Russia national basketball team

Russia Россия
FIBA Ranking 11th
Joined FIBA 1992
FIBA Zone FIBA Europe
National Federation RBF
Coach David Blatt
Olympic Games
Appearances 2
Medals None
World Championships
Appearances 4
Medals Silver 1994, 1998
Eurobasket
Appearances 11
Medals Gold 2007
Silver 1993
Bronze 1997, 2011
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The Russian national basketball team represents Russia in international basketball matches. The team came into existence after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and its powerful basketball team. It has won 2 silver medals in the FIBA World Championships. Its most recent success was winning gold at EuroBasket 2007 in Spain.[1]

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 Russia

Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Age - DOB Ht. Club Club nat.
PF 4 Vorontsevich, Andrey &1000000000000002400000024 - July 17, 1987(1987-07-17) 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) PBC CSKA Moscow
C 5 Mozgov, Timofey &1000000000000002500000025 - July 16, 1986(1986-07-16) 2.16 m (7 ft 1 in) BC Khimki
PG 6 Bykov, Sergey &1000000000000002800000028 - February 26, 1983(1983-02-26) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) PBC CSKA Moscow
SG 7 Fridzon, Vitaly &1000000000000002500000025 - October 14, 1985(1985-10-14) 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) BC Khimki
SG 8 Shved, Alexey &1000000000000002200000022 - December 16, 1988(1988-12-16) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) PBC CSKA Moscow
PF 9 Shabalkin, Nikita &1000000000000002400000024 - October 9, 1986(1986-10-09) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) BC Lokomotiv–Kuban Krasnodar
SF 10 Khryapa, Viktor &1000000000000002900000029 - August 3, 1982(1982-08-03) 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) PBC CSKA Moscow
SF 11 Antonov, Semyon &1000000000000002200000022 - July 18, 1989(1989-07-18) 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) BC Nizhny Novgorod
SF 12 Monya, Sergey &1000000000000002800000028 - April 15, 1983(1983-04-15) 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) BC Khimki
SG 13 Khvostov, Dmitri &1000000000000002200000022 - August 21, 1989(1989-08-21) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) BC Khimki
PG 14 Ponkrashov, Anton &1000000000000002500000025 - April 23, 1986(1986-04-23) 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) PBC CSKA Moscow
SF 15 Kirilenko, Andrei &1000000000000003000000030 - February 18, 1981(1981-02-18) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Utah Jazz
Head coach
Assistant coach
  • Dmitriy Shakulin
  • Sergey Zharmukhamedov
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club field describes current pro club
  • nat field describes country
    of last club
    before the tournament
  • Age field is age on 31 August 2011

Depth chart

Pos. Starter Bench Bench Reserve Inactive
C Alexander Kaun Timofey Mozgov Alexey Zhukanenko
PF Sergey Monya Andrey Vorontsevich Viktor Khryapa
SF Vitaly Fridzon Yevgeni Kolesnikov
SG Sergey Bykov Evgeny Voronov
PG Anton Ponkrashov Dmitri Khvostov

Competitive record

FIBA World championship

Year Position Pld W L
1950 to 1990 Did not participate
1994 8 6 2
1998 9 7 2
2002 10th 8 3 5
2006 Did not qualify
2010 7th 9 6 3
2014 – – – –
Total 34 22 12

Olympic Games

Year Position Pld W L
1936 to 1996 Did not participate
2000 8th 7 3 4
2004 Did not qualify
2008 9th 5 1 4
2012 – – – –
Total 12 4 8

EuroBasket

Year Position Pld W L
1935 to 1991 Did not participate
1993 9 6 3
1995 7th 9 5 4
1997 9 7 2
1999 6th 9 5 4
2001 5th 6 4 2
2003 8th 7 3 4
2005 8th 6 2 4
2007 9 8 1
2009 7th 9 5 4
2011 11 10 1
Total 85 56 29

FIBA Under-19 World Championship

Year Position Pld W L
1979 to 1995 Did not participate
1999 6th 8 5 3
2003 to 2009 Did not qualify
2011 9 5 4
Total – – –

Notable players

Past rosters

1993 EuroBasket: finished 2nd among 16 teams

Sergei Bazarevich, Vasili Karasev, Sergei Babkov, Mikhail Mikhailov, Andrei Fetisov, Sergei Panov, Vitali Nosov, Dimitri Chakulin, Maksim Astanin, Vladislav Kondratov, Dimitri Sukharev, Vladimir Gorin (Coach: Yuri Selikhov)

