Montenegro

FIBA EuroBasket Qualifiers 13 vt. (1 - 1)
City: Podgorica
Country: Montenegro
      
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GM 2P% 3P% FT% REB AS ST TO BS RBS PF RF PTS EFF GM
2023-09-01
Team USA has faced the fiercest resistance in the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 so far. Despite that, Steve Kerr's team edged out Montenegro 85-73 and stays undefeated in the tournament with a perfect 4-0 record. 
2023-08-16
Montenegro national team head coach Bosko Radovic confirmed the final roster for the upcoming FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023. Emir Hadzibegovic became the last cut from the team. The final 12-man roster includes Chicago Bulls center Nikola Vucevic, Bojan Dubljevic, Kendrick Perry, and Marko Simonovic, who spent the last two seasons playing for the Bulls.
2023-07-30
The Serbian national team was supposed to play a friendly game against Montenegro. It will not take place due to an administrative issue. As Mozzart Sport reports, the match between the two teams, scheduled for August 5th, has been canceled.
2023-07-21
The Montenegrin national team has started preparations for the World Cup, where they will compete along with Lithuania, Egypt and Mexico in Manila to reach the second stage. At the first gathering, coach Bosko Radovic could count on 14 players, while Nikola Vucevic, Kendrick Perry and Marko Simonovic will join their teammates a few days later.
2023-06-12
Montenegrin NT head coach Bosko Radovic has announced the preliminary roster of 24 players for the upcoming FIBA World Cup 2023. The notable inclusion in the squad is the Chicago Bulls center Nikola Vucevic, who is expected to play a key role for Montenegro.
2023-06-07
Nikola Vucevic's participation with Montenegro in the upcoming FIBA World Cup in Japan, Indonesia and the Philippines had largely been up in the air for quite some time.  But now every dilemma has been resolved since the Chicago Bulls superstar will wear his national team's jersey this summer. This was confirmed for the Montenegrin media by coach Bosko Radovic.
2023-05-22
An incredible basketball story comes from Montenegro, where Elyjah Williams started his overseas career after finishing college. Recently, he was practically trapped in the Balkan country. Fortunately, his case was solved a few days ago.
 

