Bosnia and Herzegovina men's national basketball team

Bosnia and Herzegovina
FIBA ranking	41 1 (1 March 2024)
Joined FIBA	1992
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	KSBIH
Coach	Adis Bećiragić
Nickname(s)	Zmajevi (The Dragons); Zlatni ljiljani (The Golden Lilies)
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	None
EuroBasket
Appearances	10
Medals	None
Home	Away
First international
	Bosnia and Herzegovina 97–69 Slovakia ; (Wrocław, Poland; 30 May 1993)
Biggest win
	Bosnia and Herzegovina 92–53 Cyprus ; (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina; 21 November 2001); Cyprus 56–95 Bosnia and Herzegovina ; (Nicosia, Cyprus; 20 November 2002); Bosnia and Herzegovina 88–49 Bulgaria ; (Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina; 27 November 2020)
Biggest defeat
	Bosnia and Herzegovina 52–102 France ; (Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina; 29 June 2018)

The Bosnia and Herzegovina men's national basketball team (Bosnian: Košarkaška reprezentacija Bosne i Hercegovine / Кошаркашка репрезентација Босне и Херцеговине) represents Bosnia and Herzegovina in international basketball competitions, and is governed by the Basketball Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Until 1992, Bosnian basketballers played for Yugoslavia.

Bosnia and Herzegovina reached their first international tournament at the EuroBasket in 1993. They have competed ten times at the event overall. The team has yet to qualify on the global level to play at the FIBA World Cup.

History

Until 1992, Bosnia and Herzegovina was a part of Yugoslavia, which meant players born in Bosnia and Herzegovina played for the Yugoslavia national team. Between 1947 and 1992, the following Bosnia-born players were selected to play for the Yugoslavia national team at the biggest competitions (Olympics, World Cup, and EuroBasket) at least once: Mirza Delibašić, Dražen Dalipagić, Predrag Danilović, Zoran Savić, Ratko Radovanović, Borislav Stanković, Milan Bjegojević, Dragiša Vučinić, Sabit Hadžić, Emir Mutapčić, and Mario Primorac. During this time, Bosnia and Herzegovina's capital city, Sarajevo, was one of five locations where games were played during the 1970 FIBA World Cup; where Yugoslavia finished in first place, the team's first gold medal at the FIBA World Cup.

After gaining its independence from Yugoslavia, Bosnia and Herzegovina qualified to the EuroBasket for the first time in 1993. Entering the tournament, Bosnia and Herzegovina earned their first ever EuroBasket victory in their final Group A match against Sweden.^[2] The team would go on to make it to the quarter-finals before losing to the eventual bronze medalists Croatia, which sent the team into the classification phase to finish out the competition.^[3]

After a positive showing for the national team in their first EuroBasket appearance, they would fail to qualify for the tournament in 1995. However, Bosnia and Herzegovina would turn around to qualify for the continental showpiece five consecutive times (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005). Although after that stretch for the national team, they would only qualify for the Euros three times after 2005 until 2015. Heading toward qualification for EuroBasket 2017, Bosnia and Herzegovina came up short in their attempt to qualify to the EuroBasket for the first time since 2009.^[4]

For qualification to reach the 2019 FIBA World Cup, Bosnia and Herzegovina first went through European Pre-Qualifiers, where the team won four out of their six matches (4–2) to advance.^[5] Entering the first round of the qualifiers, the national team earned a tough win at home against Russia 81–76.^[6] After the win, Bosnia and Herzegovina would pull out one more victory during the rest of the first round of qualifying to position itself to advance. In the second and final round of 2019 World Cup qualifying, the team lost its first five matches by single digits before defeating Bulgaria. However, the five crucial losses ultimately eliminated the team from clinching qualification.^[7]

In 2022, Bosnia and Herzegovina were set to play in the EuroBasket 2022 but were in danger on missing out on the tournament due to a lack of funds, just weeks before the start.^[8] Eventually, the federation received 150,000 convertible marks in financial aid from the Bosnian government, to ensure participation in the tournament.^[9]

Competitive record

Olympic Games

Olympic Games					Qualifying
Year	Position	Pld	W	L	Pld	W	L
1936 to 1988	Part of Yugoslavia				Part of Yugoslavia
1992	Did not enter				Did not enter
1996	Did not qualify				Did not qualify
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024					5	3	2
Total	0/9				5	3	2

