 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Imwe yekukunda kunoshamisa kweYugoslavia timu yenyika yakauya mumaquarter-fainari e2002 FIBA World Cup, apo nyika inotambira mutambo uyu, United States, yakabviswa 8178. Kukosha kwekukunda kwaive kwakakura kuvanhu veSerbia, sezvo veruzhinji muSerbia vakaona hutungamiriri hwezvematongerwo enyika hweUnited States hunokonzeresa kuputsika kweYugoslavia, nekuparadzwa kwezvivakwa zvemunyika, uye vanhuwo zvavo vakaurayiwa panguva yekurwiswa kweNATO kweYugoslavia muna 1999. Mushure maizvozvo, chikwata chenyika cheYugoslavia chakahwina mutambo uyu nekukunda New Zealand mumasemi-fainari neArgentina mushure mekukunda 8477 OT mumutambo wegoridhe. 