Bosnia and Herzegovina men's national basketball team
The Bosnia and Herzegovina men's national basketball team (Bosnian: Košarkaška reprezentacija Bosne i Hercegovine / Кошаркашка репрезентација Босне и Херцеговине) represents Bosnia and Herzegovina in international basketball competitions, and is governed by the Basketball Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Until 1992, Bosnian basketballers played for Yugoslavia.
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FIBA ranking | 46 ![]() | ||
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Joined FIBA | 1992 | ||
FIBA zone | FIBA Europe | ||
National federation | KSBIH | ||
Coach | Vedran Bosnić | ||
Nickname(s) | Zlatni ljiljani (The Golden Lilies) Zmajevi (The Dragons) | ||
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Appearances | None | ||
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Appearances | 10 (first in 1993) | ||
Medals | None | ||
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First international | |||
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Biggest win | |||
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Biggest defeat | |||
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Bosnia and Herzegovina reached their first international tournament at the EuroBasket in 1993. They have competed nine times at the event overall. Although the team have yet to qualify on the global level to play at the FIBA World Cup.
History
Until 1992, Bosnia and Herzegovina was a part of Yugoslavia, which meant players born in Bosnia and Herzegovina played for the Yugoslavia national team. Between 1947 and 1992, the following Bosnia-born players were selected to play for the Yugoslavia national team at the biggest competitions (Olympics, World Cup, and EuroBasket) at least once: Mirza Delibašić, Dražen Dalipagić, Predrag Danilović, Zoran Savić, Ratko Radovanović, Borislav Stanković, Milan Bjegojević, Dragiša Vučinić, Sabit Hadžić, Emir Mutapčić, and Mario Primorac. During this time, Bosnia and Herzegovina's capital city, Sarajevo, was one of five locations where games were played during the 1970 FIBA World Cup, where Yugoslavia finished in first place, the team's first gold medal at the FIBA World Cup.
After gaining its independence from Yugoslavia, Bosnia and Herzegovina qualified to the EuroBasket for the first time in 1993. Entering the tournament, Bosnia and Herzegovina earned their first ever EuroBasket victory in their final Group A match against Sweden.[2] The team would go on to make it to the quarter-finals before losing to the eventual bronze medalists Croatia, which sent the team into the classification phase to finish out the competition.[3]
After a positive showing for the national team in their first EuroBasket appearance, they would fail to qualify for the tournament in 1995. However, Bosnia and Herzegovina would turn around to qualify for the continental showpiece five consecutive times (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005). Although after that stretch for the national team, they would only qualify for the Euros three times after 2005 until 2015. Heading toward qualification for EuroBasket 2017, Bosnia and Herzegovina came up up short in their attempt to qualify to the EuroBasket for the first time since 2009.[4]
For qualification to reach the 2019 FIBA World Cup, Bosnia and Herzegovina first went through European Pre-Qualifiers, where the team won four out of their six matches (4–2) to advance.[5] Entering the first round of the qualifiers, the national team earned a tough win at home against Russia 81–76.[6] After the win, Bosnia and Herzegovina would pull out one more victory during the rest of the first round of qualifying to position itself to advance. In the second and final round of 2019 World Cup qualifying, the team lost its first five matches by single digits before defeating Bulgaria. However, the five crucial losses ultimately eliminated the team from clinching qualification.[7]
