 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Panguva iyo Čović akauya kuzotungamira mubatanidzwa, FR Yugoslavia timu yenyika inotungamirwa naDuda Ivković vaive shasha dzeEuropean, akadzokera kumakwikwi epasi rose mushure memakore mana ekuparadzaniswa nekuda kwekurambidzwa kweUN. Ivković akakurumidza kusiya basa uye mubatsiri wake Željko Obradović akatora basa remudzidzisi mukuru wechikwata chenyika. Chikwata chenyika chakaita zvakanaka pamitambo yeOlympic yezhizha ya1996 muAtlanta, ichisvika mufainari ichirwisa chikwata cheAmerican Dream Team chakaumbwa nevatambi veNBA. Mukutanga kwa1997, Čović achangodonha kubva munyasha muSPS, akabviswawo pabasa reKSJ. 