Yugoslavia men's national under-16 basketball team
The Yugoslavia men's national under-16 basketball team was the boy's basketball team, administered by Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia, that represented SFR Yugoslavia in international under-16 men's basketball competitions, consisted mainly of the European Championship for Cadets, nowadays known as the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship.
After the dissolution of SFR Yugoslavia in 1991, the successor countries all set up their [|own national] under-16 teams. Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Croatia teams won the Championship, as of 2017.
Several members of the team have been inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame, including players Mirza Delibašić, Vlade Divac, Dragan Kićanović, Toni Kukoč, Dražen Petrović, and coach Mirko Novosel. Also, Petrović and Novosel are members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Individual awards
Top Scorer- Dražen Petrović — 1981
- Arijan Komazec – 1987
Competitive record
Year | |||||
1971 | 7 | 6 | 1 | ||
1973 | 9 | 6 | 3 | ||
1975 | 6 | 5 | 1 | ||
1977 | 7 | 5 | 2 | ||
1979 | 7 | 7 | 0 | ||
1981 | 5th | 7 | 4 | 3 | |
1983 | 7 | 6 | 1 | ||
1985 | 7 | 6 | 1 | ||
1987 | 7 | 7 | 0 | ||
1989 | 7 | 5 | 2 | ||
1991 | 8th | 7 | 3 | 4 | |
Total | 11/11 | 78 | 60 | 18 |
Coaches
Rosters
New national teams
After the dissolution of SFR Yugoslavia in 1991, five new countries were created: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR Macedonia, FR Yugoslavia 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-16 teams on the SFR Yugoslavia area:
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