International Career
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's Basketball | ||
| Competitor for Yugoslavia | ||
| Summer Olympics | ||
| Silver | 1996 Atlanta | Yugoslavia |
| FIBA World Championship | ||
| Gold | 1998 Greece | Yugoslavia |
| Gold | 2002 USA | Yugoslavia |
| Eurobasket | ||
| Gold | 1995 Greece | Yugoslavia |
| Gold | 1997 Spain | Yugoslavia |
| Bronze | 1999 France | Yugoslavia |
| Gold | 2001 Turkey | Yugoslavia |
Bodiroga made his debut for the senior FSFR Yugoslav national team in 1991 at the first round of the 1991 Mediterranean Games in Athens. He was a regular for the team throughout the 1990s and early 2000s (decade), participating in a total of three Summer Olympics (1996 Olympic Basketball, 2000 Olympic Basketball, 2004 Olympic Basketball), two FIBA World Championships (1998 FIBA World Championship and 2002 FIBA World Championship) and five European Championships (EuroBasket 1995, EuroBasket 1997, EuroBasket 1999, EuroBasket 2001, and EuroBasket 2005).
Bodiroga retired from the national team after the EuroBasket 2005 fiasco, in which his team, one of the tournament's favorites, was relegated as early as the first elimination round by the French national team on their own home court, in a tournament that ended with fierce allegations from head coach Željko Obradović of numerous fights between many of the players . Bodiroga was reduced to tears as he was leaving the court for his last international game.
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