Montenegro men's national basketball team

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

Montenegro
FIBA ranking18 (2 December 2025)[1]
Joined FIBA2006
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationBasketball Federation of Montenegro (KSCG)
CoachAndrej Žakelj
Nickname(s)Црна Гора / Crna Gora
(The Black Mountain)
FIBA World Cup
Appearances2
MedalsNone
EuroBasket
Appearances5
MedalsNone
Games of the Small States of Europe
Appearances3
Medals Gold: (2015, 2019)
Silver: (2017)
First
Second
First international
 Netherlands 63–70 Montenegro 
(Almere, Netherlands; 6 September 2008)
Biggest win
 San Marino 37–100 Montenegro 
(Serravalle, San Marino; 2 June 2017)
Biggest defeat
 Spain 99–60 Montenegro 
(Cluj-Napoca, Romania; 1 September 2017)

The Montenegro men's national basketball team (Montenegrin: Кошаркашка репрезентација Црне Горе, romanized: Košarkaška reprezentacija Crne Gore) represents Montenegro in international basketball tournaments. The supervising body is the Basketball Federation of Montenegro.

Montenegro joined FIBA in 2006, following the restoration of Montenegrin independence in the same year. Since 2006, Montenegro has qualified for EuroBasket five times (2011, 2013, 2017, 2022, 2025). They have reached the global stage at the FIBA World Cup twice, in 2019 and 2023. The national team has also taken part in smaller tournaments such as the Games of the Small States of Europe.

History

2006–2014

In 2006, the Basketball Federation of Montenegro along with this team joined the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) on its own following the Independence of Montenegro.

The Montenegrin national team entered international competition in 2008,[2] and appointed Duško Vujošević as the national coach. Montenegro started from FIBA Division B, where they won first place in their first competitive season. Since becoming a separate team, Montenegro has won 13 official games in a row, until losing to Israel in August 2010.

At that time, NBA players like Nikola Vučević and Nikola Peković became the most known players of Montenegrin national team.

In their first qualifiers for EuroBasket, Montenegro finished first in the group. So, the team qualified for Eurobasket 2011, where they played five games in the first phase – with one win and four losses. The Coach of Montenegro at their first-ever EuroBasket was Dejan Radonjić.

In August 2012, with the new coach Luka Pavićević, Montenegro started qualifiers for Eurobasket 2013. Again, they won first place, but without any defeat from 10 matches. Notable matches were against Serbia, first after the two countries separated. Montenegro won both games, and victory in Belgrade (73:71), in front of 18,000 spectators, is gained by Nikola Ivanović three-point shot from the center, one second before the end of the match.[3][4]

As the first-place team in qualifiers, Montenegro participated at Eurobasket 2013 in Slovenia. They made better results than 2011, with two wins and three defeats, but that was not enough for the second phase of EuroBasket.

First unsuccessful qualifying campaign since independence, Montenegro had during the 2014. Surprisingly, group stage at the EuroBasket 2015 qualification, Montenegro finished third, so they failed to qualify for the final tournament.

2015–present

In 2015, Montenegro named Bogdan Tanjević new head coach of the national team. Prior to taking the reins of the national team, he was the head coach of Fenerbahçe. As the national team earlier failed to qualify for EuroBasket 2015, they participated in the Games of the Small States of Europe (European countries with less than a million citizens) in Iceland and easily won the gold medal.

In summer 2016, Montenegro started competition in EuroBasket 2017 qualifiers, with the only ambition to qualify for their third final tournament since independence. In a group with Georgia, Slovakia and Albania, Montenegro finished as a second-place team, with one defeat, and qualified for EuroBasket 2017.[5]

For the first time in their history, in Eurobasket 2017, Montenegro finished as a third-place team in the group stage and qualified to the knockout stage. At that time, that was the biggest success of the Montenegrin national team since its independence in 2006. Two years later, Montenegro qualified for the 2019 FIBA World Cup for the first time, after a winner-take-all game in Podgorica against Latvia. Montenegro lost the game 80–74 but still went through as they had won the away game 84–75, thus holding the tiebreaker on points difference. With that result, Montenegro became the smallest state by population and territory to qualify for the FIBA World Cup since the establishing of competition.

Competitive record

Main article: List of Montenegro national basketball team games

Montenegro made their first appearance at the FIBA World Cup in 2019. The national team has also appeared five times at the EuroBasket (2011, 2013, 2017, 2022, 2025). Among the other competitions, as a country with less than a million inhabitants, Montenegro participated at the Games of the Small States of Europe winning the gold medal in 2015 and 2019.

