Montenegro men's national basketball team
Men's national basketball team representing Montenegro
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The Montenegro men's national basketball team (Montenegrin: Кошаркашка репрезентација Црне Горе, romanized: Košarkaška reprezentacija Crne Gore) represents Montenegro in international basketball tournaments. The supervising body is the Basketball Federation of Montenegro.
(13 July 2026)[1] | |||
| FIBA ranking | 18 (13 July 2026)[1] | ||
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| Joined FIBA | 2006 | ||
| FIBA zone | FIBA Europe | ||
| National federation | Basketball Federation of Montenegro (KSCG) | ||
| Coach | Andrej Žakelj | ||
| Nickname(s) | Црна Гора / Crna Gora (The Black Mountain) | ||
| FIBA World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 2 | ||
| Medals | None | ||
| EuroBasket | |||
| Appearances | 5 | ||
| Medals | None | ||
| Games of the Small States of Europe | |||
| Appearances | 3 | ||
| Medals |  Gold: (2015, 2019) Silver: (2017) | ||
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| First international | |||
 Netherlands 63–70 Montenegro  (Almere, Netherlands; 6 September 2008) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
 San Marino 37–100 Montenegro (Serravalle, San Marino; 2 June 2017) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Spain 99–60 Montenegro (Cluj-Napoca, Romania; 1 September 2017) | |||
Montenegro joined FIBA in 2006, following the restoration of Montenegrin independence in the same year. Since 2006, Montenegro has qualified for EuroBasket five times (2011, 2013, 2017, 2022, 2025). They have reached the global stage at the FIBA World Cup twice, in 2019 and 2023. The national team has also taken part in smaller tournaments such as the Games of the Small States of Europe.
History
2006–2014
In 2006, the Basketball Federation of Montenegro along with this team joined the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) on its own following the Independence of Montenegro.
The Montenegrin national team entered international competition in 2008,[2] and appointed Duško Vujošević as the national coach. Montenegro started from FIBA Division B, where they won first place in their first competitive season. Since becoming a separate team, Montenegro has won 13 official games in a row, until losing to Israel in August 2010.
At that time, NBA players like Nikola Vučević and Nikola Peković became the most known players of Montenegrin national team.
In their first qualifiers for EuroBasket, Montenegro finished first in the group. So, the team qualified for Eurobasket 2011, where they played five games in the first phase – with one win and four losses. The Coach of Montenegro at their first-ever EuroBasket was Dejan Radonjić.
In August 2012, with the new coach Luka Pavićević, Montenegro started qualifiers for Eurobasket 2013. Again, they won first place, but without any defeat from 10 matches. Notable matches were against Serbia, first after the two countries separated. Montenegro won both games, and victory in Belgrade (73:71), in front of 18,000 spectators, is gained by Nikola Ivanović three-point shot from the center, one second before the end of the match.[3][4]
As the first-place team in qualifiers, Montenegro participated at Eurobasket 2013 in Slovenia. They made better results than 2011, with two wins and three defeats, but that was not enough for the second phase of EuroBasket.
First unsuccessful qualifying campaign since independence, Montenegro had during the 2014. Surprisingly, group stage at the EuroBasket 2015 qualification, Montenegro finished third, so they failed to qualify for the final tournament.
2015–present
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In 2015, Montenegro named Bogdan Tanjević new head coach of the national team. Prior to taking the reins of the national team, he was the head coach of Fenerbahçe. As the national team earlier failed to qualify for EuroBasket 2015, they participated in the Games of the Small States of Europe (European countries with less than a million citizens) in Iceland and easily won the gold medal.
In summer 2016, Montenegro started competition in EuroBasket 2017 qualifiers, with the only ambition to qualify for their third final tournament since independence. In a group with Georgia, Slovakia and Albania, Montenegro finished as a second-place team, with one defeat, and qualified for EuroBasket 2017.[5]
For the first time in their history, in Eurobasket 2017, Montenegro finished as a third-place team in the group stage and qualified to the knockout stage. At that time, that was the biggest success of the Montenegrin national team since its independence in 2006. Two years later, Montenegro qualified for the 2019 FIBA World Cup for the first time, after a winner-take-all game in Podgorica against Latvia. Montenegro lost the game 80–74 but still went through as they had won the away game 84–75, thus holding the tiebreaker on points difference. With that result, Montenegro became the smallest state by population and territory to qualify for the FIBA World Cup since the establishing of competition.
