Belarus men's national basketball team

Before 1992 Belarus was occupied by the Soviet Union, with Belarusian born players taking part on the Soviet Union national team. They were one of the more prominent teams internationally during this era.

After Belarus gained independence from the Soviet Union, their first attempt to qualify for the premier European basketball tournament came in 1993. They ultimately came up short in their attempt. For qualification to the 2019 FIBA World Cup, Belarus competed in the 2019 FIBA World Cup Pre-Qualiers. They finished with an 1–3 record in their preliminary group, but it was enough to advance to the first round of the qualifiers. There they were placed in Group A, and right away the national team was overwhelmed in their first two matches by dominant performances from Slovenia and Montenegro respectively. They eventually notched their first win in the group in a rematch against Slovenia, but to no avail. Belarus finished with an 1–5 record and failed to qualify.[2]

Belarus later went on to compete in EuroBasket 2021 Pre-Qualifiers, but were eliminated in a heartbreaking match to Denmark, in the third and final pre-qualifying window 69–66.

Roster for the EuroBasket 2021 Pre-Qualifiers matches played on 3 to 17 August 2019 against Albania and Denmark.[3]

Belarus national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PG 2 Maalik Wayns 28 – (1991-05-02)2 May 1991 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) CB Prat SF 5 Aliaksei Trastsinetski 33 – (1986-03-02)2 March 1986 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) BC Tsmoki-Minsk PF 7 Maksim Salash 23 – (1996-05-06)6 May 1996 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) BC Tallinna Kalev SF 8 Mikita Meshcharakou 31 – (1988-06-16)16 June 1988 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) BC Tsmoki-Minsk C 9 Artsiom Parakhouski 31 – (1987-10-06)6 October 1987 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) BC Rytas SF 12 Aliaksandr Pustahvar 34 – (1985-04-03)3 April 1985 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Kaposvári KK PG 13 Siarhei Vabishchevich 31 – (1988-06-04)4 June 1988 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) BC Tsmoki-Minsk C 15 Aliaksandr Semianiuk 25 – (1993-09-14)14 September 1993 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) BC Tsmoki-Minsk F 16 Yauheni Beliankou 24 – (1995-06-11)11 June 1995 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) BC Tsmoki-Minsk G 22 Roman Rubinshteyn 23 – (1996-05-22)22 May 1996 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Legia Warszawa SG 33 Andrei Stabrouski 21 – (1997-12-29)29 December 1997 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Free agent SG 95 Ivan Aladka 24 – (1995-02-09)9 February 1995 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) BC Tsmoki-Minsk	Head coach Aleksander Krutikov Assistant coach(es) Yahor Meshcharakou Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the competition Age – describes age on 3 August 2019

• Aliaksandr Papkou - (2008 – 2009)
• Mikhail Feiman - (2010)
• Andrei Krivonos - (2011 – 2012)
• Ruslan Baidakov - (2013 – 2014)
• Dušan Gvozdić - (2014)
• Aleksander Krutikov - (2015 – present)