2024-02-22 Germany

61:85

2024-02-25 Sweden

95:70
2023-09-01
Team USA has faced the fiercest resistance in the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 so far. Despite that, Steve Kerr's team edged out Montenegro 85-73 and stays undefeated in the tournament with a perfect 4-0 record. 
2023-08-16
Montenegro national team head coach Bosko Radovic confirmed the final roster for the upcoming FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023. Emir Hadzibegovic became the last cut from the team. The final 12-man roster includes Chicago Bulls center Nikola Vucevic, Bojan Dubljevic, Kendrick Perry, and Marko Simonovic, who spent the last two seasons playing for the Bulls.
2023-07-30
The Serbian national team was supposed to play a friendly game against Montenegro. It will not take place due to an administrative issue. As Mozzart Sport reports, the match between the two teams, scheduled for August 5th, has been canceled.
2023-07-21
The Montenegrin national team has started preparations for the World Cup, where they will compete along with Lithuania, Egypt and Mexico in Manila to reach the second stage. At the first gathering, coach Bosko Radovic could count on 14 players, while Nikola Vucevic, Kendrick Perry and Marko Simonovic will join their teammates a few days later.
2023-06-12
Montenegrin NT head coach Bosko Radovic has announced the preliminary roster of 24 players for the upcoming FIBA World Cup 2023. The notable inclusion in the squad is the Chicago Bulls center Nikola Vucevic, who is expected to play a key role for Montenegro.
2023-06-07
Nikola Vucevic's participation with Montenegro in the upcoming FIBA World Cup in Japan, Indonesia and the Philippines had largely been up in the air for quite some time.  But now every dilemma has been resolved since the Chicago Bulls superstar will wear his national team's jersey this summer. This was confirmed for the Montenegrin media by coach Bosko Radovic.
2023-05-22
An incredible basketball story comes from Montenegro, where Elyjah Williams started his overseas career after finishing college. Recently, he was practically trapped in the Balkan country. Fortunately, his case was solved a few days ago.
2023-02-26
In the lower echelons of Group K, Montenegro (7-5) became the last team to grab the remaining ticket to the 2023 FIBA World Cup. Hosting the already-eliminated Czech Republic (3-9) in Podgorica, the Balkan side, qualified for their second-straight World Cup with a 88-70 (32-14, 18-11, 20-21, 18-24) win.
2022-11-14
Nikola Ivanovic left the Montenegro-Lithuania game in the mid-fourth quarter due to an apparent ankle injury. He asked the referee to stop the game and limped to his team's bench. Ivanovic was in visible pain. Crvena Zvezda's guard did not return to the court after the sustained injury. He finished the match with 11 points, 3 assists, and 9 EFF in 27 minutes.
2022-09-10
Yet another player is unhappy with the level of referees in the EuroBasket 2022. Montenegrin forward Dino Radoncic after Montenegro's loss to Germany (85-79) in the round of 16, bashed the referees in an interview in the mixed with the Montenegrin media. Radoncic believed that the low level of officiating might have decided the game and Montenegro's elimination.
2022-09-10
The German national team advanced to the quarterfinals of the EuroBasket 2022 after holding off Montenegro's comeback and winning with a final score of 85-79 (19-10, 29-14, 19-26, 18-29).
2022-09-10
Tournament host Germany (4-1) finished second in Group B with 4 wins and 1 loss. The Germans defeated France (76-63), Bosnia and Herzegovina (92-82), Lithuania (109-107), and Hungary (106-71), but lost to Slovenia (88-80).
2022-09-07
Igor Drobnjak made a couple of clutch shots down the stretch, and Montenegro (3-2) beat Georgia (1-4) 81-73 (21-19, 20-16, 17-17, 23-21) to deny the hosts a place in the playoffs. With the teams separated by three with three minutes to go (65-62), Montenegro went on a quick little 5-0 run and forced head coach Ilias Zouros to call a timeout.
2022-09-07
Poor attendance, mediocre organization, and incidents on and off the court. It's fair to say that EuroBasket 2022 for Tbilisi didn't go as smoothly as everyone wanted. Nevertheless, as Turkey's head coach Ergin Ataman said, everyone came here for basketball. And on the last day of Group A, Tbilisi might have a turn of events like none of the other groups.
2022-09-06
Spain (3-1) dominated in the first half against Montenegro (2-2) 82-65 (27-17, 26-14, 14-17, 15-17) to take first place in Group A. Although the beginning of the game was pretty close (11-13), Spain closed out the first quarter strong and already led by 10 (27-17).
2022-09-04
Sasha Vezenkov went off for 26 points, 17 of which were in the first half, but it was not enough to overcome Montenegro which captured its second win with a 91-81 (21-21, 24-25, 22-12, 23-24) victory in Group A.
2022-09-01
Furkan Korkmaz scored a game-winning floater with 23 seconds remaining to push Turkey over Montenegro 72-68 (14-18, 27-13, 12-20, 19-17). Bojan Dubljevic provided a strong performance for Montenegro to push the underdogs past Turkey 70-65 (18-14, 13-27, 20-12, 20-15) to achieve the first upset in the tournament.
2022-08-30
Montenegro found itself in front of many question marks ahead of Eurobasket 2022, losing early its star from the NBA, Nikola Vucevic, who will not be present for the upcoming EuroBasket. Nevertheless, the final 12-man roster with which the Montenegrin national team will fight in the EuroBasket was announced on Tuesday and includes both Kendrick Perry and Bojan Dubljevic.
2022-08-28
Montenegro (5-3) concluded its preparation for the upcoming EuroBasket 2022 with a loss against Group K leaders Lithuania (8-1) in FIBA World Cup 2023 Qualifiers. Now, Montenegrins hope to show their best version in the European championship.
2022-08-27
After struggling in the first half, Lithuania decisively won the third quarter en route to a confident victory over Montenegro 90-73 (22-21, 17-15, 32-15, 19-22).
2022-08-14
During his recent presentation with Unicaja Malaga, Kendrick Perry joked that he could play at center if he were asked to do so by his coach. "I will do whatever it takes, that's what I've done throughout my whole career," the Spanish team's new signing argued. Of course, that's far from the best-case scenario for the 29-year-old guard who's going to make his ACB League debut next season. 
2022-08-13
In preparation for the upcoming World Cup qualifying matches against Greece (August 25, Belgrade) and Turkey (August 28, Istanbul), Serbia defeated Montenegro 82-73 in Belgrade behind closed doors.  It was the first friendly game for Svetislav Pesic's side ahead of their official matches. 
2022-08-07
With less than one month left before the EuroBasket 2022, the new Tbilisi arena is ready to welcome its first big sporting event. Georgia will host the Group A of the tournament, which features Montenegro, Georgia, Spain, Bulgaria, Belgium, and Turkey.
2022-08-07
One of the main players of the Montenegro national team is about to miss the EuroBasket 2022, a report states. According to Montenegrin news outlet Vijesti, the main point guard of the team, Nikola Ivanovic, is not expected to be able to help either during the 2023 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers or during EuroBasket 2022.
2022-08-06
The Slovenian national team overcame Montenegro's challenge in a preparation game ahead of the 2023 World Cup Qualifiers and the 2022 EuroBasket with a final score of 70-52 (23-6, 18-24, 6-14, 23-8). Slovenia started the decisive fourth quarter with an 11 to 1 run to gain a comfortable 12-point advantage (57-45) after Ziga Samar's 3-pointer with 6:46 left in the game.
2022-07-01

