Zoran Slavnić

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

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Name	Slavnic, Zoran
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Date of birth	October 26, 1949
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