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Trener Jasmin Repeša (photo: www.nacional.hr)

Izbornik košarkaške reprezentacije Hrvatske i strateg vodeće ekipe domaćeg prvenstva Cibone (7-0) sazvao je danas u 12.00 tiskovnu konferenciju u prostorijama HKS-a.

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Repeša je obznanio ovoljetni program priprema i utakmica nacionalne vrste.

Pred Hrvatskom su dakle kvalifikacije za EP 2013. u Sloveniji, u kojima će se Hrvatskoj protivnici biti Ukrajina, Mađarska, Austrija i Cipar.

Repeša je sastavio ozbiljan program pa će se igrači okupiti već 15. srpnja,  te će u pripremnom razdoblju Hrvatska igrati dvaput protiv Švicarske i dvaput protiv Italije.

Definitivno će za poklonike košarke najzanimljiviji biti turnir u Ljubljani pod nazivom “EX-YU cup”,  gdje će Hrvatska ukrstiti snage sa Srbijom (3. 8.), Slovenijom (4. 8.) te BIH (5. 8), koju trenutno trenira Aleksandar “Aco” Petrović.

 SUMMARY: Croatian NT head coach Jasmin Repesa has announced Croatian NT agenda for the summer of 2012. Although Croatian NT will not participate in 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London it’s training camp will begin as early as July 15th with the main goal to prepare the team for the Eurobasket 2013 qualification cycle…for additional translation services please contact crohoops@gmail.com

F Damir Markota, Croatia (photo by DishNSwish.tv)

Croatia will face Ukraine, Austria, Hungary and Cyprus in the Group C of the qualification cycle for 2013 EuroBasket in Slovenia. The games will take place from August 15th until September 11th.

The teams which will finish at the top two spots and four best 3rd placed teams will make up the group of 16 teams which will join Spain, France, Russia, Macedonia, Lithuania, Greece, Great Britain and the host Slovenia in the EuroBasket 2013 Final Round. COMPLETE DRAW INFO

Here is Croatian NT complete schedule:

18.8. Croatia vs Cyprus
21.8. Ukraine – Croatia
24.8. Croatia – Hungary
27.8. Austria – Croatia
2.9. Cyprus – Croatia
5.9. Croatia – Ukraine
8.9. Hungary – Croatia
11.9. Croatia – Austria

C Stanko Barac, Croatia (photo by ezadar.hr)

CROATIAN NT ROSTER

PG Dontaye Draper
PG Marko Popovic
PG Rok Stipcevic
SG Kruno Simon
G/F Marko Tomas
G/F Bojan Bogdanovic
SF Damjan Rudez
F Damir Markota
PF Luka Zoric
PF Luksa Andric
PF/C Ante Tomic
C Stanko Barac

EUROBASKET  SCHEDULE

Wednesday, August 31st 
vs Finland   84:79

Thursday, September 1st 
vs Macedonia    76:78

Saturday, September 3rd  
vs Montenegro   87:81

Sunday, September 4th
vs Bosnia & Herzegovina    80:92

Monday, September 5th
vs Greece   69:74

FRIENDLY GAMES RESULTS – SUMMER 2011

26.7. Croatia vs Bulgaria 72:59
27.7. Croatia vs Bulgaria 77:54

Addeco Cup (Ljubljana, Slovenia)
6.8. Croatia vs Montenegro   85:71
8.8. Slovenia vs Croatia   60:65
9.8. Croatia vs Serbia 71:80

London Invitational Tournament
16.8. Serbia vs Croatia   83:71
17.8. Great Britain vs Croatia  70:75
18.8. Australia vs Croatia   78:66
20.8. Croatia vs France   60:83
21.8. China – Croatia   53:83

Last updated on 29-08-2011. Anything missing? E-mail us at   crohoops@gmail.com.

