Croatia men's national basketball team

Croatia
FIBA ranking	14 (3 March 2020)[1]
Joined FIBA	1992
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	HKS
Coach	Veljko Mršić
Nickname(s)	Kockasti
Olympic Games
Appearances	4
Medals	Silver: (1992)
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	3
Medals	Bronze: (1994)
EuroBasket
Appearances	13
Medals	Bronze: (1993, 1995)
Home	Away
First international
	Germany 86–74 Croatia ; (Murcia, Spain; 22 June 1992)[2]
Biggest win
	Croatia 127–51 Iceland ; (Murcia, Spain; 24 June 1992)
Biggest defeat
	Croatia 85–117 United States ; (Barcelona, Spain; 8 August 1992)

The Croatia national basketball team (Croatian: Hrvatska košarkaška reprezentacija)[3] represents Croatia in men's international basketball matches. The team is controlled by the Croatian Basketball Federation (HKS).[4]

The biggest success Croatia has achieved was at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics when the team reached the finals against the United States and won the silver medal. Croatia has also won one bronze medal at the FIBA World Cup and two bronze medals at EuroBasket.

Croatia's Krešimir Ćosić, Dražen Petrović, Dino Rađa and Mirko Novosel are members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Ćosić being inducted in 1996 as a player, Petrović in 2002 and Rađa in 2018 also as players, and Novosel in 2007 as a coach. Petrović, Ćosić, Kukoč and Novosel are members of the FIBA Hall of Fame. Ćosić, however, never played for the Croatian national team, he was a member of the Yugoslavia national basketball team.

History

Prior to Croatian independence

Croatia played its first unofficial friendly game on 2 June 1964 in Karlovac.[5] Croatian team played against US All Star Team and lost 65–110 (31–50). USA players coached by Red Auerbach were Bob Cousy, Tom Heinsohn, K. C. Jones, Jerry Lucas, Bob Pettit, Oscar Robertson and Bill Russell and Croatian team was Giuseppe Gjergja, Nemanja Đurić, Živko Kasun, Zlatko Kiseljak, Slobodan Kolaković, Dragan Kovačić, Boris Križan, Stjepan Ledić, Mirko Novosel, Marko Ostarčević, Petar Skansi and Željko Troskot.[6][7]

Independent Croatia

After independence of Croatia in 1991, the first official tournament played by Croatians were 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Croatia defeated CIS team 75:74 and reached the finals against USA Dream Team led by Michael Jordan. USA won 85–117 but Croatia won its first medal at major tournaments in history.

Next tournament was 1993 EuroBasket in Germany. Tragically, before the championship Dražen Petrović died in a car accident on 7 June 1993 at the age of 28. Croatia still managed to reach bronze medal beating Greece 99–59.

Croatia earned its third medal at the 1994 FIBA World Cup in Canada. Croatia lost the semifinals match against Russia 64–66, but beat Greece once again 78–60 for the bronze medal. A similar occurrence happened at EuroBasket 1995 in Greece. Croatia lost in the semifinals, 80–90 against Lithuania but beat Greece 73–68 for the third time in a row in a bronze medal match. That medal to date was the last Croatian medal from any major tournament. At the 1996 Summer Olympics Croatia finished in a subpar 7th place.

Decline

At the EuroBasket 1997 in Spain, the new Croatian generation emerged, but ended in 11th place. Croatia failed to qualify for the 2000, 2004 and 2012 Summer Olympics, but finished 6th in 2008. Croatia also failed to qualify for the 1998, 2002 and 2006 World Cups, with their best result being 14th place in 2010. However, at the EuroBasket 2013, Croatia had its best tournament appearance since 1995, where the team finished in 4th place.

Competitive record

Medals table

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Summer Olympics	0	1	0	1
FIBA World Cup	0	0	1	1
EuroBasket	0	0	2	2
Mediterranean Games	1	1	0	2
Stanković Cup	2	1	0	3
Grand Totals	3	3	3	9

FIBA World Cup

World Cup					Qualification
Year	Pos.	Pld	W	L	Pld	W	L
1950 to 1990	Part of Yugoslavia				Part of Yugoslavia
1994		8	7	1
1998	Did not qualify
2002
2006
2010	14th	6	2	4
2014	10th	6	3	3
2019	Did not qualify				12	4	8
2023	To be determined				To be determined
Total	3/7	20	12	8	12	4	8

