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Croatian Basketball Federation
President Stojko Vranković
Secretary General Josip Vranković
Croatian Basketball Federation was founded on December 19, 1948 in Zagreb.
Member of the International Basketball Federation – FIBA since January 19, 1992.
The Federation’s representatives in FIBA are Željko Drakšić, Boris Lalić and Ružica Marušić.
Head office
Lipovečka 1
HR - 10000 Zagreb
Tel. +385 1 3688950
Faks +385 1 3688951
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Zagreb, 16 May 2021 - One of the best Croatian basketball players of all time, Toni Kukoč, will be inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, USA, in September this year as the fifth Croatian in the company of basketball immortals. He will enter it from the eighth attempt, after being nominated by the Chicago Bulls back in 2014. Before him, the Croatian basketball notables inducted into the Hall of Fame were: Krešimir Ćosić in 1996, Dražen Petrović in 2002, Mirko Novosel in 2007 and Dino Rađa in 2018.
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Zagreb, 29 November 2020 - With an 87-72 victory over Sweden and previous over Turkey with 79-62, the Croatian National Basketball Team secured its place at the qualifying European Championships in Istanbul in 2022.
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Zagreb, 25 May 2020 - One of the greatest Croatian athletes of all time - Krešimir Ćosić - left us too early, on this day exactly a quarter of a century ago. Although Zagreb native by birth (1948), his basketball career began in Zadar, where he grew up and established himself as a player in the late 1960's.
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Croatian basketball players will host the Olympic qualifications in Split from 29 June to 4 July 2021
Zagreb, May 13, 2020 - Instead of the postponed competition in June this year, Croatian basketball players will host Olympic qualifications in Split from 29 June to 4 July 2021. This is the epilogue of adjusting the competition calendar between the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and qualifying tournaments will be held at the same time in Belgrade (Serbia), Kaunas (Lithuania) and Victoria (Canada) as well. -
Croatian basketball players-hosts of Olympic-qualification tournament in Split
Mies, November 15, 2019 - Croatian basketball players will have the opportunity to win the Olympic 'visa' for Tokyo 2020 at a domestic tournament that will be held at Split’s Paladium Arena from November 23 to 28 next year. This decision - made by the International Basketball Federation's (FIBA) Executive board – granted Croatia’s candidacy for hosting one of four pre-Olympic qualification tournaments. Let us recall, our basketball players won their last two Olympic performances at the tournaments that took place right before the Olympics – for Beijing Olympics 2008 they won at the tournament in Greece and for Rio Olympics 2016 they took victory at the tournament in Italy. -
Croatian basketball players in 3x3 version to go to Olympic qualifications in India in March 2020
Zagreb, November 1, 2019 - According to information from the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), the Croatian basketball will have the opportunity to perform at the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 3x3 version. Due to the player's ranking , Croatia is among 20 teams that will fight in March 2020 India for one of three places that will ensure performance at Tokyo Olympics from 25 to 29 July next year. According to the casted lots of qualifying groups, the Croatian 3x3 basketball team is in the tournament group D with Netherlands, Latvia, Canada and India. -
Historical silver of our basketball, U20 representation the second at the European Championships
Chemnitz, July 22, 2018 - The Croatian National Basketball Team U20 won a silver medal at the European Championships in the German city of Chemnitz after being defeated by Israel in the finals (66-80).
