Dušan "Duda" Ivković ( sr-Cyrl, Душан "Дуда" Ивковић; 29 October 1943 – 16 September 2021) was a Serbian professional
basketball
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player and
coach. He served as
head coach
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of the senior
Serbian national basketball team from 2007 to 2013, and of the senior
Yugoslavian national basketball team
The Yugoslavia men's national basketball team ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Košarkaška reprezentacija Jugoslavije, Кошаркашка репрезентација Југославије; ; ) represented the Socialist Federal Republic of Yu ...
, from 1987
[Serbia Media Guide EuroBasket 2013]
, page 23. ''kss.rs''. (Serbia and Montenegro
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competed as the FR Yugoslavia national team following the breakup of Yugoslavia
After a period of political and economic crisis in the 1980s, the constituent republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia split apart in the early 1990s. Unresolved issues from the breakup caused a series of inter-ethnic Yugoslav ...
) to 1995.[ He was also the president of the Serbian club BKK Radnički.
In 2008, he was named one of the ]50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors
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. He was elected to the FIBA Hall of Fame
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in 2017. He was also named a EuroLeague Basketball Legend in 2017.
Playing career
A point guard
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, Ivković played 10 seasons of club basketball in Yugoslavia, from 1958 to 1968
Events January–February
* January 1968, January – The I'm Backing Britain, I'm Backing Britain campaign starts spontaneously.
* January 5 – Prague Spring: Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Cze ...
. He spent his entire club playing career with Radnički Belgrade. He retired as a player in 1968, and then joined Radnički Belgrade's youth system
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as a head coach.
Club coaching career
Radnički youth system
After retirement in 1968, Ivković joined the youth system
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of Radnički Belgrade, as their junior head coach. In his third season with the club, 1973–74, he led the junior team to the Yugoslav Junior Championship title.
KK Partizan
In 1977, he became an assistant coach for Partizan, working under the club's head coach
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at the time, 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 ...
. In 1978, Ivković got promoted to be Partizan's head coach, a position that he held for two years. With Partizan, he won the first trophies in his club coaching career. In the 1978–79 season, he won the European Small Triple Crown with Partizan, as he won the Yugoslav Championship, the Yugoslav Cup
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title, and the FIBA Korać Cup
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championship, all in the same season. Prior to that, Partizan had won only one major trophy (one Yugoslav Championship) in its history, and 1979 was thus a birth-year of what eventually would become the most successful club in Serbian basketball history.
Aris
In 1980, Ivković left Partizan to join Greek side Aris, where he also stayed for two seasons.
Return to Radnički
After that, he returned to Radnički Belgrade, where he had previously spent his entire playing career.
Šibenka
He then had a three-year stint with Šibenka.
KK Vojvodina
After that, Ivković spent two seasons with Vojvodina
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.
PAOK
Ivković returned to Greece in 1990, when he took over P.A.O.K.
PAOK (, Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινοπολιτών, ''Panthessalonikeios Athlitikós Ómilos Constantinopoliton'', ''Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans''), commonly ...
, to which he brought the second and last Greek League championship in the club's history, in 1992.
Panionios
After three years on the black-and-white bench, he moved to Athens-based Panionios.
Olympiacos
In 1996, Ivkovic moved to Olympiacos. With Olympiacos, in the 1996–97 season, he brought the Red-Whites to their first European Triple Crown title. Olympiacos won that season's championship of the FIBA EuroLeague, at the 1997 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four, and also in that same season, the club won the Greek Basket League
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championship and the Greek Cup
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title.
AEK
After three years at Olympiacos, Ivković took over the city rival AEK, and he brought them the 2000 FIBA Saporta Cup championship.
CSKA Moscow
Ivković moved from Greece to Russia
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, in the summer of 2002, when he came to CSKA Moscow, a club with a great tradition. He took over their head coaching job and also the club's basketball operations, at the same time. In the next three years, the Russian club reached the EuroLeague Final Four three times, won all three Russian Championships, and also one Russian Cup title.
Dynamo Moscow
From there, he moved to Moscow's second largest club in 2005, Dynamo Moscow, for two seasons, where he won the 2006 ULEB Cup championship. In the summer of 2007, Ivković decided to take a break from his club coaching career, and he was without a club for three years.
