Croatia national basketball team
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| FIBA ranking | 12  1 |
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| Joined FIBA | 1992 | ||
| FIBA zone | FIBA Europe | ||
| National federation | Croatian Basketball Federation | ||
| Coach | Aleksandar Petrović | ||
| Nickname(s) | Kockasti | ||
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| Appearances | 4 (First in 1992) | ||
| Medals |
 Silver: (1992) |
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| FIBA World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 3 (First in 1994) | ||
| Medals |
 Bronze: (1994) |
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| EuroBasket | |||
| Appearances | 13 (First in 1993) | ||
| Medals |
 Bronze: (1993, 1995) |
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1992 Barcelona | Team |
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1994 Canada | |
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1993 Germany | |
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1995 Greece | |
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2009 Pescara | Team |
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1993 Languedoc-Roussillon | Team |
The Croatia men's national basketball team (Croatian: Hrvatska muška košarkaška reprezentacija) represents Croatia at international basketball tournaments. It is organized by the Croatian Basketball Federation (Croatian: Hrvatski košarkaški savez).
The biggest success Croatia has achieved was at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics when the team reached the finals against the United States team and won the silver medal. Croatia has also won one bronze medal at the FIBA World Cup and two bronze medals at the FIBA EuroBasket.
Croatia's Krešimir Ćosić, Dražen Petrović, and Mirko Novosel are members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Ćosić being inducted in 1996 as a player, Petrović in 2002, also as a player, and Novosel in 2007, as a coach. Petrović, Ćosić, and Novosel are also 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.
Croatia played its first unofficial friendly game on 2 June 1964 in Karlovac. 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 Russel 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.
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