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Switzerland men's national basketball team

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Switzerland
FIBA ranking63 Decrease 2 (26 November 2024)[1]
Joined FIBA1932 (co-founders)
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationSwiss Basketball
CoachIlias Papatheodorou
Nickname(s)Nati
(National Team)
Rossocrociati
(Red Crosses)
Olympic Games
Appearances3
MedalsNone
FIBA World Cup
AppearancesNone
EuroBasket
Appearances5
MedalsNone
First international
  Switzerland 19–39 France 
(Geneva, Switzerland; 5 March 1932)
Biggest win
  Switzerland 68–19 Scotland 
(Paris, France; 11 May 1951)
Biggest defeat
  Switzerland 53–130 Spain 
(Geneva, Switzerland; 24 November 1988)

The Switzerland men's national basketball team (French: Équipe de Suisse de basketball, German: Schweizer Basketballnationalmannschaft, Italian: Nazionale di pallacanestro della Svizzera, Romansh: Squadra naziunala da ballape da la Svizra) represents Switzerland in international basketball. The managing body for the national team is Swiss Basketball.

Switzerland has competed at five EuroBasket tournaments (1935, 1946, 1951, 1953, 1955) in their history. The national team has also made three appearances at the Olympic Games (1936, 1948, 1952). However, Switzerland has struggled over the past decades to once again qualify to international competitions. They also continue their pursuit to clinch their debut trip to the FIBA World Cup.

History

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EuroBasket 1935

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Switzerland hosted the first European Basketball Championship in Geneva at EuroBasket 1935. The national team finished fourth in the ten team tournament, defeating Romania and Italy in the preliminary round to advance to the semifinals. There they lost to Latvia, resulting in a playoff for third place against Czechoslovakia which the Swiss lost 25–23.

EuroBasket 1946

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Switzerland did not play in the European championship again until the post-war, at EuroBasket 1946, which they hosted. There, they placed second in their three-team preliminary group after losing to the eventual champions Czechoslovakia 20–17, but defeating Belgium 38–33. That preliminary round finish put the Swiss into a 5th/6th place playoff against the Netherlands, which Switzerland won 36–25.

EuroBasket 1951

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The next Swiss entry into the European Basketball Championship was at the EuroBasket 1951 tournament in Paris. Switzerland finished the preliminary round with a 1–3 record, 4th in their group. They fared little better in the first classification, taking 3rd in the group with a 1–2 record. In the second classification round, the Swiss won the classification 13-16 and 13/14 games to finish in 13th place of 18 teams, with a 4–5 record.

EuroBasket 1953

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EuroBasket 1953 in Moscow was the fourth appearance of the Swiss. The tournament began poorly for the team, as they finished last in their preliminary pool at 0–3. It got somewhat better for them after that, as they took second in their first classification pool with 2 wins and a loss. They dropped their 9-12 semifinal to Belgium, but defeated Finland in the 11/12 final to take 11th of 17 overall.

EuroBasket 1955

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Switzerland competed next at the EuroBasket 1955 tournament in Budapest. Their 2–2 record in preliminary round put them in 3rd of the five-team group and relegated them to the classification rounds. They had similar results there, again taking a 2–2 record and 3rd of 5 teams. They won their classification 13-16 semifinal, but lost to Austria in the 13/14 game to finish 14th of 18 teams.

Later years

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The 1952 Summer Olympics and the 1955 EuroBasket are the last major international basketball tournaments that the country qualified for. Since then, it lost its international significance despite occasional strong showings at qualification games. E.g. Switzerland surprisingly beat former European Champion Russia at the qualification for the 2015 EuroBasket.

