Sport in Yugoslavia

Below are details of sports, sporting events and sports people related to Yugoslavia. In 1991, Yugoslavia slit up and the independent countries of Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, and Serbia-Montenegro were formed.

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Popular sports of Yugoslavia

• Football (Soccer), tennis

Yugoslavia Sporting Success

• Yugoslavia won the Olympic football tournament in 1960 (they also finished second three times and third once)

Great athletes from Yugoslavia

• Monica Seles (tennis)
• Dragan Džajić (football)

Yugoslavia Sports trivia

• The best scorer for the national football team was Stjepan Bobek with 38 goals, between 1946 and 1956.

Yugoslavia at major events

• Yugoslavia at the Summer Olympics
• Yugoslavia at the Winter Olympics
• Yugoslavia at the FIFA World Cup
• Yugoslavia at the Europena Football Championships

Past sporting events hosted in Yugoslavia

• 1965 World Table Tennis Championships in Ljubljana
• 1973 World Table Tennis Championships in Sarajevo
• 1976 UEFA European (Euro) Football Championship
• 1978 Men's World Boxing Championships in Belgrade
• 1981 World Table Tennis Championships in Novi Sad
• 1984 Winter Olympic Games held in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.

Sporting Facilities in Yugoslavia