Bosnia and Herzegovina men's national basketball team

The Bosnia and Herzegovina men's national basketball team (Bosnian: Košarkaška reprezentacija Bosne i Hercegovine / Кошаркашка репрезентација Босне и Херцеговине) represents Bosnia and Herzegovina in international basketball competitions, and is governed by the Basketball Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Until 1992, Bosnian basketballers played for Yugoslavia.

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Bosnia and Herzegovina women's national basketball team.

Bosnia and Herzegovina
FIBA ranking40 Decrease 5 (15 September 2023)[1]
Joined FIBA1992
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationKSBIH
CoachAdis Bećiragić
Nickname(s)Zmajevi (The Dragons)
Zlatni ljiljani (The Golden Lilies)
FIBA World Cup
AppearancesNone
EuroBasket
Appearances10
MedalsNone
First international
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 97–69 Slovakia 
(Wrocław, Poland; 30 May 1993)
Biggest win
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 92–53 Cyprus 
(Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina; 21 November 2001)
 Cyprus 56–95 Bosnia and Herzegovina 
(Nicosia, Cyprus; 20 November 2002)
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 88–49 Bulgaria 
(Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina; 27 November 2020)
Biggest defeat
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 52–102 France 
(Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina; 29 June 2018)

Bosnia and Herzegovina reached their first international tournament at the EuroBasket in 1993. They have competed nine times at the event overall. The team has yet to qualify on the global level to play at the FIBA World Cup.

History

Until 1992, Bosnia and Herzegovina was a part of Yugoslavia, which meant players born in Bosnia and Herzegovina played for the Yugoslavia national team. Between 1947 and 1992, the following Bosnia-born players were selected to play for the Yugoslavia national team at the biggest competitions (Olympics, World Cup, and EuroBasket) at least once: Mirza Delibašić, Dražen Dalipagić, Predrag Danilović, Zoran Savić, Ratko Radovanović, Borislav Stanković, Milan Bjegojević, Dragiša Vučinić, Sabit Hadžić, Emir Mutapčić, and Mario Primorac. During this time, Bosnia and Herzegovina's capital city, Sarajevo, was one of five locations where games were played during the 1970 FIBA World Cup; where Yugoslavia finished in first place, the team's first gold medal at the FIBA World Cup.

After gaining its independence from Yugoslavia, Bosnia and Herzegovina qualified to the EuroBasket for the first time in 1993. Entering the tournament, Bosnia and Herzegovina earned their first ever EuroBasket victory in their final Group A match against Sweden.[2] The team would go on to make it to the quarter-finals before losing to the eventual bronze medalists Croatia, which sent the team into the classification phase to finish out the competition.[3]

After a positive showing for the national team in their first EuroBasket appearance, they would fail to qualify for the tournament in 1995. However, Bosnia and Herzegovina would turn around to qualify for the continental showpiece five consecutive times (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005). Although after that stretch for the national team, they would only qualify for the Euros three times after 2005 until 2015. Heading toward qualification for EuroBasket 2017, Bosnia and Herzegovina came up short in their attempt to qualify to the EuroBasket for the first time since 2009.[4]

For qualification to reach the 2019 FIBA World Cup, Bosnia and Herzegovina first went through European Pre-Qualifiers, where the team won four out of their six matches (4–2) to advance.[5] Entering the first round of the qualifiers, the national team earned a tough win at home against Russia 81–76.[6] After the win, Bosnia and Herzegovina would pull out one more victory during the rest of the first round of qualifying to position itself to advance. In the second and final round of 2019 World Cup qualifying, the team lost its first five matches by single digits before defeating Bulgaria. However, the five crucial losses ultimately eliminated the team from clinching qualification.[7]

In 2022, Bosnia and Herzegovina were set to play in the EuroBasket 2022 but were in danger on missing out on the tournament due to a lack of funds, just weeks before the start.[8] Eventually, the federation received 150,000 convertible marks in financial aid from the Bosnian government, to ensure participation in the tournament.[9]

