Luka Pavićević ( sr-cyr, Лука Павићевић; born 17 June 1968) is a Montenegrin professional

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coach and former player. Most lately, he served as the head coach for Alvark Tokyo of the B.League.

Professional career

A point guard, Pavićević played basketball between 1984 and 2003. During his playing days, he played for Budućnost,

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, Jugoplastika / Pop 84, Proleter Zrenjanin, Crvena zvezda, FMP Železnik, Beobanka, Soproni Ászok, Espoon Honka, Anwil Włocławek, Rabotnički, and

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. He retired as a player with Crvena zvezda in 2003. In three seasons with Jugoplastika, he won three European Champions Cup championships ( 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91), three

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, ...

titles ( 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91), and three

Yugoslav Cup The Yugoslav Cup ( hr, Pokal Jugoslavije; sr, Куп Југославије; sl, Pokal Jugoslavije, mk, Куп на Југославија), officially known between 1923 and 1940 as the King Alexander Cup ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Kup kralja Aleksandra, ...

tournaments.

Coaching career

After retirement in 2003, Pavićević joined OKK Beograd as their new head coach. Afterwards, he coached Atlas Belgrade, Hemofarm,

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and

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. In November 2015, Budućnost hired Pavićević as their new head coach. In March 2016, he parted ways with Budućnost. In June 2017, Pavićević was named as the head coach of Alvark Tokyo of the Japanese B.League. He won two Japanese B.League titles ( 2017–18 and 2018–19) and

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title in

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. In June 2022, he parted ways with Alvark Tokyo.

National team coaching career

Pavićević was the head coach for the Serbia and Montenegro under-20 team at the 2004 FIBA Europe Championship in the

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and at the 2005 FIBA Europe Championship in

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. His team won a bronze medal in 2005. In August 2011, Pavićević was the head coach for the Serbia University team that won a gold medal at the

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, China. In December 2011, the

Basketball Federation of Montenegro The Basketball Federation of Montenegro ( Montenegrin: Košarkaški Savez Crne Gore, KSCG / Кошаркашки Савез Црне Горе, КСЦГ), is the governing body of basketball in Montenegro. It operates the top-level Opportunity L ...

named Pavićević the new head coach of the Montenegro national team. On 22 September 2014, he parted ways with the Basketball Federation of Montenegro as the Montenegrin team coach. In April 2015, the

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named Pavićević the new head coach of the Iran national team. He parted ways with them later that year. In November 2016, Pavićević was named as part of the technical committee of the

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, and was named interim head coach within the month following the end of the tenure of previous head coach

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. He left head coach position in 2017.

Career achievements and awards

As player: * European Champions Cup (Euroleague) champion: 3 (with

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: 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91) *

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champion: 1 (with Espoon Honka: 2000–01) *

champion: 3 (with

: 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91) *

winner: 4 (with

: 1988, with

: 1990, 1991, with FMP Železnik: 1997) *

Finnish Cup The Finnish Cup ( fi, Suomen cup; sv, Finlands cup) is Finland's main national cup competition in football. This yearly competition is open for all member clubs of the FA of Finland and has been played since 1955. The winner qualifies for the ...

winner: 1 (with Espoon Honka: 2001) As head coach: * Japanese League champion: 2 (with Alvark Tokyo: 2017–18, 2018–19) *

champion: 1 (with Alvark Tokyo: 2019) * German League

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: 1 (with

: 2007–08) *

German Cup The DFB-Pokal ( is a German knockout Association football, football cup competition held annually by the German Football Association (DFB). Sixty-four teams participate in the competition, including all clubs from the Bundesliga and the 2. Bundesl ...

winner: 1 (with

: 2009) *

Montenegrin Cup The Montenegrin Cup ( Montenegrin and Serbian: ''Kup Crne Gore'') is the national football cup played in Montenegro, established in 2006. The winner of the cup is awarded a spot in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League if they h ...

winner: 1 (with Budućnost: 2016)

Head coaching record

, - , - style="background:#FDE910;" , style="text-align:left;", Alvark Tokyo , style="text-align:left;", 2017–18 , 60, , 44, , 16, , , , style="text-align:center;", 2nd in Eastern, , , 5, , 5, , 0, , , style="text-align:center;", Champions , - , - style="background:#FDE910;" , style="text-align:left;", Alvark Tokyo , style="text-align:left;", 2018–19 , 60, , 44, , 16, , , , style="text-align:center;", 3rd in Eastern, , , 6, , 5, , 1, , , style="text-align:center;", Champions , - , style="text-align:left;", Alvark Tokyo , style="text-align:left;", 2019–20 , 41, , 32, , 9, , , , style="text-align:center;", 1st in Eastern, , , -, , -, , -, , , style="text-align:center;", - , -

References

External links

Eurobasket 2013 profile
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