Olympic Games

Olympic Games					Qualifying
Year	Pos.	Pld	W	L	Pld	W	L
1936 to 1988	Part of Yugoslavia				Part of Yugoslavia
1992		8	6	2	11	10	1
1996	7th	8	4	4
2000	Did not qualify
2004	Did not qualify
2008	6th	6	3	3	4	4	0
2012	Did not qualify
2016	5th	6	3	3	4	3	1
2020	To be determined
Total	4/7	28	16	12	19	17	2

EuroBasket

EuroBasket					Qualification
Year	Position	Pld	W	L	Pld	W	L
1935 to 1991	Part of Yugoslavia				Part of Yugoslavia
1993		9	8	1	7	6	1
1995		9	8	1	6	5	1
1997	11th	8	2	6	10	7	3
1999	9th	6	3	3	10	7	3
2001	7th	8	2	6	10	10	0
2003	11th	4	1	3	10	8	2
2005	7th	7	4	3	4	3	1
2007	6th	9	3	6	6	5	1
2009	6th	9	4	5	Direct qualification
2011	13th	5	2	3	Direct qualification
2013	4th	11	8	3	8	8	0
2015	9th	6	3	3	Direct qualification
2017	10th	6	4	2	Direct qualification
2021	To be determined				To be determined
Total	13/13	97	52	45	71	59	12

Team

Current roster

Roster for the EuroBasket 2021 Qualifiers matches played on 21 and 24 February 2020 against Sweden and Netherlands.[8][9]

Croatia national basketball team roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
SG	1	Toni Perković	21 – (1998-04-10)10 April 1998	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	Split
PF	2	Hrvoje Perić	34 – (1985-10-25)25 October 1985	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	Pallacanestro Trieste
SF	3	Pavle Marčinković	30 – (1989-05-06)6 May 1989	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	Split
SG	5	Filip Krušlin	30 – (1989-03-18)18 March 1989	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	Cedevita Olimpija
PG	10	Roko Leni Ukić	35 – (1984-12-05)5 December 1984	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Antibes
C	12	Darko Planinić	29 – (1990-11-22)22 November 1990	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)	U-BT Cluj-Napoca
C	15	Miro Bilan	30 – (1989-07-21)21 July 1989	2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)	Dinamo Sassari
SG	23	Mateo Drežnjak	20 – (1999-03-08)8 March 1999	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	Široki
PG	30	Dominik Mavra	25 – (1994-06-15)15 June 1994	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	Zadar
PG	32	Roko Rogić	27 – (1992-09-25)25 September 1992	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	Nymburk
PF	33	Željko Šakić	31 – (1988-04-14)14 April 1988	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	Lietkabelis
C	34	Marin Marić	26 – (1994-02-21)21 February 1994	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)	Okapi Aalstar

Head coach

Veljko Mršić

Assistant coach(es)

Domagoj Kujundžić
Damir Mulaomerović
Ivan Perinčić

Legend

(C) Team captain
Club – describes last
club before the competition
Age – describes age
on 21 February 2020

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench
C
PF
SF
SG
PG

Head coaches

1990s and 2000s

Years	Name	Competition
1992	Petar Skansi	1992 Summer Olympics
1993	Mirko Novosel	1993 EuroBasket
1994	Josip Gjergja	1994 World Cup
1995	Aleksandar Petrović	1995 EuroBasket
1996–1998	Petar Skansi (2)	7th 1996 Summer Olympics 11th 1997 EuroBasket
1999	Boško Božić	9th 1999 EuroBasket
1999–2001	Aleksandar Petrović (2)	7th 2001 EuroBasket
2001–2005	Neven Spahija	11th 2003 EuroBasket 7th 2005 EuroBasket
2005–2009	Jasmin Repeša	6th 2007 EuroBasket 6th 2008 Summer Olympics 6th 2009 EuroBasket

2010s and 2020s

Years	Name	Competition
2010–2011	Josip Vranković	14th 2010 World Cup 13th 2011 EuroBasket
2012–2014	Jasmin Repeša (2)	4th 2013 EuroBasket 10th 2014 World Cup
2015	Velimir Perasović	9th 2015 EuroBasket
2016–2017	Aleksandar Petrović (3)[10]	5th 2016 Summer Olympics 10th 2017 EuroBasket
2017–2018	Ivica Skelin	—
2018–2019	Dražen Anzulović	—
2019–present	Veljko Mršić

