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Croatia national basketball team
The Croatian national basketball team represents Croatia at international tournaments. It is organized by the Croatian Basketball Federation .
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Roster
2008 Olympic tournament roster
Croatia National Basketball Team roster
Players Coaches
Pos.
#
Name
Age
Ht.
Wt.
Club
1.0 PG 4
Ukić, Roko &0000000000000023.000000 23 - December 5, 1984(1984-12-05 ) 77 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Toronto Raptors Canada
1.5 G 5
Kus, Davor &0000000000000030.000000 30 - July 21, 1978(1978-07-21 ) 76 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) CB Málaga Spain
1.5 G 6
Popović, Marko &0000000000000026.000000 26 - June 12, 1982(1982-06-12 ) 73 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) UNICS Kazan Russia
3.0 SF 7
Rozić, Marin &0000000000000025.000000 25 - February 14, 1983(1983-02-14 ) 80 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) KK Cibona Croatia
4.5 F/C 8
Prkačin, Nikola (C) &0000000000000032.000000 32 - November 15, 1975(1975-11-15 ) 82 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) KK Cibona Croatia
2.5 G/F 9
Tomas, Marko &0000000000000023.000000 23 - January 3, 1985(1985-01-03 ) 79 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Real Madrid Baloncesto Spain
1.5 G 10
Planinić, Zoran &0000000000000025.000000 25 - September 12, 1982(1982-09-12 ) 79 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) PBC CSKA Moscow Russia
5.0 C 11
Nicević, Sandro &0000000000000032.000000 32 - June 16, 1976(1976-06-16 ) 83 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) Pallacanestro Treviso Italy
3.5 F 12
Rudež, Damjan &0000000000000022.000000 22 - June 17, 1986(1986-06-17 ) 82 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) KK Union Olimpija Slovenia
4.0 PF 13
Banić, Marko &0000000000000023.000000 23 - August 31, 1984(1984-08-31 ) 81 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) CB Bilbao Berri Spain
4.0 PF 14
Lončar, Krešimir &0000000000000025.000000 25 - February 12, 1983(1983-02-12 ) 83 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) UNICS Kazan Russia
5.0 C 15
Barać, Stanko &0000000000000021.000000 21 - August 13, 1986(1986-08-13 ) 85 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) TAU Ceramica Spain
Head coach
Assistant coach
Legend
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Famous players Players who played for Yugoslavia:
Players who played for both Yugoslavia and Croatia:
Players who played for Croatia:
Earlier history
Because Croatia was part of Yugoslavia until 1991, the Croatian players played for the Yugoslav national basketball team. Notable players from this period included Krešimir Ćosić , Petar Skansi , Željko Jerkov , Andro Knego , Zdravko Radulović . A number of famous players played for the Yugoslav team in the late 80s and for the Croatian team in the 90s.
Rosters 1992 Olympic Games: finished 2nd among 12 teams
Drazen Petrovic , Toni Kukoc , Dino Radja , Stojan Vrankovic , Zan Tabak , Arijan Komazec , Velimir Perasovic , Danko Cvjeticanin , Franjo Arapovic , Aramis Naglic , Vladan Alanovic , Alan Gregov (Coach: Petar Skansi )
1993 EuroBasket: finished 3rd among 16 teams
Dino Radja , Stojan Vrankovic , Zan Tabak , Arijan Komazec , Velimir Perasovic , Danko Cvjeticanin , Franjo Arapovic , Vladan Alanovic , Emilio Kovacic , Veljko Mrsic , Ivica Zuric , Alan Gregov (Coach: Mirko Novosel )
1994 World Championship: finished 3rd among 16 teams
Toni Kukoc , Dino Radja , Stojan Vrankovic , Arijan Komazec , Danko Cvjeticanin , Veljko Mrsic , Vladan Alanovic , Davor Pejcinovic , Josip Vrankovic , Alan Gregov , Ivica Zuric , Miro Juric (Coach: Josip Giuseppe "Pino" Djerdja )
1995 EuroBasket: finished 3rd among 14 teams
Toni Kukoc , Dino Radja , Stojan Vrankovic , Arijan Komazec , Velimir Perasovic , Vladan Alanovic , Veljko Mrsic , Ivica Zuric , Alan Gregov , Davor Pejcinovic , Josip Vrankovic , Ivica Maric (Coach: Aco Petrović )
1996 Olympic Games: finished 7th among 12 teams
Toni Kukoc , Dino Radja , Arijan Komazec , Stojan Vrankovic , Zan Tabak , Velimir Perasovic , Slaven Rimac , Damir Mulaomerovic , Veljko Mrsic , Vladan Alanovic , Josip Vrankovic , Davor Marcelic (Coach: Petar Skansi )
1997 EuroBasket: finished 11th among 16 teams
Damir Mulaomerovic , Gordan Giricek , Slaven Rimac , Josip Sesar , Nikola Prkacin , Vladan Alanovic , Emilio Kovacic , Davor Pejcinovic , Ivan Grgat , Davor Marcelic , Sinisa Kelecevic , Damir Milacic (Coach: Petar Skansi )
1998 World Championship: did not qualify
1999 EuroBasket: finished 9th among 16 teams
Toni Kukoč , Damir Mulaomerović , Gordan Giriček , Nikola Prkačin , Veljko Mršić , Nikola Vujčić , Vladimir Krstić , Gordan Zadravec , Joško Poljak , Jurica Ružić , Ivan Tomeljak , Hrvoje Henjak (Coach: Boško "Pepsi" Božić )
2000 Olympic Games: did not qualify
2001 EuroBasket: finished 7th among 16 teams
Damir Mulaomerović , Žan Tabak , Nikola Vujčić , Gordan Giriček , Nikola Prkačin , Josip Sesar , Veljko Mršić , Matej Mamić , Emilio Kovačić , Mate Skelin , Vladimir Krstić , Josip Vranković (Coach: Aco Petrović )
2002 World Championship: did not qualify
2003 EuroBasket: finished 12th among 16 teams
Damir Mulaomerović , Gordan Giriček , Zoran Planinić , Nikola Prkačin , Mate Skelin , Marko Popović , Andrija Žižić , Dalibor Bagarić , Matej Mamić , Sandro Nicević , Marino Baždarić , Hrvoje Perinčić (Coach: Neven Spahija )
2004 Olympic Games: did not qualify
2005 EuroBasket: finished 7th among 16 teams
Nikola Vujčić , Gordan Giriček , Zoran Planinić , Marko Popović , Roko Leni Ukić , Mario Kasun , Nikola Prkačin , Andrija Žižić , Dalibor Bagarić , Matej Mamić , Marko Tomas , Damir Rančić (Coach: Neven Spahija )
2006 World Championship: did not qualify
2007 EuroBasket: finished 6th among 16 teams
Zoran Planinić , Roko Leni Ukić , Marko Popović , Mario Kasun , Nikola Prkačin , Damir Markota , Marko Tomas , Mario Stojić , Davor Kus , Stanko Barać , Marin Rozić , Marko Banić (Coach: Jasmin Repeša )
