Russia national basketball team

Russia Россия

FIBA ranking	7
Joined FIBA	1992
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	RBF
Coach	Evgeniy Pashutin
Olympic Games
Appearances	3
Medals	Bronze: 2012
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	4
Medals	Silver: 1994, 1998
EuroBasket
Appearances	12
Medals	Gold: 2007 Silver: 1993 Bronze: 1997, 2011
Uniforms
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The Russian national basketball team represents Russia in international basketball matches. It is organized and run by the Russian Basketball Federation. (Russian: Россия Федерация Баскетбола)

The team came into existence after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and its powerful basketball team.

It has won 2 silver medals at the FIBA World Cup. Its most recent success was winning bronze at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.^[1]

History

As the heir of the immensely successful USSR national basketball team, Russia still produces many elite basketball players and celebrated international titles on several occasions. Yet, the team sometimes struggles to live up to its enormous expectations.

At the 2011 EuroBasket in Lithuania, after a bitter struggle with the Macedonian national team, Russia won the bronze medal. Overall, the Russian team finished the tournament having suffered only one defeat in 11 matches, which was against France in the semifinals. Standout player Andrei Kirilenko was honored as one of the tournament's best players.

Because of this result, the Russian team did not win the right to qualify directly for the Olympic tournament in London but had to take part in the 2012 qualifying tournament for the Olympic Games in Venezuela 2-8 July. Russia won all the qualifying matches and booked its ticket to London.

At the Olympic Games in 2012, the Russians won their first Olympic medal. The team was able to get out of the group from the first place, having suffered only one defeat in an already insignificant match against Australia (80:82). In the quarterfinals they played against the Lithuanians (83:74), but in the semifinals, the Russian team lost to Spain (59:67). In the match for third place, the Russians beat Argentina, the winners of the Olympics 2004, (81:77) and won the bronze medal. Andrei Kirilenko, leader of the team in scoring and rebounding, entered the first 'Team Olympiad', awarded by the TV channel ESPN.

30 October 2012, David Blatt decided to leave the post of head coach of Russia.

Blatt's departure caused some struggles for Russia, which had to go through a complete revamp but managed to qualify for the 2015 EuroBasket.

Competitive record

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 03 ! 8 6 2 2016 Did not Qualify Total 20 10 10 World FIBA Basketball World Cup Year Position Pld W L 1950 to 1990 Did not participate 1994 02 ! 8 6 2 1998 02 ! 9 7 2 2002 10th 8 3 5 2006 Did not qualify 2010 7th 9 6 3 2014 Did not qualify 2019 Suspended Total 34 22 12

EuroBasket Year Position Pld W L 1935 to 1991 Did not participate 1993 02 ! 9 6 3 1995 7th 9 5 4 1997 03 ! 9 7 2 1999 6th 9 5 4 2001 5th 6 4 2 2003 8th 7 3 4 2005 8th 6 2 4 2007 01 ! 9 8 1 2009 7th 9 5 4 2011 03 ! 11 10 1 2013 21st 5 1 4 2015 17th 5 1 4 Total 95 58 37

Team

Current roster

Roster for the Eurobasket 2015.

Russia men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
} Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr. 4.0 !PF 1 Zubkov, Andrey 7001240000000000000♠24 – (1991-06-29)29 June 1991 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) PBC Lokomotiv-Kuban RUS ! 2.0 !SG 4 Baburin, Evgeny 7001280000000000000♠28 – (1987-07-04)4 July 1987 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) BC Nizhny Novgorod RUS ! 5.0 !C 5 Pateev, Ruslan 7001250000000000000♠25 – (1990-04-25)25 April 1990 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) BC Khimki RUS ! 1.5 !G 7 Fridzon, Vitaly 7001290000000000000♠29 – (1985-10-14)14 October 1985 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) PBC CSKA Moscow RUS ! 2.0 !SG 9 Vyaltsev, Egor 7001290000000000000♠29 – (1985-10-10)10 October 1985 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) BC Khimki RUS ! 3.5 !F 11 Antonov, Semyon 7001260000000000000♠26 – (1989-07-18)18 July 1989 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) BC Nizhny Novgorod RUS ! 3.0 !SF 12 Monia, Sergei 7001320000000000000♠32 – (1983-04-15)15 April 1983 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) BC Khimki RUS ! 1.0 !PG 13 Khvostov, Dmitry 7001260000000000000♠26 – (1989-08-21)21 August 1989 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) BC Nizhny Novgorod RUS ! 2.0 !SG 14 Ponkrashov, Anton (C) 7001290000000000000♠29 – (1986-04-23)23 April 1986 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) UNICS Kazan RUS ! 4.0 !PF 20 Vorontsevich, Andrey 7001280000000000000♠28 – (1987-07-17)17 July 1987 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) PBC CSKA Moscow RUS ! 5.0 !C 32 Desiatnikov, Andrei 7001210000000000000♠21 – (1994-05-04)4 May 1994 2.20 m (7 ft 3 in) B.C. Zenit Saint Petersburg RUS ! 3.5 !F 41 Kurbanov, Nikita 7001280000000000000♠28 – (1986-10-05)5 October 1986 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) PBC CSKA Moscow RUS !	Head coach Evgeniy Pashutin Assistant coach(es) Georgy Artemyev Andrey Maltsev Zakhar Pashutin Legend Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 5 September 2015

Depth chart

Notable players

Andrei Kirilenko is the captain of Team Russia

• Sergei Panov: 2006 Euroleague champion.
• Jon Robert Holden: FIBA EuroBasket 2007 champion.
• Andrei Kirilenko: Was the youngest European basketball player to be drafted, FIBA EuroBasket 2007 champion and MVP; FIBA Europe Player of the Year in 2007. Flag bearer at 2008 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony for Russia.
• Victor Khryapa: Portland Trail Blazers and Chicago Bulls (NBA), FIBA EuroBasket 2007 champion.

Past rosters

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Kit

Manufacturer

1993: Reebok

2015: Adidas ^[2]

Sponsor

2015: Norilsk Nickel ^[2]

See also

• Russia national under-19 basketball team
• Soviet Union national basketball team

Notes

References

External links

• Official website
• FIBA profile
• EuroBasket.com
• Archived records

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