 Two years later at the 1978 European Championship for Juniors in Roseto degli Abruzzi, the Stančić-Ivković duo was back again to lead a new batch of Yugoslav under-18 junior prospects featuring Petar Popović, Bogosavljev, and Ivan Sunara.The team won bronze this time.Ivković got hired to be KK Partizan's head coach a few weeks after the championship, his first top-level head coaching job.