Yugoslavia men's national under-19 basketball team

The Yugoslavia men's national under-19 basketball team, commonly referred to as the Yugoslavia men's national junior basketball team (Serbo-Croatian: Mlada košarkaška reprezentacija Jugoslavije), was the boys' basketball team, administered by Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia, that represented SFR Yugoslavia in international under-19 (under age 19) men's basketball competitions, consisting mainly of the World Championship for Junior Men.

Main article: Yugoslavia national basketball team
Yugoslavia men's national under-19 basketball team
Medal record
Men's Basketball
Representing  Yugoslavia
FIBA Under-19 World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1987 Bormio

After the dissolution of SFR Yugoslavia in 1991, the successor countries all set up their own national under-19 teams. Serbia won the Championship in 2007.

Several members of the team have been inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame, including players Vlade Divac, Jure Zdovc and Toni Kukoč and coach Svetislav Pešić, while players Divac, Kukoč, and Dino Rađa are members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

In 2017, 250 Steps, a film about the 1987 gold medal, was released.

Individual awards

Most Valuable Player

World Championship competitive record
Main article: FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup
Year Pos. GP W L Ref.
As Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia SFR Yugoslavia
Brazil 19794th853 [1]
Czech Republic 19838th936 [2]
Italy 1987770 [3]
Canada 19914th835 [4]
As Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia
Greece 1995did not qualify [5]
Portugal 1999did not qualify [6]
Greece 2003did not qualify [7]
Total4/7321814

Coaches
Years Head Coach Assistant Coach(es)
1979 Luka Stančić
1983 Rusmir Halilović
1987 Svetislav Pešić Dejan Srzić
1991 Duško Vujošević Dejan Srzić, Kosta Jankov

Players
1979 Championship 1983 Championship 1987 Championship 1991 Championship
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4 Emir Mutapčić
5 Zoran Radović
6 Darko Petronijević
7 Davor Dogan
8 Milan Medić
9 Zoran Čutura
10 Željko Obradović
11 Žarko Đurišić
12 Đordano Baković
13 Goran Grbović
14 Milenko Savović
15 Sabahudin Bilalović		 4 Saša Radunović
5 Velimir Perasović
6 Franjo Arapović
7 Jure Zdovc
8 Zoran Jovanović
9 Dragan Lukenda
10 Nebojša Bukumirović
11 Goran Sobin
12 Danko Cvjetićanin
13 Ivica Mavrenski
14 Ivo Petović
15 Aleksandar Milivojša		 4 Zoran Kalpić
5 Luka Pavićević
6 Nebojša Ilić
7 Toni Kukoč
8 Miroslav Pecarski
9 Teoman Alibegović
10 Aleksandar Đorđević
11 Samir Avdić
12 Vlade Divac
13 Radenko Dobraš
14 Dino Rađa
15 Slaviša Koprivica		 4 Dejan Bodiroga
5 Petar Arsić
6 Nikola Lončar
7 Veljko Mršić
8 Gavrilo Pajović
9 Teo Čizmić
10 Željko Topalović
11 Željko Rebrača
12 Velibor Radović
13 Mlađan Šilobad
14 Dragan Tarlać
15 Zvonimir Ridl

New national teams

After the dissolution of SFR Yugoslavia in 1991, five new countries were created: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia (in 2019, renamed to North 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-19 teams on the SFR Yugoslavia area:

See also

References
  1. "1979 World Championship for Junior Men". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  2. "1983 World Championship for Junior Men". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  3. "1987 World Championship for Junior Men". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  4. "1991 World Championship for Junior Men". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  5. "2003 World Championship for Junior Men". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  6. "2003 World Championship for Junior Men". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  7. "2003 World Championship for Junior Men". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  8. "1979 Yugoslavia Junior team Roster". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  9. "1983 Yugoslavia Junior team Roster". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  10. "1987 Yugoslavia Junior team Roster". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  11. "1991 Yugoslavia Junior team Roster". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
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