North Macedonia men's national basketball team
FIBA ranking | 58 1 (1 March 2024)[1] | ||
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Joined FIBA | 1993 (1936 within Yugoslavia) | ||
FIBA zone | FIBA Europe | ||
National federation | BFNM | ||
Coach | Aleksandar Jončevski | ||
Nickname(s) | Лавови ( Lions) Црвено-Жолти (The Red and Yellow) Фаланга (Phalanx) | ||
FIBA World Cup | |||
Appearances | None | ||
EuroBasket | |||
Appearances | 5 | ||
Medals | None | ||
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First international | |||
Estonia 74–60 Macedonia (Wrocław, Poland; 30 May 1993)[2] | |||
Biggest win | |||
Macedonia 105–66 Luxembourg (Skopje, Macedonia; 3 September 2005) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Croatia 128–72 Macedonia (Wrocław, Poland; 1 June 1993) |
The North Macedonia men's national basketball team (
Macedonia debuted in their first international tournament at the EuroBasket in 1999. They have appeared five times at the event overall, with their top performance coming in 2011, finishing in fourth place.
History
Before 1991, Macedonia was a Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, with players from Macedonia being part of the Yugoslavia national team. First match was in 1945 when Macedonia finished 4th. The first match was in 1945 against Croatia finishing 27-29. The team had mostly played matches against teams from other republics of federation and was represented by Macedonian players under the traditional red, color.
EuroBasket 1999
After qualifying for EuroBasket 1999, the national team was placed in Group A, along with FR Yugoslavia, France and Israel. The first game Macedonia came out firing showing solid competitive play against the French Team, however, eventually lost by a narrow margin of 67–71. Next up, was Group A favorites FR Yugoslavia, showing superior play with their post up offense, Macedonia lost 68–83. With the final game of the group Macedonia played a fairly even match, however, luck was not on their side, losing 82–84. Even though Macedonia lost all 3 of their matches to be eliminated, the team showed heart and talent with their impressive play against France and Israel. Due to their small margin of the losses Macedonia ended the tournament ranked as 13th overall.
EuroBasket 2009
EuroBasket 2009 was the first EuroBasket tournament that Macedonia qualified for in a decade. Macedonia was placed in Group A, along with Greece, Croatia and Israel. Macedonia began the tournament with a brutal 54–86 loss to rivals Greece, but rebounded with an 82–79 victory over Israel. Despite dropping their last match against Croatia, the Israel result was enough to secure second round qualification. In the second round, Macedonia was placed in Group E alongside France, Germany and Russia. Macedonia lost to France in the second round opener, but famously defeated Germany in the next game. Against Russia, Macedonia was narrowly defeated by a score of 69–71. This performance was not enough to secure a berth in to the knockout round. Nevertheless, Macedonia considers this as a historic success for the national team, since it was only the country's second appearance at the EuroBasket and the team advanced past the first round. In the final tournament rankings, Macedonia ranked 9th place with a record of 2–4.
EuroBasket 2011
Through the
In the second round, Macedonia was in Group F with
For the first time in the national team's history, it reached the knockout stage where it defeated host country Lithuania 67–65 by 2 points in the quarter-finals. Macedonia then lost to the eventual champion Spain 92–80 in the semi-finals. They then lost again in the third place game to Russia 68–72 and finished in fourth place.
2012 Olympic qualifying tournament
By finishing in 4th place at EuroBasket 2011, Macedonia qualified for the
The Macedonian players got much needed rest before the quarterfinals, which would begin two days later on 6 July 2012. The team, following the 68–64 victory by New Zealand over Angola, won Group D and its opponent in the quarterfinals was to be the Group C runner-up, Dominican Republic. Macedonia lost the game 86–76, though the team had a 13-point lead at halftime. The lost eliminated the national team from qualifying for the 2012 Olympic Games.
EuroBasket 2013
By participating at the 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Macedonia qualified for
EuroBasket 2015
At the EuroBasket 2015 there were not high expectations for Macedonia, due to their poor performance at their last EuroBasket appearance in 2013. In their first match against Greece they were thoroughly manhandled throughout as they were defeated 65-85. Looking for their first victory heading in to their second match of the tournament they went up against the Netherlands. The outcome was different this time, as the national team played with more energy and heart and pulled out an 78-71 win. Unfortunately, that would wind up being the only win for Macedonia, as they finished with an 1-4 record and a lousy 19th place at the event.
EuroBasket 2017
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Hungary | 6 | 6 | 0 | 480 | 413 | +67 | 12 | EuroBasket 2017 |
2 | Great Britain | 6 | 3 | 3 | 512 | 479 | +33 | 9 | |
3 | Macedonia | 6 | 2 | 4 | 439 | 473 | −34 | 8 | |
4 | Luxembourg | 6 | 1 | 5 | 432 | 498 | −66 | 7 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
FIBA World Cup 2019
Since 12 February 2019, the national team participate as North Macedonia. The national team took part in the 2019 FIBA World Cup Pre-Qualifiers, but were eliminated after posting a 1–3 record in their group.
