Croatia men's national under-18 and under-19 basketball team

Croatia

Joined FIBA	1992
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	Croatian Basketball Federation
Nickname(s)	Kockasti
U19 World Cup
Appearances	7
Medals	Silver: 1 (2015) Bronze: 2 (1999, 2009)
U18 EuroBasket
Appearances	22
Medals	Gold: 3 (1996, 2002, 2012) Silver: 4 (1994, 1998, 2000, 2013) Bronze: 2 (2008, 2014)
U18 EuroBasket Division B
Appearances	2
Medals	Gold: 1 (2017)
Home Away

The Croatia men's national under-18 and under-19 basketball team are boys' basketball teams, administered by the Croatian Basketball Federation, that represent Croatia in international youth men's basketball competitions. ^{[1] [2]} The Croatia men's national under-18 basketball team (Hrvatska juniorska reprezentacija) represents Croatia at the FIBA U18 EuroBasket, where it has a chance to qualify for the FIBA U19 World Cup.

The Croatia men's under-19 team has achieved success in World Cup competition with one silver and two bronzes. But has achieved even more success in European Championships with three golds, four silvers and two bronzes.

History

From 1964 to 1992 Croatian players played for Yugoslavia. Croatia participated in its first ever FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship as an independent entity in 1994. All the results of the Yugoslavia national basketball team men's, women's, youth and senior selections prior to the breakup of SFR Yugoslavia were recognized as results of the newly formed FR Yugoslavia. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

The team won their first gold medal at the 1996 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship.

FIBA U19 World Cup competitive record

Main article: FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup

Year	Pos.	GP	W	L	Ref.
1979–1991	Part of   SFR Yugoslavia
1995	4th	8	5	3	[6]
1999	3rd	8	6	2	[7]
2003	4th	8	5	3	[8]
2007	Did not qualify
2009	3rd	9	7	2	[9]
2011	8th	9	4	5	[10]
2013	8th	9	5	4	[11]
2015	2nd	7	5	2	[12]
2017	Did not qualify
2019
2021
2023
2025
2027 to 2029	To be determined
Total	7/14	58	37	21

Past rosters

1995 Championship	1999 Championship	2003 Championship	2009 Championship	2011 Championship	2013 Championship	2015 Championship
[13]	[14]	[15]	[16]	[17]	[18]	[19]
4 Jurica Ružić 5 Marko Punda 6 Gordan Giriček 7 Ivan Perinčić 8 Josip Sesar 9 Vladimir Anzulović 10 Ivan Vujić 11 Marin Prskalo 12 Krešimir Novosel 13 Mate Miliša 14 Dubravko Zemljić 15 Sandro Nicević	4 Srđan Subotić 5 Ante Stamać 6 Marko Malić 7 Marko Morić 8 Domagoj Devčić 9 Boris Džidić 10 Zoran Planinić 11 Mario Stojić 12 Dalibor Bagarić 13 Zoran Pehar 14 Andrija Žižić 15 Ivica Škalabrin	4 Hrvoje Perić 5 Mario Kralj 6 Davor Filipović 7 Mateo Kedžo 8 Damir Markota 9 Marko Tomas 10 Roko Ukić 11 Drago Pašalić 12 Martin Previšić 13 Marko Banić 14 Franko Kaštropil 15 Ivan Novačić	4 Nikola Došen 5 Luka Babić 6 Josip Bilinovac 7 Mario Delaš (MVP+ATT) 8 Šime Olivari 9 Dino Butorac 10 Toni Prostran (ATT) 11 Ivan Batur 12 Darko Planinić 13 Domagoj Bubalo 14 Leon Radošević 15 Tomislav Zubčić	4 Martin Junaković 5 Stefan Zadravec 6 Toni Katić 7 Stipe Krstanović 8 Mislav Brzoja 9 Marino Kučan 10 Boris Barać 11 Marko Ramljak 12 Dino Repeša 13 Mario Hezonja 14 Filip Bundović 15 Dario Šarić	4 Martin Junaković 5 Tomislav Gabrić 6 Josip Gulam 7 Jakov Mustapić 8 Lovro Demo 9 Dario Šarić (ATT) 10 Mislav Brzoja 11 Dominik Mavra 12 Domagoj Bošnjak 13 Ivan Bender 14 Marin Marić 15 Valentin Jurković	4 Borna Kapusta 5 Goran Filipović 6 Ivan Majcunić 7 Roko Badžim 8 Luka Božić 9 Ivan Vraneš 10 Nik Slavica 11 Dragan Bender 12 Ante Žižić 13 Ivica Zubac 14 Ivan Karaćić 15 Marko Arapović (ATT)

