The Bosnia and Herzegovina men's national basketball team ( Bosnian: ''Košarkaška reprezentacija Bosne i Hercegovine'' / Кошаркашка репрезентација Босне и Херцеговине) represents

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe. Situated on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula, it borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to th ...

in international

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competitions, and is governed by the Basketball Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Until

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, Bosnian basketballers played for

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. Bosnia and Herzegovina reached their first international tournament at the

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. They have competed ten times at the event overall. The team has yet to qualify on the global level to play at the

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History

Until 1992,

was a part of

, 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 (

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, and

) at least once:

Mirza Delibašić Mirza Delibašić (9 January 1954 – 8 December 2001) was a Bosnian professional basketball player and coach. Delibašić was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players in 1991. He was enshrined into the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2007. In 2008, he ...

Dražen Dalipagić Dražen "Praja" Dalipagić (; 27 November 1951 – 25 January 2025) was a Serbian professional basketball player and head coach. He was selected the best athlete of Yugoslavia in the year 1978, and is one of the most decorated athletes in Yugos ...

Predrag Danilović Predrag "Saša" Danilović ( sr-Cyrl, Предраг "Саша" Даниловић, ; born February 26, 1970), usually referred to in English as Sasha Danilović, is a Serbian professional basketball executive and former player, considered one o ...

, Zoran Savić,

Ratko Radovanović Ratko "Raša" Radovanović (; born 16 October 1956) is a Serbian former professional basketball player who competed for SFR Yugoslavia, at the 1980 Summer Olympics, and at the 1984 Summer Olympics. In terms of the total number of medals with the ...

Borislav Stanković ),Boris (Борис) , image = Borislav Bora Stanković.jpg , imagesize = , caption = , order = 2nd , office = Secretary General of FIBA , term_start = 1 January 1976 , ter ...

Milan Bjegojević Milan "Musa" Bjegojević ( sr-cyr, Милан "Муса" Bjegojević; August 9, 1928 – October 2, 2003) was a Serbian basketball player and coach. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally. Best known for many year ...

Dragiša Vučinić Dragiša Vučinić ( sr-cyr, Драгиша Вучинић; born 4 April 1948) is a Serbian former professional basketball player and coach who spent major part of his career with Crvena zvezda. Playing career Vučinić grew up playing basket ...

Sabit Hadžić Sabit Hadžić (7 August 1957 – 3 March 2018) was a Bosnian basketball player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1984 Summer Olympics. He also worked as a basketball coach. Personal Hadžić suffered a stroke on 13 February 2018 in Antalya. He ...

Emir Mutapčić Emir Mutapčić (born 27 May 1960) is a Bosnian professional basketball coach and former player. He most recently worked as the head coach for Zalaegerszeg of the Hungarian league. Mutapčić competed for Yugoslavia in the 1984 Summer Olympics ...

, and Mario Primorac. During this time, Bosnia and Herzegovina's capital city,

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, 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

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from Yugoslavia,

qualified to the EuroBasket for the first time in

. Entering the tournament, Bosnia and Herzegovina earned their first ever EuroBasket victory in their final Group A match against

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. The team would go on to make it to the quarter-finals before losing to the eventual bronze medalists

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, which sent the team into the classification phase to finish out the competition. 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 (

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1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

). 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

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, Bosnia and Herzegovina came up short in their attempt to qualify to the EuroBasket for the first time since 2009. 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. Entering the first round of the qualifiers, the national team earned a tough win at home against

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81–76. 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

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. However, the five crucial losses ultimately eliminated the team from clinching qualification. In 2022, Bosnia and Herzegovina were set to play in the

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but were in danger on missing out on the tournament due to a lack of funds, just weeks before the start. Eventually, the federation received 150,000 convertible marks in financial aid from the Bosnian government, to ensure participation in the tournament.

Competitive record

FIBA World Cup

Olympic Games

EuroBasket

Results and fixtures

2024

2025

2026

Team

Current roster

Roster for the EuroBasket 2025 Qualifiers matches on 21 and 24 February 2025 against

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and

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Depth chart

Notable players

Current notable players who have played for the national team:

Records

:''Players in bold are still active.''

Head coach history

Past rosters

1993 EuroBasket The 1993 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1993, was the 28th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. It was held in Germany between 22 June and 4 July 1993. Sixteen national teams entere ...

: finished 8th among 16 teams 4 Samir Selešković, 5 Gordan Firić, 6

Adis Bećiragić Adis Bećiragić (Turkish language, Turkish: Aziz Bekir; born 18 June 1970) is a Bosnian-Turkish professional basketball coach and former player. He was a backbone player on the Bosnia and Herzegovina men's national basketball team, Bosnian natio ...

, 8 Senad Begović, 9 Ilijas Masnić, 10 Mario Primorac, 11 Samir Avdić,
12

, 13 Emir Halimić, 14

Sabahudin Bilalović Sabahudin "Dino" Bilalović (7 May 1960 – 29 July 2003) was a Bosnian professional basketball player. About He was born in Trebinje, Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 1979, as a player of KK Bosna Sarajevo, in his early career years, he won the E ...

(Coach: Ibrahim Krehić) ----

1997 EuroBasket 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 ...

: finished 15th among 16 teams 4 Nenad Marković, 5 Gordan Firić, 6

, 7 Samir Lerić, 8 Azur Korlatović, 9 Sejo Bukva, 10 Samir Selešković,
11 Samir Avdić, 12 Elvir Ovčina, 13 Dževad Alihodžić, 14

Adnan Hodžić Adnan Hodžić (born 6 December 1988) is a Bosnian-American former professional basketball player. A 6'8" power forward, Hodžić played college basketball for Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee. Hodžić is notable both for winning the ...