Competitive record
FIBA World Cup
Olympic Games
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Recent results and forthcoming fixtures
Win Loss
2020
27 November 2020 | Bosnia and Herzegovina ![]() |
88–49 | ![]() |
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina* [note 1] |
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21:00 | Scoring by quarter: 22–11, 23–10, 22–18, 21–10 | |||
Pts: Kamenjaš 12 Rebs: Sulejmanović 11 Asts: Roberson 6 |
Boxscore | Pts: Bost 13 Rebs: Bost 5 Asts: Bachev, Marinov 2 |
Arena: Sports Hall Hills Referees: Marius Ciulin (ROU), Wojciech Liszka (POL), Zdenko Tomašovič (SVK) |
29 November 2020 | Bosnia and Herzegovina ![]() |
79–73 | ![]() |
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina* [note 1] |
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21:00 | Scoring by quarter: 20–17, 20–11, 20–17, 19–28 | |||
Pts: Kamenjaš 19 Rebs: Kamenjaš 7 Asts: Roberson 5 |
Boxscore | Pts: Lomažs 19 Rebs: Meiers 9 Asts: Šķēle 6 |
Arena: Sports Hall Hills Referees: Eddie Viator (FRA), Michał Proc (POL), Wojciech Liszka (POL) |
2021
20 February 2021 | Greece ![]() |
69–84 | ![]() |
Riga, Latvia* [note 1] |
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16:30 | Scoring by quarter: 18–26, 19–23, 14–15, 18–20 | |||
Pts: Kavvadas 16 Rebs: Saloustros 7 Asts: Katsivelis 6 |
Boxscore | Pts: Sulejmanović 23 Rebs: Sulejmanović 13 Asts: Gegić 10 |
Arena: Arēna Rīga Referees: Nicolás Maestre (FRA), Marek Kúkelčík (SVK), Thomas Bissuel (FRA) |
22 February 2021 | Bulgaria ![]() |
61–80 | ![]() |
Riga, Latvia* [note 1] |
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16:30 | Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 22–24, 16–13, 7–24 | |||
Pts: Kostadinov, Zahariev 11 Rebs: Simeonov 5 Asts: Karamfilov 9 |
Boxscore | Pts: Kamenjaš 17 Rebs: Kamenjaš 14 Asts: Roberson 7 |
Arena: Arēna Rīga Referees: Nicolás Maestre (FRA), Andrei Sharapa (BLR), Marek Kúkelčík (SVK) |
26 November 2021 | Bosnia and Herzegovina ![]() |
97–90 | ![]() |
Sarajevo | ||
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20:00 | Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 27–33, 31–11, 22–23 | |||||
Pts: Musa 21 Rebs: Halilović 7 Asts: Atić, Roberson 4 |
Boxscore | Pts: Jelínek 31 Rebs: Peterka, Sehnal 6 Asts: Bohačík, Sehnal 4 |
Arena: Mirza Delibašić Hall Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Thomas Bissuel (FRA), Tanel Suslov (EST) |
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29 November 2021 | Bulgaria ![]() |
75–85 | ![]() |
Botevgrad | ||
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19:00 | Scoring by quarter: 19–25, 23–25, 13–19, 20–16 | |||||
Pts: Kostov 13 Rebs: Kostov 9 Asts: Karamfilov, Marinov 5 |
Boxscore | Pts: Halilović 21 Rebs: Sulejmanović 8 Asts: Atić 5 |
Arena: Arena Botevgrad Attendance: 1,300 Referees: Fernando Calatrava (ESP), Beniamino Attard (ITA), Ilias Kounelles (CYP) |
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2022
24 February 2022 | Bosnia and Herzegovina ![]() |
77–78 | ![]() |
Tuzla | ||
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20:00 | Scoring by quarter: 21–13, 20–23, 15–24, 21–18 | |||||
Pts: Halilović 20 Rebs: Gegić 7 Asts: Musa 6 |
Boxscore | Pts: Olisevičius 18 Rebs: Butkevičius 7 Asts: Girdžiūnas 5 |
Arena: Dvorana Mejdan Attendance: 4,000 Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Kerem Baki (TUR), Lorenzo Baldini (ITA) |
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27 February 2022 | Lithuania ![]() |
77–56 | ![]() |
Vilnius | ||
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19:30 | Scoring by quarter: 20–12, 14–20, 21–12, 22–12 | |||||
Pts: Dimša 19 Rebs: Radzevičius 8 Asts: Birutis 3 |
Boxscore | Pts: Atić 12 Rebs: Sulejmanović 9 Asts: Atić 4 |
