Serbia men's national basketball team

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

Serbia
FIBA ranking2 Increase 2 (15 August 2024)[1]
Joined FIBA1936[2]
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationKSS
CoachSvetislav Pešić
Nickname(s)Орлови, Оrlovi
(The Eagles)
Olympic Games
Appearances5
MedalsSilver Silver: (1996, 2016)
Bronze Bronze: (2024)
FIBA World Cup
Appearances7
MedalsGold Gold: (1998, 2002)
Silver Silver: (2014, 2023)
EuroBasket
Appearances13
MedalsGold Gold: (1995, 1997, 2001)
Silver Silver: (2009, 2017)
Bronze Bronze: (1999)
First international
FR Yugoslavia 93–87 Bulgaria 
(Sofia, Bulgaria; 31 May 1995)[3]
Biggest win
FR Yugoslavia 128–61 China 
(Atlanta, United States; 30 July 1996)[4]
Biggest defeat
 Serbia 92–129 United States 
(Madrid, Spain; 14 September 2014)
Medal record
Representing FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro /  Serbia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1996 Atlanta Team
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris Team
FIBA World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1998 Greece
Gold medal – first place 2002 United States
Silver medal – second place 2014 Spain
Silver medal – second place 2023 Philippines–Japan–Indonesia
EuroBasket
Gold medal – first place 1995 Greece
Gold medal – first place 1997 Spain
Gold medal – first place 2001 Turkey
Silver medal – second place 2009 Poland
Silver medal – second place 2017 Turkey
Bronze medal – third place 1999 France
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal – second place 2013 Mersin Team
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Bari Team
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2001 Beijing
Gold medal – first place 2003 Daegu
Gold medal – first place 2009 Belgrade
Gold medal – first place 2011 Shenzhen
Silver medal – second place 1999 Palma de Mallorca
Silver medal – second place 2007 Bangkok
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Izmir
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Kazan

The Serbia men's national basketball team (Serbian: Кошаркашка репрезентација Србије, romanized: Košarkaška reprezentacija Srbije) represents Serbia in international men's basketball competition, and is controlled by the Basketball Federation of Serbia. Serbia is currently ranked second in the FIBA World Ranking.[5]

From 1992 to 2003, the national team played in international tournaments under the name FR Yugoslavia, and from 2003 to 2006, under the name Serbia and Montenegro. Following Montenegro’s declaration of independence in 2006, the Basketball Federation of Serbia retained the place of the Basketball Federation of Serbia and Montenegro as a FIBA member,[6] and Serbia thus officially inherited all of the preceding country's results and medals.

  1. ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 15 August 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Profile: Serbia (SRB)". fiba.com. FIBA. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Atina, 2.juli 1995". 2 July 2015.
  4. ^ "archive.fiba.com". archive.fiba.com.
  5. ^ "FIBA WORLD RANKING". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  6. ^ "PR no.22: Montenegro becomes 213th FIBA Member". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 28 August 2006.