North Macedonia
FIBA ranking59 Decrease 6 (15 September 2023)[1]
Joined FIBA1993
(1936 within Yugoslavia)
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationBFNM
CoachAleksandar Jončevski
Nickname(s)Лавови
( Lions)
Црвено-Жолти
(The Red and Yellow)
Фаланга
(Phalanx)
FIBA World Cup
AppearancesNone
EuroBasket
Appearances5
MedalsNone
First international
 Estonia 74–60 Macedonia 
(Wrocław, Poland; 30 May 1993)[2]
Biggest win
 Macedonia 105–66 Luxembourg 
(Skopje, Macedonia; 3 September 2005)
Biggest defeat
 Croatia 128–72 Macedonia 
(Wrocław, Poland; 1 June 1993)

The North Macedonia men's national basketball team (Macedonian: Кошаркарска репрезентација на Северна Македонија, romanized: Košarkarska reprezentacija na Severna Makedonija) represents North Macedonia in international basketball and is controlled by the Basketball Federation of North Macedonia. They joined FIBA in 1993, after they gained independence from Yugoslavia. That same year the national team played their first official match against Estonia. Prior to 1993, Macedonian players took part on the Yugoslavia national team.

Macedonia debuted in their first international tournament at the EuroBasket in 1999. They have appeared five times at the event overall, with their top performance coming in 2011, finishing in fourth place.

History

Macedonia basketball team prior to a match at Boris Trajkovski Sports Center

Before 1991, Macedonia was a Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, with players from Macedonia being part of the Yugoslavia national team. First match was in 1945 when Macedonia finished 4th. The first match was in 1945 against Croatia finishing 27-29. The team had mostly played matches against teams from other republics of federation and was represented by Macedonian players under the traditional red, color.

EuroBasket 1999

Macedonia basketball team at a time out during a match with Latvia.

After qualifying for EuroBasket 1999, the national team was placed in Group A, along with FR Yugoslavia, France and Israel. The first game Macedonia came out firing showing solid competitive play against the French Team, however, eventually lost by a narrow margin of 67–71. Next up, was Group A favorites FR Yugoslavia, showing superior play with their post up offense, Macedonia lost 68–83. With the final game of the group Macedonia played a fairly even match, however, luck was not on their side, losing 82–84. Even though Macedonia lost all 3 of their matches to be eliminated, the team showed heart and talent with their impressive play against France and Israel. Due to their small margin of the losses Macedonia ended the tournament ranked as 13th overall.

EuroBasket 2009

EuroBasket 2009 was the first EuroBasket tournament that Macedonia qualified for in a decade. Macedonia was placed in Group A, along with Greece, Croatia and Israel. Macedonia began the tournament with a brutal 54–86 loss to rivals Greece, but rebounded with an 82–79 victory over Israel. Despite dropping their last match against Croatia, the Israel result was enough to secure second round qualification. In the second round, Macedonia was placed in Group E alongside France, Germany and Russia. Macedonia lost to France in the second round opener, but famously defeated Germany in the next game. Against Russia, Macedonia was narrowly defeated by a score of 69–71. This performance was not enough to secure a berth in to the knockout round. Nevertheless, Macedonia considers this as a historic success for the national team, since it was only the country's second appearance at the EuroBasket and the team advanced past the first round. In the final tournament rankings, Macedonia ranked 9th place with a record of 2–4.

EuroBasket 2011

Marin Dokuzovski, head coach of the team in 2011.

Through the qualifying round, Macedonia qualified for EuroBasket 2011 and was in Group C along with Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, Montenegro, and Finland in the preliminary phase. The national team lost their first match to Montenegro 65–70 in overtime but won the remaining four against Croatia 78–76, Greece 72–58, Finland 72–70, and Bosnia and Herzegovina 75–63. Macedonia finished first in the group and advanced to the second round.

In the second round, Macedonia was in Group F with Russia, Slovenia, Greece, Georgia, and Finland. Having beaten Greece and Finland in the preliminary round, Macedonia went in to the second round with a 2–0 record. After beating Georgia 65–63, Macedonia qualified for the knockout round. The team then beat Slovenia 68–59, but lost to Russia by 2 points 63–61 after Sergey Monya made a buzzer-beating shot to win the final game of the second round. Macedonia, therefore, finished second in Group F.

For the first time in the national team's history, it reached the knockout stage where it defeated host country Lithuania 67–65 by 2 points in the quarter-finals. Macedonia then lost to the eventual champion Spain 92–80 in the semi-finals. They then lost again in the third place game to Russia 68–72 and finished in fourth place.