Competitive record
Montenegro made their first appearance at the FIBA World Cup in 2019. The national team has also appeared five times at the EuroBasket (2011, 2013, 2017, 2022, 2025). Among the other competitions, as a country with less than a million inhabitants, Montenegro participated at the Games of the Small States of Europe winning the gold medal in 2015 and 2019.
FIBA World Cup
Olympic Games
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EuroBasket
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Results and fixtures
Win Loss
2025
| 27 August 2025 | Montenegro |
76–106 |  Germany |
Tampere, Finland |
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| 16:30 (UTC+3) | Scoring by quarter: 20–24, 23–22, 12–33, 21–27 | |||
| Pts: Vučević 23 Rebs: Vučević 10 Asts: Drobnjak 8 |
Boxscore | Pts: F. Wagner 22 Rebs: F. Wagner 8 Asts: Lô 6 |
Arena: Nokia Arena Attendance: 3,495 Referees: Luis Castillo (ESP), Michał Proc (POL), Nicolas Maestre (FRA) |
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| 29 August 2025 | Lithuania  |
94–67 | Montenegro |
Tampere, Finland |
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| 16:30 (UTC+3) | Scoring by quarter: 26–15, 21–13, 19–17, 28–22 | |||
| Pts: Jokubaitis 21 Rebs: Blaževič 6 Asts: Jokubaitis 12 |
Boxscore | Pts: Vučević 20 Rebs: Vučević 10 Asts: Allman 6 |
Arena: Nokia Arena Attendance: 6,519 Referees: Luis Castillo (ESP), Ariadna Chueca (ESP), Georgios Poursanidis (GRE) |
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| 30 August 2025 | Montenegro |
65–85 |  Finland |
Tampere, Finland |
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| 20:30 (UTC+3) | Scoring by quarter: 23–23, 14–24, 15–20, 13–18 | |||
| Pts: Slavković 15 Rebs: Vučević 12 Asts: Allman, Simonović 5 |
Boxscore | Pts: Markkanen 26 Rebs: Markkanen 13 Asts: Maxhuni 6 |
Arena: Nokia Arena Attendance: 12,900 Referees: Ariadna Chueca (ESP), Martin Horozov (BUL), Michał Proc (POL) |
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| 1 September 2025 | Sweden  |
81–87 | Montenegro |
Tampere, Finland |
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| 13:30 (UTC+3) | Scoring by quarter: 15–18, 19–22, 31–24, 16–23 | |||
| Pts: Larsson 28 Rebs: Birgander 10 Asts: Larsson, Njie 4 |
Boxscore | Pts: Vučević 23 Rebs: Vučević 15 Asts: Allman 7 |
Arena: Nokia Arena Attendance: 3,255 Referees: Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Martin Horozov (BUL), Michał Proc (POL) |
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| 3 September 2025 | Montenegro |
83–89 |  Great Britain |
Tampere, Finland |
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| 13:30 (UTC+3) | Scoring by quarter: 26–25, 16–23, 21–20, 20–21 | |||
| Pts: Vučević 31 Rebs: Vučević 11 Asts: Vučević 7 |
Boxscore | Pts: Hesson 25 Rebs: Wheatle 9 Asts: Nelson 8 |
Arena: Nokia Arena Attendance: 3,136 Referees: Ariadna Chueca (ESP), Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Martin Horozov (BUL) |
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| 27 November 2025 | Montenegro |
62–83 |  Portugal |
Podgorica, Montenegro |
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| 18:00 (UTC+1) | Scoring by quarter: 21–14, 11–25, 11–25, 19–19 | |||
| Pts: Simonović 13 Rebs: Hadžibegović 9 Asts: Perry 6 |
Boxscore | Pts: Williams 16 Rebs: C. Sá 10 Asts: Ventura 5 |
Arena: Morača Sports Center Attendance: 2,057 Referees: Gvidas Gedvilas (LTU), Fernando Calatrava (ESP), Tolga Edis (TUR) |
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| 30 November 2025 | Romania  |
75–80 | Montenegro |
Pitești, Romania |
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| 19:00 (UTC+2) | Scoring by quarter: 17–26, 17–23, 22–16, 19–15 | |||
| Pts: Russell 20 Rebs: Diculescu 9 Asts: Russell 4 |
Boxscore | Pts: Perry 16 Rebs: Nikolić 6 Asts: Perry 10 |
Arena: Pitești Arena Attendance: 3,473 Referees: Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Dariusz Zapolski (POL), Çisil Güngör (TUR) |
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2026
| 27 February 2026 | Greece  |
65–67 | Montenegro |
Athens, Greece |
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| 19:00 (UTC+2) | Scoring by quarter: 17–19, 21–21, 14–15, 13–12 | |||
