Crvena Zvezda part ways with Jovanovic, will present Ivanovic on Monday / News - Basketnews.com

Crvena Zvezda announced the end of their cooperation with Vladimir Jovanovic and the presentation of his replacement, confirming the recent reports.

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Crvena Zvezda parted ways with coach Vladimir Jovanovic. The club officially confirmed that the two sides have mutually terminated the four-month cooperation.

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The 38-year-old Serbian expert achieved four victories in the ABA League, with an unexpected defeat to Zadar at the beginning of the week, while under his leadership the red-and-white only celebrated once in seven EuroLeague games.

Zvezda's cooperation with Jovanovic was made official on July 8th. The team was not complete from the start, both due to injuries and due to the obligations that some first-team players had with their the national teams due to the first matches of the second qualifying round for the 2023 World Cup, but also for the EuroBasket that followed.

In his place comesDusko Ivanovic, who will be named the new head tomorrow at a press conference at 13.00 CET in the Aleksandar Nikolic Hall. The veteran Montenegrin expert has agreed to a contact until 2024 with the Serbian side.

"KK Crvena Zvezda mts informs the public that on Sunday the club has concluded its cooperation with the former first coach of the senior team Vladimir Jovanovic," the club's press release reads.

On this occasion, the club would like to thank Vladimir Jovanovic for the great energy, effort and work that he invested in an extremely demanding position as the first coach of our senior team.

KK Crvena Zvezda mts will inform the public about the next steps on this occasion and the appointment of the new first coach in a timely and as soon as possible. The press conference of Crvena Zvezda will be held on Monday in the "Aleksandar Nikolic" Hall, starting at 13:00," the announcement concludes.

In addition to the three titles won in Spain (2002, 2010, 2020), Dusko Ivanovic led Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz twice to the EuroLeague Final Four (2001, 2005), while ending up in third place with FC Barcelona in 2006. Throughout his career, the 65-year-old play-caller has also coached Limoges, Panathinaikos Athens, and BC Khimki, among others.

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