Past rosters

1992 Olympic Games: finished 2nd among 12 teams

4 Dražen Petrović, 5 Velimir Perasović, 6 Danko Cvjetićanin, 7 Toni Kukoč, 8 Vladan Alanović, 9 Franjo Arapović, 10 Žan Tabak, 11 Stojko Vranković, 12 Alan Gregov, 13 Arijan Komazec, 14 Dino Rađa, 15 Aramis Naglić (Coach: Petar Skansi)

1993 EuroBasket: finished 3rd among 16 teams

4 Velimir Perasović, 5 Alan Gregov, 6 Ivica Žurić, 7 Vladan Alanović, 8 Franjo Arapović, 9 Žan Tabak, 10 Stojko Vranković, 11 Danko Cvjetićanin, 12 Arijan Komazec, 13 Dino Rađa, 14 Emilio Kovačić 15 Veljko Mršić (Coach: Mirko Novosel)

1994 FIBA World Cup: finished 3rd among 16 teams

4 Josip Vranković, 5 Alan Gregov, 6 Arijan Komazec, 7 Toni Kukoč, 8 Vladan Alanović, 9 Ivica Žurić, 10 Davor Pejčinović, 11 Stojko Vranković, 12 Danko Cvjetićanin, 13 Miro Jurić, 14 Dino Rađa, 15 Veljko Mršić (Coach: Josip Gjergja)

1995 EuroBasket: finished 3rd among 14 teams

4 Josip Vranković, 5 Velimir Perasović, 6 Arijan Komazec, 7 Toni Kukoč, 8 Vladan Alanović, 9 Ivica Marić, 10 Ivica Žurić, 11 Stojko Vranković, 12 Alan Gregov, 13 Veljko Mršić, 14 Dino Rađa, 15 Davor Pejčinović (Coach: Aleksandar Petrović)

1996 Olympic Games: finished 7th among 12 teams

4 Josip Vranković, 5 Velimir Perasović, 6 Arijan Komazec, 7 Toni Kukoč, 8 Vladan Alanović, 9 Slaven Rimac, 10 Žan Tabak, 11 Stojko Vranković, 12 Damir Mulaomerović, 13 Veljko Mršić, 14 Dino Rađa, 15 Davor Marcelić (Coach: Petar Skansi)

1997 EuroBasket: finished 11th among 16 teams

4 Josip Sesar, 5 Damir Mulaomerović, 6 Gordan Giriček, 7 Damir Milačić, 8 Vladan Alanović, 9 Slaven Rimac, 10 Emilio Kovačić, 11 Davor Pejčinović, 12 Siniša Kelečević, 13 Nikola Prkačin, 14 Ivan Grgat, 15 Davor Marcelić (Coach: Petar Skansi)

1999 EuroBasket: finished 9th among 16 teams

4 Vladimir Krstić, 5 Damir Mulaomerović, 6 Veljko Mršić, 7 Toni Kukoč, 8 Nikola Prkačin, 9 Gordan Zadravec, 10 Gordan Giriček, 11 Joško Poljak, 12 Jurica Ružić, 13 Ivan Tomeljak, 14 Nikola Vujčić, 15 Hrvoje Henjak (Coach: Boško Božić)

2001 EuroBasket: finished 7th among 16 teams

4 Damir Mulaomerović, 5 Josip Vranković, 6 Josip Sesar, 7 Veljko Mršić, 8 Nikola Prkačin, 9 Vladimir Krstić, 10 Gordan Giriček, 11 Emilio Kovačić, 12 Mate Skelin, 13 Matej Mamić, 14 Nikola Vujčić, 15 Žan Tabak (Coach: Aleksandar Petrović)

2003 EuroBasket: finished 11th among 16 teams

4 Damir Mulaomerović, 5 Marino Baždarić, 6 Marko Popović, 7 Sandro Nicević, 8 Nikola Prkačin, 9 Zoran Planinić, 10 Gordan Giriček, 11 Hrvoje Perinčić, 12 Andrija Žižić, 13 Matej Mamić, 14 Dalibor Bagarić, 15 Mate Skelin (Coach: Neven Spahija)