Results and fixtures

  Win   Loss

2025

20 February 2025 Montenegro  76–95  Germany Podgorica, Montenegro
19:00 (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 17–26, 21–24, 13–25, 25–20
Pts: Simonović 22
Rebs: Simonović 7
Asts: Popović 5 		Boxscore Pts: Thiemann 16
Rebs: Pleiß 7
Asts: Hollatz 6 		Arena: Morača Sports Center
Attendance: 5,233
Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Kerem Baki (TUR), Geert Jacobs (BEL)
23 February 2025 Sweden  86–83(OT)  Montenegro Stockholm, Sweden
17:30 (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 20–14, 12–19, 21–18, 19–21, Overtime: 14–11
Pts: Birgander 19
Rebs: Birgander 12
Asts: three players 4 		Boxscore Pts: Ivanović 26
Rebs: Radebaugh 7
Asts: Ivanović 4 		Arena: Hovet
Attendance: 7,985
Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Yener Yılmaz (TUR), Dariusz Zapolski (POL)
27 August 2025 Montenegro  76–106  Germany Tampere, Finland
16:30 (UTC+3) Scoring by quarter: 20–24, 23–22, 12–33, 21–27
Pts: Vučević 23
Rebs: Vučević 10
Asts: Drobnjak 8 		Boxscore Pts: F. Wagner 22
Rebs: F. Wagner 8
Asts: Lô 6 		Arena: Nokia Arena
Attendance: 3,495
Referees: Luis Castillo (ESP), Michał Proc (POL), Nicolas Maestre (FRA)
29 August 2025 Lithuania  94–67  Montenegro Tampere, Finland
16:30 (UTC+3) Scoring by quarter: 26–15, 21–13, 19–17, 28–22
Pts: Jokubaitis 21
Rebs: Blaževič 6
Asts: Jokubaitis 12 		Boxscore Pts: Vučević 20
Rebs: Vučević 10
Asts: Allman 6 		Arena: Nokia Arena
Attendance: 6,519
Referees: Luis Castillo (ESP), Ariadna Chueca (ESP), Georgios Poursanidis (GRE)
30 August 2025 Montenegro  65–85  Finland Tampere, Finland
20:30 (UTC+3) Scoring by quarter: 23–23, 14–24, 15–20, 13–18
Pts: Slavković 15
Rebs: Vučević 12
Asts: Allman, Simonović 5 		Boxscore Pts: Markkanen 26
Rebs: Markkanen 13
Asts: Maxhuni 6 		Arena: Nokia Arena
Attendance: 12,900
Referees: Ariadna Chueca (ESP), Martin Horozov (BUL), Michał Proc (POL)
1 September 2025 Sweden  81–87  Montenegro Tampere, Finland
13:30 (UTC+3) Scoring by quarter: 15–18, 19–22, 31–24, 16–23
Pts: Larsson 28
Rebs: Birgander 10
Asts: Larsson, Njie 4 		Boxscore Pts: Vučević 23
Rebs: Vučević 15
Asts: Allman 7 		Arena: Nokia Arena
Attendance: 3,255
Referees: Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Martin Horozov (BUL), Michał Proc (POL)
3 September 2025 Montenegro  83–89  Great Britain Tampere, Finland
13:30 (UTC+3) Scoring by quarter: 26–25, 16–23, 21–20, 20–21
Pts: Vučević 31
Rebs: Vučević 11
Asts: Vučević 7 		Boxscore Pts: Hesson 25
Rebs: Wheatle 9
Asts: Nelson 8 		Arena: Nokia Arena
Attendance: 3,136
Referees: Ariadna Chueca (ESP), Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Martin Horozov (BUL)
27 November 2025 Montenegro  62–83  Portugal Podgorica, Montenegro
18:00 (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 21–14, 11–25, 11–25, 19–19
Pts: Simonović 13
Rebs: Hadžibegović 9
Asts: Perry 6 		Boxscore Pts: Williams 16
Rebs: C. Sá 10
Asts: Ventura 5 		Arena: Morača Sports Center
Attendance: 2,057
Referees: Gvidas Gedvilas (LTU), Fernando Calatrava (ESP), Tolga Edis (TUR)
30 November 2025 Romania  75–80  Montenegro Pitești, Romania
19:00 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 17–26, 17–23, 22–16, 19–15
Pts: Russell 20
Rebs: Diculescu 9
Asts: Russell 4 		Boxscore Pts: Perry 16
Rebs: Nikolić 6
Asts: Perry 10 		Arena: Pitești Arena
Attendance: 3,473
Referees: Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Dariusz Zapolski (POL), Çisil Güngör (TUR)

