Croatia men's national basketball team

{{Short description|Men's national basketball team representing Croatia}}

{{About|the men's team|the women's team|Croatia women's national basketball team}}

{{Infobox national basketball team

| country = Croatia

| logo = Croatian Basketball Federation.png

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| nickname = Kockasti
(The Chequered Ones)

| coach = Josip Sesar

| fiba_ranking = {{FIBA World Rankings|CRO}}

| joined_fiba = 1992

| fiba_zone = FIBA Europe

| national_fed = HKS

| oly_appearances = 4

| oly_medals = {{OG2}} Silver: (1992)

| wc_appearances = 3

| wc_medals = {{World3}} Bronze: (1994)

| zone_championship = EuroBasket

| zone_appearances = 14

| zone_medals = {{Eur3}} Bronze: (1993, 1995)

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| first_game = {{bk|GER}} 86–74 {{bk-rt|CRO}}
(Murcia, Spain; 22 June 1992){{cite web|url=http://www.linguasport.com/baloncesto/internacional/olimpiadas/1992_BARCELONA_PR.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008065931/http://www.linguasport.com/baloncesto/internacional/olimpiadas/1992_BARCELONA_PR.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=2023-10-08|publisher=Linguasport|access-date=18 August 2017|title=XIII Olympic Basketball Tournament (Barcelona 1992) Qualifying stage}}

| largest_win = {{bk|CRO}} 124–51 {{bk-rt|ISL}}
(Murcia, Spain; 24 June 1992)

| largest_loss = {{bk|CRO}} 70–103 {{bk-rt|USA}}
(Barcelona, Spain; 27 July 1992)

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The Croatia men's national basketball team ({{langx|hr|Hrvatska košarkaška reprezentacija}}){{cite web|url=https://www.eurobasket.com/Croatia/basketball.aspx|title=Croatia basketball news|publisher=eurobasket.com}} represents Croatia in international basketball matches. The team is controlled by the Croatian Basketball Federation (HKS).[http://www.hks-cbf.hr Naslovnica – Hrvatski košarkaški savez]

The biggest success Croatia has achieved was at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics when the team reached the final against the United States and won the silver medal. Croatia has also won one bronze medal at the FIBA World Cup and two bronze medals at EuroBasket.

Croatia's Krešimir Ćosić, Dražen Petrović, Dino Rađa, Mirko Novosel and Toni Kukoč are members of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Ćosić was inducted in 1996, Petrović in 2002, Rađa in 2018 and Kukoč in 2021, all as players. Novosel was inducted in 2007 as a coach. Petrović, Ćosić, Kukoč and Novosel are members of the FIBA Hall of Fame. Ćosić is also the only Croatian to have received the FIBA Order of Merit. Ćosić, however, never played for the Croatia national team. As he was only a member of the Yugoslavia national team, holding the record for number of medals (including Olyimpic gold) and the most games played by a player.

History

=Prior to Croatian independence=

Croatia played its first unofficial friendly game on 2 June 1964 in Karlovac.{{cite web |url=http://kafotka.net/1204 |title=All Star NBA u Šancu 1964. |access-date=8 September 2012 |work=kafotka.net}} Croatian team played against US All Star Team and lost 65–110 (31–50). USA players coached by Red Auerbach were Bob Cousy, Tom Heinsohn, K. C. Jones, Jerry Lucas, Bob Pettit, Oscar Robertson and Bill Russell and Croatian team was Giuseppe Gjergja, Nemanja Đurić, Živko Kasun, Zlatko Kiseljak, Slobodan Kolaković, Dragan Kovačić, Boris Križan, Stjepan Ledić, Mirko Novosel, Marko Ostarčević, Petar Skansi and Željko Troskot.{{cite web |url=http://www.kaportal.hr/karetrovizor/nba-zvijezde-sanac |title=U Šancu haklale NBA zvijezde, a u Draganiću gradili naftnu bušotinu |access-date=8 September 2012 |work=www.kaportal.hr |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719164742/http://www.kaportal.hr/karetrovizor/nba-zvijezde-sanac |archive-date=19 July 2012 |df=dmy-all }}{{cite web |url=http://www.index.hr/sport/clanak/karlovac-40-godina-nba-lige-u-karlovcu/205546.aspx |title=KARLOVAC: 40 GODINA NBA LIGE U KARLOVCU |access-date=21 August 2012 |work=Index.hr}}

=Independent Croatia=

After independence of Croatia in 1991, the first official tournament played by Croatians were the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Croatia defeated the CIS team 75–74 and reached the final against the USA Dream Team led by Michael Jordan. The USA won 85–117, but Croatia won its first medal at a major tournament in history.{{cite web|url=https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/team/p/sid/2943/tid/2168/_/1992_Olympic_Games_Tournament_for_Men/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119074238/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/team/p/sid/2943/tid/2168/_/1992_Olympic_Games_Tournament_for_Men/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 January 2012|title=Croatia at the 1992 Olympic Games|publisher=Archive.fiba.com|date=8 August 1992}}

The next competition for Croatia was the 1993 EuroBasket in Germany. Tragically, before the tournament Dražen Petrović died in a car accident on 7 June 1993 at the age of 28. Croatia still managed to reach the bronze medal game to defeat Greece 99–59.{{cite web|url=https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/A/grid/2/rid/1117/sid/2264/_/1993_European_Championship_for_Men/statistic.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231009052355/https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/game/p/gid/A/grid/2/rid/1117/sid/2264/_/1993_European_Championship_for_Men/statistic.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2023-10-09|title=Croatia v Greece EuroBasket 1993 Bronze medal game results|publisher=Archive.fiba.com|date=3 July 1993}}

Croatia earned its third medal at the 1994 FIBA World Cup in Canada. Croatia lost their semi-finals match against Russia 64–66, but beat Greece once again 78–60 for the bronze medal. A similar occurrence happened at the EuroBasket 1995 in Greece. Croatia lost in the semi-finals 80–90 against Lithuania, but beat Greece 73–68 for the third time in a row in a bronze medal match. That medal to date was the last Croatian medal from any major tournament. At the 1996 Summer Olympics Croatia finished in a subpar seventh place.{{cite web|url=https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/team/p/sid/2944/tid/2168/_/1996_Olympic_Games_Tournament_for_Men/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240422133806/https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/team/p/sid/2944/tid/2168/_/1996_Olympic_Games_Tournament_for_Men/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2024-04-22|title=Croatia at the 1996 Olympic Games|publisher=Archive.fiba.com|date=2 August 1996}}

=Decline=

At the EuroBasket 1997 in Spain, the new Croatian generation emerged, but ended in 11th place. Croatia failed to qualify for the 2000, 2004 and 2012 Summer Olympics, but finished sixth in 2008. Croatia also failed to qualify for the 1998, 2002 and 2006 World Cups. Although the team did manage to qualify in 2010, before falling in the Round of 16. However, at the EuroBasket 2013, Croatia had its best tournament appearance since 1995, where the team finished in fourth place.{{cite web|url=https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/team/p/sid/8722/tid/2168/_/2013_EuroBasket/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231010163022/https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/team/p/sid/8722/tid/2168/_/2013_EuroBasket/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2023-10-10|title=Croatia at the EuroBasket 2013|publisher=Archive.fiba.com|date=22 September 2013}}