Montenegro (3-2) prevailed over France (4-1) 70-69 (15-15, 18-16, 23-17, 14-21) in a tough Group E fight to give France its first loss of the FIBA World Cup 2023 European Qualifiers.

2022-06-29

Ahead of the 2023 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers matchup against Montenegro, the French Basketball Federation (FFBB) has announced the 12-man roster of the country's national team.

2022-06-12

The Montenegrin national team will count on their biggest basketball star Nikola Vucevic in the upcoming FIBA window.

2021-11-26
France (1-0) prevailed Montenegro (0-1) 73-67 (13-22, 25-16, 11-18, 24-11) in a tough Group E fight of the FIBA World Cup 2023 European Qualifiers. At the end of the first quarter, Montenegro had a 9-point lead (22-13), though, France came back in the second and tied the game at 38 before halftime. Montenegro led by Justin Cobbs and Vladimir Mihailovic went on a 9-0 run to gain a double-digit ...
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FIBA EuroBasket

NO GM MIN 2P M/A 3P M/A FT M/A REB AS ST TO BS PF RF PTS EFF
4 Nikola Vucevic 5 15:00 13/32
(40.6%)
0/1
(0%)
9/13
(69.2%)
4
2.4/1.6
0.6 0.2 1 1 1.8 0 7 5.2
5 Bojan Bakic 2 7:00 1/2
(50%)
1/3
(33.3%)
0/0 0
0/0
0.5 0 0 0 1 0 2.5 0.5
6 Suad Sehovic 5 29:24 7/10
(70%)
5/26
(19.2%)
6/8
(75%)
6.6
5.4/1.2
0.6 0.6 0.8 0.2 3 0 7 6
7 Aleksa Popovic - - -
8 Sead Sehovic 5 24:12 7/15
(46.7%)
7/14
(50%)
6/8
(75%)
3.8
2.2/1.6
1.2 0.2 0.6 0 2.2 0 8.2 7.2
9 Blagota Sekulic 5 12:00 14/19
(73.7%)
0/0 3/6
(50%)
3.2
1.6/1.6
0.2 0.2 0 0 1.6 0 6.2 6.6
10 Nikola Ivanovic 5 11:12 3/8
(37.5%)
2/7
(28.6%)
3/3
(100%)
0.6
0.6/0
0.4 0 0.4 0 1.2 0 3 0.4
11 Milko Bjelica 5 24:00 11/21
(52.4%)
4/15
(26.7%)
8/11
(72.7%)
4.2
2.2/2
0.8 0 1.4 0.4 3.4 0 8.4 4.2
12 Tyrese Rice 5 30:00 19/37
(51.4%)
8/23
(34.8%)
22/26
(84.6%)
1.8
1.2/0.6
4 1.2 2.4 0 1.8 0 16.8 12.2
13 Marko Popovic 5 25:00 8/15
(53.3%)
2/11
(18.2%)
9/12
(75%)
3.2
2.6/0.6
2.4 0 1 0 2.2 0 6.2 4.8
14 Bojan Dubljevic 5 23:48 16/40
(40%)
4/14
(28.6%)
7/9
(77.8%)
4.8
2.8/2
0.4 0 2.6 0.4 2.4 0 10.2 3.6
15 Vladimir Dasic 2 18:00 1/8
(12.5%)
1/5
(20%)
1/1
(100%)
3.5
3.5/0
0.5 1 1 0 2.5 0 3 -1
Statistics


