Moldova men's national basketball team explained

Country:	Moldova
Coach:	Vacant
Joined Fiba:	1992
Fiba Zone:	FIBA Europe
National Fed:	Basketball Federation of Moldova
Wc Appearances:	None
Zone Championship:	EuroBasket
Zone Appearances:	None
Zone Championship3:	Championship for Small Countries
Zone Appearances3:	7
Zone Medals3:	Silver: (2008, 2012)
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First Game:	110–64 (Wrocław, Poland; 30 May 1993)
Largest Win:	100–54 (Durrës, Albania; 29 May 2006)
Largest Loss:	126–69 (Wrocław, Poland; 31 May 1993)

The Moldova men's national basketball team (Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Echipa națională de baschet a Moldovei, Russian: Сборная Молдовы по баскетболу) represents Moldova in international basketball. The team is governed by the Basketball Federation of Moldova.

In the past, Moldova has mostly competed in smaller competitions such as the European Championship for Small Countries, where they won silver medals in 2008 and 2012.

History

The Basketball Federation of Moldova was founded in 1991, after gaining independence from the Soviet Union. In 1992, Moldova became members of FIBA, with the national team playing in their first international match against Latvia a year later. A qualifier for the 1993 EuroBasket, in which they would lose 110–64.

Throughout the rest of the 1990s, Moldova wouldn't take part in any tournament until 2002, when the team entered the 2002 European Championship for Small Countries. Moldova went on to place fifth overall in the competition which featured eight teams.^[1] In 2006, Moldova entered the tournament for the second time, making it to the semi-finals before losing to Azerbaijan. After the loss, the team was relegated to the bronze medal match where they would fall once again, this time to Andorra.^[2]

Two years later, at the 2008 tournament, Moldova made it back to the semi-finals after going undefeated (3–0) in the group stage for the second consecutive tournament. This time, Moldova would prove too much for Andorra in an 85–74 victory to reach the final.^[3] There, the team would lose in a tightly contested match to Azerbaijan 78–80 to come away with the silver medal.^[4] For Moldova's next four appearances at the tournament, their best result would be another silver medal finish at the 2012 competition.^[5]

Competitive record

FIBA World Cup

World Cup				Qualification
Year	Position	width=30	width=30		width=30	width=30	width=30	width=30
1950 to 1990	Part of Soviet Union
1994	Did not qualify			Did not qualify
1998	Did not enter	Did not enter
2002

2010
2014
2019
2023
2027
Total	0/9

Championship for Small Countries

FIBA European Championship for Small Countries
Year	Position	width=40		width=40		width=40
2002	5th	5	4	1
2006	4th	5	3	2
2008	bgcolor=silver		5	4	1
2010	4th	5	1	4
2012	bgcolor=silver		4	2	2
2016	5th	5	3	2
2018	7th	5	0	5
Total		34	17	17

EuroBasket

EuroBasket				Qualification
Year	Position	width=30	width=30		width=30		width=30	width=30	width=30
1935 to 1939	Part of Romania
1947 to 1991	Part of Soviet Union
1993	Did not qualify			3	0	3
1995	Did not enter	Did not enter
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
2022
2025
Total	0/15			3	0	3