| FIBA ranking | 59 | ||
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| JoinedFIBA | 1993 (1936 withinYugoslavia) | ||
| FIBA zone | FIBA Europe | ||
| National federation | BFNM | ||
| Coach | Marjan Ilievski | ||
| Nickname(s) | Лавови (Lions) Црвено-Жолти (The Red and Yellow) Фаланга (Phalanx) | ||
| FIBA World Cup | |||
| Appearances | None | ||
| EuroBasket | |||
| Appearances | 5 | ||
| Medals | None | ||
| First international | |||
(Wrocław, Poland; 30 May 1993)[2] | |||
| Biggest win | |||
(Skopje, Macedonia; 3 September 2005) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
(Wrocław, Poland; 1 June 1993) | |||
TheNorth Macedonia men's national basketball team (Macedonian:Кошаркарска репрезентација на Северна Македонија,romanized: Košarkarska reprezentacija na Severna Makedonija) representsNorth Macedonia in internationalbasketball and is controlled by theBasketball Federation of North Macedonia. They joinedFIBA in 1993, after they gainedindependence from Yugoslavia. That same year the national team played their first official match againstEstonia. Prior to 1993, Macedonian players took part on theYugoslavia national team.
Macedonia debuted in their first international tournament at theEuroBasket in1999. They have appeared five times at the event overall, with their top performance coming in2011, finishing in fourth place.
Before 1991, Macedonia was a Federal Republic ofYugoslavia, with players from Macedonia being part of the Yugoslavia national team. First match was in 1945 when Macedonia finished 4th. The first match was in 1945 against Croatia finishing 27-29. The team had mostly played matches against teams from other republics of federation and was represented by Macedonian players under the traditional red, color.
After qualifying forEuroBasket 1999, the national team was placed in Group A, along withFR Yugoslavia,France andIsrael. The first game Macedonia came out firing showing solid competitive play against the French Team, however, eventually lost by a narrow margin of 67–71. Next up, was Group A favorites FR Yugoslavia, showing superior play with their post up offense, Macedonia lost 68–83. With the final game of the group Macedonia played a fairly even match, however, luck was not on their side, losing 82–84. Even though Macedonia lost all 3 of their matches to be eliminated, the team showed heart and talent with their impressive play against France and Israel. Due to their small margin of the losses Macedonia ended the tournament ranked as 13th overall.
EuroBasket 2009 was the firstEuroBasket tournament that Macedonia qualified for in a decade. Macedonia was placed in Group A, along withGreece,Croatia andIsrael. Macedonia began the tournament with a brutal 54–86 loss to rivals Greece, but rebounded with an 82–79 victory over Israel. Despite dropping their last match against Croatia, the Israel result was enough to secure second round qualification. In the second round, Macedonia was placed in Group E alongsideFrance,Germany andRussia. Macedonia lost to France in the second round opener, but famously defeated Germany in the next game. Against Russia, Macedonia was narrowly defeated by a score of 69–71. This performance was not enough to secure a berth in to the knockout round. Nevertheless, Macedonia considers this as a historic success for the national team, since it was only the country's second appearance at the EuroBasket and the team advanced past the first round. In the final tournament rankings, Macedonia ranked 9th place with a record of 2–4.

Through thequalifying round, Macedonia qualified forEuroBasket 2011 and was in Group C along withBosnia and Herzegovina,Croatia,Greece,Montenegro, andFinland in the preliminary phase. The national team lost their first match to Montenegro 65–70 in overtime but won the remaining four against Croatia 78–76, Greece 72–58, Finland 72–70, and Bosnia and Herzegovina 75–63. Macedonia finished first in the group and advanced to the second round.
In the second round, Macedonia was in Group F withRussia,Slovenia, Greece,Georgia, and Finland. Having beaten Greece and Finland in the preliminary round, Macedonia went in to the second round with a 2–0 record. After beating Georgia 65–63, Macedonia qualified for the knockout round. The team then beat Slovenia 68–59, but lost to Russia by 2 points 63–61 afterSergey Monya made a buzzer-beating shot to win the final game of the second round. Macedonia, therefore, finished second in Group F.
For the first time in the national team's history, it reached the knockout stage where it defeated host countryLithuania 67–65 by 2 points in the quarter-finals. Macedonia then lost to the eventual championSpain 92–80 in the semi-finals. They then lost again in the third place game to Russia 68–72 and finished in fourth place.