Honours

The Croatia national team's all-time medal table:

scope="col" style="width:10em;"\|Games !scope="col" style="background-color:gold; font-weight:bold;"\|Gold !scope="col" style="background-color:silver; font-weight:bold;"\|Silver !scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966; font-weight:bold;"\|Bronze !scope="col" \|Total
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align="center"\|Summer Olympics !0	1	0	1
align="center"\|FIBA World Cup !0	0	1	1
align="center"\|EuroBasket !0	0	2	2
align="center"\|Mediterranean Games !1	1	0	2
align="center"\|Stanković Cup !2	1	0	3
align="center"\|Total !3	3	3	9

Competitive record

=FIBA World Cup=

Year !Position !width=30\|{{Tooltip\|Pld\|Games played}} !width=30\|{{Tooltip\|W\|Won}} !width=30\|{{Tooltip\|L\|Lost}} !width=30\|{{Tooltip\|Pld\|Games played}} !width=30\|{{Tooltip\|W\|Won}} !width=30\|{{Tooltip\|L\|Lost}}
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;font-size:90%;" !colspan=5\|World Cup !rowspan=13\| !colspan=3\|Qualification
1950 to 1990	colspan=4\|Part of Yugoslavia	colspan=3\|Part of Yugoslavia
{{flagicon\|CAN}} 1994	bgcolor=#cc9966\|{{World3}}	bgcolor=#cc9966\|8	bgcolor=#cc9966\|7	bgcolor=#cc9966\|1 \|colspan=3 rowspan=6\|EuroBasket served as qualifiers
{{flagicon\|GRE}} 1998	colspan=4 rowspan=3\|Did not qualify
{{flagicon\|USA}} 2002
{{flagicon\|JPN}} 2006
{{flagicon\|TUR}} 2010	14th	6	2	4
{{flagicon\|ESP}} 2014	10th	6	3	3
{{flagicon\|CHN}} 2019	colspan=4 rowspan=2\|Did not qualify \|12	4	8
{{flagicon\|PHI}}{{flagicon\|JPN}}{{flagicon\|IDN}} 2023 \|6	1	5
{{flagicon\|QAT}} 2027	colspan=4\|To be determined \|colspan=3\|To be determined
Total	3/8	20	12	8	18	5	13

=Olympic Games=

Year !Position !width=30\|{{Tooltip\|Pld\|Games played}} !width=30\|{{Tooltip\|W\|Won}} !width=30\|{{Tooltip\|L\|Lost}} !width=30\|{{Tooltip\|Pld\|Games played}} !width=30\|{{Tooltip\|W\|Won}} !width=30\|{{Tooltip\|L\|Lost}}
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;font-size:90%;" !colspan=5\|Olympic Games !rowspan=13\| !colspan=3\|Qualifying
1936 to 1988	colspan=4\|Part of Yugoslavia	colspan=3\|Part of Yugoslavia
{{flagicon\|ESP}} 1992	bgcolor=silver\|{{OG2}}	bgcolor=silver\|8	bgcolor=silver\|6	bgcolor=silver\|2 \|11	10	1
{{flagicon\|USA}} 1996	7th	8	4	4 \|colspan=3\|Direct qualification
{{flagicon\|AUS}} 2000	colspan=4 rowspan=2\|Did not qualify \|colspan=3 rowspan=2\|Did not qualify
{{flagicon\|GRE}} 2004
{{flagicon\|CHN}} 2008	6th	6	3	3 \|4	4	0
{{flagicon\|UK}} 2012	colspan=4\|Did not qualify \|colspan=3\|Did not qualify
{{flagicon\|BRA}} 2016	5th	6	3	3 \|4	3	1
{{flagicon\|JPN}} 2020	colspan=4 rowspan=2\|Did not qualify \|3	1	2
{{flagicon\|FRA}} 2024 \|9	7	2
Total	4/9	28	16	12	31	25	6

=EuroBasket=

Year !Position !width=30\|{{Tooltip\|Pld\|Games played}} !width=30\|{{Tooltip\|W\|Won}} !width=30\|{{Tooltip\|L\|Lost}} !width=30\|{{Tooltip\|Pld\|Games played}} !width=30\|{{Tooltip\|W\|Won}} !width=30\|{{Tooltip\|L\|Lost}}
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;font-size:90%;" !colspan=5\|EuroBasket !rowspan=19\| !colspan=3\|Qualification
1935 to 1991	colspan=4\|Part of Yugoslavia	colspan=3\|Part of Yugoslavia
{{flagicon\|GER}} 1993	bgcolor=#cc9966\|{{Eur3}}	bgcolor=#cc9966\|9	bgcolor=#cc9966\|8	bgcolor=#cc9966\|1 \|7	6	1
{{flagicon\|GRE}} 1995	bgcolor=#cc9966\|{{Eur3}}	bgcolor=#cc9966\|9	bgcolor=#cc9966\|8	bgcolor=#cc9966\|1 \|6	5	1
{{flagicon\|ESP}} 1997	11th	8	2	6 \|10	7	3
{{flagicon\|FRA\|1974}} 1999	11th	6	3	3 \|10	7	3
{{flagicon\|TUR}} 2001	7th	7	3	4 \|10	10	0
{{flagicon\|SWE}} 2003	11th	4	1	3 \|10	8	2
{{flagicon\|SCG}} 2005	7th	7	4	3 \|4	3	1
{{flagicon\|ESP}} 2007	6th	9	3	6 \|6	5	1
{{flagicon\|POL}} 2009	6th	9	4	5 \|colspan=3 rowspan=2\|Direct qualification
{{flagicon\|LTU}} 2011	13th	5	2	\|3
{{flagicon\|SVN}} 2013	4th	11	8	\|3 \|8	8	0
style="border: 3px solid red"\|{{flagicon\|FRA\|1974}}{{flagicon\|CRO}}{{flagicon\|GER}}{{flagicon\|LAT}} 2015	9th	6	3	3 \|colspan=3\|{{nowrap\|Qualified as co-host}}
{{flagicon\|FIN}}{{flagicon\|ISR}}{{flagicon\|ROU}}{{flagicon\|TUR}} 2017	10th	6	4	2 \|colspan=3\|Direct qualification
{{flagicon\|CZE}}{{flagicon\|GEO}}{{flagicon\|ITA}}{{flagicon\|GER}} 2022	12th	6	3	3 \|6	4	2
{{flagicon\|CYP}}{{flagicon\|FIN}}{{flagicon\|POL}}{{flagicon\|LAT}} 2025	colspan=4\|Did not qualify \|16	12	4
Total	14/15	102	56	46	93	75	18

