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Yugoslavian national basketball team

Yugoslavia
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FIBA ranking Defunct
Joined FIBA 1936
FIBA zone FIBA Europe
National federation Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia
Nickname(s) Plavi (Blues)
Olympic Games
Appearances 8
Medals Gold medal.svg Gold: 1980
Silver medal.svg Silver: 1968, 1976, 1988
Bronze medal.svg Bronze: 1984
FIBA World Cup
Appearances 10
Medals Gold medal with cup.svg Gold 1970, 1978, 1990
Silver medal with cup.svg Silver 1963, 1967, 1974
Bronze medal with cup.svg Bronze 1982, 1986
FIBA EuroBasket
Appearances 21
Medals Gold medal europe.svg Gold: 1973, 1975, 1977, 1989, 1991
Silver medal europe.svg Silver 1961, 1965, 1969, 1971, 1981
Bronze medal europe.svg Bronze 1963, 1979, 1987
Uniforms
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Light jersey
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Team colours
Light
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Dark jersey
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Team colours
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Medal record
Summer Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1980 Moscow
Silver medal – second place 1968 Mexico City
Silver medal – second place 1976 Montreal
Silver medal – second place 1988 Seoul
Bronze medal – third place 1984 Los Angeles
FIBA World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1970 Yugoslavia
Gold medal – first place 1978 Philippines
Gold medal – first place 1990 Argentina
Silver medal – second place 1963 Brazil
Silver medal – second place 1967 Uruguay
Silver medal – second place 1974 Puerto Rico
Bronze medal – third place 1982 Colombia
Bronze medal – third place 1986 Spain
FIBA EuroBasket
Gold medal – first place 1973 Spain
Gold medal – first place 1975 Yugoslavia
Gold medal – first place 1977 Belgium
Gold medal – first place 1989 Yugoslavia
Gold medal – first place 1991 Italy
Silver medal – second place 1961 Yugoslavia
Silver medal – second place 1965 Soviet Union
Silver medal – second place 1969 Italy
Silver medal – second place 1971 West Germany
Silver medal – second place 1981 Czechoslovakia
Bronze medal – third place 1963 Poland
Bronze medal – third place 1979 Italy
Bronze medal – third place 1987 Greece
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 1959 Beirut
Gold medal – first place 1967 Tunis
Gold medal – first place 1971 Izmir
Gold medal – first place 1975 Algiers
Gold medal – first place 1983 Casablanca
Silver medal – second place 1979 Split
Bronze medal – third place 1963 Naples
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 1987 Yugoslavia
Silver medal – second place 1979 Mexico City
Silver medal – second place 1983 Kobe
Bronze medal – third place 1981 Bucureşti

The Yugoslavian national basketball team (Serbo-Croatian: Košarkaška reprezentacija Jugoslavije / Кошаркашка репрезентација Југославије; Slovene: Jugoslovanska košarkarska reprezentanca; Macedonian: Кошаркарска репрезентација на Југославија); (Bosnian: Košarkaška reprezentacija Jugoslavije) represented Kingdom of Yugoslavia and Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1943 until 1992 in the international basketball matches and was controlled by the Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia (KSJ).

At the Summer Olympic Games, Yugoslavia captured one gold medal (1980), took the silver medal on three occasions (1968, 76, 88) and captured the bronze medal once (1984).

At the FIBA World Cup, Yugoslavia captured three gold medals (1970, 1978 and 1990), three silver medals (1963, 1967, 1974) and two bronze medals (1982, 1986).


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