Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kuoneka kwechipiri kweYugoslavia kwakanga kuri paEuroBasket 1953 muMoscow. Vakarasikirwa nesarudzo yekutanga ye27<unk>25 vachipesana neBulgaria asi vakapedza pa3<unk>1 muboka ravo rekutanga. Mumutambo wavatatu waipedza neBulgaria neIsrael, Yugoslavia yakapedza iri panzvimbo yechipiri kuti iende kunotamba mutambo wokupedzisira. Ikoko, vakakunda 3 asi vakarasikirwa ne4 kuti vatore nzvimbo yechitanhatu yakazara mumutambo wemapoka gumi nemanomwe. Yugoslavia zvakare yakakwidza kunhanho yekupedzisira paEuroBasket 1955
muBudapest, nguva ino ari panzvimbo yechipiri bedzi nechinyorwa che 3<unk>1 munhangemutange yokutanga. Kuita kwavo kwekupedzisira kwakatenderedzwa nekurasikirwa katanhatu mumitambo minomwe, asi kwaisanganisira poindi yepamusoro yekukunda 52 × 49 pamusoro peCzechoslovakia pakupedzisira menduru yesirivheri munzira yeYugoslavia kuenda kunzvimbo yechisere pakati pevatambi gumi nevasere. Yugoslavia yakaiswa 6th paEuroBasket 1957 muSofia, uko vakakwanisa kuita kukunda maviri mumutambo wekupedzisira, vachikunda Poland neFrance kuti vapedze pa 2<unk>5 nokuda kwenzvimbo yechitanhatu mumutambo.