Results and fixtures

=2024=

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|round = EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers

|date = 23 February 2024

|time = 20:30 (UTC+1)

|teamA = {{bk-rt|FRA}}

|scoreA = 73

|teamB = {{bk|CRO}}

|scoreB = 61

|Q1 = 15–14

|Q2 = 20–16

|Q3 = 22–14

|Q4 = 16–17

|report = [https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/118585-FRA-CRO Boxscore]

|points1 = Luwawu-Cabarrot 15

|rebounds1 = Cordinier 6

|assist1 = Albicy, Inglis 4

|points2 = Hezonja 22

|rebounds2 = three players 5

|assist2 = three players 3

|location = Brest, France

|arena = Brest Arena

|attendance = 5,029

|referee = Wojciech Liszka (POL), Michał Proc (POL), Mehmet Karabilecen (TUR)

|result = L

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|round = EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers

|date = 26 February 2024

|time = 20:00 (UTC+1)

|teamA = {{bk-rt|CRO}}

|scoreA = 92

|teamB = {{bk|CYP}}

|scoreB = 63

|Q1 = 22–8

|Q2 = 26–16

|Q3 = 22–26

|Q4 = 22–13

|report = [https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/118586-CRO-CYP Boxscore]

|points1 = Prkačin 24

|rebounds1 = Hezonja, Prkačin 10

|assist1 = Kapusta 8

|points2 = Simitzis 17

|rebounds2 = Willis 9

|assist2 = Mantovani, Willis 3

|location = Rijeka, Croatia

|arena = Zamet Sports Centre

|attendance = 2,500

|referee = Radomir Vojinović (MNE), Ventsislav Velikov (BUL), Can Mavisu (TUR)

|result = W

}}

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|round = 2024 Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Group stage

|date = 2 July 2024

|time = 21:00 (UTC+3)

|teamA = {{bk-rt|SVN}}

|scoreA = 92

|teamB = {{bk|CRO}}

|scoreB = 108

|Q1 = 16–31

|Q2 = 25–23

|Q3 = 27–39

|Q4 = 24–15

|report = [https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-olympic-qualifying-tournament-2024-piraeus-greece/games/121087-SLO-CRO Boxscore]

|points1 = Dončić 26

|rebounds1 = Dončić 11

|assist1 = Dončić 10

|points2 = Filipović 21

|rebounds2 = Šarić 10

|assist2 = Šarić 10

|location = Piraeus, Greece

|arena = Peace and Friendship Stadium

|attendance = 4,109

|referee = Luis Vázquez (PUR), Gatis Saliņš (LAT), Daniel García (VEN)

|result = W

}}

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|round = 2024 Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Group stage

|date = 3 July 2024

|time = 17:30 (UTC+3)

|teamA = {{bk-rt|CRO}}

|scoreA = 86

|teamB = {{bk|NZL}}

|scoreB = 90

|Q1 = 29–28

|Q2 = 31–27

|Q3 = 19–19

|Q4 = 7–16

|report = [https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-olympic-qualifying-tournament-2024-piraeus-greece/games/121088-CRO-NZL Boxscore]

|points1 = Zubac 29

|rebounds1 = Zubac 16

|assist1 = Hezonja 6

|points2 = Webster 21

|rebounds2 = Delany 9

|assist2 = Ili 4

|location = Piraeus, Greece

|arena = Peace and Friendship Stadium

|attendance = 396

|referee = Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Julio Anaya (PAN), Ahmed Al-Shuwaili (IRQ)

|result = L

}}

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|round = 2024 Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Semi-finals

|date = 6 July 2024

|time = 21:00 (UTC+3)

|teamA = {{bk-rt|DOM}}

|scoreA = 77

|teamB = {{bk|CRO}}

|scoreB = 80

|Q1 = 15–16

|Q2 = 17–21

|Q3 = 21–16

|Q4 = 24–27

|report = [https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-olympic-qualifying-tournament-2024-piraeus-greece/games/121110-DOM-CRO Boxscore]

|points1 = Duarte 17

|rebounds1 = Montero, Santos 5

|assist1 = Duarte, Montero 4

|points2 = Zubac 25

|rebounds2 = Zubac 9

|assist2 = Hezonja 4

|location = Piraeus, Greece

|arena = Peace and Friendship Stadium

|attendance = 1,907

|referee = Julio Anaya (PAN), Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Ahmed Al-Shuwaili (IRQ)

|result = W

}}

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|round = 2024 Olympic Qualifying Tournament – Final

|date = 7 July 2024

|time = 21:00 (UTC+3)

|teamA = {{bk-rt|CRO}}

|scoreA = 69

|teamB = {{bk|GRE}}

|scoreB = 80

|Q1 = 22–22

|Q2 = 17–23

|Q3 = 14–21

|Q4 = 16–14

|report = [https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-olympic-qualifying-tournament-2024-piraeus-greece/games/121112-CRO-GRE Boxscore]

|points1 = Zubac 19

|rebounds1 = Šarić, Zubac 12

|assist1 = Smith 7

|points2 = G. Antetokounmpo 23

|rebounds2 = G. Antetokounmpo 8

|assist2 = Calathes 11

|location = Piraeus, Greece

|arena = Peace and Friendship Stadium

|attendance = 11,810

|referee = Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Gatis Saliņš (LAT), Julio Anaya (PAN)

|result = L

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|round = EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers

|date = 21 November 2024

|time = 20:00 (UTC+1)

|teamA = {{bk-rt|CRO}}

|scoreA = 89

|teamB = {{bk|BIH}}

|scoreB = 76

|Q1 = 30–19

|Q2 = 20–29

|Q3 = 23–12

|Q4 = 16–16

|report = [https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/118589-CRO-BIH#boxscore Boxscore]

|points1 = Božić 25

|rebounds1 = Božić 9

|assist1 = Smith 4

|points2 = Gegić 18

|rebounds2 = Gegić 8

|assist2 = Atić 6

|location = Zagreb, Croatia

|arena = Dražen Petrović Basketball Hall

|attendance = 4,000

|referee = Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Marius Ciulin (ROU), Gintaras Mačiulis (LTU)

|result = W

}}

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|round = EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers

|date = 24 November 2024

|time = 18:00 (UTC+1)

|teamA = {{bk-rt|BIH}}

|scoreA = 110

|teamB = {{bk|CRO}}

|scoreB = 90

|Q1 = 22–21

|Q2 = 28–29

|Q3 = 33–13

|Q4 = 27–27

|report = [https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/118591-BIH-CRO#boxscore Boxscore]

|points1 = Kamenjaš 21

|rebounds1 = Kamenjaš 10

|assist1 = Musa 5

|points2 = Hezonja 28

|rebounds2 = Hezonja 6

|assist2 = Božić 6

|location = Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

|arena = Mirza Delibašić Hall

|attendance = 5,500

|referee = Antonio Conde (ESP), Wojciech Liszka (POL), Gvidas Gedvilas (LTU)

|result = L

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=2025=

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|round = EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers

|date = 21 February 2025

|time = 20:00 (UTC+1)

|teamA = {{bk-rt|CRO}}

|scoreA = 80

|teamB = {{bk|FRA}}

|scoreB = 83

|Q1 = 17–20

|Q2 = 18–17

|Q3 = 16–22

|Q4 = 29–24

|report = [https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/118593-CRO-FRA Boxscore]

|points1 = Hezonja 37

|rebounds1 = Hezonja 11

|assist1 = Mavra 4

|points2 = Okobo 16

|rebounds2 = Massa 7

|assist2 = Strazel 5

|location = Zadar, Croatia

|arena = Jazine Basketball Hall

|attendance = 2,700

|referee = Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Gatis Saliņš (LAT)

|result = L

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|round = EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers

|date = 24 February 2025

|time = 19:00 (UTC+2)

|teamA = {{bk-rt|CYP}}

|scoreA = 67

|teamB = {{bk|CRO}}

|scoreB = 104

|Q1 = 14–26

|Q2 = 11–22

|Q3 = 18–26

|Q4 = 24–30

|report = [https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/games/118594-CYP-CRO Boxscore]

|points1 = Simitzis 25

|rebounds1 = Willis 8

|assist1 = Tigkas 7

|points2 = Hezonja 40

|rebounds2 = Hezonja 11

|assist2 = Hezonja, Smith 7

|location = Nicosia, Cyprus

|arena = Eleftheria Indoor Hall

|attendance = 3,000

|referee = Gvidas Gedvilas (LTU), Andris Aunkrogers (LAT), Mihkel Männiste (EST)

|result = W

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|date = 6 August 2025

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Team

=Current roster=

Roster for the EuroBasket 2025 Qualifiers matches on 21 and 24 February 2025 against France and Cyprus.{{cite web|title=Croatia during the EuroBasket 2025 Qualifiers in February 2025|url=https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-eurobasket-2025-qualifiers/teams/croatia|access-date=21 February 2025}}

