Hungary national basketball team

Hungary
FIBA ranking	T-88th
Joined FIBA	1935
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
Coach	László Rátgéber
Olympic Games
Appearances	4
EuroBasket
Appearances	15
Medals	Gold: 1955 Silver: 1953 Bronze: 1946
Uniforms
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The Hungarian national basketball team is the basketball team that represents Hungary in international competitions.^[1]

Medals

• EuroBasket 1946 – Bronze medal
• EuroBasket 1953 – Silver medal
• EuroBasket 1955 – Champions

History

EuroBasket 1935

The Hungarian side came in ninth place at the first European basketball championship, the EuroBasket 1935 held by the International Basketball Federation's FIBA Europe continental federation. They faced eventual champions Latvia in the preliminary round, falling 46–12. In the classification matches, the Hungarians lost to Bulgaria then defeated Romania to finish ninth with a 1–2 record.

EuroBasket 1939

After not competing in the 1937 edition, the Hungarians returned to EuroBasket 1939. Once again, they finished in next-to-last place, losing to every team except the Finland team. Their 1–6 record placed them seventh in the eight team field.

EuroBasket 1946

The next European competition was the EuroBasket 1946. Hungary placed second in their preliminary round group of four, losing to Italy but defeating Luxembourg and Poland. This qualified the Hungarians for the semifinals, which they lost to Czechoslovakia. In the bronze medal match, the Hungarians defeated France, 38–32.

EuroBasket 1947

Hungary competed at EuroBasket 1947 the next year. Their 1–1 record in the preliminary round was sufficient for them to advance to the semifinal groups; however, they lost all three games there. In the 7th/8th place classification match, they defeated Bulgaria 59–29 to finish seventh of the fourteen teams.

EuroBasket 1953

Hungary's next appearance, at EuroBasket 1953 in Moscow, resulted in the team's second EuroBasket medal. Their preliminary group included hosts and defending champions Soviet Union, who gave Hungary their only loss in the pool. Their 2–1 record put Hungary in second in the pool and advanced them to the final round. There, they lost again to the Soviets as well as fellow perennial powers Czechoslovakia and France. Hungary beat the other four teams in the round, however, and their 4–3 record put them in a tie with Czechoslovakia, France, and Israel. The Hungarians came out on top of the tie-breaker, finishing an overall second place behind Soviet Union to take the silver medal.

EuroBasket 1955

The next tournament, EuroBasket 1955, was hosted by Hungary in Budapest. The results of the preliminary round were hardly surprising for the Hungarians, as they won all three of their games to proceed to the final round. Their first game in that round was against Czechoslovakia, and the Hungarians quickly found themselves in the bottom half of the final round group with a 75–65 loss. Their next four games, however, were much different and Hungary defeated Poland, Italy, Bulgaria and Yugoslavia to rise to 4–1. This put them in a tie for the lead of the group with the Soviet Union, who had also lost to Czechoslovakia.

In a game that was never particularly close, the Hungarians handed the Soviets only their second loss, 82–68, in 34 games and 4 EuroBasket tournaments. Hungary advanced to 5–1, in sole lead of the pool, which they never relinquished as they defeated Romania to finish at 6–1 with the gold medal.

EuroBasket 1957

After a narrow victory over Romania in the preliminary round of EuroBasket 1957, the Hungarians cruised to a 3–0 record in the round to advance to the final round. There, they lost in turn to each of the other three preliminary pool winners, finishing at 4–3 in the round to take 4th place overall.

Competitive record

EuroBasket FIBA EuroBasket Year Position Pld W L Switzerland 1935 9th Place 3 1 2 Latvia 1937 Did not Qualify Lithuania 1939 7th Place 7 1 6 Switzerland 1946 Third place 5 3 2 Czechoslovakia 1947 7th Place 6 2 4 Egypt 1949 Did not Qualify France 1951 Soviet Union 1953 Runners-up 10 6 4 Hungary 1955 Champions 10 9 1 Bulgaria 1957 Fourth place 10 7 3 Turkey 1959 Fourth place 8 5 3 Yugoslavia 1961 6th Place 8 3 5 Poland 1963 Fourth place 9 5 4 Soviet Union 1965 15th Place 9 1 8 Finland 1967 13th Place 9 4 5 Italy 1969 8th Place 7 2 5 1971–1997 Did not Qualify France 1999 13th Place 3 0 3 2001–2015 Did not Qualify Turkey 2017 Qualified Total 15/40 104 49 55

Olympic Games Olympic Games Record Year Position Pld W L Germany 1936 Did not Qualify United Kingdom 1948 16th Place 5 3 2 Finland 1952 9th Place 3 2 4 Australia 1956 Did not Qualify Italy 1960 9th Place 8 5 3 Japan 1964 13th Place 9 4 5 1968–2012 Did not Qualify Total 4/18 28 14 14

Team

Current roster

Roster for EuroBasket 2017 qualification.

