# Yugoslavia men's national under-18 basketball team

The Yugoslavia men's national under-18 basketball team (Serbo-Croatian: Juniorska košarkaška reprezentacija Jugoslavije) was the boys' basketball team, administered by Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia, that represented SFR Yugoslavia in international under-18 (under age 18) men's basketball competitions, consisted mainly of the European Championship for Juniors, nowadays known as the FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship.
After the dissolution of SFR Yugoslavia in 1991, the successor countries all set up their own national under-18 teams. Serbia and Croatia teams won the Championship for three times each, as of 2017.
Several team members have been inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame, including players Krešimir Ćosić, Mirza Delibašić, Zoran Slavnić, Dragan Kićanović, Vlade Divac, Jure Zdovc, Toni Kukoč, Dražen Petrović, and coaches Ranko Žeravica, Bogdan Tanjević, Mirko Novosel, Dušan Ivković, and Svetislav Pešić. Also, Dino Rađa, Divac, Petrović, Kukoč, and Novosel are members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Bogdan Tanjević is the only individual who respresented the team both as a player (1964) and a head coach (1974).

## Individual awards

Top Scorer
* Vinko Jelovac — 1968

## Competitive record

| Year | Pos. | GP | W | L |
| 1964 | 7th | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 1966 | | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 1968 | | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| 1970 | 4th | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| 1972 | | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| 1974 | | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| 1976 | | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| 1978 | | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| 1980 | | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| 1982 | | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| 1984 | | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| 1986 | | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| 1988 | | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| 1990 | 5th | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| Total | 14/14 | 97 | 82 | 17 |

## Coaches

| Years | Head Coach | Assistant Coach(es) |
| 1964–1966 | Ranko Žeravica | |
| 1968 | Slobodan Ivković | |
| 1970 | Lazar Lečić | |
| 1972 | Mirko Novosel | |
| 1974 | Bogdan Tanjević | Slobodan Ivković |
| 1976–1980 | Luka Stančić | Dušan Ivković |
| 1982 | Rusmir Halilović | Dejan Srzić |
| 1984 | Luka Stančić | Dejan Srzić |
| 1986 | Svetislav Pešić | Dejan Srzić |
| 1988–1990 | Duško Vujošević | Dejan Srzić |

