Чемпионат Европы по баскетболу
Kićanović played with the senior Yugoslavian national basketball team from 1973 to 1983, and he competed at all the major international FIBA competitions: the FIBA EuroBasket, the FIBA World Cup and the Summer Olympic Games. He won the FIBA EuroBasket three times, winning the 1973 FIBA EuroBasket, the 1975 FIBA EuroBasket, and the 1977 FIBA EuroBasket. He was twice named to the EuroBasket All-Tournament Team, at the 1979 tournament, and at the 1981 tournament.