Federal Republic of Yugoslavia national basketball team
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| FIBA ranking | 3  3 |
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| Joined FIBA | 1992 | ||
| FIBA zone | FIBA Europe | ||
| National federation | KSS | ||
| Coach | Aleksandar Đorđević | ||
| Nickname(s) | Orlovi (The Eagles) | ||
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| Appearances | 4 | ||
| Medals |
 Silver: 1996, 2016
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| FIBA World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 5 | ||
| Medals |
 Gold: 1998, 2002 Silver: 2014
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| EuroBasket | |||
| Appearances | 12 | ||
| Medals |
 Gold: 1995, 1997, 2001 Silver: 2009 Bronze: 1999
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Medal record
 Serbia and Montenegro/ Serbia
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The Serbian national basketball team (Serbian: Кошаркашка репрезентација Србије / Košarkaška reprezentacija Srbije) represents Serbia in international basketball matches and is controlled by the Basketball Federation of Serbia. Serbia is currently ranked third in the FIBA World Rankings.
With the start of Yugoslav Wars in 1991, the mighty team of Yugoslavia was disbanded. The players were selected from the population of over 23 million people and basketball infrastructure evenly distributed all over the six states which formed the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The national team was suspended from participating in 1992 Summer Olympics, EuroBasket 1993 and 1994 FIBA World Championship due to the ongoing war and sanctions imposed on newly formed country of FR Yugoslavia, which was consisted of Serbia and Montenegro, and had less then half the population of former country.
Without much sponsorship of war-impoverished country, the national team made its comeback to the international scene at the EuroBasket 1995 in Greece, where the national team won the gold medal after defeating Lithuania in gold-medal game. At the 1996 Summer Olympics the team lost with 69–95 to the United States in gold-medal game. The national team won the gold medal at the EuroBasket 1997, 1998 FIBA World Championship, EuroBasket 2001 and bronze medal at the EuroBasket 1999.
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