{{FIBA roster header|team=Croatia men's national basketball team

| color1 = White| bg1 = #ff0000| color2 = White| bg2 = #171796}}

{{FIBA player|df=y| num = 1 | nat = ITA | name = Toni Perković | pos = SG | m = 1.91 | year = 1998 | month = 4 | date = 10 | compyear = 2025 | compmonth = 2 | compdate = 21 | clublink = Forlì}}

{{FIBA player|df=y| num = 3 | nat = TUR | name = Jaleen Smith | pos = G | m = 1.93 | year = 1994 | month = 11 | date = 24 | compyear = 2025 | compmonth = 2 | compdate = 21 | clublink = Bahçeşehir Koleji}}

{{FIBA player|df=y| num = 4 | nat = CRO | name = Borna Kapusta | pos = PG | m = 1.83 | year = 1996 | month = 7 | date = 24 | compyear = 2025 | compmonth = 2 | compdate = 21 | clublink = Split}}

{{FIBA player|df=y| num = 5 | nat = CRO | name = Antonio Jordano | pos = SG | m = 1.90 | year = 1999 | month = 2 | date = 25 | compyear = 2025 | compmonth = 2 | compdate = 21 | clublink = Split}}

{{FIBA player|df=y| num = 7 | nat = CRO | name = Antonio Sikirić | pos = SF | m = 1.97 | year = 2003 | month = 10 | date = 27 | compyear = 2025 | compmonth = 2 | compdate = 24 | clublink = Zabok}}

{{FIBA player|df=y| num = 8 | nat = ESP | name = Mario Hezonja | note = C | pos = G/F | m = 2.00 | year = 1995 | month = 2 | date = 25 | compyear = 2025 | compmonth = 2 | compdate = 21 | clublink = Real Madrid}}

{{FIBA player|df=y| num = 10 | nat = CRO | name = Krešimir Radovčić | pos = PG | m = 1.92 | year = 1997 | month = 4 | date = 19 | compyear = 2025 | compmonth = 2 | compdate = 21 | clublink = Cibona}}

{{FIBA player|df=y| num = 19 | nat = ESP | name = Luka Šamanić | pos = F/C | m = 2.08 | year = 2000 | month = 1 | date = 9 | compyear = 2025 | compmonth = 2 | compdate = 21 | clublink = Baskonia}}

{{FIBA player|df=y| num = 23 | nat = MNE | name = Mateo Drežnjak | pos = SG | m = 1.96 | year = 1999 | month = 3 | date = 8 | compyear = 2025 | compmonth = 2 | compdate = 21 | clublink = Budućnost}}

{{FIBA player|df=y| num = 24 | nat = ITA | name = Dario Drežnjak | pos = SF | m = 2.00 | year = 1998 | month = 3 | date = 24 | compyear = 2025 | compmonth = 2 | compdate = 21 | clublink = Cremona}}

{{FIBA player|df=y| num = 30 | nat = ESP | name = Dominik Mavra | pos = PG | m = 1.88 | year = 1994 | month = 6 | date = 15 | compyear = 2025 | compmonth = 2 | compdate = 21 | clublink = Breogán}}

{{FIBA player|df=y| num = 34 | nat = CHN | name = Marin Marić | pos = C | m = 2.11 | year = 1994 | month = 2 | date = 21 | compyear = 2025 | compmonth = 2 | compdate = 21 | clublink = Sichuan Blue Whales}}

{{FIBA player|df=y| num = 98 | nat = CRO | name = Krešimir Ljubičić | pos = C | m = 2.11 | year = 1998 | month = 7 | date = 11 | compyear = 2025 | compmonth = 2 | compdate = 21 | clublink = Split}}

{{FIBA roster footer

| head_coach =

{{flagicon|CRO}} Josip Sesar

| asst_coach=

{{flagicon|CRO}} Ivan Tomas
{{flagicon|CRO}} Ivan Perinčić

|otherlegend=

(C) Team captain
Club – describes last
club before the competition
Age – describes age
on 21 February 2025

}}

=Depth chart=

{{basketball depth chart

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| starter_c = Luka Šamanić

| starter_pf = Mario Hezonja

| starter_sf = Mateo Drežnjak

| starter_sg = Jaleen Smith

| starter_pg = Dominik Mavra

| bench 1_c = Krešimir Ljubičić

| bench 1_pf = Marin Marić

| bench 1_sf = Dario Drežnjak

| bench 1_sg = Toni Perković

| bench 1_pg = Borna Kapusta

| bench 2_c =

| bench 2_pf =

| bench 2_sf = Antonio Sikirić

| bench 2_sg = Antonio Jordano

| bench 2_pg = Krešimir Radovčić

| bench 3_c =

| bench 3_pf =

| bench 3_sf =

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| bench 3_pg =

}}

Head coaches

;1990s and 2000s

class="wikitable"
Years ! Name ! Competition
1992 \| Petar Skansi \| {{OG2}} 1992 Summer Olympics
1993 \| Mirko Novosel \| {{Eur3}} 1993 EuroBasket
1994 \| Josip Gjergja \| {{World3}} 1994 World Cup
1995 \| Aleksandar Petrović \| {{Eur3}} 1995 EuroBasket
1996–1998 \| Petar Skansi \| 7th 1996 Summer Olympics 11th 1997 EuroBasket
1999 \| Boško Božić \| 9th 1999 EuroBasket
1999–2001 \| Aleksandar Petrović \| 7th 2001 EuroBasket
2001–2005 \| Neven Spahija \| 11th 2003 EuroBasket 7th 2005 EuroBasket
2005–2009 \| Jasmin Repeša \| 6th 2007 EuroBasket 6th 2008 Summer Olympics 6th 2009 EuroBasket

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Years

! Name

! Competition

1992

| Petar Skansi

| {{OG2}} 1992 Summer Olympics

1993

| Mirko Novosel

| {{Eur3}} 1993 EuroBasket

1994

| Josip Gjergja

| {{World3}} 1994 World Cup

1995

| Aleksandar Petrović

| {{Eur3}} 1995 EuroBasket

1996–1998

| Petar Skansi

| 7th 1996 Summer Olympics
11th 1997 EuroBasket

1999

| Boško Božić

| 9th 1999 EuroBasket

1999–2001

| Aleksandar Petrović

| 7th 2001 EuroBasket

2001–2005

| Neven Spahija

| 11th 2003 EuroBasket
7th 2005 EuroBasket

2005–2009

| Jasmin Repeša

| 6th 2007 EuroBasket
6th 2008 Summer Olympics
6th 2009 EuroBasket

;2010s and 2020s

class="wikitable"
Years ! Name ! Competition
2010–2011 \| Josip-Jerko Vranković \| 14th 2010 World Cup 13th 2011 EuroBasket
2012–2014 \| Jasmin Repeša \| 4th 2013 EuroBasket 10th 2014 World Cup
2015 \| Velimir Perasović \| 9th 2015 EuroBasket
2016–2017 \| Aleksandar Petrović{{cite web\|url=http://sportske.jutarnji.hr/kosarka/eurobasket2017/aco-petrovic-otisao-a-hrvatska-ekspresno-dobila-novog-izbornika-evo-tko-ce-voditi-reprezentaciju-u-kvalifikacijama-za-svjetsko-prvenstvo/6553422/ \|title=ACO PETROVIĆ OTIŠAO, A HRVATSKA EKSPRESNO DOBILA NOVOG IZBORNIKA EVO TKO ĆE VODITI REPREZENTACIJU U KVALIFIKACIJAMA ZA SVJETSKO PRVENSTVO! \|publisher=Jutarnji.hr \|date=15 September 2017}} \| 5th 2016 Summer Olympics 10th 2017 EuroBasket
2017–2018 \| Ivica Skelin \| rowspan=3\|—
2018–2019 \| Dražen Anzulović
2019–2022 \| Veljko Mršić
2022 \| Damir Mulaomerović \| 12th 2022 EuroBasket
2022–2023 \| Aleksandar Petrović (interim) \| rowspan=2\|—
2023–present \| Josip Sesar

