[PEN-L:30105] Re: Re: Re: Re: U.S. Eliminated From B-Ball World Championships

[phillp2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

There are, of course, Croats and other nationalities who live in
Serbia and have for generations (also, the Albanians, not only in
Kosovo but in Serbia proper.) Last census data I have is that just
over 2 per cent of the Serbia population were ethnic Croats.  Over 7
per cent of the Vojvodina Province of Serbia were Croats. I think
also, that in the professional sports world, nationality is less
important than money and/or the chance to play at the international
level.

Don't know the fellow myself but there is no 'y' in Serbo-Croat so
the spelling is more likely Stojakovic -- pronounced Stoy-a-ko-vich.

Paul

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> The Sacto. Kings have 2 players for Yugo.  Divac is a Serg.  Stoyakovic
> (sp?), a Croat.
>
> On Fri, Sep 06, 2002 at 01:04:22PM -0500, Paul Phillips wrote:
> > The Yugo team is just made up, as far as I know, of  Serbs and
> > Montenegrins who constitute the current Yugoslavia -- soon to be
> > renamed as Serbia and Montenegro when the new constitution is
> > adopted. The Croats and Slovenes have separate teams.
> >
> > However, it should be pointed out that one of the star players on
> > the Slovenian soccer team in the World Cup was a Serb. In the
> > regional qualifying rounds there were separate Yugo, Croatian and
> > Slovenian teams.
> >
> > Paul