2012 Olympic qualifying tournament

McCalebb with Macedonia in 2011

By finishing in 4th place at EuroBasket 2011, Macedonia qualified for the 2012 FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament. They were drawn into Group D along with Angola and New Zealand. In the first game against Angola, Macedonia came out non-aggressive in the 1st half falling to a 13 pt deficit 40–53 at halftime. During most of the match, the top Macedonian players showed fatigue due to the grueling playoff matches they had played for their club teams. In addition, Macedonia came out with a strong 4th quarter, eventually losing by a margin of 4 points, with the final score being 84–88 Angola. Top scorers for Macedonia against Angola were Pero Antic with 17, and Bo McCalebb with 21. On the next match day, which was the day after with less than 24 hours of rest, Macedonia came out a lot stronger in the 1st quarter with a strong lead that carried over the entire game. Eventually, New Zealand could not recover, and fell to Macedonia with a final score of 84–62. Leading scorers for the game were Todor Gecevski with 16, Antic with 17, and McCalebb with 23.

The Macedonian players got much needed rest before the quarterfinals, which would begin two days later on 6 July 2012. The team, following the 68–64 victory by New Zealand over Angola, won Group D and its opponent in the quarterfinals was to be the Group C runner-up, Dominican Republic. Macedonia lost the game 86–76, though the team had a 13-point lead at halftime. The lost eliminated the national team from qualifying for the 2012 Olympic Games.

EuroBasket 2013

By participating at the 2012 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, Macedonia qualified for EuroBasket 2013 in Slovenia. In a disappointing campaign, Macedonia did not manage to repeat the success from the previous Eurobasket, having one victory in five matches in their preliminary Group B against Serbia 89–75, which was good enough only for the last place in the group stage and 21st overall. The first game of the Eurobasket against Montenegro was particularly demoralizing, as the Montenegrins won 81–80 in controversial fashion, after the referees didn't call interference on the basket during Gjorgji Čekovski's last second game winning attempt, despite the fact that one of the Montenegrin players got his hand trapped in the net.[3] Macedonia's best performers were once again McCalebb and Antić, with 17.6 and 13.8 points per game, respectively.[4] After the tournament, several of the Macedonian veteran players, led by captain Pero Antić, announced their retirement from the national team.

EuroBasket 2015

At the EuroBasket 2015 there were not high expectations for Macedonia, due to their poor performance at their last EuroBasket appearance in 2013. In their first match against Greece they were thoroughly manhandled throughout as they were defeated 65-85. Looking for their first victory heading in to their second match of the tournament they went up against the Netherlands. The outcome was different this time, as the national team played with more energy and heart and pulled out an 78-71 win. Unfortunately, that would wind up being the only win for Macedonia, as they finished with an 1-4 record and a lousy 19th place at the event.

EuroBasket 2017

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Hungary 6 6 0 480 413 +67 12 EuroBasket 2017
2  Great Britain 6 3 3 512 479 +33 9
3  Macedonia 6 2 4 439 473 −34 8
4  Luxembourg 6 1 5 432 498 −66 7
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

FIBA World Cup 2019

Since 12 February 2019, the national team participate as North Macedonia. The national team took part in the 2019 FIBA World Cup Pre-Qualifiers, but were eliminated after posting a 1–3 record in their group.

EuroBasket 2022

The team went through EuroBasket 2022 qualifiers for the chance to qualify to the EuroBasket.They didn't make it finishing third with score 2-4.

FIBA World Cup 2023

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification  ESP  GEO  UKR  MKD
1  Spain 6 5 1 504 402 +102 11 Second round
(Group L)		 — 89–61 88–74 80–44
2  Georgia 6 4 2 467 462 +5 10 82–76 (OT) — 88–83 91–70
3  Ukraine 6 3 3 463 448 +15 9 76–77 79–66 — 78–61
4  North Macedonia 6 0 6 373 495 −122 6 65–94 65–79 68–73 —
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

2024 Olympic Qualifying Tournament

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Israel 3 2 1 231 199 +32 5[lower-alpha 1] Semi-finals
2  Estonia (H) 3 2 1 224 201 +23 5[lower-alpha 1]
3  Czech Republic 3 2 1 238 236 +2 5[lower-alpha 1]
4  North Macedonia 3 0 3 206 263 −57 3
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head points difference; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 Tied on head to head points. Head to head points difference: Israel +11, Estonia −1, Czech Republic −10.

Competitive record

Minor Tournaments

Team image

Home ground

Boris Trajkovski Sports Center

North Macedonia national team plays its home matches at the Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, located in the Karpoš Municipality of Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia. The venue is named after the former president, Boris Trajkovski. It has a capacity for 10,000 spectators. The venue also contains an Olympic size swimming pool, several restaurants and a sports bar.

