| Country: | Switzerland |
| Nickname: | Nati (National Team) Rossocrociati (Red Crosses) |
| Coach: | Ilias Papatheodorou |
| Joined Fiba: | 1932 (co-founders) |
| Fiba Zone: | FIBA Europe |
| National Fed: | Swiss Basketball |
| Oly Appearances: | 3 |
| Oly Medals: | None |
| Wc Appearances: | None |
| Zone Championship: | EuroBasket |
| Zone Appearances: | 5 |
| Zone Medals: | None |
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| First Game: | 19–39 (Geneva, Switzerland; 5 March 1932) |
| Largest Win: | 68–19 (Paris, France; 11 May 1951) |
| Largest Loss: | 53–130 (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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
| World Cup | Qualification | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Position | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | ||||||
 1950 | Did not qualify | 5 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||
 1954 | Did not qualify | ||||||||||||
| 1959 | Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||||||
| 1963 | |||||||||||||
| 1967 | Did not qualify | EuroBasket served as qualifiers | |||||||||||
| 1970 | |||||||||||||
| 1974 | |||||||||||||
| 1978 | |||||||||||||
 1982 | |||||||||||||
 1986 | 6 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 1990 | EuroBasket served as qualifiers | ||||||||||||
 1994 | |||||||||||||
| 1998 | |||||||||||||
 2002 | |||||||||||||
 2006 | |||||||||||||
 2010 | |||||||||||||
| 2014 | |||||||||||||
 2019 | Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||||||
 2023 | Did not qualify | 4 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
 2027 | To be determined | To be determined | |||||||||||
| Total | 0/19 | 15 | 6 | 9 | |||||||||
| Olympic Games | Qualifying | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Position | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | ||||||
| 1936 | 9th | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| 1948 | 21st | 8 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||
 1952 | 20th | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
 1956 | Did not qualify | ||||||||||||
 1960 | 6 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 1964 | 7 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
 1968 | Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||||||
| 1972 | Did not qualify | 7 | 0 | 7 | |||||||||
| 1976 | Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||||||
| 1980 | Did not qualify | 4 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| 1984 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
 1988 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 1992 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 1996 | Did not qualify | ||||||||||||
| 2000 | |||||||||||||
| 2004 | |||||||||||||
| 2008 | |||||||||||||
| 2012 | |||||||||||||
| 2016 | |||||||||||||
| 2020 | Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||||||
 2024 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | |||||||||||
| 2028 | To be determined | To be determined | |||||||||||
| Total | 3/21 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 36 | 4 | 32 | ||||||
| EuroBasket | Qualification | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Position | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | width=30 | ||||||
| 1935 | 4th | 4 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| 1937 | Did not enter | ||||||||||||
 1939 | |||||||||||||
| 1946 | 5th | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| 1947 | Did not enter | ||||||||||||
 1949 | |||||||||||||
| 1951 | 13th | 9 | 4 | 5 | |||||||||
| 1953 | 11th | 8 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||
 1955 | 14th | 10 | 5 | 5 | |||||||||
| 1957 | Did not enter | ||||||||||||
| 1959 | |||||||||||||
| 1961 | |||||||||||||
 1963 | Declined participation | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1965 | Did not qualify | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| 1967 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 1969 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 1971 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 1973 | Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||||||
| 1975 | Did not qualify | 5 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
 1977 | Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||||||
| 1979 | Did not qualify | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| 1981 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 1983 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 1985 | Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||||||
| 1987 | |||||||||||||
| 1989 | Did not qualify | 9 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1991 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 1993 | 6 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 1995 | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 1997 | 16 | 6 | 10 | ||||||||||
| 1999 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 2001 | 24 | 11 | 13 | ||||||||||
 2003 | 16 | 6 | 10 | ||||||||||
| 2005 | Division B | 6 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||
| 2007 | Division B | 8 | 5 | 3 | |||||||||
| 2009 | Division B | 8 | 5 | 3 | |||||||||
| 2011 | Division B | 6 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||
 2013 | Did not qualify | 8 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||
| 2015 | 12 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
  2017 | 6 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||
  2022 | 14 | 5 | 9 | ||||||||||
 2025 | 16 | 6 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Total | 5/42 | 34 | 16 | 18 | 198 | 84 | 114 | ||||||
Roster for the 2027 FIBA World Cup Pre-Qualifiers matches on 22 and 25 February 2024 against Azerbaijan and Ireland.[1]
Petar Aleksić – (2013–2017)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: ?)