Hungary men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Age Ht. Club PG 4 Rujak, Andras 28 – 30 July 1988 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Soproni C 6 Keller, Ákos 27 – 28 March 1989 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) TLI Alba Fehérvár G 7 Wittmann, Krisztián 31 – 22 May 1985 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Szolnoki Olaj G 8 Hanga, Ádám 27 – 12 April 1989 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Barcelona Lassa F 9 Vojvoda, Dávid 25 – 4 September 1990 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Szolnoki Olaj G 10 Kovács, Peter 26 – 25 October 1989 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Falco Szombathely PF 12 Tóth, Norbert 29 – 4 September 1986 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Falco Szombathely C 13 Tóth, Ádám 27 – 25 August 1989 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Szolnoki Olaj F 15 Ferencz, Csaba 31 – 24 May 1985 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) BC Körmend SG 20 Perl, Zoltan 21 – 28 July 1995 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Betaland Capo d'Orlando PF 22 Eilingsfeld, Janos 25 – 5 February 1991 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Szolnoki Olaj PG 23 Pongo, Mate 22 – 23 December 1993 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) KTE-Duna Aszfalt PG 25 Varadi, Benedek 21 – 5 February 1995 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Falco Szombathely	Head coach Stojan Ivković Assistant coaches Gábor Forray Peter Por Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 31 August 2016

Depth Chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Bench	Reserves	Reserves
C	Ákos Keller	Miklós Szabó	Zoltán Trepák	Ádám Tóth	Gergely Somogyi
PF	Péter Lóránt	Zsolt Szabó	Roland Hendlein	Gergely Tóth
SF	Dávid Vojvoda	András Molnár	Csaba Ferencz	Dávid Gáspár
SG	Ádám Hanga	Ákos Horváth	Márton Fodor
PG	Obie Trotter	Krisztián Wittmann	László Simon

Past rosters

1935 EuroBasket: finished 9th among 10 teams

Ferenc Velkei, Zoltan Csanyi, Ferenc Kolozs, Sandor Nagy, Laszlo Rozsa, Istvan Szamosi, Emil Kozma, Tibor Lehel, Sandor Lelkes, Zoltan Szunyogh (Coach: Istvan Kiraly)

1939 EuroBasket: finished 7th among 8 teams

Ferenc Velkei, Zoltan Csanyi, Istvan Szamosi, Sandor Csanyi, Janos Szabo, Geza Bajari, Geza Kardos, Aba Szathmary, Janos Gyimesi, Gyula Stolpa (Coach: Istvan Kiraly)

1946 EuroBasket: finished 3rd among 10 teams

Ferenc Nemeth, Tibor Mezőfi, Ferenc Velkei, Geza Kardos, Gyorgy Nagy, Laszlo Kiralyhidi, Geza Racz, Ede Vadászi, Geza Bajari, Antal Bankuti (Coach: Istvan Kiraly)

1947 EuroBasket: finished 7th among 14 teams

Ferenc Nemeth, Tibor Mezőfi, Geza Bajari, Istvan Timar, Ede Vadászi, Gyula Toth, Geza Kardos, Ervin Kassai, Bela Bankuti, Laszlo Kiralyhidi, Laszlo Nadasdy, Antal Bankuti (Coach: Istvan Kiraly)

1948 Olympic Games: finished 16th among 23 teams

Tibor Mezőfi, Gyorgy Nagy, Tibor Zsíros, Geza Kardos, Jozsef Kozma, Istvan Timar, Attila Timar, Janos Halasz, Istvan Lovrics, Ede Vadászi, Antal Bankuti, Laszlo Novakovszky

1952 Olympic Games: finished 16th among 23 teams

János Greminger, Tibor Mezőfi, Tibor Zsíros, László Hódi, Laszlo Banhegyi, Pál Bogár, János Simon, Tibor Cselkó, Peter Papp, Tibor Czinkán, Gyorgy Bokor, Ede Komáromi, Gyorgy Telegdy

