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Zoran "Moka" Slavnić (born October 26, 1949) is a Serbian retired basketball player and current coach. He played with KK Crvena zvezda for 10 senior seasons. One of the best European point gards of all time. With KK Crvena zvezda he won 2 National Championships, 3 National Cups and one Saporta Cup. He also won ACB with DKV Joventut. During his basketball carier he played for KK Crvena zvezda (1967–1977), DKV Joventut (1977–1979), Šibenka (1979-1981) and KK Partizan (1981-1982).
Slavnić was one of rare who won evrything he could in career: World Gold (1978), Olympic Gold (1980) and 3 European Golds (1973, 1975, 1977). He is one of the legends of KK Crvena zvezda.
Slavnić's glorious performance against Italians
The Americans have, for four years, eagerly awaited the return game with the USSR at the basketball tournament in Montreal, after the defeat in the controversial final match at the Olympics in Munich in 1972. However, the return game never took place, thanks to the Yugoslav national team, which, in the semi-finals, after an uncertain and difficult struggle - even though they led by 19-4 in the first half - defeated the Soviet national team by 89-84. Nevertheless, the crucial match at the Olympics, the Yugoslav team played earlier on in the B group against Italy. After the first half, the semi-finals were almost unreachable for the Yugoslavs, since the Italians were leading by 15 points.
In the second half, they switched roles - the Yugoslavs started to play fantastically and gradually decreased the lead of the confused opponents. Moka took over the leading position and in this best game of his career he practically single-handedly defeated the self-confident Italians. Slavnić made flawless passes and hits, and with the scores in the last seconds of this match, he ensured the victory to his team – 88–87. Yugoslavia won a silver medal, since it was defeated in the finals by the US – 74–95.
External links
- Slavnić selektor, objavio spisak; B92, 29 May 2007
Medal record Men's Basketball Summer Olympics Silver 1976 Canada Yugoslavia
Gold 1980 Soviet Union Yugoslavia
FIBA World Championship Silver 1974 Puerto rico Yugoslavia
Gold 1978 Philippines Yugoslavia
Eurobasket Gold 1973 Yugoslavia
Gold 1975 Yugoslavia
Gold 1977 Yugoslavia
Bronze 1979 Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia squad – 1974 FIBA World Championship Finalists - Silver medal Yugoslavia squad – 1978 FIBA World Championship Champions - Gold medal 1976 Olympic Silver Medalists Men's Basketball – Yugoslavia
1980 Olympic Champions Men's Basketball – Yugoslavia
Serbia squad – EuroBasket 2007 – 13th place 4 Teodosić | 5 Cvetković | 6 Radivojević | 7 Erceg | 8 Labović | 9 Marković | 10 Jarić | 11 Miličić | 12 Aleksandrov | 13 Veličković | 14 Tepić | 15 Gurović | Coach: SlavnićCategories:- 1949 births
- Living people
- Serbian basketball players
- KK Crvena zvezda players
- Joventut Badalona players
- KK Partizan players
- KK Crvena zvezda coaches
- KK Partizan coaches
- Joventut Badalona coaches
- Olympic medalists in basketball
- Yugoslav basketball players
- Olympic basketball players of Yugoslavia
- Basketball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Yugoslavia
- Olympic silver medalists for Yugoslavia
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