Return to Olympiacos
He then returned to Olympiacos in 2010. With Olympiacos, he won the Greek Cup
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title in 2011, and also the 2012 the EuroLeague championship, at the 2012 EuroLeague Final Four. Olympiacos came back to win the EuroLeague championship, after they trailed CSKA Moscow by 19 points in the third quarter. They won the EuroLeague championship with a buzzer-beater basket by Georgios Printezis, from an assist by Vassilis Spanoulis, in the last seconds of the EuroLeague Final. Ivković also won the 2012 Greek League's championship, with Olympiacos a few weeks later, before leaving the team, after his contract expired at the end of the season. He was named the Best Sports Coach in Greece for 2012.
Efes
In 2014, Ivković signed a two-year contract with the Turkish Super League
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team Anadolu Efes, with him starting to coach the club in the 2014–15 season. On 1 July 2016, Ivković officially retired from professional coaching.
National team coaching
Assisting Luka Stančić with Yugoslavia's national junior (under-18) and cadet (under-16) teams
Success with the Radnički Belgrade youth teams led to Ivković being recommended for the Yugoslav junior national team coaching staff. So, for the 1976 European Championship for Juniors, in Santiago de Compostela
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, 32-year-old coach Ivković was named assistant to the more experienced head coach Luka Stančić
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. The Yugoslav juniors, led by Aco Petrović, Miško Marić, and Predrag Bogosavljev, won gold by beating the Soviet Union
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92–83 in the final.
After the 1976 success, Ivković continued his assistant job under head coach Stančić, within the Yugoslav national team's youth system
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; in addition to assisting Stančić on 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 silver medals at the 1977 Championship for Cadets and the 1980 Championship for Juniors, as well as a bronze medal at the 1978 Championship for Juniors. Ivković kept doing the youth national team's assistant job, even after being named to the high profile position of KK Partizan
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's head coach in 1978, and winning the " European Small Triple Crown" with the club, in 1979.
Yugoslavia university team head coach and assisting Krešo Ćosić with the Yugoslavia national team
In summer 1983, with a bit of a head coaching resume under his belt—already featuring хигх’профиле appointments at KK Partizan and Aris—the Radnički Belgrade head coach Ivković was simultaneously named head coach of the Yugoslavia university team, with the upcoming Universiade
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in Edmonton
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being his first order of business. With a roster featuring supremely talented 18-year-old Šibenka player Dražen Petrović, the team took silver after losing to Canada
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in the final.
At the 1986 FIBA World Championship in Spain
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, Ivković was an assistant coach for the Yugoslavia national team under head coach Krešimir Ćosić. Featuring the still only 21-year-old but already established and dominant European player Dražen Petrović, who had just led his club side Cibona to their second straight EuroLeague title, the Yugoslavian team disappointingly only got bronze after losing to the Soviet Union
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in the semifinals despite being up by 9 points with 53 seconds left in the game.
Ivković also assisted Ćosić the following summer at EuroBasket 1987 where Yugoslavia again, somewhat disappointingly, got bronze. Barely three weeks after assisting Ćosić at EuroBasket 1987, Ivković was again the head coach of the Yugoslavian university team, this time at the Universiade
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at home in Zagreb
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. The team, featuring now 22-year-old European superstar Petrović, won gold in dominant fashion.
Head coach
In 1988, Ivković succeeded Ćosić as the head coach
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of the senior men's Yugoslavian national team, and he held the post until the breakup of Yugoslavia
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, in 1991.
Ivković then assumed the head coaching position of the senior men's FR Yugoslavian national team. He guided the FR Yugoslavia national team to a gold medal at the 1995 EuroBasket, in the country's first official appearance since the UN lifted sanctions against FR Yugoslavia. At the following 1997 EuroBasket tournament, Željko Obradović
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took over as the team's head coach, while Ivković assumed the role of team manager. Both Obradović and Ivković remained in their posts, until they jointly resigned in November 2000, following a sixth-place finish at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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.
Ivković became the head coach of the senior men's Serbian national team in early 2008. He took over that position from Zoran Slavnić, who had finished in dead last place with Serbia, at the 2007 EuroBasket, and whom had also failed to qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics
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. Ivković's first order of business was getting Serbia to qualify for the next EuroBasket
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, through the qualification rounds, which he was successful at. At the 2009 EuroBasket, he led Serbia to the final
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, where they lost to Spain
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, and finished the tournament with a silver medal.
