Dušan "Duda" Ivković ( sr-cyrl, Душан "Дуда" Ивковић; 29 October 1943 – 16 September 2021) was a Serbian professional

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player and coach. He served as

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of the senior

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from 2007 to 2013, and of the senior

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, from 1987Serbia Media Guide EuroBasket 2013
, page 23. ''kss.rs''. ( Serbia and Montenegro competed as the FR Yugoslavia national team following the

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) to 1995. He was also the president of the Serbian club

BKK Radnički Beogradski košarkaški klub Radnički ( sr-cyr, Београдски кошаркашки клуб Раднички), commonly referred to as Radnički Beograd, is a men's basketball club based in Belgrade, Serbia. The club plays in the 3rd-t ...

. In 2008, he was named one of the

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. He was elected to the

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in 2017. He was also named a

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in 2017.

Playing career

A point guard, Ivković played 10 seasons in Yugoslavia from

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and spent his entire playing career with Radnički Belgrade. He retired as a player in 1968 joining their youth system as a head coach.

Club coaching career

After retirement in 1968, Ivković joined a youth system of Radnički Belgrade as their junior head coach. In the third season, 1973–74, he led the junior team to the Yugoslav Championship title. In 1977, he became an assistant coach for Partizan under

Ranko Žeravica Ranko Žeravica ( sr-cyr, Ранко Жеравица; 17 November 1929 – 29 October 2015) was a Serbian professional basketball coach. With a career that spanned over 50 years, he is most noted for his work with the senior Yugoslav national t ...

. In 1978, he got promoted as the Partizan's head coach which he led for two years and won the first trophies in his career. In the 1978–79 season, he won the

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with Partizan ( Yugoslav Championship,

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, as well as the

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). Prior to that Partizan had won only one major trophy (one Yugoslav Championship) and it was a birth-year of what eventually will become the most successful club in Serbian history. In 1980, Ivković left Partizan to join Greek side

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, where he also stayed for two seasons. Then he return to Radnički Belgrade where he spent his entire playing career, and then a three-year stint in Šibenka and two more seasons in

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. Ivković returned to Greece in 1990 when he took over P.A.O.K., to which he brought the second and last title of

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in the club's history (1992). After three years on the black-and-white bench, he moved to Athens-based Panionios, and in 1996, the peak of his club career followed when he sat on the bench of

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. In the 1996–97 season, he brought the Red-Whites to the first title of the FIBA EuroLeague. In the same season he won a

, also. After three years in Olympiacos, Ivković took over the city rival

AEK A.E.K ( el, AEK , formally Αθλητική Ένωσις Κωνσταντινουπόλεως; Athlitikí Énosis Konstantinoupόleos, ''Athletic Union of Constantinople''), known as A.E.K, is a major Greek multi-sport club based in Nea Filadel ...

and brought them the 2000 FIBA Saporta Cup. Ivković moved from Greece to

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in the summer of 2002, when he came to

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, a club with a great tradition. He took over the coaching job and the club's basketball operations at the same time. In the next three years, the club reached the

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three times, won all three Russian Championships and one Russian Cup. From there, he moved to Moscow's second largest club in 2005, Dynamo Moscow for two more where he won the 2006 ULEB Cup. In the summer of 2007, Ivković decided to take a break from his club career and was without a club for three years, only to return to Olympiacos in 2010, winning the Greek Cup in 2011 and also won the 2012 Euroleague, with his team trailing CSKA Moscow by 19 points in the third quarter and winning with a buzzer beater by

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in the last seconds of the final. He also won

with Olympiacos a few weeks later, before leaving the team after his contract expired in the end of the season. In 2014, Ivković signed a two-year contract with the Turkish team

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, starting to coach from the 2014–15 season. On 1 July 2016, Ivković officially retired from professional coaching.

