Czech Republic national basketball team

Czech Republic

FIBA ranking	24 (18 September 2018)
Joined FIBA	1993
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	ČBF
Coach	Ronen Ginzburg
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	1
EuroBasket
Appearances	5
Uniforms
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The Czech national basketball team is one of the newest national basketball teams in the world, having split from the Czechoslovakia national basketball team after the dissolution of the unified state in 1993, with the Slovakia national basketball team continuing as the successor of the Czechoslovak team. Its best accomplishment was seventh place at the EuroBasket 2015. They will make their first FIBA Basketball World Cup appearance at the 2019 edition in China.

History

In 1993, the team was officially founded after the Czechoslovakia national basketball team was dissolved.

At Eurobasket 1999 in France, Czech national team took 12th place after beating Lithuania and Greece in the group phase. Luboš Bartoň was the second best scorer of the tournament (with 18.7 points per game). The next tournament of the team was EuroBasket 2007. In 2013, the team participated in EuroBasket 2013. The team returned to the next tournament, loaded with EuroLeague stars Tomáš Satoranský and Jan Veselý.

In 2016, Czech Republic qualified for the Pre-Olympic tournament but failed to reach the final tournament.

Competitive record

EuroBasket EuroBasket Qualification Year Position Pld W L Pld W L 1993 Did not qualify 9 3 6 1995 10 4 6 1997 10 3 7 1999 11th[1] 6 2 4 13 9 4 2001 Did not qualify 10 5 5 2003 16 9 7 2005 12 5 7 2007 15th[2] 3 0 3 6 4 2 2009 Did not qualify 12 5 7 2011 Division B 6 5 1 2013 14th[3] 5 2 3 8 5 3 /// 2015 7th 9 5 4 6 4 2 /// 2017 20th 5 1 4 Directly qualified Total 28 10 18

Olympic Games Olympic Games Pre-Olympic Year Position Pld W L Pld W L 2016 Did not qualify 3 1 2 World Cup World Cup Qualifying Year Position Pld W L Pld W L 2019 Qualified 2023 To be determined

Teams

Current roster

Roster for the EuroBasket 2017.^[4]

The following is the Czech Republic roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2017 EuroBasket.

Czech Republic men's national basketball team – 2017 EuroBasket roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PF 1 Auda, Patrik 7004102290000000000♠28 – (1989-08-29)29 August 1989 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Manresa SF 7 Hruban, Vojtěch 7004102290000000000♠28 – (1989-08-29)29 August 1989 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) ČEZ Nymburk PG 8 Satoranský, Tomáš 7003943700000000000♠25 – (1991-10-30)30 October 1991 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Washington Wizards SG 9 Welsch, Jiří 7004137310000000000♠37 – (1980-01-27)27 January 1980 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) ČEZ Nymburk SF 11 Palyza, Lukáš 7004101560000000000♠27 – (1989-11-10)10 November 1989 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Děčín PG 13 Šiřina, Jakub 7004108760000000000♠29 – (1987-11-21)21 November 1987 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Opava PF 14 Švrdlík, Kamil 7004112370000000000♠30 – (1986-11-25)25 November 1986 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Pardubice PF 15 Peterka, Martin 7003826700000000000♠22 – (1995-01-12)12 January 1995 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) ČEZ Nymburk G 17 Bohačík, Jaromir 7003922800000000000♠25 – (1992-05-26)26 May 1992 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) USK Praha PF 23 Pecháček, Adam 7003822900000000000♠22 – (1995-02-19)19 February 1995 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Obradoiro SF 31 Kriz, Martin 7003884100000000000♠24 – (1993-06-17)17 June 1993 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) ČEZ Nymburk SG 71 Kyzlink, Tomáš 7003884000000000000♠24 – (1993-06-18)18 June 1993 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) JL Bourg	Head coach Ronen Ginzburg Assistant coach(es) Pavel Beneš Lubomir Ružička Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 31 August 2017

See also

• Czech Republic women's national basketball team
• Czechoslovakia national basketball team
• Basketball in the Czech Republic

References

External links

• Official website
• FIBA profile