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Years

! Name

! Competition

2010–2011

| Josip-Jerko Vranković

| 14th 2010 World Cup
13th 2011 EuroBasket

2012–2014

| Jasmin Repeša

| 4th 2013 EuroBasket
10th 2014 World Cup

2015

| Velimir Perasović

| 9th 2015 EuroBasket

2016–2017

| Aleksandar Petrović{{cite web|url=http://sportske.jutarnji.hr/kosarka/eurobasket2017/aco-petrovic-otisao-a-hrvatska-ekspresno-dobila-novog-izbornika-evo-tko-ce-voditi-reprezentaciju-u-kvalifikacijama-za-svjetsko-prvenstvo/6553422/ |title=ACO PETROVIĆ OTIŠAO, A HRVATSKA EKSPRESNO DOBILA NOVOG IZBORNIKA EVO TKO ĆE VODITI REPREZENTACIJU U KVALIFIKACIJAMA ZA SVJETSKO PRVENSTVO! |publisher=Jutarnji.hr |date=15 September 2017}}

| 5th 2016 Summer Olympics
10th 2017 EuroBasket

2017–2018

| Ivica Skelin

| rowspan=3|—

2018–2019

| Dražen Anzulović

2019–2022

| Veljko Mršić

2022

| Damir Mulaomerović

| 12th 2022 EuroBasket

2022–2023

| Aleksandar Petrović (interim)

| rowspan=2|—

2023–present

| Josip Sesar

Past rosters

{{see also|List of Croatia men's national basketball team players}}

Notable players and coaches

;Players

=Individual awards=

FIBA World Cup MVP
Dražen Petrović – 1986
Toni Kukoč – 1990
EuroBasket MVP
Krešimir Ćosić – 1971, 1975
Dražen Petrović – 1989
Toni Kukoč – 1991
Olympics Top Scorer
Bojan Bogdanović – 2016
EuroBasket Top Scorer - by total points
Dražen Petrović – 1985
FIBA World Cup All-Tournament Team
Krešimir Ćosić – 1970, 1978
Vinko Jelovac – 1974
Dražen Petrović – 1986
Toni Kukoč – 1990
Dino Rađa – 1994
EuroBasket All-Tournament Team
Krešimir Ćosić – 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1979
Dražen Petrović – 1985, 1989
Dino Rađa – 1989, 1993
Toni Kukoč – 1991, 1995
Damir Mulaomerović – 2001
Bojan Bogdanović – 2013
Olympic Final Top Scorer
Dražen Petrović – 1992
World Cup Final Top Scorer
Krešimir Ćosić – 1970
EuroBasket Final Top Scorer
Krešimir Ćosić – 1973
Dražen Petrović – 1989
Dino Rađa – 1991

;Other notable achievements

FIBA Order of Merit
Krešimir Ćosić
FIBA Hall of Fame
Krešimir Ćosić
Dražen Petrović
Toni Kukoč
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
Krešimir Ćosić
Dražen Petrović
Dino Rađa
Toni Kukoč
College Basketball Hall of Fame
Krešimir Ćosić
Euroscar
Toni Kukoč – 1991, 1994, 1996, 1998
Dražen Petrović – 1992, 1993
Mr. Europa
Toni Kukoč – 1991, 1992, 1996
Dražen Petrović – 1993
NBA champion
Toni Kukoč – 1996, 1997, 1998
Žan Tabak – 1995
All-NBA Team
Dražen Petrović – 1993
NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award
Toni Kukoč – 1996
NBA All-Rookie First Team
Dario Šarić – 2017
NBA All-Rookie Second Team
Toni Kukoč – 1994
Dino Rađa – 1994
Gordan Giriček – 2003
Bojan Bogdanović – 2015

EuroLeague Final Four MVP
Dino Rađa - 1989
Toni Kukoč – 1990, 1991, 1993
EuroLeague Finals Top Scorer
Petar Skansi - 1972
Dražen Petrović - 1985
Toni Kukoč - 1990
EuroLeague Top Scorer
Zdravko Radulović – 1993
EuroLeague Rebounds Leader
Stojko Vranković – 1995
Žan Tabak – 1999
EuroLeague Assists Leader
Ivica Marić – 2001
Zoran Planinić – 2013
EuroLeague Steals Leader
Ivica Marić – 2001
EuroLeague PIR Leader
Nikola Vujčić – 2007
All EuroLeague First Team
Nikola Vujčić – 2005, 2006, 2007
Ante Tomić – 2013, 2014
All EuroLeague Second Team
Nikola Vujčić – 2003, 2004
Ante Tomić – 2015
Mario Hezonja – 2024
All Europe First Team
Nikola Vujčić – 2005, 2006
Bojan Bogdanović – 2013
Ante Tomić – 2015
All Europe Second Team
Nikola Vujčić – 2004, 2007
Ante Tomić – 2013, 2014
50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors (2008)
Krešimir Ćosić
Dražen Petrović
Toni Kukoč
Dino Rađa
Cup Winner's Cup Finals Top Scorer
Andro Knego - 1982
Dražen Petrović - 1987, 1989
FIBA Korać Cup Finals Top Scorer
Željko Jerkov - 1977
Dražen Petrović - 1988
FIBA's 50 Greatest Players (1991)
Krešimir Ćosić
Toni Kukoč
Dražen Petrović
Dino Rađa
Petar Skansi
FIBA All-Star Games
Krešimir Ćosić
Josip Gjergja
Vinko Jelovac
Željko Jerkov
Andro Knego
Toni Kukoč
Veljko Mršić
Dražen Petrović
Dino Rađa
Petar Skansi
Damir Šolman
Ratomir Tvrdić
Stojko Vranković

;Coaches

=Individual achievements=

FIBA Hall of Fame
Mirko Novosel
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
Mirko Novosel
Euroleague winning head coach
Mirko Novosel - 1985
Željko Pavličević - 1986, 1991

