FIBA zone FIBA Europe Light Dark Location Montenegro Joined FIBA 2006 | Appearances 3 Coach Bogdan Tanjević | |
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The Montenegrin national basketball team represents Montenegro in men's international basketball tournaments. It is organized by the Basketball Federation of Montenegro (Montenegrin: Кошаркашки Савез Црне Горе, КСЦГ; Košarkaški Savez Crne Gore, KSCG), which is the governing body of basketball in Montenegro. This team competes in the European region of FIBA.
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Period 2006-2014
In 2006, the Basketball Federation of Montenegro along with this team joined the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) on its own following the Independence of Montenegro.
The Montenegrin national team entered international competition in 2008, and appointed Duško Vujošević as the national coach. Montenegro started from FIBA Division B, where they won first place on their first competitive season. Since becoming a separate team, Montenegro have won 13 official games in a row, until losing to Israel in August 2010.
At that time, NBA players like Nikola Vučević and Nikola Peković became most known players of Montenegrin national basketball team.
In their first qualifiers for EuroBasket, Montenegro finished first in group. So, team qualified for Eurobasket 2011, where they played five games in the first phase - with one win and four loses. Coach of Montenegro at their first ever EuroBasket was Dejan Radonjić.
In August 2012, with the new coach Luka Pavićević, Montenegro started qualifiers for Eurobasket 2013. Again, they won first place, but without any defeat from 10 matches. Notable matches were against Serbia, first after the two countries separated. Montenegro won both games, and victory in Belgrade (73:71), in front of 18,000 spectators, is gained by Nikola Ivanović three-point shot from the center, one second before the end of match.
As a first-placed team in qualifiers, Montenegro participated at Eurobasket 2013 in Slovenia. They made better result than 2011, with two wins and three defeats, but that was not enough for second phase of EuroBasket.
First unsuccessful qualifying campaign since independence, Montenegro had during the 2014. Surprisingly, group stage at the EuroBasket 2015 qualification, Montenegro finished third, so they failed to qualify for final tournament.
Period 2015-
At 2015, new coach of Montenegro became Bogdan Tanjević, who is born in Montenegro, and during the past coached Montenegrin strongest team KK Budućnost Podgorica. As national team earlier failed to qualify for EuroBasket 2015, they participated on Games of the Small States of Europe on Iceland (European countries with less than million citizens) and easily won a gold medal.
In summer 2016, Montenegro started competition in EuroBasket 2017 qualifiers, with the only ambition to qualify for their third final tournament since independence. In a group with Georgia, Slovakia and Albania, Montenegro finished as a second-placed team, with one defeat, and qualified for EuroBasket 2017.
Competitive record
Montenegro played three times at FIBA EuroBasket (2011, 2013, 2017). Among the other competitions, as a country with less than million inhabitants, Montenegro participated at the Games of the Small States of Europe 2015 and won first place.
Current roster
Roster for the EuroBasket 2017 qualification.
Head coaches
Since independence, all head coaches were Montenegrin-born. First head coach of Montenegro was Duško Vujošević. With him, Montenegro won FIBA B division championship (2009). From 2010 to 2012, Montenegro was coached by Dejan Radonjić and, for the first time played on Eurobasket (2011). At their next Eurobasket participation (2013) Montenegro was led by Luka Pavićević. From 2015, head coach of Montenegro is Bogdan Tanjević.
Notable former players
Records
List of official matches
Montenengro played its first official match at September 2008. There is a List of official matches of the Montenegro national basketball team.
Opponents
Below is the list of performances of Montenegro national basketball team against every single opponent.
Last update: September 2016.