Serbia men's national basketball team

The Serbia men's national basketball team (Serbian: Кошаркашка репрезентација Србије, romanized: Košarkaška reprezentacija Srbije) represents Serbia in international basketball competition and is controlled by the Basketball Federation of Serbia. Serbia is currently ranked sixth in the FIBA World Rankings.[5]

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Serbia women's national basketball team.

Serbia
Serbia at the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification
FIBA ranking6 Steady (27 February 2023)[1]
Joined FIBA1936[2]
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationKSS
CoachSvetislav Pešić
Nickname(s)Орлови, Оrlovi
(The Eagles)
Olympic Games
Appearances4
MedalsSilver Silver: (1996, 2016)
FIBA World Cup
Appearances6
MedalsGold Gold: (1998, 2002)
Silver Silver: (2014)
EuroBasket
Appearances13
MedalsGold Gold: (1995, 1997, 2001)
Silver Silver: (2009, 2017)
Bronze Bronze: (1999)
First international
FR Yugoslavia 93–87 Bulgaria 
(Sofia, Bulgaria; 31 May 1995)[3]
Biggest win
FR Yugoslavia 128–61 China 
(Atlanta, United States; 30 July 1996)[4]
Biggest defeat
 Serbia 92–129 United States 
(Madrid, Spain; 14 September 2014)
Medal record
Representing FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro /  Serbia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place1996 AtlantaTeam
Silver medal – second place2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
FIBA World Cup
Gold medal – first place1998 GreeceTeam
Gold medal – first place2002 United StatesTeam
Silver medal – second place2014 SpainTeam
EuroBasket
Gold medal – first place1995 GreeceTeam
Gold medal – first place1997 SpainTeam
Gold medal – first place2001 TurkeyTeam
Silver medal – second place2009 PolandTeam
Silver medal – second place2017 TurkeyTeam
Bronze medal – third place1999 FranceTeam
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal – second place2013 MersinTeam
Bronze medal – third place1997 BariTeam
Diamond Ball
Gold medal – first place2004 Belgrade
Silver medal – second place2000 Hong Kong
Stanković Cup
Bronze medal – third place2008 Hangzhou

From 1992 to 2003, the national team played under the name of FR Yugoslavia and from 2003 to 2006, under the name of Serbia and Montenegro in international tournaments. Following the Montenegrin declaration of independence in 2006, Basketball Federation of Serbia retained the place of Basketball Federation of Serbia and Montenegro as a FIBA member.[6] Therefore, all the results and medals from this period are succeeded by the Serbia national team.

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