Krešimir Ćosić, who led Yugoslavia to one of the greatest runs in international basketball history, was included in the All-Tournament Team. Yugoslavia won their first gold in a major tournament at the 1970 FIBA World Championship, where they defeated Brazil (55–80), the United States (70–63), and Soviet Union (72–87). Kapičić was the scoring leader against Greece, Simonović against Sweden, Daneu against Hungary, Ćosić against Soviet Union and Poland, and Rajković scored 16 pts in the final, followed by Daneu with 12. On this occasion, Ivo Daneu and Krešimir Ćosić were selected in the All-Tournament Team. Īt the EuroBasket 1969 they were defeated 81–72 in the final, again by Soviet Union.
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With 16 points scored, Ivo Daneu, who was the scoring leader against Panama, Italy and the United States in the preliminary round, was Yugoslavia's scoring leader also in the final. They played again against the United States in the final, and were again defeated 65–50. They advanced to the knockout stage, where they managed to defeat Soviet Union 62–63. Yugoslavia defeated all opponents except United States in Group A at the 1968 Summer Olympics basketball tournament, in which they were grouped also with Italy, Spain, Puerto Rico, Panama, Philippines, and Senegal. Yugoslavia participated in the 1967 FIBA World Championship, won by Soviet Union, where they placed second. At EuroBasket 1965 they were again defeated by Soviet Union in the final. This achievement was followed by another silver medal at the 1963 FIBA World Championship, eventually won by Brazil. They won a silver medal at EuroBasket 1961, where they were defeated 53–60 by Soviet Union in the final. Yugoslavia got a bronze at EuroBasket 1963, where they were defeated 72–83 by Poland in semifinal, and then won the Bronze medal game 89–61 against Hungary. Yugoslavia placed 6th at EuroBasket 1957 in Sofia, where they managed to make two wins in final round robin, defeating Poland and France to finish at 2–5 for 6th place in the tournament.
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Their final round performance was riddled with 6 losses in 7 games, but did include the high point of a 52–49 victory over eventual silver medallist Czechoslovakia on Yugoslavia's way to an 8th-place finish of the 18 entrants. Yugoslavia again advanced to the final round at EuroBasket 1955 in Budapest, this time in sole second place with a 3–1 record in the preliminary round pool. There, they won 3 but lost 4 to take 6th place overall in the 17-team tournament.
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In the three-way tie-breaker with Bulgaria and Israel, Yugoslavia ended up in second place to advance to the final round. They dropped an early 27–25 decision against Bulgaria but finished at 3–1 in their preliminary group. Yugoslavia's second appearance was at EuroBasket 1953 in Moscow. The team placed 13th out of 14 teams in the competition, losing to the Soviet Union and Hungary in the preliminary round, beating the Netherlands but losing to Italy in the semifinal round (placing third in the three-way tie between the teams), and defeating Albania in the 13th/14th classification match. Yugoslavia made its European championship debut in EuroBasket 1947, the fifth edition of the tournament.
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- 4 The dominant years in FIBA competition.
- 2.1 Performance at Summer Olympic Games.
- The SFR Yugoslavian national basketball team ( Serbo-Croatian: Košarkaška reprezentacija Jugoslavije / Кошаркашка репрезентација Југославије Slovene: Jugoslovanska košarkarska reprezentanca Macedonian: Кошаркарска репрезентација на Југославија) represented the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1943 until 1992 in international basketball matches and was controlled by the Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia (KSJ).Īfter World War II, the team steadily improved their rankings and came to be one of the dominant forces of world basketball in the 1970s and the 1980s, along with the United States and Soviet Union, capturing 5 Olympic medals and 8 World Cups, 13 medals in total, along with another 13 on continental level (at EuroBaskets).Įleven FIBA Hall of Fame members emerged from the Yugoslav national team: Krešimir Ćosić, Drazen Dalipagic, Ivo Daneu, Mirza Delibašić, Vlade Divac, Dragan Kićanović, Radivoj Korać, Toni Kukoč, Dražen Petrović, Zoran Slavnić and Jure Zdovc