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Post by SKORIC on Sept 8, 2008 11:42:12 GMT -5
What has happened? We've been flopping for the last 4 years Medals before break up of YugoslaviaWorld ChampionshipsMedals 8 Gold 1970, 1978, 1990 Silver 1963, 1967, 1974 Bronze 1982, 1986 EurobasketMedals 13 Gold 1973, 1975, 1977, 1989, 1991 Silver 1961, 1965, 1969, 1971, 1981 Bronze 1963, 1979, 1987 Olympic gamesMedals 5 Gold 1980 Silver 1968, 1976, 1988 Bronze 1984 Medals since the break up of YugoslaviaWorld Championships Medals 2 Gold 1998, 2002 Eurobasket Medals 4 Gold 1995, 1997, 2001 Bronze 1999 Olympic Games Medals 1 Silver 1996 I swear for some reason when we changed the name to Serbia and Montenegro in 2003 we started sucking lol do yous see us rising up again? Who will be our new rising stars now that Divac, Stojakovic, Bodiroga etc are gone? Our teams talented but young and inexperienced.. How you reckon we'll go in next years eurobasket? We're topping our qualifications group, but stupid last minute losses like the one to bloody Finland cant happen again! Group A 1. Serbia 4-1 2. Bulgaria 3-2 3. Finland 2-2 4. Hungary 2-3 5. Italy 1-4 Serbia vs Italy 78-64 Serbia vs Hungary 94-60 Serbia vs Finland 77-80 Serbia vs Bulgaria 74-64 Serbia vs Italy 72-52 Serbia vs Hungary -- Serbia vs Finland -- Serbia vs Bulgaria -- -------------------------------------------------------------- I want this s**t to happen again next world championship!!!
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Post by Novi Pazar on Sept 8, 2008 18:48:36 GMT -5
They arn't as good as they used to be
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Post by srbobran on Sept 8, 2008 18:52:33 GMT -5
Shame. But now we got tennis and waterpolo=)
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Post by SKORIC on Sept 9, 2008 1:11:03 GMT -5
^ We've always had water polo.
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Post by Caslav Klonimirovic on Sept 9, 2008 10:50:35 GMT -5
Serbia is still very strong in basketball. The simple reason the senior team hasn't had as much success in the last few years is because hardly any of the best players play. As for the juniors, actually last year I think we probably would have had the best record in our history as a totally independent Serbia. Going from memory I believe we were champions in the following;
European U16 - Gold European U 18 - Gold European U21 - Gold World U19 - Gold (Beat USA in final)
To win all those four titles in one year!... seriously has any other country ever done that?!? Will any other country ever do that? I seriously doubt it. This year we also defended our European U21 title (with a nice victory against Montenegro on the way).
We've just had over 20,000 people per game supporting Serbia at home in the European Championships qualifiers to be held in Poland next year. There's always plenty of potential there. It just needs to be fulfilled. All we need is for the best players to commit & play. That's all.
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Post by zgembo on Sept 9, 2008 17:07:54 GMT -5
The senior team is in disarray as much as it is in football. The federations are corrupt and managed by incompetent people. It is a syndrome of the entire state. In football too we made it to the finals of U21 Euros last year. That is normally reserved for footballing nations with top leagues. Serbia is rich in athletic talent like no other country, it is all just managed poorly.
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Post by Novi Pazar on Sept 9, 2008 18:33:36 GMT -5
^ Well said marko!.