EuroBasket 2022
The team went through EuroBasket 2022 qualifiers for the chance to qualify to the EuroBasket.They didn't make it finishing third with score 2-4.
FIBA World Cup 2023
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | ESP | GEO | UKR | MKD | |
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1 | Spain | 6 | 5 | 1 | 504 | 402 | +102 | 11 | Second round (Group L) |
— | 89–61 | 88–74 | 80–44 | |
2 | Georgia | 6 | 4 | 2 | 467 | 462 | +5 | 10 | 82–76 (OT) | — | 88–83 | 91–70 | ||
3 | Ukraine | 6 | 3 | 3 | 463 | 448 | +15 | 9 | 76–77 | 79–66 | — | 78–61 | ||
4 | North Macedonia | 6 | 0 | 6 | 373 | 495 | −122 | 6 | 65–94 | 65–79 | 68–73 | — |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
2024 Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Israel | 3 | 2 | 1 | 231 | 199 | +32 | 5[a] | Semi-finals |
2 | Estonia (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 224 | 201 | +23 | 5[a] | |
3 | Czech Republic | 3 | 2 | 1 | 238 | 236 | +2 | 5[a] | |
4 | North Macedonia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 206 | 263 | −57 | 3 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head points difference; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
Competitive record
FIBA World Cup1950(10),1954(11),1963(2),1967(2),1970(1) 1974(2),1978(1),1982(3),1986(3),1990(1)
Olympic Games1960(6),1964(7),1968(2) 1972(5),1976(2),1980(1),1984(3),1988(2)
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EuroBasket1947(13),1953(6),1955(8),1957(6),1959(9),1961(2) 1963(3),1965(2),1967(9),1969(2),1971(2),1973(1),1975(1),1977(1) 1979(3),1981(2),1983(7),1985(7),1987(3),1989(1),1991(1)
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Minor Tournaments
- Yugoslav Basketball tournament
- 4 th place: 1945
Team image
Home ground
The BTSC – Boris Trajkovski Sports Center
The arena is a home-ground of the
Colors
National kit colors are colors of the flag which are also Spread on the Presidential Shield. Noble Red blood and Golden Yellow Sun Devine "ILI".
Team
Current roster
Squad for EuroBasket 2025 qualification games against Estonia and Poland in February 2024.
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Depth chart
Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
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C | Ethan Happ | Bojan Krstevski | |
PF
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Stojan Gjuroski | Andrej Maslinko | Lejson Zekiri |
SF | Adem Mekić | Damjan Stojanovski | Damjan Robev |
SG | Vojdan Stojanovski | Viktor Efremovski | Marin Petkov |
PG | Nenad Dimitrijević | Andrej Magdevski |
Notable players
- Petar Naumoski – (1995–2002)
- Vrbica Stefanov – (1995–2009)
- Pero Blaževski– (1995–2009)
- Todor Gecevski– (1996–2013)
- Pero Antić – (2002–2013)
- Bo McCalebb – (2010–2013)
- Vlado Ilievski – (1998–2015)
- Predrag Samardžiski – (2005–2015)
- Gjorgji Čekovski – (1999–2017)
- Damjan Stojanovski – (2009–)
- Vojdan Stojanovski – (2008–)
Coaching history
- Aleksandar Knjazev – (1993–1994)
- Blagoja Georgievski – (1995–1996)
- Zare Markovski – (1997–1999)
- Marin Dokuzovski – (1999–2001)
- Jordančo Davitkov – (2001–2007)
- Jovica Arsić – (2007–2009)
- Marin Dokuzovski – (2010–2011)
- Marjan Lazovski – (2012)
- Aleš Pipan – (2013)
- Aleksandar Džikić – (2014)
- Marjan Srbinovski – (2015)
- Dragan Raca – (2016)
- Jordančo Davitkov – (2017–2019)
- Aleksandar Todorov – (2020–2021)
- Dragan Bajić – (2021–2022)
- Aleksandar Jončevski – (2023–present)
Past rosters
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)4 Aleksandar Kostoski, 5 Vlado Ilievski. 6 Darko Sokolov, 7 Bo McCalebb, 8 Vojdan Stojanovski, 9 Damjan Stojanovski, 10 Vladimir Brčkov, 11 Todor Gečevski, 12 Pero Antić, 13 Stojan Gjuroski, 14 Gjorgji Čekovski, 15 Predrag Samardžiski (Coach: Aleš Pipan)
4 Vladimir Brčkov, 5 Vlado Ilievski. 6 Darko Sokolov, 7 Aleksandar Kostoski, 8 Vojdan Stojanovski, 9 Damjan Stojanovski, 10 Marko Simonovski, 11 Ljubomir Mladenovski, 12 Bojan Trajkovski, 13 Stojan Gjuroski, 14 Richard Hendrix, 15 Predrag Samardžiski (Coach: Marjan Srbinovski)
Results and fixtures
Win Loss
2023
12 August 2023 | North Macedonia | 65–86 | Israel | Tallinn, Estonia |
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19:00 (UTC+3) | Scoring by quarter: 19–24, 19–23, 13–25, 14–14 | |||
3 | Boxscore | Pts: Sorkin 21 Rebs: Sorkin, Ziv 7 Asts: Sorkin 5 |
Arena: Tondiraba Ice Hall Attendance: 395 Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Andris Aunkrogers (LAT), Zafer Yılmaz (TUR) |