By finishing in 4th place at EuroBasket 2011, Macedonia qualified for the2012 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament. They were drawn into Group D along with Angola and New Zealand. In the first game against Angola, Macedonia came out non-aggressive in the 1st half falling to a 13 pt deficit 40–53 at halftime. During most of the match, the top Macedonian players showed fatigue due to the grueling playoff matches they had played for their club teams. In addition, Macedonia came out with a strong 4th quarter, eventually losing by a margin of 4 points, with the final score being 84–88 Angola. Top scorers for Macedonia against Angola werePero Antic with 17, andBo McCalebb with 21. On the next match day, which was the day after with less than 24 hours of rest, Macedonia came out a lot stronger in the 1st quarter with a strong lead that carried over the entire game. Eventually, New Zealand could not recover, and fell to Macedonia with a final score of 84–62. Leading scorers for the game wereTodor Gecevski with 16,Antic with 17, andMcCalebb with 23.
The Macedonian players got much needed rest before the quarterfinals, which would begin two days later on 6 July 2012. The team, following the 68–64 victory by New Zealand over Angola, won Group D and its opponent in the quarterfinals was to be the Group C runner-up,Dominican Republic. Macedonia lost the game 86–76, though the team had a 13-point lead at halftime. The lost eliminated the national team from qualifying for the2012 Olympic Games.
By participating at the 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Macedonia qualified forEuroBasket 2013 in Slovenia. In a disappointing campaign, Macedonia did not manage to repeat the success from the previousEurobasket, having one victory in five matches in their preliminary Group B against Serbia 89–75, which was good enough only for the last place in the group stage and 21st overall. The first game of the Eurobasket against Montenegro was particularly demoralizing, as the Montenegrins won 81–80 in controversial fashion, after the referees didn't call interference on the basket duringGjorgji Čekovski's last second game winning attempt, despite the fact that one of the Montenegrin players got his hand trapped in the net.[3] Macedonia's best performers were once again McCalebb and Antić, with 17.6 and 13.8 points per game, respectively.[4] After the tournament, several of the Macedonian veteran players, led by captainPero Antić, announced their retirement from the national team.
At theEuroBasket 2015 there were not high expectations for Macedonia, due to their poor performance at their last EuroBasket appearance in 2013. In their first match againstGreece they were thoroughly manhandled throughout as they were defeated 65-85. Looking for their first victory heading in to their second match of the tournament they went up against theNetherlands. The outcome was different this time, as the national team played with more energy and heart and pulled out an 78-71 win. Unfortunately, that would wind up being the only win for Macedonia, as they finished with an 1-4 record and a lousy 19th place at the event.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 480 | 413 | +67 | 12 | EuroBasket 2017 | |
| 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 512 | 479 | +33 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 439 | 473 | −34 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 432 | 498 | −66 | 7 |
Since 12 February 2019, the national team participate as North Macedonia. The national team took part in the2019 FIBA World Cup Pre-Qualifiers, but were eliminated after posting a 1–3 record in their group.
The team went throughEuroBasket 2022 qualifiers for the chance to qualify to theEuroBasket.They didn't make it finishing third with score 2-4.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 511 | 487 | +24 | 10[a] | EuroBasket 2022 as host | |
| 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 460 | 405 | +55 | 10[a] | Disqualified | |
| 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 459 | 505 | −46 | 8[c] | EuroBasket 2022 | |
| 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 473 | 506 | −33 | 8[c] |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | ESP | GEO | UKR | MKD | |
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| 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 504 | 402 | +102 | 11 | Second round (Group L) | — | 89–61 | 88–74 | 80–44 | ||
| 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 467 | 462 | +5 | 10 | 82–76 (OT) | — | 88–83 | 91–70 | |||
| 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 463 | 448 | +15 | 9 | 76–77 | 79–66 | — | 78–61 | |||
| 4 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 373 | 495 | −122 | 6 | 65–94 | 65–79 | 68–73 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 231 | 199 | +32 | 5[a] | Semi-finals | |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 224 | 201 | +23 | 5[a] | ||
| 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 238 | 236 | +2 | 5[a] | ||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 206 | 263 | −57 | 3 |
Again same as 2022 the qualifiers forEuroBasket 2025 qualifiers they didn't make it , ending third with same score 2-4.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 482 | 391 | +91 | 11 | EuroBasket 2025 | |
| 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 466 | 441 | +25 | 10 | ||
| 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 457 | 479 | −22 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 423 | 517 | −94 | 7 | EuroBasket 2025 as host |
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The BTSC –Boris Trajkovski Sports CenterMacedonian:Спортски центар Борис Трајковски,Skopje is a multi-functional indoor sports arena. It is located in theKarpoš Municipality ofSkopje,Macedonia. It is named after the formerpresident,Boris Trajkovski. Its capacity is 10,000. Within the complex, there is an Olympic size swimming pool, Hotel Alexander Palace, a water park and anice skating rink.
The arena is a home-ground of the Macedonian basketball team (men and women). The venue also contains four restaurants and a sports bar.