National team coaching

Assisting Luka Stančić with Yugoslavia junior (under-18) and cadet (under-16) teams

Success with the Radnički Belgrade youth team recommended Ivković for the Yugoslav junior national team coaching staff, so, for the 1976 European Championship for Juniors in

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, 32-year-old coach Ivković was named assistant to the more experienced head coach

Luka Stančić Luka Stančić ( sr-cyr, Лука Станчић; 1939 – 2 January 1990) was a Serbian professional basketball coach and player who spent entire playing career and the most of his coaching career with his hometown team Metalac. He's known for ...

. The Yugoslav Juniors led by Aco Petrović, Miško Marić, and Predrag Bogosavljev won gold by beating the Soviet Union 92–83 in the final. After the 1976 success, Ivković continued his assistant job under head coach Stančić within the Yugoslav national team youth system; in addition to assisting Stančić in the junior (under-18) national team, Ivković also assisted him in the cadet (under-16) national team. He would stay at the job until 1980, winning three medals at the European Championships in the process: two silvers at the 1977 Championship for Cadets and the 1980 Championship for Juniors, as well as a bronze at the 1978 Championship for Juniors. Interestingly, Ivković kept doing the youth national teams assistant job even after being named to the high profile position of

KK Partizan Košarkaški klub Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Кошаркашки клуб Партизан, English: Partizan Basketball Club), commonly referred to as KK Partizan or simply Partizan, is a professional basketball team based in Belgrade, Serbia. It is ...

's head coach in 1978 and winning the " Small Triple Crown" with the club in 1979.

Yugoslavia university team head coach and assisting Krešo Ćosić with Yugoslavia national team

In summer 1983, with a bit of a head coaching resume under his belt already featuring appointments at KK Partizan and

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, Radnički Belgrade head coach Ivković was simultaneously named head coach of the Yugoslavia university team with the upcoming Universiade in Edmonton his first order of business. With a roster featuring supremely talented 18-year-old Šibenka player

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, the team got silver after losing to Canada in the final. At the

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in Spain, Ivković was an assistant coach for the Yugoslavia national team under head coach

Krešimir Ćosić Krešimir "Krešo" Ćosić (; 26 November 1948 – 25 May 1995) was a Croatian-Yugoslavian professional basketball player and coach. He was a collegiate All-American at Brigham Young University. He revolutionized basketball in Yugoslavia and w ...

. Featuring the still 21-year-old established and dominant European player

, who had just led his club side

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to the second straight Euroleague title, the Yugoslavia team disappointingly only got bronze after losing to Soviet Union in the semifinal despite being up by 9 points with 53 seconds left in the game. Ivković also assisted Ćosić the following summer at

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where Yugoslavia again, somewhat disappointingly, got bronze. Barely three weeks after assisting Ćosić at EuroBasket 1987, Ivković was again the head coach of the Yugoslavia university team, this time at the Universiade at home in Zagreb. The team, featuring now 22-year-old European superstar Petrović, won gold in dominant fashion.

Head coach

Also in 1987, Ivković succeeded Ćosić as

of the senior

, and held the post until the

, in 1991. Ivković then assumed the head coaching position of the senior FR Yugoslavia. He guided the team to a gold medal at

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, in the country's first official appearance since the UN lifted sanctions against FR Yugoslavia. Following EuroBasket,

Željko Obradović Želimir "Željko" Obradović ( sr-cyr, Желимир "Жељко" Обрадовић, ; born 9 March 1960) is a Serbian professional basketball coach and former player who is currently the head coach for Partizan of the ABA League, the Basketba ...

took over as head coach, while Ivković assumed the role of team manager. Both Obradović and Ivković remained in their posts until jointly resigning in November 2000, following a sixth-place finish in the

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. Ivković became head coach of Serbia in early 2008. In April 2011, he agreed to work pro bono for the remainder of his contract.