Arena: Avia Solutions Group Arena Attendance: 2,246 Referees: Saverio Lanzarini (ITA), Luis Castillo (ESP), Carsten Straube (GER) |
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1 July 2022 | Czech Republic ![]() |
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4 July 2022 | Bosnia and Herzegovina ![]() |
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1 September 2022 | Bosnia and Herzegovina ![]() |
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Lanxess Arena, Cologne | ||
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3 September 2022 | Germany ![]() |
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Lanxess Arena, Cologne | ||
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4 September 2022 | Slovenia ![]() |
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Lanxess Arena, Cologne | ||
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17:45 | ||||||
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6 September 2022 | Bosnia and Herzegovina ![]() |
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Lanxess Arena, Cologne | ||
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7 September 2022 | Lithuania ![]() |
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Lanxess Arena, Cologne | ||
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Team
Current roster
Roster for the 2023 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers matches on 24 and 27 February 2022 against Lithuania.[9][10]
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Depth chart
Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | Bench 3 | Inactive |
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C | Jusuf Nurkić | Kenan Kamenjaš | Luka Garza | Ismet Sejfić | Njegoš Sikiraš |
PF | Emir Sulejmanović | Amar Alibegović | Ajdin Penava | Emir Sulejmanović | Karlo Matković |
SF | Džanan Musa | Aleksandar Lazić | Miralem Halilović | Adin Vrabac | Haris Delalić |
SG | Edin Atić | Amar Gegić | Muhamed Pašalić | Nedim Đedović | Aleksa Gatarić |
PG | John Roberson | Nemanja Gordić | Amar Gegić | Sani Čampara | Darko Talić |
Notable players
Current notable players from Bosnia and Herzegovina:
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Records
- Players in bold are still active.
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Head coach history
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1993 |
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1993–1995 |
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1995–1997 |
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1998–2001 |
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2001–2003 |
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2004–2006 |
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2006–2008 |
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2008–2010 |
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2010–2012 |
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2012–2013 |
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2014–2015 |
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2016 |
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2017–2018 |
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2018 |
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2018–present |
Past rosters
1993 EuroBasket: finished 8th among 16 teams
4 Samir Selešković, 5 Gordan Firić, 6 Adis Bećiragić, 8 Senad Begović, 9 Ilijas Masnić, 10 Mario Primorac, 11 Samir Avdić, 12 Emir Mutapčić, 13 Emir Halimić, 14 Sabahudin Bilalović (Coach: Ibrahim Krehić)
1997 EuroBasket: finished 15th among 16 teams
4 Nenad Marković, 5 Gordan Firić, 6 Adis Bećiragić, 7 Samir Lerić, 8 Azur Korlatović, 9 Sejo Bukva, 10 Samir Selešković, 11 Samir Avdić, 12 Elvir Ovčina, 13 Dževad Alihodžić, 14 Adnan Hodžić, 15 Haris Mujezinović (Coach: Sabit Hadžić)
1999 EuroBasket: finished 15th among 16 teams
