Yugoslavia men's national under-16 basketball team

The Yugoslavia men's national under-16 basketball team () 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 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 Dražen Petrović — 1981 Arijan Komazec – 1987

Competitive record

Year 19717 6 1 19739 6 3 19756 5 1 19777 5 2 19797 7 0 19815th7 4 3 19837 6 1 19857 6 1 19877 7 0 19897 5 2 19918th7 3 4 Total 11/11 78 60 18

Coaches Years Head coach 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 Championship1973 Championship1975 Championship1977 Championship1979 Championship1981 Championship4 Dragan Todorić5 Predrag Tripković6 Ante Zaloker7 Dragan Kićanović8 Marko Martinović9 Milan Milićević10 Zoran Biorac11 Rajko Žižić12 Mirza Delibašić13 Željko Morelj14 Radmilo Lukovac15 Mirko Grgin4 Dušan Božić5 Goran Kriznar6 Boško Bosiočić7 Dušan Zupančić8 None9 Budimir Ćosović10 Andro Knego11 Mladen Mohorović12 Ratko Radovanović13 Dragan Pribanović14 Dragan Vulić15 Đorđe Bosnić 4 Mladen Ostojić5 Žarko Koprivica6 Milenko Babić7 Peter Vilfan8 Boran Pilindavinć9 Stane Košnik10 Slobodan Pećirko11 Željko Pribanović12 Aleksandar Petrović 13 Nebojša Nikolić14 Branko Sikirić15 Rade Vukosavljević 4 Stane Premrl5 Draško Vučetić6 Darko Petronijević7 Sabahudin Bilalović8 Žarko Đurišić9 Mitja Muha10 Bogdan Blaznik11 Davor Dogan 12 Mihailo Poček13 Goran Mastilović14 Milenko Savović15 Milenko Manojlović 4 Srđan Dabić5 Nebojša Zorkić6 Marko Ivanović7 Matej Janžek8 Milan Benčić9 Zoran Čutura10 Dragan Zovko11 Tomislav Tiringer12 Jurica Kos13 Robert Medved14 Željko Mrnjavac15 Jurid Kebe4 Neven Cambij5 Dražen Petrović6 Aleksandar Aleksić7 Ivo Petović8 Stojko Vranković9 Siniša Radonjić10 Zoran Sretenović11 Velimir Perasović12 Saša Radunović13 Vladimir Mićunović14 Edin Pašić15 Aleksandar Milivojša 1983 Championship1985 Championship1987 Championship1989 Championship1991 Championship4 Zoran Livljanić5 Branislav Prelević6 Zoran Jevtić7 Jure Zdovc8 Miroslav Pecarski9 Ivo Nakić10 Samir Mujanović11 Igor Lukačić12 Ivica Mavrenski13 Žarko Paspalj14 Denis Perić15 Luka Pavićević4 Emilio Kovačić5 Nenad Trunić6 Zoran Kalpić7 Toni Kukoč8 Slaviša Koprivica9 Nebojša Ilić10 Nebojša Razić11 Rade Milutinović12 Vlade Divac13 Dževad Alihodžić14 Nenad Videka15 Radenko Dobraš4 Živko Badžim5 Oliver Popović6 Rastko Cvetković7 Žan Tabak8 Ante Perica9 Nenad Grmuša10 Boris Orcev11 Marijan Kraljević12 Obrad Ignjatović13 Arijan Komazec14 Mirko Pavlović15 Bojan Popović 4 Vladimir Novosel5 Nikola Lončar6 Mirko Joksimović7 Aleksandar Surla8 Aleksandar Avlijaš9 Velibor Radović10 Miro Jurić11 Željko Topalović12 Miladin Mutavdžić13 Petar Arsić14 Bojan Tadić15 Predrag Prlinčević 4 Igor Perović5 Aleksandar Bjelić6 Haris Brkić7 Saša Dončić8 Đerđ Palfi9 Branko Sinđelić10 Zlatko Bolić11 Predrag Drobnjak12 Aleksandar Lazić13 Miljan Vuksanović14 Dejan Mišković15 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: (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-18 basketball team

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