Miodrag_Stefanović_(basketball)

Miodrag Stefanović (basketball)

Miodrag Stefanović (basketball)

Serbian basketball player, coach and referee

Miodrag "Mija" Stefanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Миодраг Мија Стефановић; 20 October 1922 – 1 December 1998) was a Serbian basketball player, coach and referee. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally.

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Playing career

Stefanović played for Belgrade-based team Crvena zvezda of the Yugoslav First League. With the Zvezda, he won the National Championships in the 1946 season.[1][2] In the 1946 Zvezda season, Stefanović averaged 3.4 points per game while appearing in all 7 games.

National team career

Stefanović was a member of the Yugoslavia national team which participated at the 1947 FIBA European Championship in Prague, Czechoslovakia. He played one game at the tournament and scored 2 points.[3]

Coaching career

Stefanović coached Partizan during the 1953 season in the Yugoslav First League.[4]

National teams

Stefanović coached the Austria men's national team at the EuroBasket 1951.

Stefanović coached the Yugoslavia women's national team at two European Women's Basketball Championships (1962 and 1964).[5]

Referee career

Stefanović was a referee at the 1952 Summer Olympics. After the tournament, he retired.[6]

Career achievements and awards

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Ono što se mora znati o KK Crvena zvezda". mojacrvenazvezda.net (in Serbian). 19 March 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  2. [2]
    "Košarkaška prvenstva Jugoslavije (1945-91) – prvi deo". strategija.org (in Serbian). Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  3. [3]
    "1947 Yugoslavia 5 - Miodrag Stefanovic". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  4. [4]
    "KK Partizan - Trofeji". kkpartizan.rs. Retrieved 2021-07-11.
  5. [5]
    "Istorija ženske košarke". Archived from the original on 2014-12-24. Retrieved 2017-06-14.
  6. [6]
    "Sportski spomenar - Geza Pastor". rts.rs. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
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