The Montenegro men's national basketball team () 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.
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 Duà ¡ko Vujoà ¡eviàas 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 VuÃÂeviÃÂ and Nikola PekoviÃÂ 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 â with one win and four losses. The Coach of Montenegro at their first-ever EuroBasket was Dejan RadonjiÃÂ.
In August 2012, with the new coach Luka PaviÃÂeviÃÂ, 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 IvanoviÃÂ 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.
In 2015, Montenegro named Bogdan Tanjeviànew 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 80âÂÂ74 but still went through as they had won the away game 84âÂÂ75, 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.
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.
Roster for the 2027 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers matches on 27 February and 2 March 2026 against Greece.
Since independence, all head coaches were Montenegrin-born. The first head coach of Montenegro was Duà ¡ko Vujoà ¡eviÃÂ. With him, Montenegro won the FIBA B division championship (2009). From 2010 to 2012, Montenegro was coached by Dejan RadonjiÃÂ, who led the national team to their first EuroBasket (2011). At their next Eurobasket participation (2013), Montenegro was led by Luka PaviÃÂeviÃÂ. From 2015 to 2017, the head coach of Montenegro was Bogdan TanjeviÃÂ, who led Montenegro to their first-ever Second phase games at the Eurobasket (2016). After that tournament, the Basketball Federation of Montenegro named Zvezdan Mitroviànew 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.
2011 EuroBasket: finished 21st among 24 teams
4 Nikola VuÃÂeviÃÂ, 5 Goran Jeretin, 6 Boris BakiÃÂ, 7 Vlado à  ÃÂepanoviÃÂ, 8 Miloà ¡ Borisov, 9 Vladimir MihailoviÃÂ, 10 Omar Cook,<br>11 Slavko Vraneà ¡, 12 Milko Bjelica, 13 Vladimir DragiÃÂeviÃÂ, 14 Nikola PekoviÃÂ, 15 Vladimir Daà ¡ià(Coach: Dejan RadonjiÃÂ)
2013 EuroBasket: finished 17th among 24 teams
4 Nikola VuÃÂeviÃÂ, 5 Bojan BakiÃÂ, 6 Suad à  ehoviÃÂ, 7 Aleksa PopoviÃÂ, 8 Sead à  ehoviÃÂ, 9 Blagota SekuliÃÂ, 10 Nikola IvanoviÃÂ,<br>11 Milko Bjelica, 12 Tyrese Rice, 13 Marko PopoviÃÂ, 14 Bojan DubljeviÃÂ, 15 Vladimir Daà ¡ià(Coach: Luka PaviÃÂeviÃÂ)
2017 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 24 teams
2 Tyrese Rice, 4 Nikola VuÃÂeviÃÂ, 6 Suad à  ehoviÃÂ, 7 Nikola PavliÃÂeviÃÂ, 8 Dino RadonÃÂiÃÂ, 11 Marko TodoroviÃÂ, 14 Bojan DubljeviÃÂ,<br>15 Filip BaroviÃÂ, 17 Vladimir MihailoviÃÂ, 20 Nikola IvanoviÃÂ, 21 Nemanja Vranjeà ¡, 22 Nemanja ÃÂurià ¡ià(Coach: Bogdan TanjeviÃÂ)
2019 FIBA World Cup: finished 25th among 32 teams
4 Nikola VuÃÂeviÃÂ, 5 Derek Needham, 6 Suad à  ehoviÃÂ, 7 Nemanja RadoviÃÂ, 8 Sead à  ehoviÃÂ, 10 Aleksa PopoviÃÂ, 11 Marko TodoroviÃÂ,<br>14 Bojan DubljeviÃÂ, 20 Nikola IvanoviÃÂ, 23 Dino RadonÃÂiÃÂ, 30 Petar PopoviÃÂ, 51 Milko Bjelica (Coach: Zvezdan MitroviÃÂ)
2022 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 24 teams
0 Zoran VuÃÂeljiÃÂ, 2 Aleksa IliÃÂ, 3 Vladimir MihailoviÃÂ, 4 Nikola PavliÃÂeviÃÂ, 8 Dino RadonÃÂiÃÂ, 9 Marko SimonoviÃÂ, 11 Nemanja RadoviÃÂ,<br>14 Bojan Dubljevià(C), 19 Zoran NikoliÃÂ, 22 Igor Drobnjak, 30 Petar PopoviÃÂ, 55 Kendrick Perry (Coach: Boà ¡ko RadoviÃÂ)
2023 FIBA World Cup: finished 11th among 32 teams
2 Aleksa IliÃÂ, 3 Vladimir MihailoviÃÂ, 4 Nikola VuÃÂeviÃÂ, 7 Andrija SlavkoviÃÂ, 8 Dino RadonÃÂiÃÂ, 11 Nemanja RadoviÃÂ, 14 Bojan Dubljevià(C),<br>19 Marko SimonoviÃÂ, 20 Nikola IvanoviÃÂ, 22 Igor Drobnjak, 30 Petar PopoviÃÂ, 55 Kendrick Perry (Coach: Boà ¡ko RadoviÃÂ)
2025 EuroBasket: finished 20th among 24 teams
0 Kyle Allman, 3 Vladimir MihailoviÃÂ, 4 Nikola VuÃÂevià(C), 7 Andrija SlavkoviÃÂ, 8 Emir Hadà ¾ibegoviÃÂ, 9 Marko SimonoviÃÂ,<br>10 Bojan Tomaà ¡eviÃÂ, 11 Zoran VuÃÂeljiÃÂ, 13 ÃÂorÃÂije JovanoviÃÂ, 17 Balà ¡a à ½ivanoviÃÂ, 19 Zoran NikoliÃÂ, 22 Igor Drobnjak<br>(Coach: Boà ¡ko RadoviÃÂ)
Below is the list of official performances of the Montenegro national basketball team against every single opponent.
Last updated: 2 March 2026