1994 World Championship: finished 2nd among 16 teams

Vasili Karasev, Sergei Bazarevich, Mikhail Mikhailov, Sergei Babkov, Andrei Fetisov, Sergei Panov, Vitali Nosov, Evgeni Kisurin, Igor Grachev, Dimitri Domani, Evgeni Pashutin, Sergei Ivanov (Coach: Sergei Belov)

1995 EuroBasket: finished 7th among 14 teams

Vasili Karasev, Sergei Bazarevich, Sergei Babkov, Mikhail Mikhailov, Andrei Fetisov, Igor Kudelin, Dimitri Domani, Evgeni Kisurin, Evgeni Pashutin, Sergei Ivanov, Sergei Panov, Vitali Nosov (Coach: Sergei Belov)

1996 Olympic Games: did not participate

1997 EuroBasket: finished 3rd among 16 teams

Vasili Karasev, Sergei Babkov, Mikhail Mikhailov, Andrei Fetisov, Evgeni Kisurin, Vitali Nosov, Sergei Panov, Igor Kudelin, Evgeni Pashutin, Zakhar Pashutin, Dimitri Chakulin, Igor Kurashov (Coach: Sergei Belov)

1998 World Championship: finished 2nd among 16 teams

Vasili Karasev, Valeri Tikhonenko, Sergei Babkov, Mikhail Mikhailov, Sergei Panov, Vitali Nosov, Igor Kudelin, Zakhar Pashutin, Evgeni Kisurin, Dimitri Domani, Nikita Morgunov, Igor Kurashov (Coach: Sergei Belov)

1999 EuroBasket: finished 6th among 16 teams

Vasili Karasev, Valeri Tikhonenko, Sergei Babkov, Igor Kudelin, Ruslan Avleev, Sergei Panov, Vitali Nosov, Aleksander Petrenko, Evgeni Kisurin, Evgeni Pashutin, Igor Kurashov, Zakhar Pashutin (Coach: Sergei Belov)

2000 Olympic Games: finished 8th among 12 teams

Andrei Kirilenko, Andrei Fetisov, Sergei Bazarevich, Evgeni Kisurin, Sergei Chikalkin, Nikita Morgunov, Evgeni Pashutin, Zakhar Pashutin, Ruslan Avleev, Sergei Panov, Valentin Kubrakov, Aleksander Bashminov (Coach: Stanislav Eremin)

2001 EuroBasket: finished 5th among 16 teams

Andrei Kirilenko, Nikita Morgunov, Sergei Panov, Igor Kudelin, Sergei Chikalkin, Evgeni Pashutin, Zakhar Pashutin, Anton Yudin, Aleksei Savrasenko, Aleksander Bashminov, Aleksander Miloserdov, Petr Samoylenko (Coach: Stanislav Eremin)

2002 World Championship: finished 10th among 16 teams

Andrei Kirilenko, Viktor Khryapa, Vasili Karasev, Nikita Morgunov, Aleksei Savrasenko, Aleksander Bashminov, Sergei Panov, Igor Kudelin, Sergei Chikalkin, Evgeni Pashutin, Zakhar Pashutin, Ruslan Avleev (Coach: Stanislav Eremin)

2003 EuroBasket: finished 8th among 16 teams

Andrei Kirilenko, Viktor Khryapa, Vasili Karasev, Sergei Monya, Aleksei Savrasenko, Dimitri Domani, Zakhar Pashutin, Denis Ershov, Fedor Likholitov, Mikhail Solovev, Valentin Kubrakov, Petr Samoylenko (Coach: Sergei Elevich)

2004 Olympic Games: did not participate

2005 EuroBasket: finished 8th among 16 teams

Andrei Kirilenko, J.R. Holden, Viktor Khryapa, Nikita Morgunov, Aleksei Savrasenko, Sergei Monya, Zakhar Pashutin, Anton Ponkrashov, Fedor Likholitov, Vitaly Fridzon, Petr Samoylenko, Andrei Ivanov (Coach: Sergei Babkov)

2006 World Championship: did not participate

2007 EuroBasket: finished 1st among 16 teams

Andrei Kirilenko, J.R. Holden, Viktor Khryapa, Nikita Morgunov, Aleksei Savrasenko, Zakhar Pashutin, Petr Samoylenko, Sergei Monya, Anton Ponkrashov, Nikolay Padius, Nikita Shabalkin, Sergei Bykov (Coach: David Blatt)

2008 Olympic Games: finished 9th among 12 teams

Andrei Kirilenko, J.R. Holden, Viktor Khryapa, Nikita Morgunov, Aleksei Savrasenko, Sergei Monya, Zakhar Pashutin, Petr Samoylenko, Sergei Bykov, Viktor Keirou, Andrey Vorontsevich, Vitaly Fridzon (Coach: David Blatt)

See also

References

  1. ^ EuroBasket 2007 Final Standings

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