National kit colors are colors of theflag which are also Spread on thePresidential Shield. Noble Red blood and Golden Yellow Sun Devine "ILI".
Squad for2027 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification (Europe) games against Romania and Hungary in August 2025.
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1999 EuroBasket: finished13th among 16 teams[5]
4Vrbica Stefanov, 5Vlado Ilievski, 6Gjorgji Čekovski, 7Mirza Kurtović, 8Marjan Srbinovski, 9Igor Mihajlovski, 10Petar Naumoski, 11Todor Gečevski, 12Dejan Jovanovski, 13Srdjan Stanković, 14Pero Blaževski, 15Dušan Bocevski (Coach:Zare Markovski)
2009 EuroBasket: finished9th among 16 teams[6]
4Vrbica Stefanov, 5Dimitar Mirakovski, 6Darko Sokolov, 7Riste Stefanov, 8Vojdan Stojanovski, 9Pero Blaževski, 10Dime Tasovski, 11Todor Gečevski, 12Pero Antić, 13Damjan Stojanovski, 14Jeremiah Massey, 15Predrag Samardžiski (Coach:Jovica Arsić)
2011 EuroBasket: finished4th among 24 teams[7]
4Dimitar Mirakovski, 5Vlado Ilievski, 6Darko Sokolov, 7Bo McCalebb, 8Vojdan Stojanovski, 9Damjan Stojanovski, 10Marko Simonovski, 11Todor Gečevski, 12Pero Antic, 13Ivica Dimcevski, 14Gjorgji Čekovski, 15Predrag Samardžiski (Coach:Marin Dokuzovski)
2013 EuroBasket: finished21st among 24 teams[8]
4Aleksandar Kostoski, 5Vlado Ilievski. 6Darko Sokolov, 7Bo McCalebb, 8Vojdan Stojanovski, 9Damjan Stojanovski, 10Vladimir Brčkov, 11Todor Gečevski, 12Pero Antić, 13Stojan Gjuroski, 14Gjorgji Čekovski, 15Predrag Samardžiski (Coach:Aleš Pipan)
2015 EuroBasket: finished19th among 24 teams[9]
4Vladimir Brčkov, 5Vlado Ilievski. 6Darko Sokolov, 7Aleksandar Kostoski, 8Vojdan Stojanovski, 9Damjan Stojanovski, 10Marko Simonovski, 11Ljubomir Mladenovski, 12Bojan Trajkovski, 13Stojan Gjuroski, 14Richard Hendrix, 15Predrag Samardžiski (Coach:Marjan Srbinovski)
Win Loss
| 21 November 2024 | North Macedonia | 67–82 | Skopje, North Macedonia | ||
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| 18:00 (UTC+1) | Scoring by quarter: 9–23, 18–21, 16–20,24–18 | ||||
| Pts:Nikolov 18 Rebs:Maslinko 8 Asts:Nikolov 6 | Boxscore | Pts:Echodas 18 Rebs:Tubelis 6 Asts:Žemaitis 5 | Arena:SRC Kale Attendance: 2,500 Referees: Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Martin Horozov (BUL), Geert Jacobs (BEL) | ||
| 24 November 2024 | Lithuania | 94–72 | Klaipėda, Lithuania | ||
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| 19:30 (UTC+2) | Scoring by quarter: 23–27,20–19,21–16,30–10 | ||||
| Pts:Radzevičius 18 Rebs:Radzevičius 11 Asts:Žemaitis 9 | Boxscore | Pts:Dimitrijević 43 Rebs:Dimitrijević 4 Asts:Dimitrijević 6 | Arena:Švyturio Arena Attendance: 4,889 Referees: Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Nicolás Maestre (FRA), Carsten Straube (GER) | ||
| 21 February 2025 | Estonia | 84–65 | Tallinn, Estonia | ||
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| 19:00 (UTC+2) | Scoring by quarter:22–17, 16–22,20–11,26–15 | ||||
| Pts:Kotsar 16 Rebs: Kotsar,Kullamäe 9 Asts: Kullamäe 9 | Boxscore | Pts:Shorts 21 Rebs:Maslinko 7 Asts: Shorts 6 | Arena:Unibet Arena Attendance: 6,774 Referees: Yener Yılmaz (TUR), Zdenko Tomašovič (SVK), Valentin Oliot (FRA) | ||
| 24 February 2025 | North Macedonia | 88–74 | Skopje, North Macedonia | ||
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| 18:30 (UTC+1) | Scoring by quarter:26–19, 19–20,22–16,21–19 | ||||
| Pts:Shorts 23 Rebs:Maslinko,Zekjiri 7 Asts:Dimitrijević 7 | Boxscore | Pts:three players 13 Rebs:Pluta 6 Asts: Pluta,Sokołowski 4 | Arena:SRC Kale Attendance: 2,300 Referees: Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Fernando Calatrava (ESP), Can Mavisu (TUR) | ||