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Post by SKORIC on Sept 20, 2008 22:04:12 GMT -5
We've qualified for eurobasket winning our remaining games
Def. HUN 89-61 (A) Def. FIN 92-66 (H) Def. BUL 87-77 (A)
1. Serbia 7/1 15 2. Bulgaria 4/4 12 3. Italy 4/4 12 4. Finland 3/5 11 5. Hungary 2/6 10
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Post by Sh1 Shonić on Sept 21, 2008 4:38:48 GMT -5
Sport Košarkaši Srbije sigurni i u SofijiAutor: Blic online | 20.09.2008. - 22:03 Košarkaši Srbije su kvalifikacije za Evropsko prvenstvo završili trijumfom nad Bugarskom u Sofiji rezultatom 87:77 (26:16, 23:14, 24:22, 14:25). "Orlovi" su u utakmici bez takmičarskog značaja samo potvrdili plasman na Eurobasket 2009. u Poljskoj sa prvog mesta u grupi A. Izabranici Dušana Ivkovića su, osim kiksa protiv Finaca, odigrali odličnu kampanju, a sličnu partiju su pružili i u poslednjem kolu. Od samog starta su diktirali tempo i dvocifrenu razliku su napravili već u prvoj četvrtini, a zatim su je samo uvećavali. Sve je bilo rešeno već na poluvremenu, kada su, u ovim kvalifikacijama izvrsni Erceg i Tripković vezanim trojkama doveli Srbiju do "plus 21". Nakon toga Bugarska je pokušala da stigne na ispod deset razlike samo jednom, ali je posle kakvog-takvog priključka (54:42) usledio novi period odlične igre "orlova", pre svega odbrane. U poslednju deonicu se ušlo sa velikih 73:52, što je bilo dovoljno za više nego opuštenu završnicu. Najbolji u ekipi Srbije je bio Krstić sa 17 poena i devet skokova, dok su Vujanić i Erceg dodali još po 11 poena. Ubedljivo najbolji na terenu je bio Ibrahim Džaber sa 27 poena, ali momak rođen u Nju Džersiju nije imao dovoljnu podršku. Košarkaši u kvalifikacijama pokazali kvalitet i timski duh Ivković gradi put ka tronuAutor: D. P. | Foto:A. Dimitrijević | 21.09.2008. - 00:48 Košarkaška reprezentacija Srbije rutinski je obezbedila plasman na Evropsko prvenstvo u Poljskoj. Neki novi klinci Dušana Ivkovića pokazali su da poseduju kvalitet daleko iznad nivoa ovog takmičenja. Oni nisu kvalitetni kao nekadašnji asovi, ali su stvorili atmosferu sličnu onoj koju su imali Divac i družina. Nije ni čudno što je takva situacija, kad su u sastavu uglavnom momci koji su zajedno igrali u mlađim reprezentativnim kategorijama ili klubovima. Najmlađi Marković i Marjanović bili su prvaci sveta pod vođstvom Miroslava Nikolića prošle godine na juniorskom prvenstvu u Novom Sadu, a svakodnevno zajedno treniraju u Hemofarmu. Nešto stariji Tepić, Teodosić i Veličković su zajedno bili prvaci Evrope i to više puta, a još nose dres Partizana. Tripković, Perović, Erceg i Bogdanović su sledeći po iskustvu i takođe su igrali zajedno u mlađim selekcijama. Stariji Savanović i Cvetković bili su saigrači u FMP Železniku. Dušan Kecman je sjajno igrao za Partizan u poslednje dve sezone i dobro je upoznao većinu drugova iz reprezentacije. Nenad Krstić i Miloš Vujanić se izdvajaju po iskustvu i bogatstvu karijera, a i njih dvojica su bili zajedno u postavi Duška Vujoševića. Posle nekoliko godina može da se priča o konceptu sistematskog stvaranja nove nacionalne ekipe. - Zaista je svima nama mnogo značio rad u reprezentaciji tokom ova dva i po meseca. Dušan Ivković je veliki trener, uspeli smo da uspešno završimo kvalifikacije i stvorimo sjajnu atmosferu na treninzima. Uglavnom se svi veoma dobro poznajemo od ranije, pa je utoliko sve bilo lakše. Do Evropskog prvenstva ostalo je još godinu dana. Nadam se samo da ćemo svi biti zdravi i da ćemo u kompletnom sastavu igrati u Poljskoj, jer verujem da ova ekipa može mnogo - analizira Zoran Erceg, koji će sledeće sezone igrati u Olimpijakosu. Svakako bi trebalo očekivati povratak nekih igrača u reprezezntaciju uoči Evropskog prvenstva, ali je sigurno da će se nadogradnja vršiti na zdravim temeljima.
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Post by whateva on Sept 21, 2008 4:46:26 GMT -5
It has also a lot to do with other countries getting better at basketball too. You can't play Germany or Australia anymore and expect automatic win.
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Post by rusebg on Sept 21, 2008 5:24:38 GMT -5
I was on the verge of heart attack last night when you lead by 21 points. We were to qualify even we lost by no more than 20 points difference and at this stage of the game it was really horrible. Thankfully it all ended up well for us. Serbia was the better team in any aspect.
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Post by SKORIC on Sept 21, 2008 6:02:14 GMT -5
It has also a lot to do with other countries getting better at basketball too. You can't play Germany or Australia anymore and expect automatic win. Yeh, but Australia used to be better a few years ago, i dont think they're that good anymore. They only make it to big events because they only gotta beat New Zealand to make it through and sometimes cant even to that. Spain are the ones who have improved the most.
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