Montenegro national basketball team

Montenegro Crna Gora

FIBA ranking	74 3
Joined FIBA	2006
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	KSCG
Coach	Bogdan Tanjević
Olympic Games
Appearances	None
Medals	None
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	None
Medals	None
Eurobasket
Appearances	2
Medals	None
Uniforms
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The Montenegrin national basketball team represents Montenegro in men's international basketball tournaments. It is organized by the Basketball Federation of Montenegro (Montenegrin: Кошаркашки Савез Црне Горе, КСЦГ; Košarkaški Savez Crne Gore, KSCG), which is the governing body of basketball in Montenegro. This team competes in the European region of FIBA.

History

In 2006, the Basketball Federation of Montenegro along with this team joined the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) on its own following the Independence of Montenegro.

The Montenegrin national team entered international competition in 2009,^[1] and appointed Duško Vujošević as the national coach. Since becoming a separate team, Montenegro have won 13 games in a row, until losing to Israel in August 2010, their first ever losing game.

Roster

Players called up for the FIBA EuroBasket 2015 qualification.

Montenegrin National Basketball Team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – DOB Ht. Club SG 5 Mihailović, Vladimir 24 – 3 September 1990 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Tigers Tübingen SG 6 Šehović, Suad 27 – 19 February 1987 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) KK Budućnost Podgorica SF 15 Popović, Aleksa 27 – 31 July 1987 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) KK Budućnost Podgorica SG 8 Šehović, Sead (C) 26 – 22 August 1988 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) KK Budućnost Podgorica PG 10 Rochestie, Taylor 29 – 1 July 1985 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Maccabi Tel Aviv PF 7 Dragičević, Vladimir 28 – 30 May 1986 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) free agent PF 11 Bjelica, Milko 30 – 4 June 1984 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Darüşşafaka S.K. PF 12 Radović, Nemanja 23 – 11 November 1991 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) CB Murcia PF 14 Maraš, Ivan 28 – 20 April 1986 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) BC Tsmoki-Minsk PG 20 Ivanović, Nikola 20 – 19 February 1994 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) KK Mega Basket F 22 Borisov, Miloš 29 – 3 September 1985 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Szolnoki Olaj KK C - Peković, Nikola 28 – 3 January 1986 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Minnesota Timberwolves F/C - Vučević, Nikola 24 – 24 October 1990 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Orlando Magic C - Golubović, Vladimir 28 – 24 February 1986 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) Pallacanestro Reggiana SG - Bakić, Boris 28 – 23 May 1986 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) KK Metalac Valjevo PG - Rice, Tyrese 27 – 15 May 1987 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) BC Khimki PF - Dubljević, Bojan 23 – 24 October 1991 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Valencia BC F - Dašić, Vladimir 26 – 13 May 1988 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) free agent PF - Nikolić, Danilo 21 – 8 April 1993 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) KK Mega Basket PF - Todorović, Marko 22 – 19 April 1992 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) BC Khimki	Head coach Bogdan Tanjević Assistant coaches Petar Mijović Igor Jovović Stojan Ivković Legend (C) Team captain Club field describes current pro club

Depth Chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Bench
C	Nikola Vučević	Nikola Peković	Vladimir Golubović
PF	Bojan Dubljević	Marko Todorović	Nikola Radović
SF	Sead Šehović	Aleksa Popović	Miloš Borisov
SG	Suad Šehović	Vladimir Mihailović	Boris Bakić
PG	Nikola Ivanović	Taylor Rochestie	Tyrese Rice

Competitive record

At Eurobasket FIBA EuroBasket Year Position Pld W L 1935 – 2005 See Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro 2007 Did not enter international competition 2009 Did not qualify 2011 21st Place 5 1 4 2013 17th Place 5 2 3 2015 Did not qualify 2017 Banned Total 10 3 7

At Games of the Small States of Europe Games of the Small States of Europe Year Position Pld W L 2013 Did not participate 2015 1st 3 3 0 Total 3 3 0

Notable former players

• Vlado Šćepanović
• Dejan Radonjić
• Omar Cook

References

1. Eurobasket – Montenegro Profile

External links

• Official Website of the Basketball Federation of Montenegro (KSCG)