Following that, Ivković led Serbia to a fourth place finish at the 2010 FIBA World Championship. In April 2011, he agreed to work pro bono
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, for the remainder of his contract with the Serbian national team. Ivković then led Serbia to an 8th place finish at the 2011 EuroBasket, which meant that Serbia failed to qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics
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.
Ivković's final order of business as Serbia's head coach, was leading them at the 2013 EuroBasket. At the tournament, he led Serbia to a 7th place finish, which meant that Serbia had qualified to play at the 2014 FIBA World Cup. Ivković resigned from the position of Serbian national team head coach, on 24 September 2013, citing the need for the national team to be led by someone that was younger than him.
Personal life
Ivković's elder brother Slobodan "Piva" Ivković, was also a famous basketball player and coach. Ivković earned a degree from the University of Belgrade
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Mining and Geology Faculty. Ivković was related to the famous Serbian-American scientist Nikola Tesla
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. Ivković's maternal grandmother, Olga Mandić, and Tesla were first cousin
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s.[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
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, due to a pulmonary edema
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and herpes. He was buried at the Belgrade New Cemetery, on 21 September 2021. The funeral service was attended by numerous active and retired basketball players and coaches, including: Vlade Divac, Dragan Kićanović, Vassilis Spanoulis, Dimitris Itoudis, Žarko Paspalj, Željko Obradović
Željko Obradović ( sr-cyrl, Желимир "Жељко" Обрадовић, ; born 9 March 1960) is a Serbian professional basketball Coach (basketball), coach and former professional player who is the head coach for KK Partizan, Partizan of the ...
, Predrag Danilović, Dino Rađa
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, Jure Zdovc, and others.
Career achievements
''Source''
As a head coach
Titles won
* European Triple Winner: 1997 (with Olympiacos Piraeus)
* European Small Triple Winner: 1979 (with Partizan)
* 2× EuroLeague Champion: 1997
Events January
* January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States.
* January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis.
* January 1 ...
, 2012
2012 was designated as:
*International Year of Cooperatives
*International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Events January
*January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins.
* January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...
(with Olympiacos Piraeus)
* ULEB Cup Champion: 2006
2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification.
Events
January
* January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute.
* January 12 – A stampede during t ...
(with Dynamo Moscow)
* FIBA Saporta Cup
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Champion: 2000
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(with AEK Athens)
* FIBA Korać Cup
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Champion: 1979
Events
January
* January 1
** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...
(with Partizan)
* 3× Greek League Champion: 1992 (with PAOK
PAOK (, Πανθεσσαλονίκειος Αθλητικός Όμιλος Κωνσταντινοπολιτών, ''Panthessalonikeios Athlitikós Ómilos Constantinopoliton'', ''Pan-Thessalonian Athletic Club of Constantinopolitans''), commonly ...
), 1997, 2012
2012 was designated as:
*International Year of Cooperatives
*International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Events January
*January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins.
* January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...
(with Olympiacos Piraeus)
* 3× Russian League Champion: 2003, 2004, 2005 (with CSKA Moscow)
* Yugoslav League Champion: 1979
Events
January
* January 1
** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...
(with Partizan)
* First B Federal League Champion: 1988 (with Vojvodina
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)
* Yugoslav Cup
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Winner: 1979 with ( Partizan)
* 4× Greek Cup
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Winner: 1997, 2011 (with Olympiacos Piraeus), 2000, 2001 (with AEK Athens)
* Russian Cup Winner: 2005 (with CSKA Moscow)
* Turkish Cup Winner: 2015
2015 was designated by the United Nations as:
* International Year of Light
* International Year of Soil __TOC__
Events
January
* January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...
(with Anadolu Efes)
* Turkish Super Cup Winner: 2015 (with Anadolu Efes)
National team competitions
Senior national team career
As a head coach
* 1990 World Cup
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:
* 1989 EuroBasket:
* 1991 EuroBasket:
* 1995 EuroBasket:
* 1987 Summer Universiade:
* 1983 Summer Universiade:
* 1988 Summer Olympics
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:
* 2009 EuroBasket:
Other honors
* McDonald's Championship
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Finalist: 1997
Events January
* January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States.
* January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis.