| Pts: K. Antetokounmpo 13 Rebs: Papanikolaou 6 Asts: Mitrou-Long, Toliopoulos 4 |
Boxscore | Pts: Nikolić 19 Rebs: Hadžibegović, Simonović 7 Asts: Needham 6 |
Arena: SUNEL Arena Attendance: 6,730 Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Andris Aunkrogers (LAT), Juozas Barkauskas (LTU) |
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| 2 March 2026 | Montenegro |
65–79 | Greece |
Podgorica, Montenegro |
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| 19:00 (UTC+1) | Scoring by quarter: 18–22, 17–22, 18–13, 12–22 | |||
| Pts: Drobnjak 14 Rebs: Drobnjak, Hadžibegović 6 Asts: Ivanović 4 |
Boxscore | Pts: Toliopoulos 27 Rebs: Mitoglou 8 Asts: Toliopoulos 10 |
Arena: Morača Sports Center Attendance: 5,182 Referees: Gatis Saliņš (LAT), Lorenzo Baldini (ITA), Ventsislav Velikov (BUL) |
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| 2 July 2026 | Portugal |
68–72 | Montenegro |
Matosinhos, Portugal |
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| 19:00 (UTC+1) | Scoring by quarter: 13–23, 8–13, 20–13, 27–23 | |||
| Pts: Williams 21 Rebs: Queiroz, Relvão 8 Asts: Ventura 4 |
Boxscore | Pts: Drobnjak 18 Rebs: Hadžibegović 9 Asts: Ferrell 5 |
Arena: Centro de Desportos e Congressos de Matosinhos Attendance: 1,612 Referees: Luis Castillo (ESP), Fernando Calatrava (ESP), Polat Parlak (TUR) |
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| 5 July 2026 | Montenegro |
65–64 | Romania |
Bar, Montenegro |
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| 20:30 (UTC+2) | Scoring by quarter: 17–14, 11–15, 27–21, 10–14 | |||
| Pts: Drobnjak 13 Rebs: Hadžibegović 12 Asts: Kljajić 5 |
Boxscore | Pts: Russell 17 Rebs: Cățe 8 Asts: five players 2 |
Arena: Topolica Sport Hall Attendance: 2,055 Referees: Michał Proc (POL), Ritvars Helmšteins (LAT), Sergii Zashchuk (UKR) |
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| 28 August 2026 | Georgia  |
vs. | Montenegro |
Georgia |
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| 31 August 2026 | Montenegro |
vs. | Spain |
Montenegro |
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| 26 November 2026 | Montenegro |
vs. | Spain |
Montenegro |
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| --:-- (UTC+1) | ||||
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| 29 November 2026 | Ukraine  |
vs. | Montenegro |
TBD |
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2027
| 26 February 2027 | Montenegro |
vs. | Georgia |
Montenegro |
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| 1 March 2027 | Spain |
vs. | Montenegro |
Spain |
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Team
Current roster
Roster for the 2027 FIBA World Cup Qualifiers matches on 2 and 5 July 2026 against Portugal and Romania.[6]
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Depth chart
| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | Bench 3 | Inactive |
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| C | Marko Simonović | Zoran Nikolić | Aleksa Ilić | Filip Anđušić | Đorđe Gulić |
| PF | David Mirković | Emir Hadžibegović | Bojan Tomašević | Dino Radončić | Milan Šuškavčević |
| SF | Đorđije Jovanović | Andrija Grbović | Zoran Vučeljić | Andrija Slavković | Maksim Brnović |
| SG | Luka Bogavac | Fedor Žugić | Petar Popović | Jovan Kljajić | |
| PG | Yogi Ferrell | Igor Drobnjak | Balša Živanović | Danilo Ivanović |
Head coaches
The first head coach of Montenegro was Duško Vujošević. With him, Montenegro won the FIBA B division championship (2009). From 2010 to 2012, Montenegro was coached by Dejan Radonjić, who led the national team to their first EuroBasket (2011). At their next Eurobasket participation (2013), Montenegro was led by Luka Pavićević. From 2015 to 2017, the head coach of Montenegro was Bogdan Tanjević, who led Montenegro to their first-ever Second phase games at the Eurobasket (2016). After that tournament, the Basketball Federation of Montenegro named Zvezdan Mitrović new head coach of the national team. During his mandate, Montenegro for the first time qualified for the World Cup (2019), as the smallest state to ever play at the global tournament.
