The Yugoslavia men's national under-19 basketball team, commonly referred to as the Yugoslavia men's national junior basketball team (), was the boys' basketball team, administered by Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia, that represented SFR Yugoslavia in international under-19 men's basketball competitions, consisting mainly of the World Championship for Junior Men.
The team qualified for all four World Cups between 1979 and 1991.
After the dissolution of SFR Yugoslavia in 1991, the successor countries all set up their own national under-19 teams. Serbia won the Championship in 2007.
Several members of the team have been inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame, including players Vlade Divac, Jure Zdovc and Toni Kukoč and coach Svetislav Pešić, while players Divac, Kukoč, and Dino Rađa are members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
In 2017, 250 Steps, a film about the 1987 gold medal, was released.
Individual awards Most Valuable Player Toni Kukoč — 1987 Dejan Bodiroga – 1991
U19 World Championship record
Year 1979 4th 8 5 3 1983 8th 9 3 6 1987 7 7 0 1991 4th 8 3 5 Total 4/4 32 18 14
Coaches Years Head coach Assistant coach(es) 1979 Luka Stančić 1983 Rusmir Halilović 1987 Svetislav Pešić Dejan Srzić 1991 Duško Vujošević Dejan Srzić, Kosta Jankov
Players 1979 Championship1983 Championship1987 Championship1991 Championship4 Emir Mutapčić 5 Zoran Radović6 Darko Petronijević7 Davor Dogan8 Milan Medić9 Zoran Čutura10 Željko Obradović11 Žarko Đurišić 12 Đordano Baković 13 Goran Grbović14 Milenko Savović 15 Sabahudin Bilalović 4 Saša Radunović5 Velimir Perasović6 Franjo Arapović7 Jure Zdovc8 Zoran Jovanović9 Dragan Lukenda10 Nebojša Bukumirović11 Goran Sobin 12 Danko Cvjetićanin13 Ivica Mavrenski14 Ivo Petović15 Aleksandar Milivojša 4 Zoran Kalpić 5 Luka Pavićević 6 Nebojša Ilić 7 Toni Kukoč 8 Miroslav Pecarski 9 Teoman Alibegović 10 Aleksandar Đorđević 11 Samir Avdić 12 Vlade Divac 13 Radenko Dobraš 14 Dino Rađa 15 Slaviša Koprivica4 Dejan Bodiroga5 Petar Arsić6 Nikola Lončar7 Veljko Mršić8 Gavrilo Pajović9 Teo Čizmić10 Željko Topalović 11 Željko Rebrača 12 Velibor Radović13 Mlađan Šilobad14 Dragan Tarlać15 Zvonimir Ridl
New national teams After the dissolution of SFR Yugoslavia in 1991, five new countries were created: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia (in 2019, renamed to North 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-19 teams on the SFR Yugoslavia area: Country FIBAaffiliation FIBAdisaffiliation Team 1992 - They have not played in any U19 tournament yet 1992 - 2015 - They have not played in any U19 tournament yet 2006 - They have not played in any U19 tournament yet 1993 - They have not played in any U19 tournament yet 2006 - 1992 2006 They never played in any U19 tournament 1992 -
See also Yugoslavia men's national basketball team Yugoslavia men's national under-18 basketball team Yugoslavia men's national under-16 basketball team Yugoslavia women's national under-19 basketball team
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