Croatia men's national under-19 basketball team

 Croatia
FIBA ranking 8 Decrease
Joined FIBA 1992
FIBA zone FIBA Europe
National federation Croatian Basketball Federation
Coach Ante Nazor
Nickname(s) Kockasti
World Championships
Appearances 7
Medals Silver Silver: (1) 2015
Bronze Bronze: (2) 1999, 2009
Europe Championships
Appearances 17
Medals (3) 1996, 2002, 2012
(4) 1994, 1998, 2000, 2013
(2) 2008, 2014
Uniforms
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The Croatia men's national under-19 basketball team (Croatian: Hrvatska muška košarkaška reprezentacija) represents Croatia at international under-19 and under-18 basketball tournaments. It is organized by the Croatian Basketball Federation (Croatian: Hrvatski košarkaški savez).[1]

The Croatia men's under-19 team has achieved success in World Championship competition with one silver and two bronze. But has achieved even more success in FIBA Europe Championships with three golds, four silver and two bronze.[2]

History

From 1964 to 1992 Croatia played under Yugoslavia. In 1994 the team participated in its first ever FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship as an independent entity. When Croatia men's national basketball team also with youth, U-19, U-16 and women's team joined FIBA in 1992 they then launched their own youth teams due to them being no longer with Yugoslavia. Their wins as combined stayed with the Yugoslavia team only. None of the teams wins where transferred to Croatia, as FIBA is concerned the U-19 team was formed in 1994 even though players from Croatia played for Yugoslavia. When Croatian Basketball Federation was founded on 19 December 1948 as a member of the larger Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia.[3][4][5]

The team won their first medal in 1996 where they finished first for a gold medal at FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship.

Competition results

World Championships

Year Position Tournament Host Country
19954th1995 FIBA Under-19 World Championship Greece
1996Bronze3rd1996 FIBA Under-19 World Championship Portugal
20034th2003 FIBA Under-19 World Championship Greece
2009Bronze3rd2009 FIBA Under-19 World Championship New Zealand
20118th2011 FIBA Under-19 World Championship Latvia
20138th2013 FIBA Under-19 World Championship Czech Republic
2015Silver2nd2015 FIBA Under-19 World Championship Greece

Europe Championships

Year Position Tournament Host Country
1994Silver 2nd1994 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Israel
1996 1st1996 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship France
1998 2nd1998 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Bulgaria
2000 2nd2000 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Croatia
2002 1st2002 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Germany
200511th2005 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Russia
200610th2006 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Greece
20077th2007 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Spain
2008 3rd2005 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Greece
20098th2009 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship France
20105th2010 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Lithuania
20118th2011 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Poland
2012 1st2012 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Lithuania and  Latvia
2013 2nd2013 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Latvia
2014 3rd2014 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Turkey
201512th2015 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Greece
201614th2016 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Turkey
2017TBD2017 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Group B Estonia

Notable players

NBA players

Šarić currently plays for the Philadelphia 76ers. He was a member of Croatia's team at the 2011 and 2013 FIBA Under-19 World Championships.[6][7]

Drafted by NBA teams:

Team

Current roster

Croatia National Basketball Team - FIBA Qualifying Tournament roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClub
PG 4 Šarić, Domagoj (C) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 187 lb (85 kg)
SG 5 Mandi, Mate 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 202 lb (92 kg)
SG 6 Barnjak, Josip 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 170 lb (77 kg)
SF 7 Bajo, Darko 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 205 lb (93 kg)
PG 8 Uljarevic, Karlo 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 171 lb (78 kg)
SG 9 Savic, Emil 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 199 lb (90 kg)
PF 10 Proleta, Domagoj 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 222 lb (101 kg)
PF 11 Cizmic, Leo 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 211 lb (96 kg)
SF 12 Barisic, Luka 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 202 lb (92 kg)
C 13 Pajic, Pavao 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 209 lb (95 kg)
C 14 Ljubicic, Kresimir 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 244 lb (111 kg)
Head coach
  • Croatia Marijan Mance
Legend
  • (C) Team captain

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.hks-cbf.hr
  2. ↑ "Croatia national under-19 basketball tournament results". eurobasket. 19 August 2013. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  3. ↑ FIBA World Championships medals' table 1950-2006
  4. ↑ "U Šancu haklale NBA zvijezde, a u Draganiću gradili naftnu bušotinu". www.kaportal.hr. Archived from the original on 19 July 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2012.
  5. ↑ "KARLOVAC: 40 GODINA NBA LIGE U KARLOVCU". Index.hr. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  6. ↑ Player Leaders POINTS PER GAME : ALL ROUNDS.
  7. ↑ Player Leaders REBOUNDS : ALL ROUNDS.
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