Head-to-head record

=Record against teams at the EuroBasket=

National team !width="15"\|{{Tooltip\|Pld\|Games played}} !width="15"\|{{Tooltip\|W\|Won}} !width="15"\|{{Tooltip\|L\|Lost}} !{{Tooltip\|PF\|Points for}} !{{Tooltip\|PA\|Points against}} !{{Tooltip\|PD\|Point difference}}
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Belgium}} Belgium	1	1	0	106	74	+32
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	2	1	243	229	+14
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Bulgaria}} Bulgaria	2	2	0	192	165	+27
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Czech Republic}} Czech Republic	4	3	1	322	266	+56
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Estonia}} Estonia	3	3	0	252	219	+33
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Finland}} Finland	4	3	1	350	313	+37
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|France}} France	7	3	4	566	566	0
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Georgia}} Georgia	2	1	1	135	147	−12
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Germany}} Germany	7	3	4	559	559	0
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Greece}} Greece	9	3	6	710	684	+26
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Great Britain}} Great Britain	1	1	0	86	65	+21
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Hungary}} Hungary	1	1	0	67	58	+9
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Israel}} Israel	2	1	1	161	159	+2
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Italy}} Italy	7	5	2	500	475	+25
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Latvia}} Latvia	2	1	1	170	176	−6
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Lithuania}} Lithuania	5	0	5	356	417	−61
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Montenegro}} Montenegro	2	2	0	173	153	+20
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Netherlands}} Netherlands	1	1	0	78	72	+6
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|North Macedonia}} North Macedonia	3	2	1	230	204	+26
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Poland}} Poland	2	1	1	150	147	+3
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Portugal}} Portugal	1	1	0	90	68	+22
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Romania}} Romania	1	1	0	74	58	+16
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Russia}} Russia	8	3	5	628	648	−20
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Serbia}} Serbia	2	0	2	128	144	−16
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Slovenia}} Slovenia	5	3	2	392	386	+6
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Spain}} Spain	7	2	5	500	572	−72
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Turkey}} Turkey	6	3	3	503	430	+73
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Ukraine}} Ukraine	4	3	1	355	323	+32
colspan=6\|Total	27 teams

=Record against teams in EuroBasket qualification=

National team !width="15"\|{{Tooltip\|Pld\|Games played}} !width="15"\|{{Tooltip\|W\|Won}} !width="15"\|{{Tooltip\|L\|Lost}} !{{Tooltip\|PF\|Points for}} !{{Tooltip\|PA\|Points against}} !{{Tooltip\|PD\|Point difference}}
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Austria}} Austria	4	4	0	344	298	+46
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Belarus}} Belarus	1	1	0	112	72	+40
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Belgium}} Belgium	2	2	0	176	129	+47
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} Bosnia and Herzegovina	6	3	3	474	453	+21
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Bulgaria}} Bulgaria	2	1	1	173	148	+25
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Cyprus}} Cyprus	6	6	0	564	354	+210
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Denmark}} Denmark	2	2	0	183	146	+37
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|England}} England	2	2	0	163	149	+14
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Estonia}} Estonia	5	4	1	417	350	+67
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|France}} France	2	0	2	141	156	−15
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Germany}} Germany	2	0	2	144	159	−15
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Hungary}} Hungary	4	4	0	316	268	+48
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Iceland}} Iceland	2	2	0	193	151	+42
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Ireland}} Ireland	4	4	0	349	255	+94
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Latvia}} Latvia	5	5	0	466	371	+95
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Lithuania}} Lithuania	2	1	1	137	140	−3
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Luxembourg}} Luxembourg	2	2	0	189	141	+48
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Netherlands}} Netherlands	6	5	1	457	389	+68
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|North Macedonia}} North Macedonia	3	3	0	312	232	+80
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Poland}} Poland	2	1	1	151	156	−5
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Romania}} Romania	3	3	0	342	206	+136
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Russia}} Russia	2	1	1	151	138	+13
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Slovakia}} Slovakia	4	4	0	355	277	+53
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Slovenia}} Slovenia	1	0	1	90	94	−4
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Sweden}} Sweden	6	5	1	479	417	+62
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Switzerland}} Switzerland	4	4	0	324	236	+88
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Turkey}} Turkey	4	2	2	290	267	+23
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Ukraine}} Ukraine	5	4	1	416	370	+46
colspan=6\|Total	28 teams

=Record against teams at the World Cup=

National team !width="15"\|{{Tooltip\|Pld\|Games played}} !width="15"\|{{Tooltip\|W\|Won}} !width="15"\|{{Tooltip\|L\|Lost}} !{{Tooltip\|PF\|Points for}} !{{Tooltip\|PA\|Points against}} !{{Tooltip\|PD\|Point difference}}
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Argentina}} Argentina	1	1	0	90	85	+5
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Australia}} Australia	1	1	0	83	69	+14
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Brazil}} Brazil	1	0	1	74	92	−18
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Canada}} Canada	1	1	0	92	61	+31
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|People's Republic of China}} China	1	1	0	105	73	+32
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Cuba}} Cuba	1	1	0	85	65	+20
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|France}} France	1	0	1	64	69	−5
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Greece}} Greece	3	2	1	224	191	+33
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Iran}} Iran	1	1	0	75	54	+21
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Philippines}} Philippines	1	1	0	81	78	+3
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Puerto Rico}} Puerto Rico	1	1	0	103	82	+21
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Russia}} Russia	1	0	1	64	66	−2
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Senegal}} Senegal	1	0	1	75	77	−2
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Serbia}} Serbia	1	0	1	72	73	−1
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Slovenia}} Slovenia	1	0	1	84	91	−7
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|South Korea}} South Korea	1	1	0	104	53	+51
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Tunisia}} Tunisia	1	1	0	84	64	+20
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|USA}} United States	1	0	1	78	106	−28
colspan=6\|Total	18 teams

=Record against teams in World Cup qualification=

National team !width="15"\|{{Tooltip\|Pld\|Games played}} !width="15"\|{{Tooltip\|W\|Won}} !width="15"\|{{Tooltip\|L\|Lost}} !{{Tooltip\|PF\|Points for}} !{{Tooltip\|PA\|Points against}} !{{Tooltip\|PD\|Point difference}}
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Finland}} Finland	2	0	2	150	158	−8
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Hungary}} Hungary	2	1	1	139	153	−14
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Italy}} Italy	2	1	1	142	152	−10
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Lithuania}} Lithuania	2	0	2	145	163	−18
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Netherlands}} Netherlands	2	1	1	143	146	−3
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Poland}} Poland	2	0	2	143	156	−13
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Romania}} Romania	2	1	1	146	121	+25
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Slovenia}} Slovenia	2	0	2	143	173	−30
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Sweden}} Sweden	2	1	1	169	168	+1
colspan=6\|Total	9 teams

=Record against teams at the Olympic Games=

National team !width="15"\|{{Tooltip\|Pld\|Games played}} !width="15"\|{{Tooltip\|W\|Won}} !width="15"\|{{Tooltip\|L\|Lost}} !{{Tooltip\|PF\|Points for}} !{{Tooltip\|PA\|Points against}} !{{Tooltip\|PD\|Point difference}}
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Angola}} Angola	2	2	0	144	112	+32
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Argentina}} Argentina	3	1	2	225	242	−17
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Australia}} Australia	3	2	1	266	220	+46
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Brazil}} Brazil	3	2	1	243	230	+13
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|People's Republic of China}} China	2	2	0	208	163	+45
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|CIS}} CIS	1	1	0	75	74	+1
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Germany}} Germany	1	1	0	99	78	+21
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Iran}} Iran	1	1	0	91	57	+34
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Lithuania}} Lithuania	3	1	2	244	250	−6
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Nigeria}} Nigeria	1	0	1	76	90	−14
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Russia}} Russia	1	1	0	85	78	+7
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Serbia}} Serbia	1	0	1	83	86	−3
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|Spain}} Spain	3	2	1	219	221	−2
align="left"\|{{Flagicon\|USA}} United States	3	0	3	226	322	−96
Total	colspan=6\|14 teams