Competitive record

Results and fixtures

  Win   Loss

2023
23 February 2023 Bosnia and Herzegovina  74–66  Montenegro Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
20:00 (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 16–18, 20–11, 20–18
Pts: Roberson 19
Rebs: Kamenjaš 10
Asts: Roberson 6		 Boxscore Pts: Perry 19
Rebs: Radović 11
Asts: Perry 5		 Arena: Dvorana Mejdan
Attendance: 5,200
Referees: Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Gatis Saliņš (LAT)
26 February 2023 Hungary  87–77  Bosnia and Herzegovina Szombathely, Hungary
19:00 (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 19–23, 27–14, 17–23, 24–17
Pts: Benke 19
Rebs: Eilingsfeld, Keller 8
Asts: Somogyi 12		 Boxscore Pts: Roberson 22
Rebs: Kamenjaš, Vrabac 6
Asts: Gegić 6		 Arena: Arena Savaria
Attendance: 2,903
Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Wojciech Liszka (POL), Yener Yılmaz (TUR)
13 August 2023 Portugal  75–84  Bosnia and Herzegovina Gliwice, Poland
16:00 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 24–17, 16–20, 14–21, 21–26
Pts: Lisboa 22
Rebs: Brito 8
Asts: three players 4		 Boxscore Pts: Musa 21
Rebs: Garza 12
Asts: Atić 10		 Arena: Gliwice Arena
Attendance: 1,263
Referees: Gvidas Gedvilas (LTU), Martin Horozov (BUL), Mehmet Karabilecen (TUR)
14 August 2023 Bosnia and Herzegovina  76–85  Poland Gliwice, Poland
20:30 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 19–27, 18–23, 18–20, 21–15
Pts: Nurkić 17
Rebs: Nurkić 8
Asts: Atić 8		 Boxscore Pts: Ponitka, Sokołowski 22
Rebs: Ponitka 9
Asts: Ponitka 7		 Arena: Gliwice Arena
Attendance: 2,754
Referees: Nicolás Maestre (FRA), Kerem Baki (TUR), Gvidas Gedvilas (LTU)
16 August 2023 Hungary  78–103  Bosnia and Herzegovina Gliwice, Poland
21:00 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 16–36, 12–21, 24–26, 26–20
Pts: Perl 21
Rebs: Golomán 5
Asts: Perl 5		 Boxscore Pts: Musa 26
Rebs: Nurkić 10
Asts: Musa 7		 Arena: Gliwice Arena
Attendance: 764
Referees: Oskars Lucis (LAT), Sergii Zashchuk (UKR), Ariadna Chueca (ESP)
18 August 2023 Bosnia and Herzegovina  86–77  Israel Gliwice, Poland
20:30 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 20–22, 16–11, 23–19, 27–25
Pts: Garza 24
Rebs: Nurkić 14
Asts: Musa 5		 Boxscore Pts: Sorkin 28
Rebs: Sorkin 9
Asts: Ziv 8		 Arena: Gliwice Arena
Attendance: 1,260
Referees: Oskars Lucis (LAT), Zafer Yılmaz (TUR), Sergii Zashchuk (UKR)
20 August 2023 Bosnia and Herzegovina  72–76  Poland Gliwice, Poland
14:15 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 23–23, 16–17, 15–14, 18–22
Pts: Lazić 16
Rebs: Nurkić 12
Asts: Atić 9		 Boxscore Pts: Sokołowski 16
Rebs: Ponitka 8
Asts: Ponitka 5		 Arena: Gliwice Arena
Attendance: 5,256
Referees: Oskars Lucis (LAT), Nicolás Maestre (FRA), Zafer Yılmaz (TUR)

2024
23 February 2024 Cyprus  vs.  Bosnia and Herzegovina Cyprus
Boxscore
26 February 2024 Bosnia and Herzegovina  vs.  France Bosnia and Herzegovina
Boxscore
21 November 2024 Croatia  vs.  Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia
Boxscore
24 November 2024 Bosnia and Herzegovina  vs.  Croatia Bosnia and Herzegovina
Boxscore

2025
21 February 2025 Bosnia and Herzegovina  vs.  Cyprus Bosnia and Herzegovina
Boxscore
24 February 2025 France  vs.  Bosnia and Herzegovina France
Boxscore

Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2024 Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament held between 12 and 20 August 2023 in Gliwice, Poland.[10]

Bosnia and Herzegovina men's national basketball team roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
C 0 Jusuf Nurkić 28 – (1994-08-23)23 August 1994 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Phoenix Suns United States
PF 3 Amar Alibegović 28 – (1995-03-31)31 March 1995 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Çağdaş Bodrumspor Turkey
PG 4 Adi Zahiragić 28 – (1995-02-24)24 February 1995 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Bosna Meridianbet Bosnia and Herzegovina
SG 5 Edin Atić 26 – (1997-01-19)19 January 1997 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Igokea Bosnia and Herzegovina
PF 7 Miralem Halilović (C) 32 – (1991-07-22)22 July 1991 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Galatasaray Nef Turkey
G 9 Amar Gegić 25 – (1998-02-14)14 February 1998 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Paris France
SF 13 Džanan Musa 24 – (1999-05-08)8 May 1999 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Real Madrid Spain
SF 17 Aleksandar Lazić 27 – (1996-06-10)10 June 1996 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Budućnost Montenegro
SF 27 Adin Vrabac 29 – (1994-01-27)27 January 1994 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Mons-Hainaut Belgium
SF 30 Haris Delalić 29 – (1994-04-24)24 April 1994 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Igokea Bosnia and Herzegovina
C 34 Kenan Kamenjaš 23 – (2000-01-17)17 January 2000 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Budućnost Montenegro
C 55 Luka Garza 24 – (1998-12-27)27 December 1998 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Minnesota Timberwolves United States
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Gordan Firić
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Hajrudin Prolić
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina Azur Sakić
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the competition
  • Age – describes age
    on 11 August 2023

