Slovakia men's national basketball team explained

Country:Slovakia
Nickname:Repre
(The Representatives)
Coach:Aramis Naglić
Joined Fiba:1993
Fiba Zone:FIBA Europe
Wc Appearances:None
Zone Championship:EuroBasket
Zone Appearances:None
H Title:Home
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H Pattern S:_blue_border
A Title:Away
A Body:002E63
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First Game: 97–69
(Wrocław, Poland; 30 May 1993)
Largest Win: 100–39
(Levice, Slovakia; 7 September 2005)
Largest Loss: 102–59
(Mons, Belgium; 30 June 2022)

The Slovakia men's national basketball team (Slovak: Slovenské národné basketbalové mužstvo) represents Slovakia in international basketball competition. The supervising body is the Slovak Basketball Association (SBA).

Slovakia is one of the newest national basketball teams in the world, having split from Czechoslovakia following the dissolution of the unified state in 1993. They joined FIBA later that year, and played in their first international match against Bosnia and Herzegovina. Slovakia to date does not have much history on the international level. Although they have attempted to qualify for major tournaments such as EuroBasket and the FIBA World Cup, but have yet to reach qualification.

History

The Czechoslovak era

Until 1993, Slovakia was a part of Czechoslovakia, with Slovak born players taking part on the Czechoslovakia national team. One of the most notable players who was born in Slovakia, and played for the Czechoslovakia national team to achieve success at the international level was Stanislav Kropilák. He helped lead Czechoslovakia to three medal finishes at the EuroBasket, in 1977, 1981, and 1985.

After independence

After gaining independence from Czechoslovakia, the Slovak national team on numerous attempts during their early years strived to qualify for EuroBasket, but ultimately came up short. In qualification to reach EuroBasket 2017, Slovakia was slotted into Group F to begin the qualifiers. Slovakia, however, would go on to struggle to a (1–5) record and missing their chance to qualify.[1]

For qualification to the 2019 FIBA World Cup, Slovakia took part in European Pre-Qualifiers, but were eventually eliminated after amassing a (1–5) record in their group.[2] Slovakia later went through EuroBasket 2022 Pre-Qualifiers but were once again denied of making it to the continental stage, after finishing with a (3–5) record during pre-qualifying.[3]

Competitive record

FIBA World Cup

World CupQualification
YearPositionwidth=30width=30width=30width=30width=30width=30
1950 to 1990Part of Czechoslovakia
1994Did not qualifyEuroBasket served
as qualifiers
2002
2010
2014
2019615
202316511
2027To be determinedTo be determined
Total0/822 6 16

Olympic Games

Olympic GamesQualifying
YearPositionwidth=30width=30width=30width=30width=30width=30
1936 to 1992Part of Czechoslovakia
1996 to 2016Did not qualifyDid not qualify
2020
2024
2028To be determinedTo be determined
Total0/8

EuroBasket

EuroBasketQualification
YearPositionwidth=30width=30width=30width=30width=30width=30
1935 to 1991Part of Czechoslovakia
1993Did not qualify312
19951174
19971019
19991358
200115312
2003633
2005Division B642
2007Division B642
2009Division B844
2011Division B633
2013Did not qualify1019
20151028
2017615
2022835
2025To be determinedTo be determined
Total0/14118 42 76

Team

Current roster

Roster for the EuroBasket 2025 Qualifiers matches on 22 and 25 February 2024 against Belgium and Latvia.[4]

Depth chart

Head coach position

Results and fixtures

2025

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Slovakia during the EuroBasket 2017 Qualifiers. 17 September 2016.
  2. Web site: Slovakia during the 2019 FIBA World Cup European Pre-Qualifiers. 2 August 2017.
  3. Web site: Slovakia during the EuroBasket 2022 Pre-Qualifiers. 21 August 2019.
  4. Web site: Slovakia during the EuroBasket 2025 Qualifiers in February 2024. 22 February 2024.