Czech Republic national basketball team

Czech Republic
FIBA ranking	42
Joined FIBA	1993
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	ČBF
Coach	Ronen Ginzburg
EuroBasket
Appearances	5
Uniforms
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The Czech national basketball team is the national basketball team representing Czech Republic. The Czech Republic has one of the newest national basketball teams in the world, having split from the Czechoslovakia national basketball team after the dissolution of the unified state in 1993, with the Slovakia national basketball team continuing as the successor of the Czechoslovak team.

Its best accomplishment was 7th place at the 2015 EuroBasket.

History

In 1993, the team was officially founded after the Czechoslovakia national basketball team was dissolved.

At Eurobasket 1999 in France Czech national team took 12th place after beating Lithuania and Greece in the group phase. Luboš Bartoň was the second best scorer of the tournament (with 18.7 points per game). The next tournament of the team was EuroBasket 2007. In 2013, the team participated in EuroBasket 2013. The team returned to the next tournament, loaded with Euroleague stars Tomáš Satoranský and Jan Veselý.

Competitive record

EuroBasket						Qualification
Year	Position	Pld	W	L		Pld	W	L
1993	Did not qualify					9	3	6
1995						10	4	6
1997						10	3	7
1999	11th[1]	6	2	4		13	9	4
2001	Did not qualify					10	5	5
2003						16	9	7
2005						12	5	7
2007	15th[2]	3	0	3		6	4	2
2009	Did not qualify					12	5	7
2011	Division B					6	5	1
2013	14th[3]	5	2	3		8	5	3
2015	7th	9	5	4		6	4	2
2017	Qualified					Directly qualified
Total		23	9	14

Teams

Current roster

Roster for the Eurobasket 2015.

Czech Republic men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
} Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. PF 4 Benda, Petr 33 – 25 March 1982 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) ČEZ Nymburk PF 5 Auda, Patrik 26 – 29 August 1989 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) AZS Koszalin SF 6 Pumprla, Pavel 29 – 13 June 1986 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Obradoiro SF 7 Hruban, Vojtěch 26 – 29 August 1989 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) ČEZ Nymburk PG 8 Satoranský, Tomáš 23 – 30 October 1991 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Washington Wizards SG 9 Welsch, Jiří 35 – 27 January 1980 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) ČEZ Nymburk PF 10 Houška, Pavel 31 – 23 January 1984 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) ČEZ Nymburk SF 11 Bartoň, Luboš 35 – 7 April 1980 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) ČEZ Nymburk SG 12 Jelínek, David 24 – 7 September 1990 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) KK Włocławek PG 13 Šiřina, Jakub 27 – 21 November 1987 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) BK Opava SF 14 Schilb, Blake 31 – 23 December 1983 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Galatasaray C 24 Veselý, Jan 25 – 24 April 1990 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Fenerbahçe	Head Coach Ronen Ginzburg Assistant Coaches Pavel Beneš Lubomir Ružička Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 5 September 2015

Past rosters

Notes

See also

• Czech Republic women's national basketball team
• Czechoslovakia national basketball team
• Basketball in the Czech Republic

References

1. "Men Basketball European Championship 1999 France 21.06–03.07 Winner Italy". Sport Statistics. 1999. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
2. "Men Basketball European Championship 2007 – Madrid (ESP) – 07-16.09 Winner Russia". Sport Statistics. 2007. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
3. "Men Basketball XXXIX European Championship 2013 Slovenia 04-22.09 – Winner France". Sport Statistics. 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2013.

External links

• Official website
• FIBA profile