2005 EuroBasket: finished 7th among 16 teams

4 Mario Kasun, 5 Roko Ukić, 6 Marko Popović, 7 Nikola Vujčić, 8 Nikola Prkačin, 9 Andrija Žižić, 10 Gordan Giriček, 11 Zoran Planinić, 12 Marko Tomas, 13 Matej Mamić, 14 Dalibor Bagarić, 15 Damir Rančić (Coach: Neven Spahija)

2007 EuroBasket: finished 6th among 16 teams

4 Roko Ukić, 5 Davor Kus, 6 Marko Popović, 7 Marin Rozić, 8 Nikola Prkačin, 9 Marko Tomas, 10 Zoran Planinić, 11 Mario Stojić, 12 Damir Markota, 13 Marko Banić, 14 Mario Kasun, 15 Stanko Barać (Coach: Jasmin Repeša)

2008 Olympic Games: finished 6th among 12 teams

4 Roko Ukić, 5 Davor Kus, 6 Marko Popović, 7 Marin Rozić, 8 Nikola Prkačin, 9 Marko Tomas, 10 Zoran Planinić, 11 Sandro Nicević, 12 Damjan Rudež, 13 Marko Banić, 14 Krešimir Lončar, 15 Stanko Barać (Coach: Jasmin Repeša)

2009 EuroBasket: finished 6th among 16 teams

4 Roko Ukić, 5 Davor Kus, 6 Marko Popović, 7 Nikola Vujčić, 8 Nikola Prkačin, 9 Marin Rozić, 10 Zoran Planinić, 11 Mario Stojić, 12 Krešimir Lončar, 13 Marko Banić, 14 Sandro Nicević, 15 Mario Kasun (Coach: Jasmin Repeša)

2010 FIBA World Cup: finished 14th among 24 teams

4 Roko Ukić, 5 Davor Kus, 6 Marko Popović, 7 Bojan Bogdanović, 8 Rok Stipčević, 9 Marko Tomas, 10 Zoran Planinić, 11 Ante Tomić, 12 Krešimir Lončar, 13 Marko Banić, 14 Luka Žorić, 15 Lukša Andrić (Coach: Josip Vranković)

2011 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 24 teams

4 Ante Tomić, 5 Lukša Andrić, 6 Marko Popović, 7 Bojan Bogdanović, 8 Rok Stipčević, 9 Marko Tomas, 10 Dontaye Draper, 11 Krunoslav Simon, 12 Damir Markota, 13 Damjan Rudež, 14 Luka Žorić, 15 Stanko Barać (Coach: Josip Vranković)

2013 EuroBasket: finished 4th among 24 teams

4 Ante Tomić, 5 Lukša Andrić, 6 Dontaye Draper, 7 Bojan Bogdanović, 8 Dario Šarić, 9 Damjan Rudež, 10 Roko Ukić, 11 Krunoslav Simon, 12 Damir Markota, 13 Mario Delaš, 14 Luka Žorić, 15 Ante Delaš (Coach: Jasmin Repeša)

2014 FIBA World Cup: finished 10th among 24 teams

4 Ante Tomić, 5 Lukša Andrić, 6 Oliver Lafayette, 7 Bojan Bogdanović, 8 Dario Šarić, 9 Damjan Rudež, 10 Roko Ukić, 11 Krunoslav Simon, 12 Damir Markota, 13 Mario Hezonja, 14 Luka Žorić, 15 Luka Babić (Coach: Jasmin Repeša)

2015 EuroBasket: finished 9th among 24 teams

4 Ante Tomić, 5 Damjan Rudež, 6 Rok Stipčević, 7 Bojan Bogdanović, 8 Dario Šarić, 9 Marko Tomas, 10 Roko Ukić (C), 11 Krunoslav Simon, 13 Dontaye Draper, 15 Miro Bilan, 21 Luka Žorić, 23 Mario Hezonja (Coach: Velimir Perasović)

2016 Olympic Games: finished 5th among 12 teams

4 Luka Babić, 5 Filip Krušlin, 6 Rok Stipčević, 7 Krunoslav Simon, 8 Mario Hezonja, 9 Dario Šarić, 10 Roko Ukić (C), 12 Darko Planinić, 15 Miro Bilan, 33 Željko Šakić, 35 Marko Arapović, 44 Bojan Bogdanović (Coach: Aleksandar Petrović)