| 2 August 2025 | North Macedonia | 72–80 | Kumanovo, North Macedonia | ||
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| 20:00 (UTC+2) | Scoring by quarter:18–17, 14–14,25–24, 15–25 | ||||
| Pts:Wiley 28 Rebs:Wiley 12 Asts:Mekić 7 | Boxscore | Pts:Tohătan 21 Rebs:Cățe 14 Asts:Diculescu 3 | Arena:Sports Hall Kumanovo Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Yilmaz Yener (TUR), Ventsislav Velikov (BUL) | ||
| 9 August 2025 | Hungary | 96–58 | Szolnok, Hungary | ||
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| 18:00 (UTC+2) | Scoring by quarter:19–18,34–19,17–14,26–7 | ||||
| Pts:Pongó 15 Rebs:Golomán 11 Asts:Váradi 5 | Boxscore | Pts:Wiley 15 Rebs:Simikj 5 Asts:three players 2 | Arena:Tiszaligeti Sportcsarnok Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Julio Anaya (PAN), Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Martin Vulić (CRO) | ||
| 13 August 2025 | Romania | 79–66 | Oradea, Romania | ||
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| 19:00 (UTC+3) | Scoring by quarter:26–19,19–15, 14–15,20–17 | ||||
| Pts:Grasu 20 Rebs:Cățe 8 Asts:Tohătan 6 | Boxscore | Pts:Wiley 19 Rebs:Wiley 10 Asts:Magdevski,Wiley 5 | Arena:Oradea Arena Attendance: 1,835 Referees: Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Nicolás Maestre (FRA), Ivor Matějek (CZE) | ||
| 20 August 2025 | North Macedonia | 82–75 | Skopje, North Macedonia | ||
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| 19:00 (UTC+2) | Scoring by quarter:23–15,22–17,19–18, 18–25 | ||||
| Pts:Wiley 23 Rebs:Hot 5 Asts:Mitrevski 5 | Boxscore | Pts:Vojvoda 21 Rebs:Golomán,Meleg 5 Asts:Váradi 3 | Arena:SRC Kale Attendance: 1,000 Referees: Gatis Saliņš (LAT), Michał Proc (POL), Gintaras Mačiulis (LTU) | ||
| 27 November 2025 | North Macedonia | vs. | North Macedonia | ||
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| 30 November 2025 | Ireland | vs. | Ireland | ||
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| 27 February 2025 | North Macedonia | vs. | Norway | ||
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| 2 March 2026 | Azerbaijan | vs. | Azerbaijan | ||
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| 2 July 2026 | North Macedonia | vs. | North Macedonia | ||
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| 5 July 2026 | Luxembourg | vs. | Luxembourg | ||
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| Rank | Name | NT Career | Games |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Todor Gečevski | 1996–2013 | 89 |
| 2 | Vojdan Stojanovski | 2008 – | 86 |
| 3 | Vrbica Stefanov | 1995–2009 | 66 |
| 4 | Damjan Stojanovski | 2009–2024 | 61 |
| 5 | Gjorgji Čekovski | 1999–2017 | 60 |
| 6 | Pero Blaževski | 1995–2009 | 54 |
| 7 | Stojan Gjuroski | 2013 – | 53 |
| 8 | Predrag Samardžiski | 2005–2015 | 52 |
| 9 | Pero Antić | 2002–2013 | 49 |
| 10 | Vlado Ilievski | 1998–2015 | 47 |
| Andrej Magdevski | 2014 – | 47 |
| Rank | Name | NT Career | Total Points | Caps | Points per game |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Petar Naumoski | 1995–2002 | 989 | 42 | 23.5 |
| 2 | Vrbica Stefanov | 1995–2009 | 947 | 66 | 14.3 |
| 3 | Todor Gečevski | 1996–2013 | 891 | 89 | 10.0 |
| 4 | Vojdan Stojanovski | 2008 – | 845 | 86 | 9.8 |
| 5 | Pero Antić | 2002–2013 | 605 | 49 | 12.3 |
| 6 | Bo McCalebb | 2010–2013 | 543 | 25 | 21.7 |
| 7 | Vlado Ilievski | 1998–2015 | 500 | 47 | 10.6 |
| 8 | Dejan Jovanovski | 1995–2002 | 394 | 38 | 10.4 |
| 9 | Damjan Stojanovski | 2009–2024 | 338 | 61 | 5.5 |
| 10 | Gjorgji Čekovski | 1999–2017 | 318 | 60 | 5.3 |