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Croatian national basketball team

Croatia Croatia
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FIBA ranking 11 Increase
Joined FIBA 1992
FIBA zone FIBA Europe
National federation Croatian Basketball Federation
Coach Aleksandar Petrović
Nickname(s) Kockasti
Olympic Games
Appearances 4 (First in 1992)
Medals Silver medal.svg Silver: (1992)
FIBA World Cup
Appearances 3 (First in 1994)
Medals BronzeBronze: (1994)
EuroBasket
Appearances 13 (First in 1993)
Medals Bronze medal europe.svg Bronze: (1993, 1995)
Uniforms
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Light jersey
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Team colours
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Dark jersey
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Team colours
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Olympic medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1992 Barcelona Team
FIBA World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Canada
EuroBasket
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Germany
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Greece
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2009 Pescara Team
Silver medal – second place 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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