Czech Republic men's national basketball team

Czech Republic
	File:Czech Basketball Team logo.svg
FIBA ranking	18 1 (1 March 2024)
Joined FIBA	1993
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	ČBF
Coach	Ronen Ginzburg
Olympic Games
Appearances	None
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	1
Medals	None
EuroBasket
Appearances	5
Medals	None
Home	Away

The Czech national basketball team (Czech: Česká basketbalová reprezentace) represents the Czech Republic in international basketball tournaments. The team is controlled by the Czech Basketball Federation (ČBF).

The Czech Republic is the successor to the Czechoslovakia national team after the Czech Republic split from Czechoslovakia, due to the dissolution of the unified state in 1993. The national team debuted on the continental stage at the EuroBasket in 1999. They have qualified for the competition five times overall. The Czech Republic has also reached the FIBA World Cup, where they finished sixth in their inaugural appearance in 2019.

History

In 1993, the Czech Republic national team was officially founded after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, and its national team.

EuroBasket 1999

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).

Later years

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.

Competitive record

EuroBasket

EuroBasket					Qualification
Year	Position	Pld	W	L	Pld	W	L
1935 to 1991	Part of Czechoslovakia
1993	Did not qualify				9	3	6
1995					10	4	6
1997					10	3	7
1999	11th	6	2	4	13	9	4
2001	Did not qualify				10	5	5
2003					16	9	7
2005					12	5	7
2007	15th	3	0	3	6	4	2
2009	Did not qualify				12	5	7
2011	Division B				6	5	1
2013	14th	5	2	3	8	5	3
2015	7th	9	5	4	6	4	2
2017	20th	5	1	4	Directly qualified
2021	Qualified as co-host				Qualified as co-host
Total	6/14	28	10	18	118	61	57

FIBA World Cup

World Cup					Qualification
Year	Position	Pld	W	L	Pld	W	L
1950 to 1990	Part of Czechoslovakia
1994	Did not qualify
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014
2019	6th	8	4	4	12	8	4
2023	To be determined				To be determined
Total	1/7	8	4	4	12	8	4

Olympic Games

Olympic Games					Qualifying
Year	Position	Pld	W	L	Pld	W	L
1936 to 1992	Part of Czechoslovakia
1996 to 2012	Did not qualify
2016	Did not qualify				3	1	2
2020	To be determined
Total	0/6				3	1	2

Team

Current roster

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
PF	1	Patrik Auda	30 – (1989-08-28)28 August 1989	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	Boulazac Basket Dordogne
C	12	Ondřej Balvín	26 – (1992-09-20)20 September 1992	2.17 m (7 ft 1 in)	CB Gran Canaria
SG	17	Jaromír Bohačík	27 – (1992-05-26)26 May 1992	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	ČEZ Nymburk
SF	7	Vojtěch Hruban	30 – (1989-08-29)29 August 1989	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	ČEZ Nymburk
PF	31	Martin Kříž	26 – (1993-06-17)17 June 1993	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	ČEZ Nymburk
SF	23	Lukáš Palyza	29 – (1989-11-10)10 November 1989	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	BK Olomoucko
C	15	Martin Peterka	24 – (1995-01-12)12 January 1995	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	ČEZ Nymburk
SF	6	Pavel Pumprla	33 – (1986-06-13)13 June 1986	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	ČEZ Nymburk
PG	8	Tomáš Satoranský	27 – (1991-10-30)30 October 1991	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	Chicago Bulls
F	11	Blake Schilb (NP)	35 – (1983-12-23)23 December 1983	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	Champagne Basket
G	13	Jakub Šiřina	31 – (1987-11-21)21 November 1987	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	Opava
PG	4	Tomáš Vyoral	26 – (1992-09-28)28 September 1992	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	ČEZ Nymburk

Head coach

Ronen Ginzburg

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(NP) Naturalized player
Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on 31 August 2019

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Ondřej Balvín	Martin Peterka
PF	Patrik Auda	Martin Kříž
SF	Vojtěch Hruban	Blake Schilb	Lukáš Palyza
SG	Jaromír Bohačík	Pavel Pumprla
PG	Tomáš Satoranský	Jakub Šiřina	Tomáš Vyoral

Head coach position

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

Past rosters

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)

References

^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
^ "Czech Republic at the EuroBasket 2017". Retrieved 17 September 2017.

External links

Official website (in Czech)
Czech Republic at FIBA site
Czech Republic National Team - Men at Eurobasket.com

[FIBA_World_Rankings-1] "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.

[2] "Czech Republic at the EuroBasket 2017". Retrieved 17 September 2017.

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