| Years | Name | Record | Competitions |
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| 2007–2010 | Duško Vujošević |
10–0 | None |
| 2010–2012 | Dejan Radonjić |
7–6 | EuroBasket 2011 (21st) |
| 2012–2014 | Luka Pavićević |
15–6 | EuroBasket 2013 (17th) |
| 2015–2017 | Bogdan Tanjević |
15–5 | GSS 2015 (1st); EuroBasket 2017 (13th); GSS 2017 (2nd) |
| 2017–2019 | Zvezdan Mitrović |
12–9 | GSS 2019 (1st); World Cup 2019 (25th) |
| 2019–2025 | Boško Radović |
27–24 | EuroBasket 2022 (13th); GSS 2023 (4th); World Cup 2023 (11th); EuroBasket 2025 (20th) |
| 2025–2026 |  Andrej Žakelj |
2–2 | None |
| 2026–present | Zvezdan Mitrović |
2–0 |
Past rosters
2011 EuroBasket: finished 21st among 24 teams
4 Nikola Vučević, 5 Goran Jeretin, 6 Boris Bakić, 7 Vlado Šćepanović, 8 Miloš Borisov, 9 Vladimir Mihailović, 10 Omar Cook,
11 Slavko Vraneš, 12 Milko Bjelica, 13 Vladimir Dragičević, 14 Nikola Peković, 15 Vladimir Dašić (Coach: Dejan Radonjić)
2013 EuroBasket: finished 17th among 24 teams
4 Nikola Vučević, 5 Bojan Bakić, 6 Suad Šehović, 7 Aleksa Popović, 8 Sead Šehović, 9 Blagota Sekulić, 10 Nikola Ivanović,
11 Milko Bjelica, 12 Tyrese Rice, 13 Marko Popović, 14 Bojan Dubljević, 15 Vladimir Dašić (Coach: Luka Pavićević)
2017 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 24 teams
2 Tyrese Rice, 4 Nikola Vučević, 6 Suad Šehović, 7 Nikola Pavličević, 8 Dino Radončić, 11 Marko Todorović, 14 Bojan Dubljević,
15 Filip Barović, 17 Vladimir Mihailović, 20 Nikola Ivanović, 21 Nemanja Vranješ, 22 Nemanja Đurišić (Coach: Bogdan Tanjević)
2019 FIBA World Cup: finished 25th among 32 teams
4 Nikola Vučević, 5 Derek Needham, 6 Suad Šehović, 7 Nemanja Radović, 8 Sead Šehović, 10 Aleksa Popović, 11 Marko Todorović,
14 Bojan Dubljević, 20 Nikola Ivanović, 23 Dino Radončić, 30 Petar Popović, 51 Milko Bjelica (Coach: Zvezdan Mitrović)
2022 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 24 teams
0 Zoran Vučeljić, 2 Aleksa Ilić, 3 Vladimir Mihailović, 4 Nikola Pavličević, 8 Dino Radončić, 9 Marko Simonović, 11 Nemanja Radović,
14 Bojan Dubljević (C), 19 Zoran Nikolić, 22 Igor Drobnjak, 30 Petar Popović, 55 Kendrick Perry (Coach: Boško Radović)
2023 FIBA World Cup: finished 11th among 32 teams
2 Aleksa Ilić, 3 Vladimir Mihailović, 4 Nikola Vučević, 7 Andrija Slavković, 8 Dino Radončić, 11 Nemanja Radović, 14 Bojan Dubljević (C),
19 Marko Simonović, 20 Nikola Ivanović, 22 Igor Drobnjak, 30 Petar Popović, 55 Kendrick Perry (Coach: Boško Radović)
2025 EuroBasket: finished 20th among 24 teams
0 Kyle Allman, 3 Vladimir Mihailović, 4 Nikola Vučević (C), 7 Andrija Slavković, 8 Emir Hadžibegović, 9 Marko Simonović,
10 Bojan Tomašević, 11 Zoran Vučeljić, 13 Đorđije Jovanović, 17 Balša Živanović, 19 Zoran Nikolić, 22 Igor Drobnjak
