Slovakia men's national basketball team

The Slovakia national basketball team (Slovak: Slovenské národné basketbalové mužstvo) represents Slovakia in international basketball competition. The supervising body is the Slovak Basketball Association (SBA).

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Slovakia women's national basketball team.

Slovakia
FIBA ranking66 2 (3 March 2020)[1]
Joined FIBA1993
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationSBA
CoachŽan Tabak
Nickname(s)Repre
(The Representatives)
Sokoli (The Falcons)
Olympic Games
AppearancesNone
FIBA World Cup
AppearancesNone
EuroBasket
AppearancesNone
Home
Away
First international
Slovakia 95–60 Switzerland  
(Prievidza, Slovakia; 22 June 1993)
Biggest win
Slovakia 100–39 Malta 
(Levice, Slovakia; 7 September 2005)
Biggest defeat
 Belarus 114–73 Slovakia
(Minsk, Belarus; 16 August 2013)

Slovakia is one of the newest national basketball teams in the world, having split from Czechoslovakia after the dissolution of the unified state in 1993. They joined FIBA later that year, and played in their first match as an independent against Switzerland. The national team to date does not have much history on the international level. Although they have attempted to qualify for the top European basketball tournament in the past, being the EuroBasket, but have yet to reach qualification.

History

The Czech era

Until 1993 Slovakia was a part of Czechoslovakia, with Slovak born basketball players taking part on the Czechoslovakia national team. One of the most notable players who was born in Slovakia, and played for the Czechoslovakia national team to achieve success at the international level was Stanislav Kropilák. He helped lead Czechoslovakia to three medal finishes at the EuroBasket in 1977, 1981, and 1985.

After independence

After gaining independence from Czechoslovakia, the Slovak national team on numerous attempts tried to qualify for the EuroBasket, but were unsuccessful. During qualification for the 2019 FIBA World Cup, Slovakia took part in 2019 FIBA World Cup Pre-Qualifiers, but were ultimately eliminated with an 1-5 record in their group.[2] They later went through EuroBasket 2021 Pre-Qualifiers to attempt to qualify for EuroBasket 2021. But Slovakia were denied again, after finishing with a 3-5 record in pre-qualifying.

Competitive record

Team

Current roster

Roster for the EuroBasket 2021 Pre-Qualifiers matches played on 3 to 21 August 2019 against Cyprus and Romania.[3]

Slovakia national basketball team roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
SG 1 Jaroslav Musil 29 – (1989-09-11)11 September 1989 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) MBK Lučenec
C 2 Martin Bachan 23 – (1995-09-24)24 September 1995 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Levickí Patrioti
PG 4 Mário Ihring 21 – (1998-06-13)13 June 1998 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Inter Bratislava
PG 5 Šimon Krajčovič 25 – (1994-02-14)14 February 1994 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Levickí Patrioti
C 6 Michael Fusek 24 – (1995-06-05)5 June 1995 2.22 m (7 ft 3 in) Inter Bratislava
SG 9 Andre Jones 29 – (1990-01-30)30 January 1990 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Leonis Roma
PF 10 Vladimír Brodziansky 25 – (1994-05-08)8 May 1994 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Obradoiro CAB
PG 11 Richard Körner 28 – (1990-12-06)6 December 1990 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Basket Brno
SG 14 Dávid Abrhám 22 – (1996-10-09)9 October 1996 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Inter Bratislava
F 21 Viktor Juríček 26 – (1993-07-21)21 July 1993 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) BK Spišská Nová Ves
G 22 Dalibor Hlivák 24 – (1995-05-25)25 May 1995 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Inter Bratislava
C 41 Michal Batka 31 – (1987-08-29)29 August 1987 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Inter Bratislava
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Peter Torda
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the competition
  • Age – describes age
    on 3 August 2019

Depth chart
Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Vladimír Brodziansky Michael Fusek Michal Batka
PF Viktor Juríček Michal Baťka
SF Jaroslav Musil Richard Körner
SG Andre Jones Dávid Abrhám
PG Mário Ihring Šimon Krajčovič Dalibor Hlivák

Head coach position
  • Milan Cernicky – (2004 - 2010)
  • Peter Balint – (2011 - 2012)
  • Miroslav Grznár – (2012 - 2013)
  • Milan Cernicky – (2014 - 2015)
  • Ivan Rudež – (2016 - 2018)
  • Žan Tabak – (2019 – present)

Results and schedule

EuroBasket 2021 Pre-Qualifiers

First round

Group A
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Macedonia 4 3 1 323 293 +30 7 Advance to second round
2   Switzerland 4 2 2 319 330 −11 6 Transfer to third round
3  Slovakia 4 1 3 308 327 −19 5
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Third round

Group F
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Romania 4 4 0 336 275 +61 8 Qualification to EuroBasket qualifiers
2  Slovakia 4 2 2 293 301 −8 6
3  Cyprus 4 0 4 272 324 −52 4
Source: FIBA

See also

References
  1. "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 3 March 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  2. "Slovakia during the 2019 FIBA World Cup European Pre-Qualifiers in Aug. 2017". Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  3. "Slovakia during the EuroBasket 2021 Pre-Qualifiers in Aug. 2019". Retrieved 3 August 2019.
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