Czech Republic men's national basketball team

At Eurobasket 1999 in France, marked the first official tournament the Czech Republic qualified for after independence. The national team got off to a fast start, winning their first two preliminary round matches against Lithuania, and Greece, before falling to Germany. Finishing with a 2-1 record was enough for them to advance to the second round. The next round wasn't as kind to the Czech side though, as they finished last in their Group, with a 2-4 record getting thoroughly dominated in matches against Croatia, and eventual champions Italy. In all, the Czech finished their maiden voyage at the European Basketball Championship in 12th place. While Luboš Bartoň took the honor of being the second best scorer of the tournament (with 18.7 points per game).

The Czech Republic made the EuroBasket four times after 1999, in 2007, 2013, 2015, and 2017. Their best finish at any of those tournaments was 7th place at EuroBasket 2015.

In 2016 the Czech Republic qualified for the Olympic qualifying tournament but failed to reach the 2016 Summer Olympics.

In 2019 marked another first for the national team, where they have qualified for the FIBA World Cup.

In 2021 Czech Republic will co-host the EuroBasket 2021 and qualified to Eurobasket for the sixth successive time. They automatically qualify for the 2021 event as co-host. It will host several group phase matches in Prague.

Roster for the 2019 FIBA World Cup

Czech Republic national basketball team – 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PF 1 Auda, Patrik 30 – (1989-08-28)28 August 1989 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Boulazac Basket Dordogne C 12 Balvín, Ondřej 26 – (1992-09-20)20 September 1992 2.17 m (7 ft 1 in) CB Gran Canaria SG 17 Bohačík, Jaromír 27 – (1992-05-26)26 May 1992 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) ČEZ Nymburk SF 7 Hruban, Vojtěch 30 – (1989-08-29)29 August 1989 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) ČEZ Nymburk PF 31 Kříž, Martin 26 – (1993-06-17)17 June 1993 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) ČEZ Nymburk SF 23 Palyza, Lukáš 29 – (1989-11-10)10 November 1989 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) BK Olomoucko C 15 Peterka, Martin 24 – (1995-01-12)12 January 1995 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) ČEZ Nymburk SF 6 Pumprla, Pavel 33 – (1986-06-13)13 June 1986 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) ČEZ Nymburk PG 8 Satoranský, Tomáš 27 – (1991-10-30)30 October 1991 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Chicago Bulls F 11 Schilb, Blake (NP) 35 – (1983-12-23)23 December 1983 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) Champagne Basket G 13 Šiřina, Jakub 31 – (1987-11-21)21 November 1987 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Opava PG 4 Vyoral, Tomáš 26 – (1992-09-28)28 September 1992 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) ČEZ Nymburk	Head coach Ronen Ginzburg Assistant coach(es) Pavel Beneš Lubomir Ružička Legend (C) Team captain (NP) Naturalized player Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 31 August 2019

• Zdeněk Hummel – (1995 - 2000)
• Michal Jezdik – (2001 - 2006)
• Zdeněk Hummel – (2006 - 2007)
• Michal Jezdik – (2008 - 2009)
• Pavel Budinský – (2010 - 2013)
• Ronen Ginzburg – (2013 – present)

1999 EuroBasket: finished 12th among 16 teams

4 Petr Czudek, 5 Petr Welsch, 6 Vladan Vahala, 7 Marek Stuchlý, 8 Jiří Welsch, 9 David Klapetek, 10 Jiří Okáč, 11 Luboš Bartoň, 12 Petr Treml, 13 Martin Ides, 14 Kamil Novák, 15 Pavel Bečka (Coach: Zdeněk Hummel)

2007 EuroBasket: finished 15th among 16 teams

4 Štěpán Vrubl, 5 Pavel Beneš, 6 Maurice Whitfield, 7 Michal Křemen, 8 Lukáš Kraus, 9 Jiří Welsch, 10 Ladislav Sokolovský, 11 Luboš Bartoň, 12 Radek Nečas, 13 Petr Benda, 14 Jakub Houška, 15 Ondřej Starosta (Coach: Zdeněk Hummel)

2013 EuroBasket: finished 14th among 24 teams

4 Petr Benda, 5 Ondřej Balvín 6 Pavel Pumprla, 7 Vojtěch Hruban, 8 Tomáš Satoranský, 9 Jiří Welsch, 10 Pavel Houška, 11 Luboš Bartoň, 12 David Jelínek, 13 Jakub Kudláček, 14 Kamil Švrdlík, 15 Jan Veselý (Coach: Pavel Budínský)

2015 EuroBasket: finished 7th among 24 teams

4 Petr Benda, 5 Patrik Auda, 6 Pavel Pumprla, 7 Vojtěch Hruban, 8 Tomáš Satoranský (C), 9 Jiří Welsch, 10 Pavel Houška, 11 Luboš Bartoň, 12 David Jelínek, 13 Jakub Šiřina, 14 Blake Schilb, 24 Jan Veselý (Coach: Ronen Ginzburg)

2017 EuroBasket: finished 20th among 24 teams[2]

1 Patrik Auda, 7 Vojtěch Hruban, 8 Tomáš Satoranský (C), 9 Jiří Welsch, 11 Lukáš Palyza, 13 Jakub Šiřina, 14 Kamil Švrdlík, 15 Martin Peterka, 17 Jaromir Bohačík, 23 Adam Pecháček, 31 Martin Kříž, 71 Tomáš Kyzlink (Coach: Ronen Ginzburg)

2019 FIBA World Cup: finished 6th among 32 teams

1 Patrik Auda, 4 Tomáš Vyoral, 6 Pavel Pumprla, 7 Vojtěch Hruban, 8 Tomáš Satoranský, 11 Blake Schilb, 12 Ondřej Balvín, 13 Jakub Šiřina, 15 Martin Peterka, 17 Jaromír Bohačík, 23 Lukáš Palyza, 31 Martin Kříž (Coach: Ronen Ginzburg)