Slovakia men's national basketball team

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).

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Slovakia women's national basketball team.

Slovakia
FIBA ranking66 (9 December 2020)[1]
Joined FIBA1993
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationSBA
CoachŽan Tabak
Nickname(s)Repre
(The Representatives)
Sokoli (The Falcons)
FIBA World Cup
AppearancesNone
EuroBasket
AppearancesNone
Home
Away
First international
 Slovakia 95–60 Switzerland  
(Prievidza, Slovakia; 22 June 1993)
Biggest win
 Slovakia 100–39 Malta 
(Levice, Slovakia; 7 September 2005)
Biggest defeat
 Belarus 114–73 Slovakia 
(Minsk, Belarus; 16 August 2013)

Slovakia is one of the newest national basketball teams in the world, having split from Czechoslovakia after the dissolution of the unified state in 1993. They joined FIBA later that year, and played in their first match as an independent against Switzerland. The national team to date does not have much history on the international level. Although they have attempted to qualify for the top European basketball tournament in the past, being the EuroBasket, but have yet to reach qualification.

History

The Czech era

Until 1993 Slovakia was a part of Czechoslovakia, with Slovak born basketball 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 tried to qualify for the EuroBasket, but were unsuccessful. During qualification for the 2019 FIBA World Cup, Slovakia took part in 2019 FIBA World Cup Pre-Qualifiers, but were ultimately eliminated with an 1–5 record in their group.[2] They later went through EuroBasket 2022 Pre-Qualifiers to attempt to qualify for EuroBasket 2022. But Slovakia were denied again, after finishing with a 3–5 record during pre-qualifying.[3]

Competitive record

Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2023 FIBA World Cup Pre-Qualifiers matches played on 26 and 28 November 2020 against Kosovo and Luxembourg.[4]

Slovakia men's national basketball team roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
SG 1 Jaroslav Musil 31 – (1989-09-11)11 September 1989 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Inter Bratislava
PF 2 Martin Bachan 25 – (1995-09-24)24 September 1995 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Patrioti
PG 3 Matej Majerčák 20 – (1999-12-21)21 December 1999 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Prievidza
PG 4 Mário Ihring 22 – (1998-06-13)13 June 1998 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Rapla
G 5 Šimon Krajčovič 26 – (1994-02-14)14 February 1994 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Patrioti
SG 8 Róbert Rozánek 24 – (1996-04-01)1 April 1996 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Lučenec
PF 10 Vladimír Brodziansky 26 – (1994-05-08)8 May 1994 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Badalona
PF 11 Richard Körner 29 – (1990-12-06)6 December 1990 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Inter Bratislava
C 13 Tomáš Pavelka 20 – (2000-09-22)22 September 2000 2.14 m (7 ft 0 in) Valencia
SG 14 Dávid Abrhám 24 – (1996-10-09)9 October 1996 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Patrioti
C 15 Boris Bojanovský 27 – (1993-04-15)15 April 1993 2.21 m (7 ft 3 in) Patrioti
F/C 21 Viktor Juríček 27 – (1993-07-21)21 July 1993 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Patrioti
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Alberto Blanco
  • Michal Madzin
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the competition
  • Age – describes age
    on 26 November 2020

Depth chart
Pos. Starting 5 Bench
C
PF
SF
SG
PG

Head coach position
  • Milan Cernicky – (2004 – 2010)
  • Peter Balint – (2011 – 2012)
  • Miroslav Grznár – (2012 – 2013)
  • Milan Cernicky – (2014 – 2015)
  • Ivan Rudež – (2016 – 2018)
  • Žan Tabak – (2019 – present)

Results and schedule

  Win   Loss

2020

2021

See also

Notes
  1. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all matches in the November 2020 and February 2021 windows will be played behind closed doors in select host cities.[5]

References
  1. "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 9 December 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  2. "Slovakia during the 2019 FIBA World Cup European Pre-Qualifiers in Aug. 2017". Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  3. "Slovakia during the EuroBasket 2022 Pre-Qualifiers". Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  4. "Slovakia during the 2023 FIBA World Cup European Pre-Qualifiers in Nov. 2020". Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  5. "Statement regarding the November 2020 and February 2021 Qualifiers". Retrieved 18 September 2020.
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