1953 EuroBasket: finished 2nd among 17 teams

János Greminger, Tibor Mezőfi, László Hódi, Janos Hodi, Tibor Zsíros, Laszlo Banhegyi, János Simon, Tibor Cselkó, Tibor Remai, Peter Papp, Tibor Czinkán, Pál Bogár, Gyorgy Bokor, Ede Komáromi (Coach: Janos Pader)

1955 EuroBasket: finished 1st among 18 teams

János Greminger, Tibor Mezőfi, Laszlo Toth, Janos Hodi, Tibor Czinkán, Janos Dallos, Tibor Zsíros, Laszlo Banhegyi, Janos Bencze, László Hódi, Peter Papp, Pál Bogár, Tibor Cselkó, János Simon (Coach: Janos Pader)

1957 EuroBasket: finished 4th among 16 teams

János Greminger, Laszlo Toth, Tibor Zsíros, Laszlo Gabanyi, Laszlo Banhegyi, János Simon, Istvan Liptai, Tibor Czinkán, Janos Bencze, Pal Borbely, Zoltan Judik, Ervin Keszey, Istvan Sahin-Toth (Coach: Zoltan Csanyi)

1959 EuroBasket: finished 4th among 17 teams

János Greminger, Tibor Zsíros, Laszlo Gabanyi, Tibor Czinkán, János Simon, Laszlo Banhegyi, Arpad Glatz, Janos Bencze, Otto Temesvari, Zoltan Judik, Miklos Bohaty, Merenyi (Coach: Janos Pader)

1960 Olympic Games: finished 9th among 16 teams

János Greminger, Tibor Zsíros, Laszlo Banhegyi, János Simon, Laszlo Gabanyi, Istvan Liptai, Arpad Glatz, Otto Temesvari, Janos Bencze, Gyorgy Polik, Zoltan Judik, Miklos Bohaty (Coach: Janos Pader)

1961 EuroBasket: finished 6th among 19 teams

Laszlo Gabanyi, Janos Bencze, Istvan Liptai, Otto Temesvari, Istvan Sahin-Toth, Gabor Kulcsar, Geza Gyulai, Gyorgy Polik, Janos Tuboly, Miklos Bohaty, Jozsef Kovacs, Valer Banna (Coach: Janos Pader)

1963 EuroBasket: finished 4th among 16 teams

János Greminger, János Simon, Laszlo Gabanyi, Janos Bencze, Otto Temesvari, Arpad Glatz, Pal Koczka, Gyorgy Polik, Tibor Kangyal, Gyorgy Vajdovics, Jozsef Prieszol, Miklos Bohaty (Coach: Tibor Zsíros)

1964 Olympic Games: finished 13th among 16 teams

János Greminger, Laszlo Gabanyi, Janos Bencze, Arpad Glatz, Tibor Kangyal, Gyorgy Polik, Miklos Bohaty, Janos Racz, Andras Haan, Jozsef Prieszol, Pal Koczka, Odon Lendvay (Coach: Tibor Zsíros)

1965 EuroBasket: finished 15th among 16 teams

Gyorgy Polik, Janos Racz, Matyas Ranky, Jozsef Toth, Pal Koczka, Laszlo Koranyi, Odon Lendvay, Laszlo Orbay, Istvan Fekete, Ferenc Haris, Valer Banna, Gabor Kulcsar (Coach: Tibor Zsíros)

1967 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 16 teams

Imre Nyitrai, Laszlo Gabanyi, Tibor Kangyal, Gyorgy Polik, Jozsef Prieszol, Valer Banna, Laszlo Orbay, Laszlo Koranyi, Jozsef Kovacs, Istvan Halmos, Odon Lendvay, Gabor Kulcsar (Coach: Janos Szabo)

1969 EuroBasket: finished 8th among 12 teams

Laszlo Gabanyi, Jozsef Kovacs, Istvan Banhegyi, Jozsef Prieszol, Valer Banna, Laszlo Orbay, Szabolcs Hody, Istvan Hegedus, Odon Lendvay, Istvan Gyurasits, Tamas Palffy, Sandor Geller (Coach: Rezso Eszeki)

1999 EuroBasket: finished 14th among 16 teams

Kornél Dávid, Robert Gulyas, István Németh, Laszlo Czigler, Laszlo Kalman, Rolland Halm, Erno Sitku, Tibor Pankar, Tamas Bencze, Zoltan Boros, Laszlo Orosz, Zalan Meszaros (Coach: Lajos Meszaros)

References

1. FIBA National Federations – Hungary, fiba.com, accessed 21 June 2013.

Media related to Hungary men's national basketball team at Wikimedia Commons

External links

• Official website
• FIBA profile