CEDEVITA JUNIOR IN THE THIRD SEEDING POT, KK CIBONA IN FOBA EUROPE CUP QUALIFIERS
The upcoming European basketball season brings good news for Croatian clubs – Cedevita Junior and Cibona will represent Croatia in the new edition of the FIBA Europe Cup. KK Cedevita Junior – Direct Entry into Group Stage Cedevita Junior has secured direct qualification for…
BOJAN BOGDANOVIĆ ENDED HIS PLAYING CAREER
One of the best Croatian basketball players of the 21st century, Bojan Bogdanović, announced the end of his prosperous professional career at the age of 36. He decided, after more than two decades on the courts of Europe and the…
KK ZADAR DOESN’T STOP: THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE TITLE OF CHAMPION OF CROATIA
Zadar basketball players wrote the history of Croatian basketball by winning the third consecutive Croatian championship title. In the dramatic fourth game of the FAVBET Premier League final, Zadar won 67:65 against the hosts on the road in Split after…
TOMISLAV MIJATOVIĆ – NEW HEAD COACH OF THE BASKETBALL REPRESENTATION
Tomislav Mijatović is the new coach of the men’s senior basketball team of Croatia, the Croatian Basketball Association officially confirmed on May 20, 2025, at the suggestion of sports director Krunoslav Simon. Mijatović replaces Josip Sesar in that position, under…
GROUPS DRAWN FOR THE PRE-QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE 2027 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, CROATIA WITH DENMARK AND NORWAY
On March 14, at the FIBA headquarters, in the House of Basketball in Mies, the groups for the second round of pre-qualifications for the 2027 World Cup were drawn. Croatia, Bulgaria, Denmark, Hungary, the Netherlands, North Macedonia, Slovakia, and Ukraine—the…
CONFIRMED GROUPS FOR THE DRAW PRE-QUALIFICATION FOR THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Apart from Croatia, which had the misfortune of being in the group with the weakest basketball host of EuroBasket 2025, Cyprus, the qualifications for the European Championship did not have a happy ending for Bulgaria, Denmark, Hungary, the Netherlands, North…
SPORT STRENGTHENS THE NATIONAL IDENTITY AND REPUTATION OF CROATIA IN THE WORLD
Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Gordan Grlić Radman and representatives of five sports federations, Marijan Kustić, president of the Croatian Football Association, Nikola Rukavina, president of the Croatian Basketball Association, Frane Žanić, president of the Croatian Volleyball Association, Tomislav…
CONVINCING VICTORY AWAY FROM CYPRUS, 40 POINTS MARIJA HEZONJE
In the last match of the EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers, Croatia defeated Cyprus 104:67 on the road in Nicosia. After the first four Croatian attacks ended with 3-pointers (two each by Jaleen Smith and Mario Hezonja), it was clear that the…
DEFEAT BY FRANCE IN THE GROTL OF ZADAR’S JAZINE
In the penultimate match of the EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers, the Croatian basketball team was defeated by France 83:80 in the Jazine cave in Zadar. At the same time, Bosnia and Herzegovina beat Cyprus 108:62. Thus, Croatia lost all prospects for…
NIKA MÜHL: WNBA IS AN IRREVOCABLE EXPERIENCE, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY WITH THE BEST PLAYERS IN THE WORLD
After an outstanding career at the University of Connecticut, Nika Mühl from Zagreb became a genuine “brand” in women’s basketball. In the WNBA, she was declared the year’s fashion icon. Nika Mühl is a real basketball star in the USA….