* January 1 ...
(with Olympiacos Piraeus)
* 7× EuroLeague Final Four Participation: 1993
The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as:
* International Year for the World's Indigenous People
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(with PAOK BC, PAOK), 2003 Euroleague Final Four, 2003, 2004 Euroleague Final Four, 2004, 2005 Euroleague Final Four, 2005 (with CSKA Moscow), 1997 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four, 1997, 1999 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four, 1999, 2012 Euroleague Final Four, 2012 (with Olympiacos Piraeus)
* EuroLeague Semifinalist: 2000–01 Euroleague, 2001 (with AEK Athens)
* FIBA Saporta Cup Finals, FIBA Saporta Cup Final Finalist: 1991–92 FIBA European Cup, 1992 (with PAOK BC, PAOK)
* FIBA Korać Cup Finals, FIBA Korać Cup Final Finalist: 1982–83 FIBA Korać Cup, 1983 (with KK Šibenik, Šibenik)
* 2× Basketbol Süper Ligi, Turkish Super League Finalist: 2014–15 Turkish Basketball League, 2015, 2015–16 Turkish Basketball League, 2016 (with Anadolu Efes)
* 3× Greek League Finalist: 1982 (with Aris), 1999, 2010–11 Greek Basket League, 2011 (with Olympiacos Piraeus)
* Yugoslav League Finalist: 1982–83 Yugoslav First Basketball League, 1983 (with KK Šibenik, Šibenik)
* 2× Russian Cup Finalist: 2003, 2004 (with CSKA Moscow)
* 2× Greek Cup
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Finalist: 1995 (with Panionios), 2012 (with Olympiacos Piraeus)
* Turkish Super Cup Finalist: 2016 Turkish Basketball Presidential Cup, 2016 (with Anadolu Efes)
Individual awards and accomplishments
* List of members of the FIBA Hall of Fame, FIBA Hall of Fame: 2019
* FIBA European Coach of the Year: 1997
* 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors
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: 2008
* EuroLeague Basketball Legend Award, EuroLeague Legend: 2017
* EuroLeague Coach of the Year: 2012
* Eurobasket News All-Europe Coach of the Year: 2012
* 2× FIBA EuroStar: 1996, 1997
* Slobodan Piva Ivković Award for Lifetime Achievement, Piva Ivković Award for Lifetime Achievement: 1998
* Best Sports Coach in Greece, All-Greek Sport's Coach of the Year: 2012
* Greek Basket League Hall of Fame, Greek League Hall of Fame: 2022
* 2× Greek Basket League Best Coach, Greek League Coach of the Year: 1997, 2012
* Russian Gold Basket awards, Russian League Coach of the Year: 2004
As an assistant coach
* 1976 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship:
* 1977 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship:
* 1978 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship:
* 1980 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship:
* 1986 FIBA World Championship:
* 1987 EuroBasket:
* Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament, 1996 Summer Olympics:
* 1997 EuroBasket:
* 1998 FIBA World Championship:
See also
* FIBA Basketball World Cup winning head coaches
* List of EuroCup-winning head coaches
* List of EuroLeague-winning head coaches
* List of FIBA EuroBasket winning head coaches
References
External links
Dušan Ivković
at euroleague.net
The top of the Greek bench: Dušan Ivković
at esake.gr
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1943 births
2021 deaths
Anadolu Efes S.K. coaches
AEK B.C. coaches
Aris B.C. coaches
Basketball players from Belgrade
BC Dynamo Moscow coaches
BKK Radnički coaches
BKK Radnički players
Burials at Belgrade New Cemetery
KK Šibenik coaches
Respiratory disease deaths in Serbia
EuroLeague–winning coaches
FIBA EuroBasket–winning coaches
FIBA Hall of Fame inductees
KK Partizan coaches
KK Vojvodina coaches
Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Olympiacos B.C. coaches
Olympic silver medalists for Yugoslavia
Panionios B.C. coaches
P.A.O.K. BC coaches
PBC CSKA Moscow coaches
Point guards
Serbia and Montenegro national basketball team coaches
Serbia national basketball team coaches
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Croatia
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Greece
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Russia
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Turkey
Serbian men's basketball coaches
Serbian men's basketball players
University of Belgrade alumni
Yugoslav basketball coaches
Yugoslav men's basketball players