Slovakia men's national basketball team

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

Slovakia Slovakia
File:Slovak Basketball Association logo.png
FIBA ranking60 Increase (1 March 2024)[1]
Joined FIBA1993
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationSBA
CoachŽan Tabak
Nickname(s)Repre
(The Representatives)
Sokoli (The Falcons)
FIBA World Cup
AppearancesNone
EuroBasket
AppearancesNone
Home jersey
Team colours
Home
Away jersey
Team colours
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)

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

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 2022 Pre-Qualifiers to attempt to qualify for EuroBasket 2022. But Slovakia were denied again, after finishing with a 3–5 record during pre-qualifying.[3]

Competitive record

Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2023 FIBA World Cup Pre-Qualifiers matches played on 26 and 28 November 2020 against Kosovo and Luxembourg.[4]

Slovakia men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
SG 1 Jaroslav Musil 31 – (1989-09-11)11 September 1989 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Inter Bratislava Slovakia
PF 2 Martin Bachan 25 – (1995-09-24)24 September 1995 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Patrioti Slovakia
PG 3 Matej Majercak 20 – (1999-12-21)21 December 1999 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Prievidza Slovakia
PG 4 Mário Ihring 22 – (1998-06-13)13 June 1998 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Rapla Estonia
G 5 Šimon Krajčovič 26 – (1994-02-14)14 February 1994 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Patrioti Slovakia
SG 8 Róbert Rozánek 24 – (1996-04-01)1 April 1996 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Lučenec Slovakia
PF 10 Vladimír Brodziansky 26 – (1994-05-08)8 May 1994 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Badalona Spain
PF 11 Richard Körner 29 – (1990-12-06)6 December 1990 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Inter Bratislava Slovakia
C 13 Tomáš Pavelka 20 – (2000-09-22)22 September 2000 2.14 m (7 ft 0 in) Valencia Spain
SG 14 Dávid Abrhám 24 – (1996-10-09)9 October 1996 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Patrioti Slovakia
C 15 Boris Bojanovský 27 – (1993-04-15)15 April 1993 2.21 m (7 ft 3 in) Patrioti Slovakia
F/C 21 Viktor Juríček 27 – (1993-07-21)21 July 1993 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Patrioti Slovakia
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the competition
  • Age – describes age
    on 26 November 2020

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench
C
PF
SF
SG
PG

Head coach position

Results and schedule

  Win   Loss

2020

20 February 2020 Slovakia  73–65
0 		 Luxembourg Bratislava, Slovakia
0
18:00 Scoring by quarter: 20–25, 20–13, 19–11, 14–16
Pts: Brodziansky 25
Rebs: Brodziansky, Körner 7
Asts: Ihring 8 		Boxscore Pts: Rugg 21
Rebs: Rugg 20
Asts: five players 2 		Arena: Eurovia Aréna
Referees: Charalampos Karakatsounis (GRE), Gvidas Gedvilas (LTU), Valerio Grigioni (ITA)
23 February 2020 Iceland  83–74
0 		 Slovakia Reykjavík, Iceland
0
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 17–14, 26–20, 20–20, 20–20
Pts: Hlinason 26
Rebs: Hlinason 17
Asts: Ermolinskij 11 		Boxscore Pts: Brodziansky 16
Rebs: Jones 8
Asts: Ihring 5 		Arena: Laugardalshöll
Referees: Marek Maliszewski (POL), Nikola Bejat (NOR), Steve Bittner (GER)
26 November 2020 Slovakia  91–67
0 		 Kosovo Bratislava, Slovakia* [note 1]
0
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 21–9, 21–20, 20–13, 29–25
Pts: Brodziansky 26
Rebs: Brodziansky 12
Asts: Ihring 7 		Boxscore Pts: Hajrizi 17
Rebs: Rugova 7
Asts: Hajrizi 6 		Arena: Eurovia Aréna
Referees: Ciprian Stoica (ROU), Péter Praksch (HUN), Vasileios Pitsilkas (GRE)
28 November 2020 Luxembourg  77–73
0 		 Slovakia Bratislava, Slovakia* [note 1]
0
19:00 Scoring by quarter: 15–16, 16–14, 20–22, 26–21
Pts: Rugg 23
Rebs: Laurent 9
Asts: Delgado 5 		Boxscore Pts: Ihring 22
Rebs: Körner 10
Asts: Krajčovič 8 		Arena: Eurovia Aréna
Referees: Christoph Rohacky (AUT), Péter Praksch (HUN), Tamás Földhazi (HUN)

2021

18 February 2021 Slovakia  vs.  Iceland Pristina, Kosovo* [note 1]
0
Boxscore
21 February 2021 Kosovo  vs.  Slovakia Pristina, Kosovo* [note 1]
0
Boxscore

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all matches in the November 2020 and February 2021 windows will be played behind closed doors in select host cities.[5]

References

  1. ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Slovakia during the 2019 FIBA World Cup European Pre-Qualifiers in Aug. 2017". Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Slovakia during the EuroBasket 2022 Pre-Qualifiers". Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Slovakia during the 2023 FIBA World Cup European Pre-Qualifiers in Nov. 2020". Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Statement regarding the November 2020 and February 2021 Qualifiers". Retrieved 18 September 2020.

External links

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