FIBA U18 EuroBasket competitive record

Main article: FIBA U18 EuroBasket

Division A						Division B
Year	Pos.	GP	W	L	Ref.	Year	Pos.	GP	W	L	Ref.
1964–1990	Part of   SFR Yugoslavia
1992	Did not participate
1994	2nd	7	6	1	[20]
1996	1st	7	7	0	[21]
1998	2nd	8	5	3	[22]
2000	2nd	8	7	1	[23]
2002	1st	8	7	1	[24]
2004	Did not qualify
2005	11th	8	3	5	[25]
2006	10th	8	4	4	[26]
2007	8th	8	2	6	[27]
2008	3rd	8	5	3	[28]
2009	8th	9	4	5	[29]
2010	5th	9	6	3	[30]
2011	8th	9	4	5	[31]
2012	1st	9	8	1	[32]
2013	2nd	9	5	4	[33]
2014	3rd	9	8	1	[34]
2015	12th	9	4	5	[35]
2016	14th	6	2	4	[36]
2017						2017	1st	8	8	0	[37]
2018	11th	7	3	4	[38]
2019	13th	7	3	4	[39]
2022	13th	7	3	4	[40]
2023	10th	7	3	4	[41]
2024	14th	7	2	5	[42]
2025						2025	10th	7	5	2	[43]
Total	22/25	174	101	73		Total	2/19	15	13	2

Past rosters

1994 Championship	1996 Championship	1998 Championship	2000 Championship	2002 Championship	2005 Championship	2006 Championship	2007 Championship
[44]	[45]	[46]	[47]	[48]	[49]	[50]	[51]
4 Krešimir Novosel 5 Marko Punda 6 Gordan Giriček 7 Ivan Perinčić 8 Ivan Vujić 9 Ante Kapov 10 Igor Miličić 11 Ante Slavica 12 Zoran Huljev 13 Mate Miliša 14 Dubravko Zemljić 15 Sandro Nicević	4 Vladimir Anzulović 5 Branimir Longin 6 Ivan Tomeljak 7 Hrvoje Henjak 8 Hrvoje Perinčić 9 Andrej Štimac 10 Josip Sesar 11 Joško Poljak 12 Marijan Mance 13 Jurica Žuža 14 Nikola Vujčić 15 Dalibor Bagarić	4 Ivan Tomas 5 Srđan Subotić 6 Domagoj Vidaković 7 Ante Samac 8 Domagoj Devčić 9 Boris Džidić 10 Mario Kasun 11 Mario Stojić 12 Marko Malić 13 Jere Macura 14 Andrija Žižić 15 Krešimir Lončar	4 Ivan Morić 5 Eduard Pulja 6 Marko Popović 7 Krešimir Lončar 8 Lovro Gligora 9 Mladen Gligora 10 Zoran Planinić 11 Neven Ćuzela 12 Toni Dijan 13 Marin Rozić 14 Ivan Krolo 15 Denis Vrsaljko	4 Luka Popović 5 Hrvoje Gašparac 6 Davor Filipović 7 Mateo Kedžo 8 Filip Bašljan 9 Marko Tomas 10 Roko Ukić 11 Drago Pašalić 12 Martin Previšić 13 Marko Banić 14 Franko Kaštropil 15 Ivan Novačić	4 Luka Bekavac 5 Josip Blajić 6 Luka Drezga 7 Zvonko Buljan 8 Franko Filipović 9 Marko Raić 10 Zoran Vrkić 11 Aleksandar Ugrinoski 12 Ivan Siriščević 13 Ivan Papac 14 Ante Tomić 15 Denis Paulić	4 Ante Nerber 5 Teo Petani 6 Aleksandar Ugrinoski 7 Jure Škifić 8 Filip Krušlin 9 Ante Delaš 10 Bojan Bogdanović 11 Željko Šakić 12 Filip Vukičević 13 Ivan Mileković 14 Ante Đugum 15 Toni Soda	4 Marko Radić 5 Sven Smajlagić 6 Karlo Vragović 7 Mario Delaš 8 Aljoša Šarac 9 Antonio Oštrić 10 Filip Krušlin 11 Marijo Hajdić 12 Pavle Marčinković 13 Marino Šarlija 14 Robert Rikić 15 Miro Bilan