Colors

The colors of the national team are red and yellow, the same as the flag of North Macedonia.

Team

Current roster

Squad for 2024 FIBA Men's Pre-Qualifying Olympic Qualifying Tournaments – Europe games in August 2023.

North Macedonia men's national basketball team roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
PG 00 T. J. Shorts 25 – (1997-10-15)15 October 1997 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Paris Basketball France
G 1 Andrej Šoškić 18 – (2005-04-27)27 April 2005 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Rabotnichki North Macedonia
G/F 5 Marko Milovanović 21 – (2002-01-18)18 January 2002 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) MZT Skopje North Macedonia
F 6 Andrej Andonoski 21 – (2002-04-02)2 April 2002 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) MZT Skopje North Macedonia
G/F 8 Vojdan Stojanovski (C) 35 – (1987-12-09)9 December 1987 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) MZT Skopje North Macedonia
G 9 Andrej Magdevski 27 – (1996-01-14)14 January 1996 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Donar Netherlands
SG 10 Petar Bošaleski 19 – (2004-07-08)8 July 2004 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Rabotnichki North Macedonia
F 11 Stojan Gjuroski 31 – (1991-11-06)6 November 1991 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Ourense Spain
C 13 Ljubomir Mladenovski 28 – (1995-05-02)2 May 1995 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) MZT Skopje North Macedonia
C 15 Teodor Simić 19 – (2004-02-04)4 February 2004 2.14 m (7 ft 0 in) Borac Bosnia and Herzegovina
G/F 20 Damjan Robev 26 – (1997-04-10)10 April 1997 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) MZT Skopje North Macedonia
F/C 22 Andrej Maslinko 26 – (1997-05-20)20 May 1997 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Pelister North Macedonia
Head Coach
Assistant Coaches
  • North Macedonia Nikola Vasilev
  • North Macedonia Nikola Velev
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    team before the competition
  • Age – describes age
    on 12 August 2023

Following list is of active players who have been called up by the national team in the last year

Players previously called up roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
C 0 Bojan Krstevski 34 – (1989-06-04)4 June 1989 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) MZT Skopje North Macedonia
G 4 Boban Stajić 29 – (1993-10-06)6 October 1993 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Rabotnički North Macedonia
F 24 Jacob Wiley Injured 28 – (1994-09-04)4 September 1994 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Adelaide 36ers New Zealand
G/F 10 Adem Mekić Injured 27 – (1995-12-28)28 December 1995 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Zadar Croatia
F/C 1 Filip Bakoč 27 – (1996-05-02)2 May 1996 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Rabotnički North Macedonia
PG 5 Kristijan Nikolov 26 – (1996-10-15)15 October 1996 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Konya Turkey
F/C 00 Dimitar Pandev 25 – (1997-10-09)9 October 1997 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) MZT Skopje North Macedonia
G 7 Nenad Dimitrijević 25 – (1998-02-23)23 February 1998 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) UNICS Kazan Russia
G/F 25 Viktor Efremovski Injured 24 – (1998-10-21)21 October 1998 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Gostivar North Macedonia
PF 99 Strahil Nikolov 23 – (2000-07-17)17 July 2000 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) TFT North Macedonia
PF 6 Valmir Kakruki 22 – (2000-09-20)20 September 2000 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Sigal Pristina Kosovo
SF 23 Andrej Jakimovski 22 – (2001-03-18)18 March 2001 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Washington State University United States
F 27 Lejson Zekiri 21 – (2001-09-17)17 September 2001 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Sigal Pristina Kosovo
PG 77 Viktor Tashovski 21 – (2001-11-22)22 November 2001 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) TFT North Macedonia
G 21 Luka Savićević 21 – (2002-02-19)19 February 2002 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Eastern Michigan University United States
F Goce Petrushevski 20 – (2002-08-24)24 August 2002 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) San Severo Italy
G Marin Petkov 20 – (2003-02-20)20 February 2003 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) MZT Skopje North Macedonia
G Rezart Memed Injured 20 – (2003-05-01)1 May 2003 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Ylli Kosovo
F Amar Hot 19 – (2003-08-17)17 August 2003 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Pelister North Macedonia
G 1 Andrej Mitrevski Injured 19 – (2003-09-17)17 September 2003 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Feniks North Macedonia
PG 1 Rubin Stefanov 18 – (2005-05-03)3 May 2005 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Pescara Basket Italy