EuroBasket

EuroBasket					Qualification
Year	Position	Pld	W	L	Pld	W	L
1935 to 1991	Part of Yugoslavia				Part of Yugoslavia
1993	8th	9	2	7	7	5	2
1995	Did not qualify				10	4	6
1997	15th	5	1	4	10	7	3
1999	15th	3	0	3	10	9	1
2001	13th	3	0	3	10	6	4
2003	15th	3	0	3	10	6	4
2005	15th	3	0	3	6	4	2
2007	Did not qualify				12	5	7
2009	Did not qualify				10	6	4
2011	19th	5	2	3	8	3	5
2013	13th	5	3	2	8	6	2
2015	23rd	5	1	4	4	4	0
2017	Did not qualify				4	2	2
2022	18th	5	2	3	6	5	1
2025	To be determined				To be determined
Total	10/14	46	11	35	115	72	43

Results and fixtures

Win Loss

2023

v

Bosnia and Herzegovina

13 August 2023 2024 Olympic Pre-Qualifying – Group stage	Portugal	75–84	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Gliwice, Poland
16:00 (UTC+2)	Scoring by quarter: 24–17, 16–20, 14–21, 21–26
	Pts: Lisboa 22 Rebs: Brito 8 Asts: three players 4	Boxscore	Pts: Musa 21 Rebs: Garza 12 Asts: Atić 10	Arena: Gliwice Arena Attendance: 1,263 Referees: Gvidas Gedvilas (LTU), Martin Horozov (BUL), Mehmet Karabilecen (TUR)

v Poland

14 August 2023 2024 Olympic Pre-Qualifying – Group stage	Bosnia and Herzegovina	76–85	Poland	Gliwice, Poland
20:30 (UTC+2)	Scoring by quarter: 19–27, 18–23, 18–20, 21–15
	Pts: Nurkić 17 Rebs: Nurkić 8 Asts: Atić 8	Boxscore	Pts: Ponitka, Sokołowski 22 Rebs: Ponitka 9 Asts: Ponitka 7	Arena: Gliwice Arena Attendance: 2,754 Referees: Nicolás Maestre (FRA), Kerem Baki (TUR), Gvidas Gedvilas (LTU)

v

Bosnia and Herzegovina

16 August 2023 2024 Olympic Pre-Qualifying – Group stage	Hungary	78–103	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Gliwice, Poland
21:00 (UTC+2)	Scoring by quarter: 16–36, 12–21, 24–26, 26–20
	Pts: Perl 21 Rebs: Golomán 5 Asts: Perl 5	Boxscore	Pts: Musa 26 Rebs: Nurkić 10 Asts: Musa 7	Arena: Gliwice Arena Attendance: 764 Referees: Oskars Lucis (LAT), Sergii Zashchuk (UKR), Ariadna Chueca (ESP)

v

Israel

18 August 2023 2024 Olympic Pre-Qualifying – Semi-finals	Bosnia and Herzegovina	86–77	Israel	Gliwice, Poland
20:30 (UTC+2)	Scoring by quarter: 20–22, 16–11, 23–19, 27–25
	Pts: Garza 24 Rebs: Nurkić 14 Asts: Musa 5	Boxscore	Pts: Sorkin 28 Rebs: Sorkin 9 Asts: Ziv 8	Arena: Gliwice Arena Attendance: 1,260 Referees: Oskars Lucis (LAT), Zafer Yılmaz (TUR), Sergii Zashchuk (UKR)

v Poland

20 August 2023 2024 Olympic Pre-Qualifying – Final	Bosnia and Herzegovina	72–76	Poland	Gliwice, Poland
14:15 (UTC+2)	Scoring by quarter: 23–23, 16–17, 15–14, 18–22
	Pts: Lazić 16 Rebs: Nurkić 12 Asts: Atić 9	Boxscore	Pts: Sokołowski 16 Rebs: Ponitka 8 Asts: Ponitka 5	Arena: Gliwice Arena Attendance: 5,256 Referees: Oskars Lucis (LAT), Nicolás Maestre (FRA), Zafer Yılmaz (TUR)

2024

v

Bosnia and Herzegovina

23 February 2024 EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers	Cyprus	66–99	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Nicosia, Cyprus
19:00 (UTC+2)	Scoring by quarter: 27–28, 11–23, 18–26, 10–22
	Pts: Willis 22 Rebs: Willis 13 Asts: Stylianou 3	Boxscore	Pts: Musa 26 Rebs: Kamenjaš 10 Asts: Atić, Musa 8	Arena: Eleftheria Indoor Hall Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Martin Horozov (BUL), Ofer Manheim (ISR), Marek Kúkelčík (SVK)

v France

26 February 2024 EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers	Bosnia and Herzegovina	64–74	France	Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina
19:00 (UTC+1)	Scoring by quarter: 15–16, 17–18, 16–23, 16–17
	Pts: Musa 15 Rebs: Kamenjaš 6 Asts: Musa 3	Boxscore	Pts: Yabusele 16 Rebs: Yabusele 9 Asts: Yabusele 3	Arena: Dvorana Mejdan Attendance: 4,500 Referees: Luis Castillo (ESP), Kerem Baki (TUR), Dariusz Zapolski (POL)

v

Bosnia and Herzegovina

21 November 2024 EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers	Croatia	vs.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Croatia

