14 Nihat Izić15 Dragan Zrno 4 Srđan Dabić5 Nebojša Zorkić6 Marko Ivanović7 Matej Janžek8 Milan Medić9 Zoran Čutura10 Miroljub Mitrović11 Žarko Đurišić12 Tomislav Tiringer13 Goran Grbović14 Branko Vukićević 15 Nikola Lazić4 Velimir Perasović5 Dražen Petrović6 Ivica Žurić7 Ivo Petović8 Zoran Jovanović9 Dragan Lukenda10 Nebojša Bukumirović11 Stojko Vranković12 Danko Cvjetićanin13 Aleksandar Milivojša14 Antonio Ozmec15 4 Aleksander Govc5 Velimir Perasović6 Ivica Žurić7 Jure Zdovc8 Zoran Jovanović9 Ivo Nakić10 Miroslav Pecarski11 Franjo Arapović12 Ivica Mavrenski13 Mirko Milićević14 Žarko Paspalj15 Luka Pavićević4 Ivica Gulin5 Luka Pavićević6 Nebojša Ilić7 Toni Kukoč8 Miroslav Pecarski9 Teoman Alibegović10 Aleksandar Đorđević11 Samir Avdić12 Vlade Divac13 Radenko Dobraš14 Dino Rađa15 Slaviša Koprivica4 Živko Badžim5 Predrag Danilović6 Slobodan Kaličanin7 Žan Tabak8 Oliver Popović9 Nenad Grmuša10 Rastko Cvetković11 Marijan Kraljević12 Dževad Alihodžić13 Arijan Komazec14 Mirko Pavlović15 Ivan Kapov4 Velibor Radović5 Nikola Lončar6 Alojz Šiško7 Veljko Mršić8 Miljan Goljović9 Teo Čizmić10 Dejan Bodiroga11 Željko Rebrača12 Miladin Mutavdžić13 Mlađan Šilobad14 Mirko Pavlović15 Roman Horvat
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-18 teams on the SFR Yugoslavia area: (1992–present) (1992–present) (1993–present) (1992–2006) (2006–present) (2006–present) (2015–present) (1992–present)
See also Yugoslavia men's national under-19 basketball team Yugoslavia men's national under-16 basketball team
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