## Rosters

| 1964 Championship | 1966 Championship | 1968 Championship | 1970 Championship | 1972 Championship | 1974 Championship | 1976 Championship |
| 4 Tihomir Pavlović 5 Anton Bračun 6 Miljenko Valčić 7 Jurica Kosta 8 Slobodan Jelić 9 Danko Hočevar 10 Momčilo Pazman 11 Bogdan Tanjević 12 Srđan Škulić 13 Ljubiša Stanković 14 Ljubiša Janjić 15 Andrej Brenk | 4 Mihajlo Manović 5 Bogdan Tanjević 6 Sterija Andonovski 7 Kosta Grubor 8 Dragiša Vučinić 9 Ivica Valek 10 Dragan Kapičić 11 Ljubodrag Simonović 12 Damir Šolman 13 Aljoša Žorga 14 Željko Dokman 15 Krešimir Ćosić | 4 Žarko Zečević 5 Dragan Đukić 6 Ivan Sarjanović 7 Vinko Jelovac 8 Dragiša Vučinić 9 Zoran Slavnić 10 Mihajlo Manović 11 Ljubodrag Simonović 12 Damir Šolman 13 Stanislav Bizjak 14 Franjo Luković 15 Sadik Zejnilović | 4 Blagoja Georgievski 5 Nedjeljko Ostarčević 6 Radivoj Živković 7 Anton Sagadin 8 Branko Kovačević 9 Branislav Tomić 10 Goran Rakočević 11 Davor Rukavina 12 Miroljub Damjanović 13 Srećko Jarić 14 Dragan Radosavljević 15 Marko Gvardijančić | 4 Dragan Todorić 5 Franc Volaj 6 Milan Grabovac 7 Dragan Kićanović 8 Rajko Žižić 9 Milan Milićević 10 Boris Beravs 11 Ratko Kaljević 12 Mirza Delibašić 13 Čedomir Perinčić [hr] 14 Branko Macura [hr] 15 Željko Jerkov | 4 Branko Skroče 5 Goran Kriznar 6 Boško Bosiočić 7 Rajko Žižić 8 Dušan Zupančić 9 Aleksandar Paternost 10 Mladen Mohorović 11 Mihovil Nakić 12 Andro Knego 13 Darko Fabulić 14 Zoran Gavrilović 15 Ratko Radovanović | 4 Mile Stanković 5 Aleksandar Petrović 6 Pero Vučica [hr] 7 Predrag Bogosavljev 8 Damir Pavličević 9 Stevo Vukasović 10 Branko Sikirić 11 Željko Pribanović 12 Mladen Ostojić 13 Čedo Brborić 14 Miodrag Marić 15 Rade Vukosavljević |
| 1978 Championship | 1980 Championship | 1982 Championship | 1984 Championship | 1986 Championship | 1988 Championship | 1990 Championship |
| 4 Mihailo Poček 5 Slobodan Nikolić 6 Petar Popović 7 Predrag Bogosavljev 8 Milan Medić 9 Ivan Sunara 10 Aleš Pipan 11 Predrag Benaček 12 Veljko Petranović 13 Davor Dogan 14 Nihat Izić 15 Dragan Zrno | 4 Srđan Dabić 5 Nebojša Zorkić 6 Marko Ivanović 7 Matej Janžek 8 Milan Medić 9 Zoran Čutura 10 Miroljub Mitrović 11 Žarko Đurišić 12 Tomislav Tiringer 13 Goran Grbović 14 Branko Vukićević 15 Nikola Lazić | 4 Velimir Perasović 5 Dražen Petrović 6 Ivica Žurić 7 Ivo Petović 8 Zoran Jovanović 9 Dragan Lukenda 10 Nebojša Bukumirović 11 Stojko Vranković 12 Danko Cvjetićanin 13 Aleksandar Milivojša 14 Antonio Ozmec 15 Goran Sobin [sr] | 4 Aleksander Govc 5 Velimir Perasović 6 Ivica Žurić 7 Jure Zdovc 8 Zoran Jovanović 9 Ivo Nakić 10 Miroslav Pecarski 11 Franjo Arapović 12 Ivica Mavrenski 13 Mirko Milićević 14 Žarko Paspalj 15 Luka Pavićević | 4 Ivica Gulin 5 Luka Pavićević 6 Nebojša Ilić 7 Toni Kukoč 8 Miroslav Pecarski 9 Teoman Alibegović 10 Aleksandar Đorđević 11 Samir Avdić 12 Vlade Divac 13 Radenko Dobraš 14 Dino Rađa 15 Slaviša Koprivica | 4 Živko Badžim 5 Predrag Danilović 6 Slobodan Kaličanin 7 Žan Tabak 8 Oliver Popović 9 Nenad Grmuša 10 Rastko Cvetković 11 Marijan Kraljević 12 Dževad Alihodžić [it] 13 Arijan Komazec 14 Mirko Pavlović 15 Ivan Kapov | 4 Velibor Radović 5 Nikola Lončar 6 Alojz Šiško 7 Veljko Mršić 8 Miljan Goljović 9 Teo Čizmić 10 Dejan Bodiroga 11 Željko Rebrača 12 Miladin Mutavdžić 13 Mlađan Šilobad 14 Mirko Pavlović 15 Roman Horvat |

## New national teams

After the dissolution of SFR Yugoslavia in 1991, five new countries were created: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, FYR Macedonia, FR Yugoslavia (in 2003, renamed to Serbia and Montenegro) and Slovenia. In 2006, Montenegro became an independent nation and Serbia became the legal successor of Serbia and Montenegro. In 2008, Kosovo declared independence from Serbia and became a FIBA member in 2015.
Here is a list of men's national under-18 teams on the SFR Yugoslavia area:
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992–present)
* Croatia (1992–present)
* North Macedonia (1993–present)
* Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006)
** Montenegro (2006–present)
** Serbia (2006–present)
*** Kosovo (2015–present)
* Slovenia (1992–present)