Fixtures

Euro Basket Qualification 02/20 12:00 5 Montenegro vs Germany - View
Euro Basket Qualification 02/23 12:00 6 Sweden vs Montenegro - View

Results

Euro Basket Qualification 11/25 17:00 4 Bulgaria v Montenegro W 86-90
Euro Basket Qualification 11/22 18:00 3 [2] Montenegro v Bulgaria [1] W 85-62
Olympic Qualification 07/03 12:30 2 [2] Montenegro v Cameroon [3] W 70-66
Olympic Qualification 07/02 12:30 1 Brazil v Montenegro L 81-72
International 06/26 17:00 - Montenegro v Bahamas W 93-80
International 06/25 17:00 - Greece v Montenegro L 86-57
Euro Basket Qualification 02/25 18:00 2 [4] Montenegro v Sweden [3] W 95-70
Euro Basket Qualification 02/22 18:30 1 [3] Germany v Montenegro [3] L 85-61
FIBA World Cup 09/03 08:40 2 [4] Greece v Montenegro [3] W 69-73
FIBA World Cup 09/01 08:40 1 [1] USA v Montenegro [3] L 85-73
FIBA World Cup 08/29 12:30 3 [2] Montenegro v Lithuania [1] L 71-91
FIBA World Cup 08/27 08:45 2 [2] Montenegro v Egypt [4] W 89-74

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, the national team has qualified for EuroBasket on four occasions (2011, 2013, 2017, 2022). Montenegro has qualified for the FIBA World Cup twice, in 2019 and 2023. The team has also taken part in smaller tournaments such as the Games of the Small States of Europe.

History

2006–2014

Nikola Peković played a single game for Montenegro national team in 2011

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, 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.

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

Nikola Vučević

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.

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.

The Montenegro basketball team, simply known as "Montenegro," is the national basketball team representing the small Balkan country of Montenegro. The team competes in international basketball competitions such as the FIBA EuroBasket and the FIBA World Cup.

Montenegro has a strong basketball tradition and has produced talented players who have gone on to play in top leagues around the world. The team is known for its competitive spirit, skilled players, and passionate fan base.

Montenegro has had success on the international stage, with notable achievements including qualifying for the EuroBasket tournament and making it to the knockout stages in various competitions. The team continues to strive for success and aims to establish itself as a force to be reckoned with in European basketball.