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Ljubomir Mladenovski Teodor Simić
PF Stojan Gjuroski Andrej Maslinko Andrej Andonoski
SF Damjan Robev Marko Milovanović
SG Vojdan Stojanovski Petar Boshaleski
PG T. J. Shorts Andrej Magdevski Andrej Šoškić

Notable players

Coaching history

Past rosters

1999 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 16 teams

4 Vrbica Stefanov, 5 Vlado Ilievski, 6 Gjorgji Čekovski, 7 Mirza Kurtović, 8 Marjan Srbinovski, 9 Igor Mihajlovski, 10 Petar Naumoski, 11 Todor Gečevski, 12 Dejan Jovanovski, 13 Srdjan Stanković, 14 Pero Blaževski, 15 Dušan Bocevski (Coach: Zare Markovski)

2009 EuroBasket: finished 9th among 16 teams

4 Vrbica Stefanov, 5 Dimitar Mirakovski, 6 Darko Sokolov, 7 Riste Stefanov, 8 Vojdan Stojanovski, 9 Pero Blaževski, 10 Dime Tasovski, 11 Todor Gečevski, 12 Pero Antić, 13 Damjan Stojanovski, 14 Jeremiah Massey, 15 Predrag Samardžiski (Coach: Jovica Arsić)

2011 EuroBasket: finished 4th among 24 teams

4 Dimitar Mirakovski, 5 Vlado Ilievski, 6 Darko Sokolov, 7 Bo McCalebb, 8 Vojdan Stojanovski, 9 Damjan Stojanovski, 10 Marko Simonovski, 11 Todor Gečevski, 12 Pero Antic, 13 Ivica Dimcevski, 14 Gjorgji Čekovski, 15 Predrag Samardžiski (Coach: Marin Dokuzovski)

2013 EuroBasket: finished 21st among 24 teams

4 Aleksandar Kostoski, 5 Vlado Ilievski. 6 Darko Sokolov, 7 Bo McCalebb, 8 Vojdan Stojanovski, 9 Damjan Stojanovski, 10 Vladimir Brčkov, 11 Todor Gečevski, 12 Pero Antić, 13 Stojan Gjuroski, 14 Gjorgji Čekovski, 15 Predrag Samardžiski (Coach: Aleš Pipan)

2015 EuroBasket: finished 19th among 24 teams

4 Vladimir Brčkov, 5 Vlado Ilievski. 6 Darko Sokolov, 7 Aleksandar Kostoski, 8 Vojdan Stojanovski, 9 Damjan Stojanovski, 10 Marko Simonovski, 11 Ljubomir Mladenovski, 12 Bojan Trajkovski, 13 Stojan Gjuroski, 14 Richard Hendrix, 15 Predrag Samardžiski (Coach: Marjan Srbinovski)

Results and fixtures

  Win   Loss

2023

23 February 2023 Slovakia  82–73  North Macedonia Levice, Slovakia
18:00 (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 22–23, 17–8, 21–27
Pts: Krajčovič 23
Rebs: Malovec 13
Asts: Krajčovič 6		 Boxscore Pts: Shorts 23
Rebs: Krstevski, Maslinko 5
Asts: Shorts 6		 Arena: Športová hala Levice
Attendance: 1,050
Referees: Ventsislav Velikov (BUL), Mehmet Şahin (TUR), Mart Uuehendrik (EST)
26 February 2023 Norway  41–79  North Macedonia Oslo, Norway
18:00 (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 12–24, 14–21, 10–15, 5–19
Pts: Frey 10
Rebs: Jawara, Ndow 5
Asts: Jawara 4		 Boxscore Pts: Shorts 22
Rebs: Shorts 6
Asts: Shorts 5		 Arena: Nordstrand Arena
Attendance: 2,500
Referees: Ciprian Stoica (ROU), Can Mavisu (TUR), Javier Torres (ESP)
12 August 2023 North Macedonia  65–86  Israel Tallinn, Estonia
19:00 (UTC+3) Scoring by quarter: 19–24, 19–23, 13–25, 14–14
Pts: Shorts 22
Rebs: Gjuroski, Simić 5
Asts: Shorts, Stojanovski 3		 Boxscore Pts: Sorkin 21
Rebs: Sorkin, Ziv 7
Asts: Sorkin 5		 Arena: Tondiraba Ice Hall
Attendance: 395
Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Andris Aunkrogers (LAT), Zafer Yılmaz (TUR)
13 August 2023 Estonia  83–59  North Macedonia Tallinn, Estonia
19:00 (UTC+3) Scoring by quarter: 25–7, 19–15, 21–22, 18–15
Pts: Treier 14
Rebs: Raieste 11
Asts: Kullamäe 9		 Boxscore Pts: Stojanovski 12
Rebs: Magdevski 6
Asts: Magdevski 4		 Arena: Tondiraba Ice Hall
Attendance: 3,450
Referees: Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Andris Aunkrogers (LAT), Gizella Györgyi (ROU)
15 August 2023 Czech Republic  94–82  North Macedonia Tallinn, Estonia
16:00 (UTC+3) Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 26–23, 26–19, 23–24
Pts: Hruban, Kyzlink 18
Rebs: Kříž 10
Asts: Krejčí 8		 Boxscore Pts: Shorts 27
Rebs: Mladenovski 6
Asts: Shorts 5		 Arena: Tondiraba Ice Hall
Attendance: 673
Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Gintaras Mačiulis (LTU), Gatis Saliņš (LAT)