=Biggest tournament wins=

20+ point difference

class="wikitable"
Olympic Games ! World Cup ! EuroBasket
style="vertical-align:top;" \| +34 vs. Iran (91–57) 2008 +33 vs. Australia (98–65) 1992 +31 vs. China (109–78) 1996 +23 vs. Angola (71–48) 1996 {{nowrap\|+21 vs. Germany (99–78) 1992}} \| {{nowrap\|+51 vs. South Korea (104–53) 1994}} +32 vs. China (105–73) 1994 +31 vs. Canada (92–61) 1994 +26 vs. Greece (81–55) 1994 +21 vs. Iran (75–54) 2010 +20 vs. Cuba (85–65) 1994 +20 vs. Tunisia (84–64) 2010 \| +50 vs. Turkey (113–63) 1993 +40 vs. Greece (99–59) 1993 +38 vs. Czech Republic (107–69) 2017 +32 vs. Belgium (106–74) 1993 +25 vs. Finland (88–63) 2013 +22 vs. Turkey (90–68) 1995 +22 vs. Czech Republic (86–64) 1999 +22 vs. Ukraine (93–71) 2003 +22 vs. Portugal (90–68) 2007 +21 vs. Bulgaria (104–83) 1993 +21 vs. Great Britain (86–65) 2022 {{nowrap\|+20 vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina (98–78) 1993}} +20 vs. Germany (75–55) 1997

class="wikitable"

Olympic Games

! World Cup

! EuroBasket

style="vertical-align:top;"

+34 vs. Iran (91–57) 2008
+33 vs. Australia (98–65) 1992
+31 vs. China (109–78) 1996
+23 vs. Angola (71–48) 1996
{{nowrap|+21 vs. Germany (99–78) 1992}}

{{nowrap|+51 vs. South Korea (104–53) 1994}}
+32 vs. China (105–73) 1994
+31 vs. Canada (92–61) 1994
+26 vs. Greece (81–55) 1994
+21 vs. Iran (75–54) 2010
+20 vs. Cuba (85–65) 1994
+20 vs. Tunisia (84–64) 2010

+50 vs. Turkey (113–63) 1993
+40 vs. Greece (99–59) 1993
+38 vs. Czech Republic (107–69) 2017
+32 vs. Belgium (106–74) 1993
+25 vs. Finland (88–63) 2013
+22 vs. Turkey (90–68) 1995
+22 vs. Czech Republic (86–64) 1999
+22 vs. Ukraine (93–71) 2003
+22 vs. Portugal (90–68) 2007
+21 vs. Bulgaria (104–83) 1993
+21 vs. Great Britain (86–65) 2022
{{nowrap|+20 vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina (98–78) 1993}}
+20 vs. Germany (75–55) 1997

Croatia also defeated Albania (94–70) for a win margin of +24 at the 2009 Mediterranean Games.

=Biggest tournament losses=

-20> point difference

class="wikitable"
Olympic Games ! World Cup ! EuroBasket
style="vertical-align:top;" \| -33 vs. USA (70–103) 1992 -32 vs. USA (85–117) 1992 -31 vs. USA (71–102) 1996 {{nowrap
24 vs. Argentina (53–77) 2008}} \| {{nowrap
28 vs. USA (78–106) 2010}} \| -28 vs. Spain (40–68) 2013 -26 vs. Spain (66–92) 2013 {{nowrap
21 vs. Czech Republic (59–80) 2015}}

class="wikitable"

Olympic Games

! World Cup

! EuroBasket

style="vertical-align:top;"

-33 vs. USA (70–103) 1992
-32 vs. USA (85–117) 1992
-31 vs. USA (71–102) 1996
{{nowrap

24 vs. Argentina (53–77) 2008}}

{{nowrap

28 vs. USA (78–106) 2010}}

-28 vs. Spain (40–68) 2013
-26 vs. Spain (66–92) 2013
{{nowrap

21 vs. Czech Republic (59–80) 2015}}

=Biggest qualification wins=

20+ point difference

class="wikitable"
Olympic qualification ! World Cup qualification ! EuroBasket qualification
style="vertical-align:top;" \| {{nowrap\|+73 vs. Iceland (124–51) 1992}} +52 vs. Portugal (109–57) 1992 +46 vs. Italy (108–62) 1992 +39 vs. Greece (102–63) 1992 +32 vs. Sweden (99–67) 2024 +31 vs. Belgium (86–55) 2024 +23 vs. Slovenia (93–70) 1992 +20 vs. Tunisia (72–52) 2016 \| {{nowrap\|+27 vs. Romania (90–63) 2018}} \| {{nowrap\|+60 vs. Romania (115–55) 1997}} +56 vs. Macedonia (128–72) 1993{{cite web\|url=http://www.linguasport.com/baloncesto/internacional/eurobasket/1993_MUNICH_PR.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231017173330/http://www.linguasport.com/baloncesto/internacional/eurobasket/1993_MUNICH_PR.htm\|url-status=usurped\|archive-date=2023-10-17\|publisher=Linguasport\|access-date=18 August 2017\|title=XXVIII European Championship (München 1993) Qualifying stage}} +40 vs. Belarus (112–72) 1993 +40 vs. Ireland (89–49) 2025 +37 vs. Cyprus (104–67) 2025 +36 vs. Luxembourg (98–62) 2025 +34 vs. Latvia (113–79) 1993 +34 vs. Ireland (95–61) 2025 +33 vs. Romania (119–86) 1993 +31 vs. Switzerland (84–53) 2025 +29 vs. Ukraine (107–78) 1993 +29 vs. Cyprus (92–63) 2025 +25 vs. Austria (100–75) 2025

class="wikitable"

Olympic qualification

! World Cup qualification

! EuroBasket qualification

style="vertical-align:top;"

{{nowrap|+73 vs. Iceland (124–51) 1992}}
+52 vs. Portugal (109–57) 1992
+46 vs. Italy (108–62) 1992
+39 vs. Greece (102–63) 1992
+32 vs. Sweden (99–67) 2024
+31 vs. Belgium (86–55) 2024
+23 vs. Slovenia (93–70) 1992
+20 vs. Tunisia (72–52) 2016

{{nowrap|+27 vs. Romania (90–63) 2018}}

{{nowrap|+60 vs. Romania (115–55) 1997}}
+56 vs. Macedonia (128–72) 1993{{cite web|url=http://www.linguasport.com/baloncesto/internacional/eurobasket/1993_MUNICH_PR.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231017173330/http://www.linguasport.com/baloncesto/internacional/eurobasket/1993_MUNICH_PR.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=2023-10-17|publisher=Linguasport|access-date=18 August 2017|title=XXVIII European Championship (München 1993) Qualifying stage}}
+40 vs. Belarus (112–72) 1993
+40 vs. Ireland (89–49) 2025
+37 vs. Cyprus (104–67) 2025
+36 vs. Luxembourg (98–62) 2025
+34 vs. Latvia (113–79) 1993
+34 vs. Ireland (95–61) 2025
+33 vs. Romania (119–86) 1993
+31 vs. Switzerland (84–53) 2025
+29 vs. Ukraine (107–78) 1993
+29 vs. Cyprus (92–63) 2025
+25 vs. Austria (100–75) 2025

References

External links

{{Official website}} {{in lang|hr}}
[http://www.fiba.basketball/federation/Croatia Croatia FIBA profile]
[https://www.eurobasket.com/Croatia/basketball-National-Team.aspx Croatia National Team – Men] at Eurobasket.com
[https://web.archive.org/web/20231008130527/https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp/100/tid/2168/_//teams.html Croatia Basketball Records] at FIBA Archive