Competitive record

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Results and fixtures

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  Win   Loss

2024

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22 February 2024 Switzerland  72–53  Azerbaijan Fribourg, Switzerland
19:00 (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 10–20, 19–8, 21–15, 22–10
Pts: Fofana 19
Rebs: Nzege 10
Asts: Fofana, Zinn 5 		Boxscore Pts: LeDay 22
Rebs: Donat, LeDay 6
Asts: Mammadov 4 		Arena: Salle Saint-Lèonard
Attendance: 1,150
Referees: Stylianos Simeonidis (GRE), Joaquin García (ESP), Alessandro Perciavalle (ITA)
25 February 2024 Ireland  63–86   Switzerland Dublin, Ireland
15:00 (UTC±0) Scoring by quarter: 14–22, 15–19, 14–22, 20–23
Pts: Flood 15
Rebs: Buivydas 7
Asts: Blount 4 		Boxscore Pts: Anabir 15
Rebs: Jurkovitz 8
Asts: Fofanfa 6 		Arena: National Basketball Arena
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Valerio Grigioni (ITA), Javier Torres (ESP), Chess van Looy (BEL)
21 November 2024 Switzerland  75–43  Kosovo Bern, Switzerland
19:30 (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 14–12, 22–6, 20–22, 19–3
Pts: Mbala 15
Rebs: Mbala 12
Asts: Fofana, Kazadi 4 		Boxscore Pts: Tmušić 9
Rebs: Morina 8
Asts: Morina 4 		Arena: Mobiliar Arena
Attendance: 585
Referees: Joaquin García (ESP), Łukasz Jankowski (POL), Domen Krajnc (SVN)
24 November 2024 Azerbaijan  55–85   Switzerland Baku, Azerbaijan
14:00 (UTC+4) Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 15–22, 8–24, 12–24
Pts: Aydın 15
Rebs: Aydın 12
Asts: Mammadov 5 		Boxscore Pts: Ročak 19
Rebs: Granvorka 7
Asts: Fofana 11 		Arena: Baku Sports Palace
Attendance: 1,300
Referees: Tolga Edis (TUR), Kirile Tvauri (GEO), Vlad-Theodor Cotrobas-Dascălu (ROU)

2025

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20 February 2025 Switzerland  vs.  Ireland Switzerland
Boxscore
23 February 2025 Kosovo  vs.   Switzerland Kosovo
Boxscore

Team

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Current roster

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Roster for the 2027 FIBA World Cup Pre-Qualifiers matches on 21 and 24 November 2024 against Kosovo and Azerbaijan.[2]

Switzerland men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
G 0 Boris Mbala 28 – (1996-01-19)19 January 1996 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Lions de Genève Switzerland
F 1 Michel-Ofik Nzege 32 – (1992-10-14)14 October 1992 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Toros de Aragua Venezuela
SF 3 Yoan Granvorka 27 – (1997-06-09)9 June 1997 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Feyenoord Netherlands
F/C 5 Paul Gravet 28 – (1995-12-18)18 December 1995 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Lions de Genève Switzerland
G 6 Jonathan Kazadi 33 – (1991-06-09)9 June 1991 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Fribourg Switzerland
PG 7 Selim Fofana 25 – (1999-07-08)8 July 1999 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Iraklis Greece
F/C 8 Toni Rocak 25 – (1999-04-22)22 April 1999 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Cibona Croatia
SG 9 Roberto Kovac 34 – (1990-05-02)2 May 1990 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Fribourg Switzerland
PG 11 Yuri Solcà 24 – (2000-08-29)29 August 2000 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Massagno Switzerland
F/C 12 Laurent Zoccoletti 25 – (1999-11-17)17 November 1999 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Piacenza Italy
PG 18 Jamal George 21 – (2002-11-28)28 November 2002 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Pully Switzerland
PF 19 Noé Anabir 29 – (1995-05-28)28 May 1995 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Lions de Genève Switzerland
G/F 21 Dylan Ducommun 20 – (2004-01-30)30 January 2004 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Union Neuchâtel Switzerland
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Greece Dimitris Menoudakos
  • Switzerland Patrick Pembele
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the competition
  • Age – describes age
    on 21 November 2024