2008 Championship	2009 Championship	2010 Championship	2011 Championship	2012 Championship	2013 Championship	2014 Championship	2015 Championship
[52]	[53]	[54]	[55]	[56]	[57]	[58]	[59]
4 Nikola Došen 5 Toni Prostran 6 Josip Bilinovac 7 Sven Smajlagić 8 Goran Fodor 9 Ivan Ramljak 10 Ivan Batur 11 Darko Planinić 12 Tomislav Zubčić 13 Leon Radošević 14 Mario Delaš (ATT) 15 Robert Rikić	4 Nikola Došen 5 Luka Babić 6 Ante Čutura 7 Domagoj Bubalo 8 Dino Jakoliš 9 Paško Vrlika 10 Toni Prostran 11 Ivan Batur 12 Matteo Juričić 13 Boris Barać 14 Dragan Sekelja 15 Toni Brnas	4 Stefan Zadravec 5 Roko Rogić 6 Toni Katić 7 Boris Barać 8 Alex Percan 9 Marino Kučan 10 Marin Kukoč 11 Marko Ramljak 12 Dario Šarić 13 Franko Šango 14 Filip Najev 15 Josip Matić	4 Stipe Čubrić 5 Martin Junaković 6 Petar Madunić 7 Stipe Krstanović 8 Matej Buovac 9 Antonio Boban 10 Mislav Brzoja 11 Marko Ramljak 12 Domagoj Vuković 13 Ante Smolić 14 Josip Mikulić 15 Armin Mazić	4 Marko Proleta 5 Tomislav Gabrić 6 Karlo Lebo 7 Jakov Mustapić 8 Lovro Demo 9 Dario Šarić (MVP+ATT) 10 Mislav Brzoja 11 Dominik Mavra 12 Antonio Črnjević 13 Daniel Zovko 14 Marin Marić 15 Karlo Žganec	4 Josip Gulam 5 Ivan Jukić 6 Paolo Marinelli (ATT) 7 Domagoj Bošnjak (ATT) 8 Tomislav Gabrić 9 Andrija Ćorić 10 Dorian Jelenek 11 Juraj Kožić 12 Bruno Žganec 13 Marko Arapović 14 Lovro Mazalin 15 Karlo Žganec	4 Borna Kapusta 5 Goran Filipović 6 Ivan Majcunić 7 Roko Badžim 8 Luka Božić 9 Ivan Vučić 10 Nik Slavica 11 Dragan Bender (ATT) 12 Ante Žižić 13 Josip Jukić 14 Lovro Mazalin 15 Marko Arapović	4 Bruno Skokna 5 Mate Kalajžić 6 Petar Dubelj 7 Roko Badžim 8 Franko Kalpić 9 Mateo Čolak 10 Karlo Mikšić 11 Lovro Buljević 12 Domagoj Proleta 13 Ivica Zubac 14 Domagoj Vrkić 15 Krešmir Ljubičić

2016 Championship	2017 Division B 1st	2018 Championship	2019 Championship	2022 Championship	2023 Championship	2024 Championship
[60]	[61]	[62]	[63]	[64]	[65]	[66]
4 Domagoj Šarić 5 Mate Mandić 6 Josip Barnjak 7 Darko Bajo 8 Karlo Uljarević 9 Emil Savić 10 Domagoj Proleta 11 Leo Čizmić 12 Luka Barišić 13 Pavao Paić 14 Krešimir Ljubičić 15 Lovro Buljević	4 Antonio Jordano 5 Domagoj Šarić 6 Luka Šamanić (MVP+ATT) 7 Darko Bajo 8 Jan Palokaj 9 Toni Nakić 10 Ivan Omrčen 11 Mateo Drežnjak 12 Ivan Vrgoč 13 Gabriel Marić 14 Jakov Kukić 15 Marko Jurić	4 Jure Planinić 5 Oton Janković 6 Luka Šamanić 7 Lovre Runjić 8 Edi Patekar 9 Jan Palokaj 10 Roko Erslan 11 Filip Vujičić 12 Mario Rajčić 13 Vito Čubrilo 14 Roko Macner 15 Danko Branković	4 Filip Paponja 5 Karlo Lukačić 6 Matej Rudan 7 Sandro Rašić 8 Ivan Gulin 9 Lovro Gnjidić 10 Roko Škarica 11 Matej Bošnjak 12 Leon Bulić 13 Ante Perkušić 14 Lukša Buljević 15 Viktor Šarić	4 Andrija Jelavić 5 David Pavin 6 Vigo Bart 7 Luka Krajnović 8 Vice Zanki 9 Leon Šljivarić 10 Mihael Kos 11 Ivan Bogdanović 12 Marko Vučić 13 Marino Dubravčić 14 Stellan Rajaofera 15 Ivan Matleković	4 Ivan Jurić 5 Dominik Dolić 6 Vigo Bart 7 Vito Perković 8 David Pavin 9 Toni Bilić 10 Luka Frančešević 11 Marko Ljubičić 12 Noa Zemljić 15 Pero Zubac 16 Šimun Lončar 17 Tin Udovičić	2 Vice Grbić 3 Ivan Jurić 5 Josip Pavković 5 Andro Mirčeta 7 Roko Jemo 8 Dominik Dolić 9 Toni Torbarina 10 Ivan Volf 11 Vito Perković 12 Andrej Radivojević 13 Luka Bičić 14 Toni Josipović

See also

• Croatia men's national basketball team
• Croatia men's national under-16 and under-17 basketball team
• Croatia women's national under-18 basketball team

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External links

• Croatian Basketball Federation official website
• Archived records of Croatia team participations