2024

23 February 2024 North Macedonia  vs.  Estonia Skopje, North Macedonia
19:00 (UTC+1)
Boxscore Arena: SRC Kale
26 February 2024 Poland  vs.  North Macedonia Sosnowiec, Poland
18:00 (UTC+1)
Boxscore Arena: ArcelorMittal Park

2025

24 February 2025 North Macedonia  vs.  Poland North Macedonia
Boxscore

Statistics

Most games played

Rank Name NT Career Games
1 Todor Gečevski 1996–2013 89
2 Vojdan Stojanovski 2008 – 80
3 Vrbica Stefanov 1995–2009 66
4 Gjorgji Čekovski 1999–2017 60
5 Damjan Stojanovski 2009–2021 57
6 Pero Blaževski 1995–2009 54
7 Predrag Samardžiski 2005–2015 52
8 Pero Antić 2002–2013 49
9 Vlado Ilievski 1998–2015 47
10 Stojan Gjuroski 2013 – 47

All time points scored

Rank Name NT Career Total Points Caps Points per game
1 Petar Naumoski 1995–2002 989 42 23.5
2 Vrbica Stefanov 1995–2009 947 66 14.3
3 Todor Gečevski 1996–2013 891 89 10.0
4 Vojdan Stojanovski 2008 – 822 80 10.3
5 Pero Antić 2002–2013 605 49 12.3
6 Bo McCalebb 2010–2013 543 25 21.7
7 Vlado Ilievski 1998–2015 500 47 10.6
8 Dejan Jovanovski 1995–2002 394 38 10.4
9 Damjan Stojanovski 2009–2021 328 57 5.8
10 Gjorgji Čekovski 1999–2017 318 60 5.3
  • * Active NT players are listed in bold
  • * Official FIBA games excluding Friendly games

Leader in points per game

thunb
thunb
Name PPG Competition
Petar Naumoski 29.4 EuroBasket 1997 qualification
Petar Naumoski 30.5 EuroBasket 1999 qualification
Petar Naumoski 15.0 EuroBasket 1999
Vrbica Stefanov 21.2 EuroBasket 2001 qualification
Petar Naumoski 19.3 EuroBasket 2003 qualification
Vrbica Stefanov / Pero Antić 15.2 EuroBasket 2005 Division B*
Vrbica Stefanov 19.0 EuroBasket 2007 qualification
Vrbica Stefanov 15.0 EuroBasket 2009 qualification
Pero Antić 12.5 EuroBasket 2009
Bo McCalebb 23.5 EuroBasket 2011 qualification
Bo McCalebb 21.4 EuroBasket 2011
Bo McCalebb 26.3 2012 Olympic Qualifying
Bo McCalebb 17.6 EuroBasket 2013
Bojan Trajkovski 11.3 EuroBasket 2015 qualification
Aleksandar Kostoski 9.8 EuroBasket 2015
Vojdan Stojanovski 17.2 EuroBasket 2017 qualification
Jordan Theodore 19.5 2019 World Cup Pre-Qualifiers
Vojdan Stojanovski 15.2 EuroBasket 2021 qualification Round 1, 2 & 3
Nenad Dimitrijević 25.0 World Cup 2023 Qualifiers
Nenad Dimitrijević 24.5 EuroBasket 2025 qualification Pre-Qualifiers
T. J. Shorts 20.0 2024 Olympic Qualifiers
  • Only played 2005 season in Division B (won promotion)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  2. ↑ "XXVIII European Championship (München 1993) Qualifying stage". Linguasport. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  3. ↑ "Montenegro escapes Macedonia". orlandomagicdaily.com. FanSided Inc. 4 September 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  4. ↑ "MKD – 2013 EuroBasket". archive.fiba.com. FIBA. 22 September 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
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