Personal life

Ivković's elder brother Slobodan "Piva" Ivković was also a famous basketball player and coach. Ivković had earned a degree from the University of Belgrade Mining and Geology Faculty. Ivković was related to the famous

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scientist Nikola Tesla. Ivković's maternal grandmother, Olga Mandić, and Tesla were first cousins.Pavić, Zoran
Dušan Ivković – Svugde nosim svoj krst
''Status'' magazine (via ''b92.net''), November 2008. Coincidentally, Tesla died the same year that Ivković was born. Ivković was a record-holding pigeon racer. Ivković died on 16 September 2021 in Belgrade due to a

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and

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. He was buried at the

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on 21 September. The funeral service was attended by numerous active and retired basketball players and coaches, including Vlade Divac,

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, Dimitrios Itoudis,

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, and others.

Career achievements

''Source''

Club competitions

As head coach: * EuroLeague champion: 2 (with

: 1996–97, 2011–12) *

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winner: 1 (with

: 1999–00) *

winner: 1 (with Partizan: 1978–79) * ULEB Cup winner: 1 (with Dynamo Moscow: 2005–06) * Greek League champion: 3 (with PAOK: 1991–92; with

: 1996–97, 2011–12) * Russian League champion: 3 (with

: 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05) *

Yugoslav League The Yugoslav First Federal Football League ( Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу / ''Prva savezna liga u fudbalu'', hr, Prva savezna liga u nogometu, sl, Prva zvezna nogometna liga, mk, Прва сојузна лига, ...

champion: 1 (with Partizan: 1978–79) *

winner: 1 (with Partizan: 1978–79) *

Greek Cup The Greek Football Cup ( el, Κύπελλο Ελλάδος Ποδοσφαίρου), commonly known as the Greek Cup or Kypello Elladas is a Greek football competition, run by the Hellenic Football Federation. The Greek Cup is the second most imp ...

winner: 4 (with

: 1996–97, 2010–11; with

: 1999–00, 2000–01) * Russian Cup winner: 1 (with

: 2004–05) * Turkish Cup winner: 1 (with

: 2014–15) * Turkish President's Cup winner: 1 (with

: 2015–16) *

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winner: 2 (with

: 1996–97; with Partizan: 1978–79)

National team competitions

As head coach: *

1983 Summer Universiade The 1983 Summer Universiade, also known as the 1983 World University Games or XII Summer Universiade, took place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada between July 1 and 12, 1983. Over 2400 athletes from 73 countries participated. It was the first time Can ...

: *

1987 Summer Universiade The 1987 Summer Universiade, also known as the XIV Summer Universiade, took place in Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia. It involved participants from 111 countries and over 6,000 individual sportspersons and members of teams. Infrastructural cha ...

: *

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

: *

EuroBasket 1989 The 1989 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1989, was the 26th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. It was held in Yugoslavia between 20 and 25 June 1989. Eight national teams entered th ...

: *

1990 FIBA World Championship The 1990 FIBA World Championship was the 11th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's teams. It was hosted by Argentina from 8 to 19 August 1990. The final phase of the competition was held at the Luna Pa ...

: * EuroBasket 1991: *

: *

EuroBasket 2009 The 2009 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 2009, was the 36th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe. The tournament, which was hosted by Poland, began on 7 September and concluded with the ...

: As an assistant coach: *

1976 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship The 1976 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship was an international basketball competition held in Santiago de Compostela, Spain in 1976. Final standings Team roster Mile Stanković, Aleksandar Petrović, Pero Vučica, Predrag Bogosavljev, D ...

: *

1977 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship The 1977 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship (known at that time as 1977 European Championship for Cadets) was the 4th edition of the FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship. The cities of Le Touquet and Berck, in France, hosted the tournament. Turkey ...

: *

1978 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship The 1978 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship was an international basketball competition held in Italy in 1980. Final ranking 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Awards External linksFIBA Archive{{International youth ...

: *

1980 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship The 1980 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship was an international basketball competition held in Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ...

: *

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta ...

: *

EuroBasket 1997 The 1997 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1997, was the 30th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe, which also served as Europe qualifier for the 1998 FIBA World Championship, giving a ber ...

: * 1998 FIBA World Championship:

References

External links

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