		Boxscore

v

Croatia

24 November 2024 EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers	Bosnia and Herzegovina	vs.	Croatia	Bosnia and Herzegovina

		Boxscore

2025

v

Cyprus

21 February 2025 EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers	Bosnia and Herzegovina	vs.	Cyprus	Bosnia and Herzegovina

		Boxscore

v

Bosnia and Herzegovina

24 February 2025 EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers	France	vs.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	France

		Boxscore

Team

Current roster

Roster for the EuroBasket 2025 Qualifiers matches on 23 and 26 February 2024 against Cyprus and France.^[10]

Bosnia and Herzegovina men's national basketball team roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
C	0	Ismet Sejfić	30 – (1993-09-07)7 September 1993	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	Sloboda Tuzla
C	1	Markus Lončar	27 – (1996-04-08)8 April 1996	2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)	Al Taawoun
F	3	Amar Alibegović	28 – (1995-03-31)31 March 1995	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	Çağdaş Bodrumspor
PG	4	Adnan Arslanagić	26 – (1997-08-26)26 August 1997	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Ilirija
SG	5	Edin Atić	27 – (1997-01-19)19 January 1997	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	Igokea
G/F	9	Amar Gegić	26 – (1998-02-14)14 February 1998	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	Gran Canaria
F	10	Vojin Ilić	23 – (2000-08-09)9 August 2000	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	Bosna Meridianbet
PF	11	Ajdin Penava	26 – (1997-03-11)11 March 1997	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	Juventus
G/F	13	Džanan Musa	24 – (1999-05-08)8 May 1999	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	Real Madrid
SG	17	Aleksandar Lazić	27 – (1996-06-10)10 June 1996	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	Spartak
SF	27	Adin Vrabac	30 – (1994-01-27)27 January 1994	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	Évreux
C	34	Kenan Kamenjaš	24 – (2000-01-17)17 January 2000	2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)	Budućnost

Head coach

Adis Bećiragić

Assistant coach(es)

Gordan Firić
Hajrudin Prolić
Azur Sakić

Legend

(C) Team captain
Club – describes last
club before the competition
Age – describes age
on 23 February 2024

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Jusuf Nurkić	Luka Garza	Kenan Kamenjaš
PF	Miralem Halilović	Emir Sulejmanović	Ajdin Penava
SF	Adin Vrabac	Aleksandar Lazić
SG	Džanan Musa	Edin Atić
PG	John Roberson	Amar Gegić	Sani Čampara

Notable players

Current notable players who have played for the national team:

Notable players roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
PG	Filip Adamović	35 – (1988-12-15)15 December 1988	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Gries-Soufel
F	Rijad Avdić	25 – (1998-07-02)2 July 1998	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	Focșani
F	Nedim Buza	28 – (1995-05-10)10 May 1995	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	Bosna Meridianbet
G	Sani Čampara	24 – (1999-03-03)3 March 1999	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	Mons-Hainaut
F	Nedim Đedović	27 – (1997-02-16)16 February 1997	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	Real Betis
F	Amsel Delalić	20 – (2003-07-24)24 July 2003	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	Borac Banja Luka
F	Haris Delalić	29 – (1994-04-24)24 April 1994	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	MZT Skopje
C	Ibrahim Durmo	27 – (1997-01-15)15 January 1997	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	PEAC-Pécs
C	Luka Garza	25 – (1998-12-27)27 December 1998	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	Minnesota Timberwolves
G	Nemanja Gordić	35 – (1988-08-25)25 August 1988	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	Spartak
PF	Miralem Halilović	32 – (1991-07-22)22 July 1991	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	Galatasaray
G	Almir Hasandić	33 – (1990-10-19)19 October 1990	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	Unattached
PG	Draško Knežević	31 – (1993-02-03)3 February 1993	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Patrioti Levice
F	Milan Milošević	38 – (1985-09-26)26 September 1985	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	Mladost Zemun
SG	Zinedin Mulić	20 – (2004-01-15)15 January 2004	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	Spars
F	Lazar Mutić	24 – (1999-06-01)1 June 1999	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	Aalst
C	Jusuf Nurkić	29 – (1994-08-23)23 August 1994	2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)	Phoenix Suns
G	Muhamed Pašalić	36 – (1987-08-27)27 August 1987	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	Bosna Meridianbet
C	Imran Polutak	27 – (1996-07-09)9 July 1996	2.09 m (6 ft 10 in)	OSE Lions
PG	John Roberson	35 – (1988-10-28)28 October 1988	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	Manisa
F	Njegoš Sikiraš	24 – (1999-04-11)11 April 1999	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	Rogaška
C	Andrija Stipanović	37 – (1986-12-18)18 December 1986	2.09 m (6 ft 10 in)	Cluj Napoca
F/C	Emir Sulejmanović	28 – (1995-07-13)13 July 1995	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	Zaragoza
G	Darko Talić	26 – (1998-02-23)23 February 1998	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	Borac Čačak
C	Obrad Tomić	30 – (1993-08-04)4 August 1993	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	Rapla
C	Đorđe Topolović	22 – (2001-07-07)7 July 2001	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	Šibenka
G	Tihomir Vranješ	28 – (1995-10-24)24 October 1995	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	Raiders
PG	Adi Zahiragić	28 – (1995-02-24)24 February 1995	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	Zlatibor
F	Jure Zubac	28 – (1995-03-15)15 March 1995	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	Bosna Meridianbet