2026

27 February 2026 Greece  vs.  Montenegro Greece
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2 March 2026 Montenegro  vs.  Greece Montenegro
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2 July 2026 Portugal  vs.  Montenegro Portugal
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5 July 2026 Montenegro  vs.  Romania Montenegro
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Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2027 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers matches on 27 and 30 November 2025 against Portugal and Romania.[6]

Montenegro men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
PF 2 Aleksa Ilić 29 – (1996-09-17)17 September 1996 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) SC Derby
PG 6 Danilo Ivanović 22 – (2003-09-12)12 September 2003 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Podgorica
SF 7 Andrija Slavković 26 – (1999-02-15)15 February 1999 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Budućnost
PF 8 Emir Hadžibegović 29 – (1996-08-24)24 August 1996 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) SC Derby
C 9 Marko Simonović 26 – (1999-10-15)15 October 1999 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Türk Telekom
PF 10 Bojan Tomašević 24 – (2001-06-20)20 June 2001 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Kecskeméti TE
SF 11 Zoran Vučeljić 22 – (2003-09-09)9 September 2003 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) SC Derby
SG 13 Đorđije Jovanović 22 – (2003-05-15)15 May 2003 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Budućnost
PG 15 Ognjen Čarapić 27 – (1998-09-01)1 September 1998 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) PEAC-Pécs
C 19 Zoran Nikolić 29 – (1996-04-01)1 April 1996 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) Vojvodina
SG 23 Jovan Kljajić 24 – (2001-09-11)11 September 2001 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Granada
PG 35 Maksim Brnović 17 – (2008-05-20)20 May 2008 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Žalgiris-2
PG 55 Kendrick Perry 32 – (1992-12-23)23 December 1992 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Unicaja
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Vladimir Todorović
  • Boško Boškovič
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the competition
  • Age – describes age
    on 27 November 2025

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3 Inactive
C Marko Simonović Bojan Dubljević Zoran Nikolić Vasilije Baćović Radosav Spasojević
PF Nemanja Radović Emir Hadžibegović Aleksa Ilić Andrija Grbović David Mirković
SF Dino Radončić Andrija Slavković Zoran Vučeljić Balša Živanović Đorđije Jovanović
SG Vladimir Mihailović Kendrick Perry Petar Popović Fedor Žugić Jovan Kljajić
PG Jonah Radebaugh Nikola Ivanović Igor Drobnjak Luka Bogavac Mašan Vrbica

Head coaches

Since independence, all head coaches were Montenegrin-born. The first head coach of Montenegro was Duško Vujošević. With him, Montenegro won the FIBA B division championship (2009). From 2010 to 2012, Montenegro was coached by Dejan Radonjić, who led the national team to their first EuroBasket (2011). At their next Eurobasket participation (2013), Montenegro was led by Luka Pavićević. From 2015 to 2017, the head coach of Montenegro was Bogdan Tanjević, who led Montenegro to their first-ever Second phase games at the Eurobasket (2016). After that tournament, the Basketball Federation of Montenegro named Zvezdan Mitrović new head coach of the national team. During his mandate, Montenegro for the first time qualified for the World Cup (2019), as the smallest state to ever play at the global tournament.

Years Name Record Competitions
2007–2010 Duško Vujošević 10–0 None
2010–2012 Dejan Radonjić 7–6 EuroBasket 2011 (21st)
2012–2014 Luka Pavićević 15–6 EuroBasket 2013 (17th)
2015–2017 Bogdan Tanjević 15–5 GSS 2015 (1st); EuroBasket 2017 (13th); GSS 2017 (2nd)
2017–2019 Zvezdan Mitrović 12–9 GSS 2019 (1st); World Cup 2019 (25th)
2019–2025 Boško Radović 27–24 EuroBasket 2022 (13th); GSS 2023 (4th); World Cup 2023 (11th);
EuroBasket 2025 (20th)
2025–present Andrej Žakelj 1–1

Past rosters

2011 EuroBasket: finished 21st among 24 teams

4 Nikola Vučević, 5 Goran Jeretin, 6 Boris Bakić, 7 Vlado Šćepanović, 8 Miloš Borisov, 9 Vladimir Mihailović, 10 Omar Cook,
11 Slavko Vraneš, 12 Milko Bjelica, 13 Vladimir Dragičević, 14 Nikola Peković, 15 Vladimir Dašić (Coach: Dejan Radonjić)