4 Nenad Marković, 5 Gordan Firić, 6 Adis Bećiragić, 7 Samir Lerić, 8 Ivan Opačak, 9 Jasmin Hukić, 10 Damir Mirković, 11 Tarik Valjevac, 12 Dževad Alihodžić, 13 Elvir Ovčina, 15 Haris Mujezinović (Coach: Sabit Hadžić)
2001 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 16 teams
4 Nenad Marković, 5 Gordan Firić, 6 Goran Terzić, 7 Samir Lerić, 8 Ivan Opačak, 9 Jasmin Hukić, 10 Siniša Kovačević, 11 Bariša Krasić, 12 Damir Mršić, 13 Ramiz Suljanović, 14 Elvir Ovčina, 15 Haris Mujezinović (Coach: Sabit Hadžić)
2003 EuroBasket: finished 15th among 16 teams
4 Terrel Castle, 5 Elvir Ovčina, 6 Damir Krupalija, 7 Samir Lerić, 8 Želimir Stevanović, 9 Jasmin Hukić, 10 Siniša Kovačević, 11 Bariša Krasić, 12 Damir Mršić, 13 Kenan Bajramović, 14 Mirza Teletović, 15 Haris Mujezinović (Coach: Draško Prodanović)
2005 EuroBasket: finished 15th among 16 teams
4 Vedran Princ, 5 Elvir Ovčina, 6 Mirza Teletović, 7 Samir Lerić, 8 Edin Bavčić, 9 Henry Domercant, 10 Siniša Kovačević, 11 Mujo Tuljković, 12 Damir Mršić, 13 Jasmin Hukić, 14 Aleksandar Radojević, 15 Kenan Bajramović (Coach: Mensur Bajramović)
2011 EuroBasket: finished 19th among 24 teams
4 Nemanja Gordić, 5 Aleksej Nešović, 6 Ermin Jazvin, 7 Goran Ikonić, 8 Milan Milošević, 9 Edin Bavčić, 10 Saša Vasiljević, 11 Elmedin Kikanović, 12 Mirza Teletović, 13 Henry Domercant, 14 Nihad Đedović, 15 Kenan Bajramović (Coach: Sabit Hadžić)
2013 EuroBasket: finished 12th among 24 teams
4 Muhamed Pašalić, 5 Ante Mašić, 6 Andrija Stipanović, 7 Marko Šutalo, 8 Zack Wright, 9 Edin Bavčić, 10 Nemanja Gordić, 11 Elmedin Kikanović, 12 Mirza Teletović, 13 Dalibor Peršić, 14 Nihad Đedović, 15 Nedžad Sinanović (Coach: Aleksandar Petrović)
2015 EuroBasket: finished 23rd among 24 teams
4 Muhamed Pašalić, 5 Nedim Buza, 6 Andrija Stipanović, 7 Marko Šutalo, 9 Edin Bavčić, 10 Nemanja Gordić, 11 Elmedin Kikanović (C), 13 Dalibor Peršić, 15 Milan Milošević, 20 Alex Renfroe, 23 Adin Vrabac, 30 Draško Albijanić (Coach: Duško Vujošević)
See also
- Sport in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bosnia and Herzegovina women's national basketball team
- Bosnia and Herzegovina men's national under-20 basketball team
- Bosnia and Herzegovina men's national under-18 and under-19 basketball team
- Bosnia and Herzegovina men's national under-16 and under-17 basketball team
Notes
- Owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, all matches in the November 2020 and February 2021 windows were played behind closed doors in select host cities.[8]
References
- "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
- "Bosnia and Herzegovina v Sweden EuroBasket 1993 game results". Archive.fiba.com. 24 June 1993.
- "Bosnia and Herzegovina at the EuroBasket 1993". Archive.fiba.com. 4 July 1993.
- "Bosnia and Herzegovina during the EuroBasket 2017 qualifiers". Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- "Bosnia and Herzegovina during the 2019 FIBA World Cup European Pre-Qualifiers". Retrieved 19 August 2017.
- "Bosnia and Herzegovina open World Cup Qualifiers with important win at home over Russia". Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- "Bosnia and Herzegovina during the 2019 FIBA World Cup European Qualifiers". Retrieved 24 February 2019.
- "Statement regarding the November 2020 and February 2021 Qualifiers". Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- "Kompletirana reprezentacija BiH, večeras treniralo 16 igrača". reprezentacija.ba. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
- "Bosnia and Herzegovina during the 2023 FIBA World Cup European Qualifiers in Feb. 2022". Retrieved 24 February 2022.
External links
- Official website (in Bosnian)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina at FIBA site
- Bosnia and Herzegovina National Team - Men at Eurobasket.com
- Bosnia and Herzegovina Basketball Records at FIBA Archive