Montenegro national basketball team

2006–2014

Nikola Peković with Montenegro in 2010

Nikola Vučević

In 2006, the Basketball Federation of Montenegro along with this team joined the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) on its own following the Independence of Montenegro.

The Montenegrin national team entered international competition in 2008,^[1] and appointed Duško Vujošević as the national coach. Montenegro started from FIBA Division B, where they won first place on their first competitive season. Since becoming a separate team, Montenegro have won 13 official games in a row, until losing to Israel in August 2010.

At that time, NBA players like Nikola Vučević and Nikola Peković became most known players of Montenegrin national basketball team.

In their first qualifiers for EuroBasket, Montenegro finished first in group. So, team qualified for Eurobasket 2011, where they played five games in the first phase - with one win and four loses. Coach of Montenegro at their first ever EuroBasket was Dejan Radonjić.

In August 2012, with the new coach Luka Pavićević, Montenegro started qualifiers for Eurobasket 2013. Again, they won first place, but without any defeat from 10 matches. Notable matches were against Serbia, first after the two countries separated. Montenegro won both games, and victory in Belgrade (73:71), in front of 18,000 spectators, is gained by Nikola Ivanović three-point shot from the center, one second before the end of match.^[2][3]

As a first-placed team in qualifiers, Montenegro participated at Eurobasket 2013 in Slovenia. They made better result than 2011, with two wins and three defeats, but that was not enough for second phase of EuroBasket.

First unsuccessful qualifying campaign since independence, Montenegro had during the 2014. Surprisingly, group stage at the EuroBasket 2015 qualification, Montenegro finished third, so they failed to qualify for final tournament.

2015–present

At 2015, new coach of Montenegro became Bogdan Tanjević, who is born in Montenegro, and during the past coached Montenegrin strongest team KK Budućnost Podgorica. As national team earlier failed to qualify for EuroBasket 2015, they participated on Games of the Small States of Europe on Iceland (European countries with less than million citizens) and easily won a gold medal.

In summer 2016, Montenegro started competition in EuroBasket 2017 qualifiers, with the only ambition to qualify for their third final tournament since independence. In a group with Georgia, Slovakia and Albania, Montenegro finished as a second-placed team, with one defeat, and qualified for EuroBasket 2017.

For the first time in their history, on Eurobasket 2017, Montenegro finished as a third-placed team in group stage and qualified for knockout stage. That was the biggest success of Montenegrin national team since its’ foundation.

EuroBasket

EuroBasket						Qualification
Year	Pos.	Pld	W	L		Pld	W	L
2009	Division B					10	10	0
2011	21st	5	1	4		8	6	2
2013	17th	5	2	3		10	10	0
2015	Did not qualify					6	3	3
2017	13th	6	3	3		6	5	1
Total		16	6	10

World Cup

World Cup						Qualification
Year	Pos.	Pld	W	L		Pld	W	L
2019	TBD
2023	TBD
Total		0	0	0

Games of the Small States of Europe

Games of the Small States of Europe
Year	Position	Pld	W	L
2015		3	3	0
2017		5	4	1
Total		8	7	1

Current roster

Roster for the EuroBasket 2017.^[4]

The following is the Montenegro roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2017 EuroBasket.

Montenegro men's national basketball team – 2017 EuroBasket roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PG 2 Rice, Tyrese 7004110660000000000♠30 – (1987-05-15)15 May 1987 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Shenzhen Leopards C 4 Vučević, Nikola 7003980800000000000♠26 – (1990-10-24)24 October 1990 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Orlando Magic SF 6 Šehović, Suad 7004106100000000000♠29 – (1988-08-13)13 August 1988 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Budućnost Podgorica PG 7 Pavličević, Nikola 7004106100000000000♠29 – (1988-08-13)13 August 1988 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Sutjeska Nikšić SF 8 Radončić, Dino 7003681000000000000♠18 – (1999-01-08)8 January 1999 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Real Madrid PF 11 Todorović, Marko 7003926500000000000♠25 – (1992-04-19)19 April 1992 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Khimki F/C 14 Dubljević, Bojan 7003944300000000000♠25 – (1991-10-24)24 October 1991 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Valencia Basket PF 15 Barović, Filip 7003989500000000000♠27 – (1990-07-29)29 July 1990 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Budućnost Podgorica SG 17 Mihailović, Vladimir 7004111510000000000♠30 – (1987-02-19)19 February 1987 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Oostende PG 20 Ivanović, Nikola 7003859400000000000♠23 – (1994-02-19)19 February 1994 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Budućnost Podgorica SG 21 Vranješ, Nemanja 7004107040000000000♠29 – (1988-05-11)11 May 1988 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Mornar Bar SF 22 Đurišić, Nemanja 7003932100000000000♠25 – (1992-02-23)23 February 1992 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Telekom Baskets Bonn	Head coach Zvezdan Mitrović Assistant coach(es) Veljko Perović Boško Radović Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 31 August 2017

Depth Chart

Head coaches

Bogdan Tanjević is a current head coach of Montenegro

Since independence, all head coaches were Montenegrin-born. First head coach of Montenegro was Duško Vujošević. With him, Montenegro won FIBA B division championship (2009). From 2010 to 2012, Montenegro was coached by Dejan Radonjić and, for the first time played on Eurobasket (2011). At their next Eurobasket participation (2013) Montenegro was led by Luka Pavićević. From 2015 to 2017, head coach of Montenegro was Bogdan Tanjević.

Years	Name	Score	Competition
2007–2010	Duško Vujošević	10–0
2010–2012	Dejan Radonjić	7–6	EuroBasket 2011 (21st)
2012–2014	Luka Pavićević	15–6	EuroBasket 2013 (17th)
2015–2017	Bogdan Tanjević	12–2	GSS 2015 (1st); EuroBasket 2017 (13th)
2017–present	Zvezdan Mitrović	0–0

Notable former players

• Vlado Šćepanović
• Predrag Drobnjak
• Omar Cook
• Taylor Rochestie
• Derek Needham
• Nikola Peković
• Goran Jeretin
• Slavko Vraneš
• Bojan Bakić
• Boris Bakić
• Miloš Borisov
• Nebojša Bogavac
• Vladimir Dragičević
• Vladimir Golubović
• Goran Nikolić
• Blagota Sekulić
• Đuro Ostojić

List of official matches

Montenengro played its first official match at September 2008. There is a List of official matches of the Montenegro national basketball team.

Opponents

Below is the list of performances of Montenegro national basketball team against every single opponent.

Opponents' country	G	W	L	PD
Albania	2	2	0	+78
Andorra	2	2	0	+61
Austria	2	2	0	+46
Belarus	2	2	0	+35
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	0	2	-14
Bulgaria	2	2	0	+17
Croatia	2	0	2	-10
Cyprus	1	0	1	-10
Czech Republic	1	1	0	+13
Denmark	2	2	0	+52
Estonia	2	2	0	+22
Finland	3	2	1	+28
Georgia	2	1	1	-4
Greece	1	0	1	-16
Hungary	1	1	0	+24
Iceland	6	6	0	+128
Israel	6	4	2	+8
Italy	2	1	1	+8
Latvia	4	2	2	+3
Lithuania	1	0	1	-7
Luxembourg	2	2	0	+49
Macedonia	2	2	0	+6
Netherlands	4	2	2	+14
Romania	1	1	0	+17
San Marino	1	1	0	+63
Serbia	3	3	0	+19
Slovakia	4	4	0	+114
Slovenia	2	1	1	+1
Spain	3	0	3	-64
Sweden	2	2	0	+37
OVERALL	70	50	29	+737

Last update: 02 July 2018.