Legend

Club – describes current club
Age – describes age
on 23 February 2024

Records

Players in bold are still active.

Most points scored
Rank	Player	NT Career	Points
1.	Nenad Marković (C)	1994–2001	840
2.	Mirza Teletović (C)	2003–2014	655
3.	Gordan Firić	1993–2006	639
4.	Jasmin Hukić (C)	1998–2005	581
5.	Elmedin Kikanović (C)	2006–	500
6.	Samir Avdić	1993–1997	390
7.	Samir Lerić	1993–2005	388
8.	Elvir Ovčina	1997–2005	376
9.	Damir Mršić	2000–2006	345
10.	Kenan Bajramović (C)	2001–2011	342

Head coach history

Ibrahim Krehić – (1993)
Mirza Delibašić – (1993)
Faruk Kulenović – (1993–1995)
Sabit Hadžić – (1995–2001)
Draško Prodanović – (2001–2003)
Mensur Bajramović – (2004–2006)
Nenad Marković – (2006–2008)
Mensur Bajramović – (2008–2010)
Sabit Hadžić – (2010–2012)
Aleksandar Petrović – (2012–2013)
Duško Ivanović – (2014–2015)
Damir Mulaomerović – (2016)
Duško Vujošević – (2017–2018)
Jasmin Repeša – (2018)
Vedran Bosnić – (2018–2022)
Adis Bećiragić – (2022–present)

Past rosters

1993 EuroBasket: finished 8th among 16 teams

4 Samir Selešković, 5 Gordan Firić, 6 Adis Bećiragić, 8 Senad Begović, 9 Ilijas Masnić, 10 Mario Primorac, 11 Samir Avdić,
12 Emir Mutapčić, 13 Emir Halimić, 14 Sabahudin Bilalović (Coach: Ibrahim Krehić)

1997 EuroBasket: finished 15th among 16 teams

4 Nenad Marković, 5 Gordan Firić, 6 Adis Bećiragić, 7 Samir Lerić, 8 Azur Korlatović, 9 Sejo Bukva, 10 Samir Selešković,
11 Samir Avdić, 12 Elvir Ovčina, 13 Dževad Alihodžić, 14 Adnan Hodžić, 15 Haris Mujezinović (Coach: Sabit Hadžić)

1999 EuroBasket: finished 15th among 16 teams

4 Nenad Marković, 5 Gordan Firić, 6 Adis Bećiragić, 7 Samir Lerić, 8 Ivan Opačak, 9 Jasmin Hukić, 10 Damir Mirković, 11 Tarik Valjevac,
12 Dževad Alihodžić, 13 Elvir Ovčina, 15 Haris Mujezinović (Coach: Sabit Hadžić)

2001 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 16 teams

4 Nenad Marković, 5 Gordan Firić, 6 Goran Terzić, 7 Samir Lerić, 8 Ivan Opačak, 9 Jasmin Hukić, 10 Siniša Kovačević, 11 Bariša Krasić,
12 Damir Mršić, 13 Ramiz Suljanović, 14 Elvir Ovčina, 15 Haris Mujezinović (Coach: Sabit Hadžić)