2017 EuroBasket: finished 10th among 24 teams

5 Filip Krušlin, 6 Marko Popović, 7 Krunoslav Simon, 9 Dario Šarić, 10 Roko Ukić (C), 11 Luka Žorić, 12 Darko Planinić, 17 Dragan Bender, 25 Ivan Buva, 27 Ivan Ramljak, 33 Marko Tomas, 44 Bojan Bogdanović (Coach: Aleksandar Petrović)

Results and fixtures

EuroBasket 2021 Qualifiers

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	2	2	0	141	115	+26	4	EuroBasket 2021
2	Netherlands	2	1	1	131	134	−3	3
3	Sweden	2	1	1	143	152	−9	3
4	Turkey	2	0	2	145	159	−14	2

Updated to match(es) played on 24 February 2020. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

21 February 2020	Croatia	72–56	Sweden	Zagreb
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 18–6, 23–14, 17–25, 14–11
	Pts: Drežnjak 16 Rebs: Šakić 11 Asts: Ukić 8	Boxscore	Pts: Borg 11 Rebs: Borg 8 Asts: Pantzar 7	Arena: Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall Referees: Eddie Viator (FRA), Ventsislav Velikov (BUL), Kristaps Konstantīnovs (LAT)

24 February 2020	Netherlands	59–69	Croatia	Almere
19:30	Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 14–20, 16–9, 8–22
	Pts: Franke 11 Rebs: Kherrazi 11 Asts: Kloof 4	Boxscore	Pts: Ukić 14 Rebs: Planinić 6 Asts: Ukić 6	Arena: Topsportcentrum Referees: Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Fernando Calatrava (ESP)

26 November 2020	Croatia	vs.	Turkey

		Boxscore

29 November 2020	Sweden	vs.	Croatia

		Boxscore

19 February 2021	Croatia	vs.	Netherlands

		Boxscore

22 February 2021	Turkey	vs.	Croatia

		Boxscore

Notable players and coaches

Players

Individual awards

FIBA World Cup All-Tournament Team
- Dino Rađa – 1994
EuroBasket All-Tournament Team
- Dino Rađa – 1993
- Toni Kukoč – 1995
- Damir Mulaomerović – 2001
- Bojan Bogdanović – 2013

Other notable achievements

FIBA Hall of Fame
- Dražen Petrović
- Toni Kukoč
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
- Dražen Petrović
- Dino Rađa
Euroscar
- Toni Kukoč – 1991, 1994, 1996, 1998
- Dražen Petrović – 1992, 1993
Mr. Europa
- Toni Kukoč – 1991, 1992, 1996
- Dražen Petrović – 1993
NBA champion
- Toni Kukoč – 1996, 1997, 1998
- Žan Tabak – 1995
NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award
- Toni Kukoč – 1996
NBA All-Rookie First Team
- Dario Šarić – 2017
EuroLeague Final Four MVP
- Toni Kukoč – 1993
EuroLeague Top Scorer
- Zdravko Radulović – 1993
50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors (2008)

Coaches

Individual achievements

Head-to-head record

Record against teams at the EuroBasket

National team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD
Belgium	1	1	0	106	74	+32
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	2	1	243	229	+14
Bulgaria	2	2	0	192	165	+27
Czech Republic	3	2	1	215	197	+18
Estonia	2	2	0	179	149	+30
Finland	3	3	0	264	219	+45
France	7	3	4	566	566	0
Georgia	2	1	1	135	147	-12
Germany	7	3	4	559	559	0
Greece	8	3	5	625	595	+30
Israel	2	1	1	161	159	+2
Italy	6	5	1	424	394	+30
Latvia	2	1	1	170	176	−6
Lithuania	5	0	5	356	417	−61
North Macedonia	3	2	1	230	204	+26
Montenegro	1	1	0	97	81	+16
Netherlands	1	1	0	78	72	+6
Poland	2	1	1	150	147	+3
Portugal	1	1	0	90	68	+22
Russia	7	3	4	550	547	+3
Serbia	2	0	2	128	144	−16
Slovenia	5	3	2	392	386	+6
Spain	6	2	4	427	493	−66
Turkey	6	3	3	503	430	+73
Ukraine	3	2	1	265	238	+27
Total						25 teams