Croatian U19 NT – official page

Croatian U19 NT – team preview by EuropeanProspects.com

Croatian NT Roster

Boris Barac – CroHoops.com Profile

Mislav Brzoja

Filip Bundovic

Mario Hezonja – CroHoops.com Profile

Martin Junakovic

Toni Katic – CroHoops.com Profile

Stipe Krstanovic

Marino Kucan

Marko Ramljak

Dino Repesa

Dario Saric – CroHoops.com Profile

Stefan Zadravec

Head Coach: Drazen Brajkovic

Croatian NT Schedule & Results
(Group C, Liepaja, Latvia)

30th June vs Lithuania 88:75

1st July vs Canada 88:84

2nd July vs South Korea 71:75

4th July vs Egypt 83:81

5th July vs Serbia 68:73

6th July vs USA 87:85

8th July  – quarter-final game
vs Argentina 76:81

9th July – 5th-8th place classification game
vs Australia 63-90

10th July – 5th-8th place classification game
vs Poland 70-82

Croatian NT Team Leaders (per game stats)

points: Boris Barac 18.7

rebounds: Dario Saric 10.1

assists: Toni Katic 4.5

steals: Boris Barac 1.2

blocks: Dario Saric 1.0

Croatian NT additional note:

- 5 out of 12 players on Croatian NT roster were younger then 18

Croatian U19 NT Head Coach Drazen Brajkovic
(photo by Vladimir Radicevic/Gol.hr)

Croatian NT has arrived on the scene of 2011 FIBA U19 World Championship in Latvia and is eager to showcase it’s full capabilities under the command of experienced coach Drazen Brajkovic.

With the sneakers scandal well behind him for good European phenom F Dario Saric is ready to go, along with such great talents as F Boris Barac, PG Toni Katic and G/F Mario Hezonja.

The fact that as much as 5 players on Croatian NT roster in this U19 Championship are younger than 18 years is absolutely astonishing. This nucleus will look forward to help Croatia defend it’s bronze medal from 2009 FIBA U19 World Championship in New Zealand.

Croatia will open it’s campaign on Thursday when they face Lithuania led by Jonas Valanciunas.

FEATURED LINK: CROATIAN U19 NATIONAL TEAM PREVIEW

Toni Prostran, Croatian U19 NT 2009.

After skipping the complete season Zagreb CO talented point guard Toni Prostran (6’0”/1991)
is reportedly ready for what he did best in the last couple of years – representing Croatia in various FIBA youth competitions during the summer.

This year Toni will wear Croatian junior NT uniform for the last time in his life while playing on  FIBA U20 European Championship which will be held in Bilbao (Spain) from July 14th until July 20th. Croatia will face France, Latvia and Sweden.

Despite numerous injuries in the last couple of seasons with Zagreb CO, Toni has stayed optimistic and will be a great addition for Croatian junior NT which is currently preparing in the town of Daruvar. Here is his exclusive statement for CroHoops.com:

“I think we have a good team and if we stay healthy we might be able to reach the medal zone. As for me, my only wish is that I don’t have any further problems with injuries. I will try to prepare the best I can in order to reach optimal competitive level. I truly hope I will confirm my qualities on European Championship.”

With Toni in charge of the point guard duties, head coach Ivan Velic (Siroki TT Kabeli) will have to focus how to solve the absence of big man Dragan Sekelja (7’0”/1991/Florida Atlantic (NCAA)) who is about to leave to U.S.A. due to academic obligations.

As it seems Velic will most likely have to distribute frontcourt obligations between C Domagoj Bubalo (Zagreb CO) and PF Ivan Buva (Cedevita Zagreb).

According to gol.hr European club powerhouse Real Madrid has shown interest to possibly acquire Cedevita Zagreb lightning quick PG Dontaye Draper who will most likely become Croatian citizen in the upcoming months in order to play for Croatian NT.

Cedevita’s Team President Mladen Veber stated that “Draper acquisition is very unlikely since he still has two more contract years with Cedevita”, but was not able to deny if there were any contacts made between Real Madrid and Draper’s agent.