Skansi was also a member of the senior Yugoslav national basketball team. With Yugoslavia, he won numerous medals at the major FIBA tournaments, including: the silver medal at the 1965 EuroBasket, the silver medal at the 1967 FIBA World Championship, the silver medal at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Olympics, and the gold medal at the 1970 FIBA World Championship. He also won the gold medal at the 1967 Mediterranean Games.