Croatia men's national under-18 and under-19 basketball team

The Croatia men's national under-18 and under-19 basketball team are boy's basketball teams, administered by the Croatian Basketball Federation, that represents Croatia in international men's basketball competitions. The Croatia men's national under-18 basketball team (Hrvatska juniorska reprezentacija) represents Croatia at the FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, where it has a chance to qualify to the FIBA Under-19 World Championship.

 Croatia
Joined FIBA1992
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationCroatian Basketball Federation
Nickname(s)Kockasti
World Championships
Appearances7
Medals Silver: (1) 2015
Bronze: (2) 1999, 2009
Europe Championships
Appearances18
Medals (3) 1996, 2002, 2012
(4) 1994, 1998, 2000, 2013
(2) 2008, 2014

The Croatia men's under-19 team has achieved success in World Championship competition with one silver and two bronze. But has achieved even more success in FIBA Europe Championships with three golds, four silver and two bronze.[1]

History

From 1964 to 1992 Croatia played under Yugoslavia. In 1994 the team participated in its first ever FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship as an independent entity. When Croatia men's national basketball team also with youth, U-19, U-16 and women's team joined FIBA in 1992 they then launched their own youth teams due to them being no longer with Yugoslavia. Their wins as combined stayed with the Yugoslavia team only. None of the teams wins were transferred to Croatia, as FIBA is concerned the U-19 team was formed in 1994 even though players from Croatia played for Yugoslavia. When Croatian Basketball Federation was founded on 19 December 1948 as a member of the larger Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia.[2][3][4]

The team won their first medal in 1996 where they finished first for a gold medal at FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship.

Competition results

World Championships

Year Position Tournament Host Country
19954th1995 FIBA Under-19 World Championship Greece
19993rd1996 FIBA Under-19 World Championship Portugal
20034th2003 FIBA Under-19 World Championship Greece
20093rd2009 FIBA Under-19 World Championship New Zealand
20118th2011 FIBA Under-19 World Championship Latvia
20138th2013 FIBA Under-19 World Championship Czech Republic
20152nd2015 FIBA Under-19 World Championship Greece

Europe Championships

Year Position Tournament Host Country
1994 2nd1994 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Israel
1996 1st1996 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship France
1998 2nd1998 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Bulgaria
2000 2nd2000 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Croatia
2002 1st2002 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Germany
200511th2005 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Russia
200610th2006 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Greece
20077th2007 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Spain
2008 3rd2005 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Greece
20098th2009 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship France
20105th2010 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Lithuania
20118th2011 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Poland
2012 1st2012 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Lithuania and  Latvia
2013 2nd2013 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Latvia
2014 3rd2014 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Turkey
201512th2015 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Greece
201614th2016 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Turkey
20171st2017 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Division B Estonia
201811th2018 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Latvia
201913th2019 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship Greece

Notable players

NBA players

Šarić currently plays for the Phoenix Suns. He was a member of Croatia's team at the 2011 and 2013 FIBA Under-19 World Championships.[5][6]

Drafted by NBA teams:

See also

References

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