2023/2024

GM 2P M/A 3P M/A FT M/A REB AS ST TO BS RBS PF RF PTS


2022/2023

GM 2P M/A 3P M/A FT M/A REB AS ST TO BS RBS PF RF PTS
FIBA WC 5 52.3%
115/220
28%
33/118
75.6%
68/90
38.6
24.6/14
17 9 13.2 2.2 - 20.2 - 79.4


2021/2022

GM 2P M/A 3P M/A FT M/A REB AS ST TO BS RBS PF RF PTS
FIBA WC Q 4 52%
79/152
30.6%
30/98
77%
57/74
34.3
25.3/9
15.3 6.8 9.5 3.8 - 20.8 - 76.3
EuroBasket 6 55%
126/229
32.9%
51/155
78.6%
55/70
33.5
22.3/11.2
17 7.5 11.5 1.8 - 19.3 - 76.7


2019/2020

GM 2P M/A 3P M/A FT M/A REB AS ST TO BS RBS PF RF PTS
EuroBasket Q 1 0% 0% 0% 0
0/0
0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0


2018/2019

GM 2P M/A 3P M/A FT M/A REB AS ST TO BS RBS PF RF PTS
FIBA WC 5 51.9%
96/185
29.7%
43/145
74.2%
49/66
34.2
23.6/10.6
17.2 8.6 14 3.6 - 22.6 - 74


2017/2018

GM 2P M/A 3P M/A FT M/A REB AS ST TO BS RBS PF RF PTS


2016/2017

GM 2P M/A 3P M/A FT M/A REB AS ST TO BS RBS PF RF PTS
EuroBasket 6 45.5%
105/231
36.7%
61/166
62.4%
53/85
37
25.2/11.8
17.8 6 12 3.7 - 22 - 74.3


2012/2013

GM 2P M/A 3P M/A FT M/A REB AS ST TO BS RBS PF RF PTS
EuroBasket 5 48.3%
100/207
28.6%
34/119
76.3%
74/97
33.6
22.4/11.2
11 2.8 10.6 2 - 21 - 75.2


2010/2011

GM 2P M/A 3P M/A FT M/A REB AS ST TO BS RBS PF RF PTS
EuroBasket 5 50.5%
96/190
27.6%
29/105
69%
78/113
36.8
25/11.8
13.8 5.6 15.6 1.6 - 25.2 - 71.4
Records
Seasons:   All | 23/24 | 22/23 | 21/22 | 19/20 | 18/19 | 17/18 | 16/17 | 13/14 | 12/13 | 11/12 | 10/11

FIBA EuroBasket

Team records - 2012/2013 Season
Personal records - 2012/2013 Season
Efficiency 22 Tyrese Rice Latvia --
Points 24 Tyrese Rice Latvia --
Rebounds 14 Suad Sehovic Bosnia and Herzegovina --
Assists 6 Marko Popovic Serbia --
Steals 4 Tyrese Rice North Macedonia --
Blocks 3 Nikola Vucevic Bosnia and Herzegovina --
2-pointers made 6 Tyrese Rice Latvia --
3-pointers made 4 Suad Sehovic North Macedonia --
Free throws made 8 Tyrese Rice North Macedonia --
Average recors - all seasons
Efficiency 2021-2022 68.7
Points 2021-2022 76.7
Rebounds 2016-2017 37
Assists 2021-2022 17
Steals 2021-2022 7.5
Blocks 2016-2017 3.7
2-pointers made 2021-2022 21
3-pointers made 2016-2017 10.2
Free throws made 2012-2013 14.8
Average recors - all seasons
Efficiency Kendrick Perry
2021/2022
17
Points Tyrese Rice
2012/2013
16.8
Rebounds Nikola Vucevic
2016/2017
7.7
Assists Kendrick Perry
2021/2022
7.2
Steals Kendrick Perry
2021/2022
2.2
Blocks Kendrick Perry
2021/2022
0.3
2-pointers made Nikola Vucevic
2016/2017
5.8
3-pointers made Kendrick Perry
2021/2022
2.3
Free throws made Nikola Pekovic
2010/2011
4.2