Category:Men's national basketball teams

scope="col" style="width:10em;"\|Games !scope="col" style="background-color:gold; font-weight:bold;"\|Gold !scope="col" style="background-color:silver; font-weight:bold;"\|Silver !scope="col" style="background-color:#cc9966; font-weight:bold;"\|Bronze !scope="col" \|Total
class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" border="1" style="text-align:center;"
align="center"\|Summer Olympics !0	1	0	1
align="center"\|FIBA World Cup !0	0	1	1
align="center"\|EuroBasket !0	0	2	2
align="center"\|Mediterranean Games !1	1	0	2
align="center"\|Stanković Cup !2	1	0	3
align="center"\|Total !3	3	3	9

Year !Position !width=30\|{{Tooltip\|Pld\|Games played}} !width=30\|{{Tooltip\|W\|Won}} !width=30\|{{Tooltip\|L\|Lost}} !width=30\|{{Tooltip\|Pld\|Games played}} !width=30\|{{Tooltip\|W\|Won}} !width=30\|{{Tooltip\|L\|Lost}}
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;font-size:90%;" !colspan=5\|World Cup !rowspan=13\| !colspan=3\|Qualification
1950 to 1990	colspan=4\|Part of Yugoslavia	colspan=3\|Part of Yugoslavia
{{flagicon\|CAN}} 1994	bgcolor=#cc9966\|{{World3}}	bgcolor=#cc9966\|8	bgcolor=#cc9966\|7	bgcolor=#cc9966\|1 \|colspan=3 rowspan=6\|EuroBasket served as qualifiers
{{flagicon\|GRE}} 1998	colspan=4 rowspan=3\|Did not qualify
{{flagicon\|USA}} 2002
{{flagicon\|JPN}} 2006
{{flagicon\|TUR}} 2010	14th	6	2	4
{{flagicon\|ESP}} 2014	10th	6	3	3
{{flagicon\|CHN}} 2019	colspan=4 rowspan=2\|Did not qualify \|12	4	8
{{flagicon\|PHI}}{{flagicon\|JPN}}{{flagicon\|IDN}} 2023 \|6	1	5
{{flagicon\|QAT}} 2027	colspan=4\|To be determined \|colspan=3\|To be determined
Total	3/8	20	12	8	18	5	13

Year !Position !width=30\|{{Tooltip\|Pld\|Games played}} !width=30\|{{Tooltip\|W\|Won}} !width=30\|{{Tooltip\|L\|Lost}} !width=30\|{{Tooltip\|Pld\|Games played}} !width=30\|{{Tooltip\|W\|Won}} !width=30\|{{Tooltip\|L\|Lost}}
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;font-size:90%;" !colspan=5\|Olympic Games !rowspan=13\| !colspan=3\|Qualifying
1936 to 1988	colspan=4\|Part of Yugoslavia	colspan=3\|Part of Yugoslavia
{{flagicon\|ESP}} 1992	bgcolor=silver\|{{OG2}}	bgcolor=silver\|8	bgcolor=silver\|6	bgcolor=silver\|2 \|11	10	1
{{flagicon\|USA}} 1996	7th	8	4	4 \|colspan=3\|Direct qualification
{{flagicon\|AUS}} 2000	colspan=4 rowspan=2\|Did not qualify \|colspan=3 rowspan=2\|Did not qualify
{{flagicon\|GRE}} 2004
{{flagicon\|CHN}} 2008	6th	6	3	3 \|4	4	0
{{flagicon\|UK}} 2012	colspan=4\|Did not qualify \|colspan=3\|Did not qualify
{{flagicon\|BRA}} 2016	5th	6	3	3 \|4	3	1
{{flagicon\|JPN}} 2020	colspan=4 rowspan=2\|Did not qualify \|3	1	2
{{flagicon\|FRA}} 2024 \|9	7	2
Total	4/9	28	16	12	31	25	6

Year !Position !width=30\|{{Tooltip\|Pld\|Games played}} !width=30\|{{Tooltip\|W\|Won}} !width=30\|{{Tooltip\|L\|Lost}} !width=30\|{{Tooltip\|Pld\|Games played}} !width=30\|{{Tooltip\|W\|Won}} !width=30\|{{Tooltip\|L\|Lost}}
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;font-size:90%;" !colspan=5\|EuroBasket !rowspan=19\| !colspan=3\|Qualification
1935 to 1991	colspan=4\|Part of Yugoslavia	colspan=3\|Part of Yugoslavia
{{flagicon\|GER}} 1993	bgcolor=#cc9966\|{{Eur3}}	bgcolor=#cc9966\|9	bgcolor=#cc9966\|8	bgcolor=#cc9966\|1 \|7	6	1
{{flagicon\|GRE}} 1995	bgcolor=#cc9966\|{{Eur3}}	bgcolor=#cc9966\|9	bgcolor=#cc9966\|8	bgcolor=#cc9966\|1 \|6	5	1
{{flagicon\|ESP}} 1997	11th	8	2	6 \|10	7	3
{{flagicon\|FRA\|1974}} 1999	11th	6	3	3 \|10	7	3
{{flagicon\|TUR}} 2001	7th	7	3	4 \|10	10	0
{{flagicon\|SWE}} 2003	11th	4	1	3 \|10	8	2
{{flagicon\|SCG}} 2005	7th	7	4	3 \|4	3	1
{{flagicon\|ESP}} 2007	6th	9	3	6 \|6	5	1
{{flagicon\|POL}} 2009	6th	9	4	5 \|colspan=3 rowspan=2\|Direct qualification
{{flagicon\|LTU}} 2011	13th	5	2	\|3
{{flagicon\|SVN}} 2013	4th	11	8	\|3 \|8	8	0
style="border: 3px solid red"\|{{flagicon\|FRA\|1974}}{{flagicon\|CRO}}{{flagicon\|GER}}{{flagicon\|LAT}} 2015	9th	6	3	3 \|colspan=3\|{{nowrap\|Qualified as co-host}}
{{flagicon\|FIN}}{{flagicon\|ISR}}{{flagicon\|ROU}}{{flagicon\|TUR}} 2017	10th	6	4	2 \|colspan=3\|Direct qualification
{{flagicon\|CZE}}{{flagicon\|GEO}}{{flagicon\|ITA}}{{flagicon\|GER}} 2022	12th	6	3	3 \|6	4	2
{{flagicon\|CYP}}{{flagicon\|FIN}}{{flagicon\|POL}}{{flagicon\|LAT}} 2025	colspan=4\|Did not qualify \|16	12	4
Total	14/15	102	56	46	93	75	18

Croatia men's national basketball team

History

=Prior to Croatian independence=

=Independent Croatia=

=Decline=

Honours

Competitive record

=FIBA World Cup=

=Olympic Games=

=EuroBasket=

Results and fixtures

=2024=

=2025=

Team

=Current roster=

=Depth chart=

Head coaches

Past rosters

Notable players and coaches

=Individual awards=

=Individual achievements=

Head-to-head record

=Record against teams at the EuroBasket=

=Record against teams in EuroBasket qualification=

=Record against teams at the World Cup=

=Record against teams in World Cup qualification=

=Record against teams at the Olympic Games=

=Biggest tournament wins=

=Biggest tournament losses=

=Biggest qualification wins=

See also

References

External links