Belarus men's national basketball team

Belarus

FIBA ranking	56 1 (18 September 2018)
Joined FIBA	1992
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	Belarussian Basketball Federation
Coach	Ruslan Baidakov
Olympic Games
Appearances	None
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	None
EuroBasket
Appearances	None
Home Away
First international
Belarus 88–80 Lithuania (Wrocław, Poland; 31 May 1993)
Biggest win
Belarus 121–50 Azerbaijan (Minsk, Belarus; 2 June 2001)
Biggest defeat
Spain 101–53 Belarus (Alcoy, Spain; 3 December 1997)

The Belarusian national basketball team came into existence in 1992 after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and is governed by the Belarusian Basketball Federation (Беларусь федэрацыі баскетбола). Belarus is Europe's most populous nation to never qualify for a major international basketball competition.

Current roster

Roster for the EuroBasket 2017 qualification.

Belarus men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club G 2 Maalik Wayns 25 – (1991-05-02)2 May 1991 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Yenisey Krasnoyarsk F 5 Mikita Meshcharakou 30 – (1986-06-16)16 June 1986 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Asesoft Ploiești F 7 Maksim Salash 28 – (1988-07-30)30 July 1988 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Ourense Termal C 9 Artsiom Parakhouski 30 – (1986-05-06)6 May 1986 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) UNICS Kazan G 10 Vitali Liutych 24 – (1992-05-09)9 May 1992 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Kalev/Cramo F 12 Aliaksandr Pustahvar 31 – (1985-04-03)3 April 1985 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Falco Szombathely G 14 Aliaksandr Kudrautsau 36 – (1980-05-23)23 May 1980 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Tsmoki-Minsk F 15 Aliaksei Trastsinetski 30 – (1986-03-02)2 March 1986 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Tsmoki-Minsk G 22 Roman Rubinshteyn 20 – (1996-05-22)22 May 1996 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Zlatorog Laško G 23 Kiryl Sitnik 26 – (1989-10-23)23 October 1989 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Grodno-93 C 77 Aliaksandr Semianiuk 22 – (1993-09-14)14 September 1993 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Tsmoki-Minsk F 88 Viachaslau Korzh 29 – (1986-09-23)23 September 1986 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Grodno-93	Head coach Aleksander Krutikov Assistant coach(es) Andrei Krivonos Yahor Meshcharakou Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 31 August 2016

Head coaches

• Aliaksandr Papkou (2008–2009)
• Mikhail Feiman (2010)
• Andrei Krivonos (2011–2012)
• Ruslan Baidakov (2013–2014)
• Dušan Gvozdić (2014)
• Aleksander Krutikov (2016–present)

Competitive record

EuroBasket

EuroBasket						Qualification
Year	Position	Pld	W	L		Pld	W	L
1993	Did not qualify					5	1	4
1995						6	2	4
1997						10	4	6
1999						10	3	7
2001						15	6	9
2003						16	7	9
2005	Division B					6	4	2
2007	Division B					8	5	3
2009	Division B					10	7	3
2011	Division B					8	4	4
2013	Did not qualify					8	2	6
2015						12	6	6
2017						6	3	3
Total		0	0	0

World Cup

World Cup						Qualification
Year	Position	Pld	W	L		Pld	W	L
1994 to 2014	Did not qualify
2019						10	2	8
2023	To be determined

See also

• Soviet Union national basketball team

External links

• Official website
• FIBA Profile
• Belarus Basketball Records at FIBA Archive
• Eurobasket.com – Belarus Men National Team