Record against teams in EuroBasket qualification

National team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD
Austria	2	2	0	160	149	+11
Belarus	1	1	0	112	72	+40
Belgium	2	2	0	176	129	+47
Bosnia and Herzegovina	4	2	2	295	267	+28
Bulgaria	2	1	1	173	148	+25
Cyprus	4	4	0	368	224	+144
Denmark	2	2	0	183	146	+37
England	2	2	0	163	149	+14
Estonia	5	4	1	417	350	+67
Germany	2	0	2	144	159	-15
Hungary	4	4	0	316	268	+48
Iceland	2	2	0	193	151	+42
Ireland	2	2	0	165	145	+20
Latvia	5	5	0	466	371	+95
Lithuania	2	1	1	137	140	-3
North Macedonia	3	3	0	312	232	+80
Netherlands	4	4	0	331	265	+66
Romania	3	3	0	342	206	+136
Russia	2	1	1	151	138	+13
Slovakia	4	4	0	355	277	+53
Slovenia	1	0	1	90	94	-4
Sweden	4	3	1	320	289	+31
Switzerland	2	2	0	176	127	+49
Turkey	2	1	1	133	121	+12
Ukraine	5	4	1	416	370	+46
Total						35 teams

Record against teams at the FIBA World Cup

National team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD
Argentina	1	1	0	90	85	+5
Australia	1	1	0	83	69	+14
Brazil	1	0	1	74	92	−18
Canada	1	1	0	92	61	+31
China	1	1	0	105	73	+32
Cuba	1	1	0	85	65	+20
France	1	0	1	64	69	-5
Greece	3	2	1	224	191	+33
Iran	1	1	0	75	54	+21
Philippines	1	1	0	81	78	+3
Puerto Rico	1	1	0	103	82	+21
Russia	1	0	1	64	66	−2
Senegal	1	0	1	75	77	-2
Serbia	1	0	1	72	73	−1
Slovenia	1	0	1	84	91	−7
South Korea	1	1	0	104	53	+51
Tunisia	1	1	0	84	64	+20
United States	1	0	1	78	106	−28
Total						18 teams

Record against teams at the Olympic Games

National team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD
Angola	2	2	0	144	112	+32
Argentina	3	1	2	225	242	−17
Australia	3	2	1	266	220	+46
Brazil	3	2	1	243	230	+13
China	2	2	0	208	163	+45
CIS	1	1	0	75	74	+1
Germany	1	1	0	99	78	+21
Iran	1	1	0	91	57	+34
Lithuania	3	1	2	244	250	−6
Nigeria	1	0	1	76	90	−14
Russia	1	1	0	85	78	+7
Serbia	1	0	1	83	86	−3
Spain	3	2	1	219	221	−2
United States	3	0	3	226	322	−96
Total	14 teams

Biggest tournament wins

20+ point difference

Olympic Games	World Cup	EuroBasket
+34 vs. Iran (91–57) 2008 +33 vs. Australia (98–65) 1992 +31 vs. China (109–78) 1996 +23 vs. Angola (71–48) 1996 +21 vs. Germany (99–78) 1992	+51 vs. South Korea (104–53) 1994 +32 vs. China (105–73) 1994 +31 vs. Canada (92–61) 1994 +26 vs. Greece (81–55) 1994 +21 vs. Iran (75–54) 2010 +20 vs. Cuba (85–65)1994 +20 vs. Tunisia (84–64) 2010	+50 vs. Turkey (113–63) 1993 +40 vs. Greece (99–59) 1993 +38 vs. Czech Republic (107–69) 2017 +32 vs. Belgium (106–74) 1993 +25 vs. Finland (88–63) 2013 +22 vs. Turkey (90–68) 1995 +22 vs. Czech Republic (86–64) 1999 +22 vs. Ukraine (93–71) 2003 +22 vs. Portugal (90–68) 2007 +21 vs. Bulgaria (104–83) 1993 +20 vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina (98–78) 1993 +20 vs. Germany (75–55) 1997

Croatia also defeated Albania (94-70) for an win margin of +24 at the 2009 Mediterranean Games.

Biggest tournament losses

-20> point difference

Olympic Games	World Cup	EuroBasket
-33 vs. USA (70–103) 1992 -32 vs. USA (85–117) 1992 -31 vs. USA (71–102) 1996 -24 vs. Argentina (53–77) 2008	-28 vs. USA (78–106) 2010	-28 vs. Spain (40–68) 2013 -26 vs. Spain (66–92) 2013 -21 vs. Czech Republic (59–80) 2015

Biggest qualification wins