13 August 2023 | Estonia | 83–59 | North Macedonia | Tallinn, Estonia |
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19:00 (UTC+3) | Scoring by quarter: 25–7, 19–15, 21–22, 18–15 | |||
9 | Boxscore | Pts: Stojanovski 12 Rebs: Magdevski 6 Asts: Magdevski 4 |
Arena: Tondiraba Ice Hall Attendance: 3,450 Referees: Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Andris Aunkrogers (LAT), Gizella Györgyi (ROU) |
15 August 2023 | Czech Republic | 94–82 | North Macedonia | Tallinn, Estonia |
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16:00 (UTC+3) | Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 26–23, 26–19, 23–24 | |||
8 | Boxscore | Pts: Shorts 27 Rebs: Mladenovski 6 Asts: Shorts 5 |
Arena: Tondiraba Ice Hall Attendance: 673 Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Gintaras Mačiulis (LTU), Gatis Saliņš (LAT) |
2024
23 February 2024 | North Macedonia | 69–74 | Estonia | Skopje, North Macedonia |
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19:00 (UTC+1) | Scoring by quarter: 21–19, 23–17, 10–21, 16–17 | |||
: Happ 3 | Boxscore | Pts: Kotsar 16 Rebs: Rosenthal 6 Asts: Jõesaar 5 |
Arena: SRC Kale Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Kerem Baki (TUR), Ventsislav Velikov (BUL), Orhan Çağrı Hekimoğlu (TUR) |
26 February 2024 | Poland | 71–96 | North Macedonia | Sosnowiec, Poland |
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18:00 (UTC+1) | Scoring by quarter: 21–19, 23–17, 10–21, 16–17 | |||
4 | Boxscore | Pts: Dimitrijević 32 Rebs: Mekić 10 Asts: Dimitrijević 8 |
Arena: ArcelorMittal Park Attendance: 2,894 Referees: Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Gatis Saliņš (LAT), Zafer Yılmaz (TUR) |
21 November 2024 | North Macedonia | vs. | Lithuania | North Macedonia |
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24 November 2024 | Lithuania | vs. | North Macedonia | Lithuania |
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Boxscore |
2025
21 February 2025 | Estonia | vs. | North Macedonia | Estonia |
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Boxscore |
24 February 2025 | North Macedonia | vs. | Poland | North Macedonia |
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Statistics
Most games played
Rank | Name | NT Career | Games |
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1 | Todor Gečevski | 1996–2013 | 89 |
2 | Vojdan Stojanovski | 2008 – | 82 |
3 | Vrbica Stefanov | 1995–2009 | 66 |
4 | Gjorgji Čekovski | 1999–2017 | 60 |
5 | Damjan Stojanovski | 2009 – | 59 |
6 | Pero Blaževski
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1995–2009 | 54 |
7 | Predrag Samardžiski | 2005–2015 | 52 |
8 | Pero Antić | 2002–2013 | 49 |
9 | Stojan Gjuroski | 2013 – | 49 |
10 | Vlado Ilievski | 1998–2015 | 47 |
All time points scored
Rank | Name | NT Career | Total Points | Caps
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Points per game |
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1 | Petar Naumoski | 1995–2002 | 989 | 42 | 23.5 |
2 | Vrbica Stefanov | 1995–2009 | 947 | 66 | 14.3 |
3 | Todor Gečevski | 1996–2013 | 891 | 89 | 10.0 |
4 | Vojdan Stojanovski | 2008 – | 829 | 82 | 10.1 |
5 | Pero Antić | 2002–2013 | 605 | 49 | 12.3 |
6 | Bo McCalebb | 2010–2013 | 543 | 25 | 21.7 |
7 | Vlado Ilievski | 1998–2015 | 500 | 47 | 10.6 |
8 | Dejan Jovanovski | 1995–2002 | 394 | 38 | 10.4 |
9 | Damjan Stojanovski | 2009 – | 335 | 59 | 5.7 |
10 | Gjorgji Čekovski | 1999–2017 | 318 | 60 | 5.3 |
- * Active NT players are listed in bold
- * Official FIBA games excluding Friendly games
Leader in points per game
- Only played 2005 season in Division B (won promotion)
See also
- North Macedonia women's national basketball team
- North Macedonia men's national under-20 basketball team
- North Macedonia men's national under-18 basketball team
- North Macedonia men's national under-16 basketball team
References
- ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- ^ "XXVIII European Championship (München 1993) Qualifying stage". Linguasport. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
- ^ "Montenegro escapes Macedonia". orlandomagicdaily.com. FanSided Inc. 4 September 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
- ^ "MKD – 2013 EuroBasket". archive.fiba.com. FIBA. 22 September 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
External links
- Official website (in Macedonian)
- North Macedonia FIBA profile
- North Macedonia National Team – Men at Eurobasket.com
- North Macedonia Basketball Records at FIBA Archive