(Coach: Boško Radović)
Records
- Largest home victory
- 102–58,
Montenegro – 
Iceland, 26 August 2009, Podgorica - Largest away victory
- 37–100,
San Marino – Montenegro, 2 June 2017, Serravalle - Largest home defeat
- 65–80, Montenegro –
Israel, 20 August 2014, Podgorica - Largest away defeat
- 99–60,
Spain – Montenegro, 1 September 2017, Cluj-Napoca - Longest winning streak
- 13 matches, (6 September 2008 – 14 August 2010)
- Longest losing streak
- 4 matches, (1 September 2011 – 5 September 2011; 1 September 2019 – 9 September 2019)
- Most scored points in a match
- 113,
Albania – Montenegro 73–113 - Least scored points in a match
- 55,
Greece – Montenegro 71–55, 
Netherlands – Montenegro 68–55 - Most conceded points in a match
- 104,
Slovenia – Montenegro 104–100, (Friendly, 8 August 2023) - Least conceded points in a match
- 37, San Marino – Montenegro 37–100
- Highest home attendance
- 5,500, Montenegro –
Serbia 72–62, 2 September 2012, Podgorica - Highest away attendance
- 18,000, Serbia – Montenegro 71–73, 18 August 2012, Belgrade
Head to head record
Below is the list of official performances of the Montenegro national basketball team against every single opponent.
| Opponents | Pld | W | L | PD |
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 Albania |
2 | 2 | 0 | +78 |
 Andorra |
2 | 2 | 0 | +61 |
 Austria |
2 | 2 | 0 | +46 |
 Belarus |
2 | 2 | 0 | +35 |
 Belgium |
1 | 1 | 0 | +6 |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina |
4 | 1 | 3 | -3 |
 Brazil |
2 | 0 | 2 | -20 |
 Bulgaria |
5 | 5 | 0 | +54 |
 Cameroon |
1 | 1 | 0 | +4 |
 Croatia |
2 | 0 | 2 | -10 |
 Cyprus |
2 | 1 | 1 | +33 |
 Czech Republic |
3 | 3 | 0 | +40 |
 Denmark |
4 | 4 | 0 | +75 |
 Egypt |
1 | 1 | 0 | +15 |
 Estonia |
2 | 2 | 0 | +22 |
| Finland |
4 | 2 | 2 | +8 |
 France |
4 | 1 | 3 | -26 |
| Georgia |
3 | 2 | 1 | +4 |
| Germany |
6 | 2 | 4 | -66 |
| Great Britain |
3 | 1 | 2 | -15 |
| Greece |
5 | 2 | 3 | -49 |
 Hungary |
3 | 2 | 1 | +36 |
 Iceland |
9 | 9 | 0 | +150 |
 Israel |
6 | 4 | 2 | +8 |
 Italy |
2 | 1 | 1 | +8 |
 Japan |
1 | 1 | 0 | +15 |
 Latvia |
6 | 3 | 3 | +6 |
| Lithuania |
5 | 0 | 5 | -80 |
 Luxembourg |
3 | 3 | 0 | +51 |
 North Macedonia |
2 | 2 | 0 | +6 |
 Malta |
1 | 1 | 0 | +13 |
 Mexico |
1 | 1 | 0 | +20 |
| Netherlands |
4 | 2 | 2 | +14 |
 New Zealand |
1 | 0 | 1 | -10 |
| Portugal |
4 | 3 | 1 | +12 |
| Romania |
3 | 3 | 0 | +23 |
| San Marino |
1 | 1 | 0 | +63 |
 Serbia |
3 | 3 | 0 | +19 |
 Slovakia |
4 | 4 | 0 | +114 |
| Slovenia |
2 | 1 | 1 | +1 |
| Spain |
4 | 0 | 4 | -81 |
| Sweden |
5 | 4 | 1 | +65 |
 Turkey |
4 | 1 | 3 | -14 |
| Ukraine |
2 | 2 | 0 | +8 |
 United States |
1 | 0 | 1 | -12 |
| Total (44) | 136 | 88 | 48 | +747 |
Last updated: 2 July 2026