Depth chart
Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Jusuf Nurkić Miralem Halilović Kenan Kamenjaš
PF Luka Garza Amar Alibegović
SF Aleksandar Lazić Adin Vrabac Haris Delalić
SG Džanan Musa Amar Gegić
PG Edin Atić Adi Zahiragić

Notable players

Current notable players from Bosnia and Herzegovina:

Notable players roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
PG John Roberson 34 – (1988-10-28)28 October 1988 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Manisa Turkey
G Sani Čampara 24 – (1999-03-03)3 March 1999 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Zadar Croatia
PF Ajdin Penava 26 – (1997-03-11)11 March 1997 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Spójnia Poland
C Đorđe Topolović 21 – (2001-10-07)7 October 2001 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Osijek Croatia
C Ismet Sejfić 29 – (1993-09-07)7 September 1993 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Ylli Kosovo
C Emir Ahmedović 28 – (1994-11-08)8 November 1994 2.17 m (7 ft 1 in) Šenčur Slovenia
G Adnan Arslanagić 25 – (1997-08-26)26 August 1997 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Ilirija Slovenia
F Vojin Ilić 23 – (2000-08-09)9 August 2000 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Budućnost Montenegro
F Amsel Delalić 20 – (2003-07-24)24 July 2003 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Borac Banja Luka Bosnia and Herzegovina
G Harun Zrno 19 – (2004-03-01)1 March 2004 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Valmiera Ordo Latvia
G Filip Adamović 34 – (1988-12-15)15 December 1988 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Mons-Hainaut Belgium
F Rijad Avdić 25 – (1998-07-02)2 July 1998 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Spars Bosnia and Herzegovina
F Nedim Buza 28 – (1995-05-10)10 May 1995 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Spars Bosnia and Herzegovina
F Nedim Đedović 26 – (1997-02-16)16 February 1997 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Morón Spain
C Ibrahim Durmo 26 – (1997-01-15)15 January 1997 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Metalac Serbia
G Aleksa Gatarić 21 – (2002-04-19)19 April 2002 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Spars Bosnia and Herzegovina
G Nemanja Gordić 34 – (1988-09-25)25 September 1988 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Cluj Napoca Romania
G Almir Hasandić 32 – (1990-10-19)19 October 1990 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Sloboda Tuzla Bosnia and Herzegovina
G Draško Knežević 30 – (1993-02-03)3 February 1993 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Borac Banja Luka Bosnia and Herzegovina
C Markus Lončar 27 – (1996-04-08)8 April 1996 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Cedevita Junior Croatia
F Milan Milošević 37 – (1985-09-26)26 September 1985 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Unattached
SG Zinedin Mulić 19 – (2004-01-15)15 January 2004 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) Spars Bosnia and Herzegovina
F Lazar Mutić 24 – (1999-01-06)6 January 1999 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Almansa Spain
G Muhamed Pašalić 35 – (1987-08-27)27 August 1987 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Mons-Hainaut Belgium
C Imran Polutak 27 – (1996-07-09)9 July 1996 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) Alkar Croatia
C Njegoš Sikiraš 23 – (1999-09-11)11 September 1999 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Borac Banja Luka Bosnia and Herzegovina
C Andrija Stipanović 36 – (1986-12-18)18 December 1986 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) Cluj Napoca Romania
PF Emir Sulejmanović 28 – (1995-07-13)13 July 1995 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Bilbao Spain
G Darko Talić 25 – (1998-02-23)23 February 1998 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Igokea Bosnia and Herzegovina
C Obrad Tomić 30 – (1993-04-08)8 April 1993 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Rapla Estonia
G Tihomir Vranješ 27 – (1995-10-24)24 October 1995 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Osijek Croatia
F Jure Zubac 28 – (1995-03-15)15 March 1995 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Mons-Hainaut Belgium
Legend
  • Club – describes current club
  • Age – describes age
    on 11 August 2023

Records
Players in bold are still active.

