By Eurohoops Team/ info@eurohoops.net
Aleksandar Petrovic, sports director and acting head coach of the national team of Croatia announced a 15-man squad for the upcoming prequalification games heading to Eurobasket 2025. Croatia’s national team will play Austria on November 10 and Poland in Zagreb on November 13.
Croatia has been eliminated from next year’s FIBA World Cup, instead forced into the 2025 EuroBasket Pre-Qualifiers.
Alba Berlin’s Jaleen Smith was not called up for the upcoming games. “Alba has informed us that Jalen is not ready to play because of a small injury and they do not wish to aggravate it more”, Petrovic said.
Croatia NT roster:
Roko PRKAČIN – Girona (Spain)
Danko BRANKOVIĆ – Mega MIS (Serbia)
Matej RUDAN – Mega MIS (Serbia)
Dario DREŽNJAK – Zadar (Croatia)
Tomislav IVIŠIĆ – SC Derby (Montenegro)
Dragan BENDER – Obraidoro CAB (Spain)
Filip BUNDOVIĆ – Cibona (Croatia)
Toni NAKIĆ – CB Breogan (Spain)
Mateo DREŽNJAK – SC Derby (Montenegro)
Toni PERKOVIĆ – Orléans Loiret (France)
Roko BADŽIM – Konyaspor (Turky)
Luka BOŽIĆ – Zadar (Croatia)
Dominik MAVRA – Split (Croatia)
Vito KUČIĆ – Cedevita Junior (Croatia)
Borna KAPUSTA – Cibona (Croatia)