, 15 Haris Mujezinović (Coach:

) ---- 1999 EuroBasket: finished 15th among 16 teams 4 Nenad Marković, 5 Gordan Firić, 6

, 7 Samir Lerić, 8

Ivan Opačak Ivan Opačak (born 23 April 1980) is a Bosnian professional basketball coach and former player. Opačak played for HKK Široki of the Adriatic League and Bosnian League. He previously played for Turów Zgorzelec. Opačak was member of the Bosn ...

, 9 Jasmin Hukić, 10 Damir Mirković, 11 Tarik Valjevac,
12 Dževad Alihodžić, 13 Elvir Ovčina, 15 Haris Mujezinović (Coach:

) ----

2001 EuroBasket The 2001 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 2001, was the 32nd FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe, which also served as Europe qualifier for the 2002 FIBA World Championship, giving a be ...

: finished 13th among 16 teams 4 Nenad Marković, 5 Gordan Firić, 6 Goran Terzić, 7 Samir Lerić, 8

, 9 Jasmin Hukić, 10

Siniša Kovačević Siniša Kovačević (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: Синиша Ковачевић, ; born 30 May 1954) is a Serbian author, playwright, politician and professor of the Belgrade Academy of Arts, Belgrade, Academy of Arts. Biogra ...

, 11 Bariša Krasić,
12 Damir Mršić, 13 Ramiz Suljanović, 14 Elvir Ovčina, 15 Haris Mujezinović (Coach:

) ---- 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

,
11 Bariša Krasić, 12 Damir Mršić, 13 Kenan Bajramović, 14 Mirza Teletović, 15 Haris Mujezinović (Coach: 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

,
11 Mujo Tuljković, 12 Damir Mršić, 13 Jasmin Hukić, 14 Aleksandar Radojević, 15 Kenan Bajramović (Coach: Mensur Bajramović) ---- 2011 EuroBasket: finished 19th among 24 teams 4

Nemanja Gordić Nemanja Gordić (; born September 25, 1988) is a Bosnian professional basketball player for Spartak Subotica of the Serbian League (KLS) and the ABA League. He also represents the senior Bosnia and Herzegovina national basketball team internat ...

, 5

Aleksej Nešović Aleksej Nešović (; born 14 March 1985) is a Bosnian professional basketball player. Standing at he plays at the point guard position. He also represented the Bosnia and Herzegovina national basketball team The Bosnia and Herzegovina men's n ...

, 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:

) ---- 2013 EuroBasket: finished 12th among 24 teams 4 Muhamed Pašalić, 5

Ante Mašić Ante Mašić (born October 18, 1985) is a Bosnian-Herzegovinian professional basketball player, who plays for KK Gorica of the Croatian League. He was a member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national basketball team The Bosnia and Herzegovina ...

, 6

Andrija Stipanović Andrija Stipanović (born 18 December 1986) is a Bosnian-Herzegovinian professional basketball player for Cedevita Olimpija of the Slovenian Basketball League and the Adriatic League. He also represented the Bosnia and Herzegovina national bask ...

, 7 Marko Šutalo, 8 Zack Wright, 9 Edin Bavčić, 10

,
11 Elmedin Kikanović, 12 Mirza Teletović, 13 Dalibor Peršić, 14 Nihad Đedović, 15

Nedžad Sinanović Nedžad Sinanović (born 29 January 1983) is a Bosnian former basketball player. Professional career In 2003, Sinanović was drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers The Portland Trail Blazers (colloquially known as the Blazers) are an American ...

(Coach: Aleksandar Petrović) ---- 2015 EuroBasket: finished 23rd among 24 teams 4 Muhamed Pašalić, 5 Nedim Buza, 6

, 7 Marko Šutalo, 9 Edin Bavčić, 10

, 11 Elmedin Kikanović (C),
13 Dalibor Peršić, 15 Milan Milošević, 20 Alex Renfroe, 23 Adin Vrabac, 30 Draško Albijanić (Coach:

Duško Ivanović Duško Ivanović (; born September 1, 1957) is a Montenegrin professional basketball coach and former player who is currently the head coach for Virtus Bologna of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the EuroLeague. Professional playing ca ...

) ----

2022 EuroBasket The EuroBasket 2022 was the 41st edition of the EuroBasket championship organized by FIBA Europe. It was the first since it was agreed it would take place every four years, with a similar system of qualification as for the FIBA Basketball World C ...

: finished 18th among 24 teams 0 Jusuf Nurkić, 2 John Roberson, 5 Edin Atić, 7 Miralem Halilović (C), 9 Amar Gegić, 11

Kenan Kamenjaš Kenan Kamenjaš (born January 17, 2000) is a Bosnian professional basketball player for Budućnost VOLI of the Prva A Liga and the Adriatic League. He is a 2.07 m tall center. He also represents the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team internat ...

, 12 Sani Čampara,
13

Džanan Musa Džanan Musa (, born 8 May 1999) is a Bosnian professional basketball player for Real Madrid of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. Standing at and weighing , Musa plays at the shooting guard and small forward positions. He was selected by ...

, 15 Ajdin Penava, 17 Aleksandar Lazić, 22 Emir Sulejmanović, 27 Adin Vrabac (Coach:

)

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References

External links

* (in Bosnian)
Bosnia and Herzegovina FIBA profileBosnia and Herzegovina National Team – Men
at Eurobasket.com

at FIBA Archive {{Bosnian Sportsperson of the Year Men's national basketball teams 1993 establishments in Bosnia and Herzegovina National sports teams established in 1993