Head coach history

Past rosters

1993 EuroBasket: finished 8th among 16 teams

4 Samir Selešković, 5 Gordan Firić, 6 Adis Bećiragić, 8 Senad Begović, 9 Ilijas Masnić, 10 Mario Primorac, 11 Samir Avdić,
12 Emir Mutapčić, 13 Emir Halimić, 14 Sabahudin Bilalović (Coach: Bosnia and Herzegovina Ibrahim Krehić)

1997 EuroBasket: finished 15th among 16 teams

4 Nenad Marković, 5 Gordan Firić, 6 Adis Bećiragić, 7 Samir Lerić, 8 Azur Korlatović, 9 Sejo Bukva, 10 Samir Selešković,
11 Samir Avdić, 12 Elvir Ovčina, 13 Dževad Alihodžić, 14 Adnan Hodžić, 15 Haris Mujezinović (Coach: Bosnia and Herzegovina Sabit Hadžić)

1999 EuroBasket: finished 15th among 16 teams

4 Nenad Marković, 5 Gordan Firić, 6 Adis Bećiragić, 7 Samir Lerić, 8 Ivan Opačak, 9 Jasmin Hukić, 10 Damir Mirković, 11 Tarik Valjevac,
12 Dževad Alihodžić, 13 Elvir Ovčina, 15 Haris Mujezinović (Coach: Bosnia and Herzegovina Sabit Hadžić)

2001 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 16 teams

4 Nenad Marković, 5 Gordan Firić, 6 Goran Terzić, 7 Samir Lerić, 8 Ivan Opačak, 9 Jasmin Hukić, 10 Siniša Kovačević, 11 Bariša Krasić,
12 Damir Mršić, 13 Ramiz Suljanović, 14 Elvir Ovčina, 15 Haris Mujezinović (Coach: Bosnia and Herzegovina Sabit Hadžić)

2003 EuroBasket: finished 15th among 16 teams

4 Terrel Castle, 5 Elvir Ovčina, 6 Damir Krupalija, 7 Samir Lerić, 8 Želimir Stevanović, 9 Jasmin Hukić, 10 Siniša Kovačević,
11 Bariša Krasić, 12 Damir Mršić, 13 Kenan Bajramović, 14 Mirza Teletović, 15 Haris Mujezinović (Coach: Bosnia and Herzegovina Draško Prodanović)

2005 EuroBasket: finished 15th among 16 teams

4 Vedran Princ, 5 Elvir Ovčina, 6 Mirza Teletović, 7 Samir Lerić, 8 Edin Bavčić, 9 Henry Domercant, 10 Siniša Kovačević,
11 Mujo Tuljković, 12 Damir Mršić, 13 Jasmin Hukić, 14 Aleksandar Radojević, 15 Kenan Bajramović (Coach: Bosnia and Herzegovina Mensur Bajramović)

2011 EuroBasket: finished 19th among 24 teams

4 Nemanja Gordić, 5 Aleksej Nešović, 6 Ermin Jazvin, 7 Goran Ikonić, 8 Milan Milošević, 9 Edin Bavčić, 10 Saša Vasiljević,
11 Elmedin Kikanović, 12 Mirza Teletović, 13 Henry Domercant, 14 Nihad Đedović, 15 Kenan Bajramović (Coach: Bosnia and Herzegovina Sabit Hadžić)

2013 EuroBasket: finished 12th among 24 teams

4 Muhamed Pašalić, 5 Ante Mašić, 6 Andrija Stipanović, 7 Marko Šutalo, 8 Zack Wright, 9 Edin Bavčić, 10 Nemanja Gordić,
11 Elmedin Kikanović, 12 Mirza Teletović, 13 Dalibor Peršić, 14 Nihad Đedović, 15 Nedžad Sinanović (Coach: Croatia Aleksandar Petrović)

2015 EuroBasket: finished 23rd among 24 teams

4 Muhamed Pašalić, 5 Nedim Buza, 6 Andrija Stipanović, 7 Marko Šutalo, 9 Edin Bavčić, 10 Nemanja Gordić, 11 Elmedin Kikanović (C),
13 Dalibor Peršić, 15 Milan Milošević, 20 Alex Renfroe, 23 Adin Vrabac, 30 Draško Albijanić (Coach: Montenegro Duško Ivanović)

2022 EuroBasket: finished 18th among 24 teams

0 Jusuf Nurkić, 2 John Roberson, 5 Edin Atić, 7 Miralem Halilović (C), 9 Amar Gegić, 11 Kenan Kamenjaš, 12 Sani Čampara,
13 Džanan Musa, 15 Ajdin Penava, 17 Aleksandar Lazić, 22 Emir Sulejmanović, 27 Adin Vrabac (Coach: Bosnia and Herzegovina Adis Bećiragić)

Kit
Supplier Period
Serbia NAAI 2015
Bosnia and Herzegovina Haad 2015
Bosnia and Herzegovina No1 2016–present

See also

References
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