Depth chart

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Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Laurent Zoccoletti Toni Rocak
PF Paul Gravet Michel-Ofik Nzege
SF Yoan Granvorka Noé Anabir Dylan Ducommun
SG Roberto Kovac Boris Mbala Yuri Solcà
PG Jonathan Kazadi Selim Fofana Jamal George

Head coach position

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Notable players

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Past rosters

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1935 EuroBasket: finished 4th among 10 teams

3 René Karlen, 4 Raymond Lambercy, 5 Mottier, 6 Jean Pare, 7 Radle, 8 Sidler, 9 Marcel Wuilleumier (Coach: ?)

1936 Olympic Games: finished 9th among 21 teams

1 Fernand Bergmann, 2 Pierre Carlier, 3 René Karlen, 4 Georges Laederach, 5 Raymond Lambercy, 6 Jean Pollet, 7 Jean Pare, 8 Marcel Wuilleumier (Coach: ?)

1946 EuroBasket: finished 5th among 10 teams

3 Georges Stockly, 4 Fernand Keller, 5 Theo Winkler, 7 Georges Gallay, 8 Henry Gujer, 10 Robert Geiser, 12 Jean Pollet, 13 Jean Pare, 15 René Wohler, 20 Louis Sanguin (Coach: ?)

1948 Olympic Games: finished 21st among 23 teams

3 Georges Stockly, 4 Henry Gujer, 5 Jean Pollet, 6 Maurice Chollet, 7 Claude Chevalley, 8 Pierre Albrecht, 9 Marcos Bossy, 10 Robert Geiser, 11 Jean Tribolet, 12 Claude Landini, 13 Jean Pare, 14 Bernard Dutoit, 15 Henri Baumann, 16 Gérald Piaget (Coach: ?)

1951 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 17 teams

3 Georges Stockly, 4 Henry Gujer, 5 Theo Winkler, 6 Arthur Bugna, 7 Henri Baumann, 8 Roger Domenjoz, 9 Marcos Bossy, 10 René Wohler, 11 René Chiappino, 12 Bernard Dutoit, 13 Albert Hermann, 14 Roger Prahin, 15 Francis Perroud (Coach: ?)

1952 Olympic Games: finished 20th among 23 teams

3 Georges Stockly, 4 Pierre Albrecht, 5 Jacques Redard, 6 Gérald Cottier, 7 Henri Baumann, 8 Roger Domenjoz, 9 Marcos Bossy, 10 René Wohler, 11 René Chiappino, 12 Marcel Moget, 13 Maurice Chollet, 14 Roger Prahin, 15 Bernard Schmied, 16 Jean-Pierre Voisin (Coach: ?)

1953 EuroBasket: finished 11th among 17 teams

3 André Laverniaz, 4 Pierre Albrecht, 5 Jacques Redard, 6 Henri Devaud, 7 Albert Hermann, 8 René Hofmann, 9 Marcos Bossy, 10 Gérald Cottier, 11 René Chiappino, 12 Jean Emery, 13 Pierre Wittwer, 14 Michel Currat, 15 Jean-Pierre Voisin, 16 Ruggero Balmelli (Coach: ?)

1955 EuroBasket: finished 14th among 18 teams

4 Pierre Albrecht, 5 Jacques Redard, 6 Michel Currat, 7 Henri Baumann, 8 V Bally, 9 C Sevelley, 10 Gérald Cottier, 11 Marcos Bossy, 12 René Chiappino, 13 M Etter, 14 C Lambrecht, 15 Jean-Pierre Voisin, 16 P Worte, 17 M Robert (Coach: ?)

Kit

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Manufacturer

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2017: Tissot[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 26 November 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Switzerland during the 2027 FIBA World Cup European Pre-Qualifiers in November 2024". Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Un entraîneur de renom à la tête de l'équipe de Suisse". Lematin.ch. 13 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021. (in French)
  4. ^ a b FIBA EuroBasket 2017, FIBA.com, Retrieved 31 August 2017.
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