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Yugoslavia men's national under-18 basketball team

Main article: Yugoslavia men's national basketball team

Yugoslavia men's national under-18 basketball team

Medal record
Men's Basketball
Representing  Yugoslavia
European Championship for Juniors
	1972 Zadar
	1974 Orléans
	1976 Santiago
	1986 Vöcklabruck, Gmunden
	1988 Titov Vrbas, Srbobran
	1966 Porto San Giorgio
	1968 Vigo
	1980 Celje
	1982 Dimitrovgrad, Haskovo
	1978 Rosetto, Teramo
	1984 Huskvarna, Katrineholm

The Yugoslavia men's national under-18 basketball team (Serbo-Croatian: Juniorska košarkaška reprezentacija Jugoslavije) was the boys' basketball team, administered by Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia, that represented SFR Yugoslavia in international under-18 (under age 18) men's basketball competitions, consisted mainly of the European Championship for Juniors, nowadays known as the FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship.

After the dissolution of SFR Yugoslavia in 1991, the successor countries all set up their own national under-18 teams. Serbia and Croatia teams won the Championship for three times each, as of 2017.

Several team members have been inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame, including players Krešimir Ćosić, Mirza Delibašić, Zoran Slavnić, Dragan Kićanović, Vlade Divac, Jure Zdovc, Toni Kukoč, Dražen Petrović, and coaches Ranko Žeravica, Bogdan Tanjević, Mirko Novosel, Dušan Ivković, and Svetislav Pešić. Also, Dino Rađa, Divac, Petrović, Kukoč, and Novosel are members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Bogdan Tanjević is the only individual who respresented the team both as a player (1964) and a head coach (1974).

Individual awards[edit]

Top Scorer

• Vinko Jelovac — 1968

Competitive record[edit]

Year	Pos.	GP	W	L	Ref.
1964	7th	5	2	3	[1]
1966		5	4	1	[2]
1968		7	6	1	[3]
1970	4th	7	4	3	[4]
1972		7	7	0	[5]
1974		9	9	0	[6]
1976		8	7	1	[7]
1978		7	6	1	[8]
1980		7	6	1	[9]
1982		7	6	1	[10]
1984		7	5	2	[11]
1986		7	7	0	[12]
1988		7	7	0	[13]
1990	5th	7	4	3	[14]
Total	14/14	97	82	17

Coaches[edit]

Rosters[edit]

New national teams[edit]

After the dissolution of SFR Yugoslavia in 1991, five new countries were created: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR Macedonia, FR Yugoslavia (in 2003, renamed to Serbia and Montenegro) and Slovenia. In 2006, Montenegro became an independent nation and Serbia became the legal successor of Serbia and Montenegro. In 2008, Kosovo declared independence from Serbia and became a FIBA member in 2015.

Here is a list of men's national under-18 teams on the SFR Yugoslavia area:

•  Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992–present)
•  Croatia (1992–present)
•  North Macedonia (1993–present)
•  Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006)
  •  Montenegro (2006–present)
  •  Serbia (2006–present)
    •  Kosovo (2015–present)
•  Slovenia (1992–present)

See also[edit]

• Yugoslavia men's national under-19 basketball team
• Yugoslavia men's national under-16 basketball team

References[edit]