Albania national basketball team

Albania Albania Shqipëri
Albania
FIBA ranking T-83rd
Joined FIBA 1947
Coach Mark Dickel
Nickname(s) Kuq e zinjtё
Olympic Games
Appearances None
Medals None
FIBA World Cup
Appearances None
Medals None
EuroBasket
Appearances 2
Medals None

The Albanian national basketball team is the basketball side that represents Albania in international competitions.[1]

Roster

Albania national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr.
PG 4 Llazani, Eni 22 – 30 November 1989 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) BC Kamza Basket Albania
SG 5 Vogli, Redi 25 – 1 January 1987 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) PBC Tirana Albania
PF 6 Tosic, Nebojsa 24 – 30 February 1988 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) PBC Tirana Albania
PG 7 Gjonaj, Algert 24 – 18 October 1987 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) PBC Tirana Albania
C 8 Daliu, Bruno 27 – 2 July 1985 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) PBC Tirana Albania
PG 10 Karaj, Erkand 30 – 3 May 1982 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) BC Kamza Basket Albania
PG 11 Lasku, Genti 27 – 24 March 1985 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) PBC Tirana Albania
C 12 Ljuca, Ersid 31 – 10 May 1981 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) KB Peja Kosovo
C 12 Kuqo, Ermal 32 – 12 February 1980 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Banvit B.K Turkey
PF 13 Ndoja, Klaudio 27 – 17 May 1985 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Guerino Vanoli Basket Italy
C 14 Hysenagolli, Endrit 24 – 5 July 1988 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) KB Peja Kosovo
PF 15 Shima, Gerti 25 – 9 May 1986 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) KB Peja Kosovo
G 31 Bilali, Afrim 33 – 8 September 1979 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) BC Kamza Basket Albania
Head coach
  • Albania Enver Hoxha
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club as of October 2013
  • Age – describes age
    as of September 2012

History

Basketball started spreading in Albania in the 20s, after the First World War with the creation of the first multi-sports societies. One of the oldest clubs that has paractised basketball is SK Tirana. No professional championships would start until the end of the Second World War. The first National Basketball Committee was created in September 1945 which would be responsible for the basketball problems in Albania. This opened the way for the Albanian Basketball Association ( originally Federata Shqiptare e Basketbollit ) to be formed a year later in 1946. In 1947 the Albanian Basketball Association became member of FIBA. The first basketball championship started in 1946 while just a year later started the women basketball championship with the participation of eight clubs from all over Albania. In 1951 the Albanian Basketball Federation started a new tournament that would be open to all professional and amateur basketball clubs in the country, the Republic's Cup. In 1952 was started also the Women's Republic Cup and the youths Republic's Cup. Another more massive basketball tournament was included in the National Spartakiada from 1959 to 1989. Basketball has greatly developed in Albania and is now the second favourite sport of every Albanian. In 1999 the Albanian Basketball Association decided to start another tournament, the Basketball Super-Cup.

Eurobasket 1947

Albania first competed in the European championship at Eurobasket 1947. Their debut performance ended without a win, as they lost all three preliminary games, both semifinal round games, and the 13th/14th place classification match to finish 14th out of 14 teams.

Preliminary Round

 Albania 15 – 60  Italy

 Albania 11 – 114  Belgium

 Albania 19 – 104  Egypt

Semi-Final Round

 Albania 19 – 73  Romania

 Albania 27 – 44  Austria

Final Round

 Albania 13 – 90  Yugoslavia

Eurobasket 1957

Ten years later, at Eurobasket 1957 in Sofia, the Albanians fared no better. They lost ten matches out of ten played, going 0–3 in the preliminary round and 0–7 in the classification round to finish 16th of 16.

Preliminary Round

 Albania 57 – 89  Yugoslavia

 Albania 37 – 71  Czechoslovakia

 Albania 42 – 65  Scotland

Classification Round

 Albania 56 – 69  Scotland

 Albania 43 – 72  Germany

 Albania 42 – 91  Finland

 Albania 42 – 82  Italy

 Albania 64 – 97  Turkey

 Albania 45 – 58  Austria

 Albania 48 – 90  Belgium

Competitive record

At Eurobasket

FIBA EuroBasket
Year Position Pld W L
Czechoslovakia 1947 14th Place 6 0 6
Bulgaria 1957 16th Place 10 0 10
Total 16 0 16

At Promotion Cup

Promotion Cup
Year Position Pld W L
Malta 2002 6th Place 5 3 2
Andorra 2004 5th Place 5 3 2
Albania 2006 Runners-up 5 4 1
Total 15 10 5

Placements

Men competitions

European Promotion Cup

European Championship

European Olympic Qualifying Tournament

Women competitions

European Promotion Cup

European Championship

Youth competitions

References

  1. ↑ Albanian Federation of Basketball