2013 EuroBasket: finished 17th among 24 teams

4 Nikola Vučević, 5 Bojan Bakić, 6 Suad Šehović, 7 Aleksa Popović, 8 Sead Šehović, 9 Blagota Sekulić, 10 Nikola Ivanović,
11 Milko Bjelica, 12 Tyrese Rice, 13 Marko Popović, 14 Bojan Dubljević, 15 Vladimir Dašić (Coach: Luka Pavićević)

2017 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 24 teams

2 Tyrese Rice, 4 Nikola Vučević, 6 Suad Šehović, 7 Nikola Pavličević, 8 Dino Radončić, 11 Marko Todorović, 14 Bojan Dubljević,
15 Filip Barović, 17 Vladimir Mihailović, 20 Nikola Ivanović, 21 Nemanja Vranješ, 22 Nemanja Đurišić (Coach: Bogdan Tanjević)

2019 FIBA World Cup: finished 25th among 32 teams

4 Nikola Vučević, 5 Derek Needham, 6 Suad Šehović, 7 Nemanja Radović, 8 Sead Šehović, 10 Aleksa Popović, 11 Marko Todorović,
14 Bojan Dubljević, 20 Nikola Ivanović, 23 Dino Radončić, 30 Petar Popović, 51 Milko Bjelica (Coach: Zvezdan Mitrović)

2022 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 24 teams

0 Zoran Vučeljić, 2 Aleksa Ilić, 3 Vladimir Mihailović, 4 Nikola Pavličević, 8 Dino Radončić, 9 Marko Simonović, 11 Nemanja Radović,
14 Bojan Dubljević (C), 19 Zoran Nikolić, 22 Igor Drobnjak, 30 Petar Popović, 55 Kendrick Perry (Coach: Boško Radović)

2023 FIBA World Cup: finished 11th among 32 teams

2 Aleksa Ilić, 3 Vladimir Mihailović, 4 Nikola Vučević, 7 Andrija Slavković, 8 Dino Radončić, 11 Nemanja Radović, 14 Bojan Dubljević (C),
19 Marko Simonović, 20 Nikola Ivanović, 22 Igor Drobnjak, 30 Petar Popović, 55 Kendrick Perry (Coach: Boško Radović)

2025 EuroBasket: finished 20th among 24 teams

0 Kyle Allman, 3 Vladimir Mihailović, 4 Nikola Vučević (C), 7 Andrija Slavković, 8 Emir Hadžibegović, 9 Marko Simonović,
10 Bojan Tomašević, 11 Zoran Vučeljić, 13 Đorđije Jovanović, 17 Balša Živanović, 19 Zoran Nikolić, 22 Igor Drobnjak
(Coach: Boško Radović)

Records

Largest home victory
102–58,  Montenegro –  Iceland, 26 August 2009, Podgorica
Largest away victory
37–100,  San Marino –  Montenegro, 2 June 2017, Serravalle
Largest home defeat
65–80,  Montenegro –  Israel, 20 August 2014, Podgorica
Largest away defeat
99–60,  Spain –  Montenegro, 1 September 2017, Cluj-Napoca
Longest winning streak
13 matches, (6 September 2008 – 14 August 2010)
Longest losing streak
4 matches, (1 September 2011 – 5 September 2011; 1 September 2019 – 9 September 2019)
Most scored points in a match
113,  Albania –  Montenegro 73–113
Least scored points in a match
55,  Greece –  Montenegro 71–55,  Netherlands –  Montenegro 68–55
Most conceded points in a match
104,  Slovenia –  Montenegro 104–100, (Friendly, 8 August 2023)
Least conceded points in a match
37,  San Marino –  Montenegro 37–100
Highest home attendance
5,500,  Montenegro –  Serbia 72–62, 2 September 2012, Podgorica
Highest away attendance
18,000,  Serbia –  Montenegro 71–73, 18 August 2012, Belgrade

Head to head record

See also: List of Montenegro national basketball team games

Below is the list of official performances of the Montenegro national basketball team against every single opponent.

Last updated: 27 November 2025

Kit

Manufacturer

  • Kappa (2008–2011)
  • Peak (2011–2023)
  • Dhika (2023–present)
  • VOLI (2008–2011)
  • diva (2012–2014)
  • EPCG (2014–2015)
  • m:tel (2015–present)

See also

References

  1. ^ "FIBA World Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 2 December 2025. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
  2. ^ Eurobasket – Montenegro Profile Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Čudo! Crna Gora trojkom Ivanovića sa pola terena srušila Srbiju! – Vijesti.me". Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  4. ^ "– YouTube" – via YouTube.
  5. ^ "Montenegro during the EuroBasket 2017 Qualifiers". Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  6. ^ "Montenegro during the 2027 FIBA World Cup European Qualifiers in November 2025". Retrieved 27 November 2025.
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