New Montenegro coach Mitrovic names extended list of players for Qualifiers
PODGORICA (FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 European Qualifiers) - Zvezdan Mitrovic will be at the helm of his native Montenegro in the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 European Qualifiers.
PODGORICA (FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 European Qualifiers) - Zvezdan Mitrovic has worked some magic in helping turn AS Monaco Basket into one of the best teams in France and the Basketball Champions League. His native Montenegro will be hoping he can bring some good times to their national team, too.
The 47-year-old will be at the helm when the Balkan side plays in the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 European Qualifiers, starting with Spain on November 24 in Podgorica and then at Belarus in Minsk on November 26. Montenegro will also go up against Slovenia, with the first of their two meetings at home on February 23.
Zvezdan Mitrovic nommé sélectionneur du #Monténégro. Félicitations au coach de la #RocaTeam qui va cumuler les deux fonctions.🔴⚪️🇲🇪🇲🇨💪👏 pic.twitter.com/bAF9QJyiLM
— AS Monaco Basket (@ASMonaco_Basket) October 6, 2017
The other First Round Group A games will see Montenegro play at Spain on February 26, at home to Belarus on June 28 and at Slovenia on July 1. They will need to finish in the top three to advance to the next phase of the competition.
Mitrovic, who will be assisted by Bosko Radovic and Dusan Dubljevic, has announced an extended list of players that he will be selecting his team from.
| Montenegro preliminary squad for World Cup Qualifiers against Spain and Belarus | ||||
| Filip Barovic | Milko Bjelica | Ognjen Carapic | Bojan Dubljevic | Nemanja Djurisic |
| Aleksa Ilic | Nikola Ivanovic | Ivan Maras | Vladimir Mihailovic | Starovlah Milic |
| Derek Needham | Danilo Nikolic | Zoran Nikolic | Vukota Pavic | Nikola Pavlicevic |
| Petar Popovic | Dino Radoncic | Nemanja Radovic | Sead Sehovic | Suad Sehovic |
| Blagota Sekulic | Marko Simonovic | Marko Todorovic | Nemanja Vranjes | |
Mitrovic is no stranger to the Montenegro national team. He was an assistant to former coach Luka Pavicevic at FIBA EuroBasket 2013.
He also served as the head coach of the Montenegro side at the 2015 World Universiade, and a touring Montenegro B team last year.
His attention right now is on coaching AS Monaco Basket, who are second in the top flight of France with four wins from five games. The club will go for a second straight win the Basketball Champions League under Mitrovic on Tuesday when they play at Hapoel Holon.
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