Croatia

Joined FIBA	1992
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	Croatian Basketball Federation
Nickname(s)	Kockasti
U19 World Cup
Appearances	7
Medals	(1) 2015 (2) 1999, 2009
U18 European Championship
Appearances	21
Medals	(3) 1996, 2002, 2012 (4) 1994, 1998, 2000, 2013 (2) 2008, 2014
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 represents Croatia in international men's basketball competitions. The Croatia men's national under-18 basketball team (Hrvatska juniorska reprezentacija) represents Croatia at the FIBA U18 European Championship, where it has a chance to qualify to the U19 World Cup.

The Croatia men's under-19 team has achieved success in World Cup competition with one silver and two bronze. But has achieved even more success in European Championships with three golds, four silver and two bronze.^[1]

History

From 1964 to 1992 Croatia played under Yugoslavia. In 1994 the team participated in its first ever FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship as an independent entity. When Croatia men's national basketball team also with youth, U-19, U-16 and women's team joined FIBA in 1992 they then launched their own youth teams due to them being no longer with Yugoslavia. Their wins as combined stayed with the Yugoslavia team only. None of the teams wins were transferred to Croatia, as FIBA is concerned the U-19 team was formed in 1994 even though players from Croatia played for Yugoslavia. When Croatian Basketball Federation was founded on 19 December 1948 as a member of the larger Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia.^[2][3][4]

The team won their first medal in 1996 where they finished first for a gold medal at FIBA U18 European Championship.

U19 World Cup competitive record

Year	Pos.	GP	W	L	Ref.
1979–1991	Part of  SFR Yugoslavia
1995	4th	8	5	3	[5]
1999		8	6	2	[6]
2003	4th	8	5	3	[7]
2007	Did not qualify				[8]
2009		9	7	2	[9]
2011	8th	9	4	5	[10]
2013	8th	9	5	4	[11]
2015		7	5	2	[12]
2017	Did not qualify				[13]
2019					[14]
2021					[15]
2023
2025	To be determined
2027
Total	7/14	58	37	21

U18 European Championship competitive record

Year	Pos.	GP	W	L	Ref.
1964–1990	Part of  SFR Yugoslavia
1992	Did not participate				[23]
1994		7	6	1	[24]
1996		7	7	0	[25]
1998		8	5	3	[26]
2000		8	7	1	[27]
2002		8	7	1	[28]
2004	Did not qualify				[29]
2005	11th	8	3	5	[30]
2006	10th	8	4	4	[31]
2007	8th	8	2	6	[32]
2008		8	5	3	[33]
2009	8th	9	4	5	[34]
2010	5th	9	6	3	[35]
2011	8th	9	4	5	[36]
2012		9	8	1	[37]
2013		9	5	4	[38]
2014		9	8	1	[39]
2015	12th	9	4	5	[40]
2016	14th	6	2	4	[41]
2017	Competed in Division B				[42]
2018	11th	7	3	4	[43]
2019	13th	7	3	4	[44]
2022	13th	7	3	4	[45]
2023	10th	7	3	4	[46]
Total	21/23	167	99	68

Past rosters

1994 Championship	1996 Championship	1998 Championship	2000 Championship	2002 Championship	2005 Championship	2006 Championship	2007 Championship
[47]	[48]	[49]	[50]	[51]	[52]	[53]	[54]
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
[55]	[56]	[57]	[58]	[59]	[60]	[61]	[62]
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	2018 Championship	2019 Championship	2022 Championship
[63]	[64]	[65]	[66]	[67]
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

See also

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

References

External links

• Croatia under-19 at Eurobasket.com
• Croatian Basketball Federation