Czech Republic national basketball team

Czech Republic Czech Republic
FIBA ranking 42 Steady
Joined FIBA 1993
FIBA zone FIBA Europe
National federation ČBF
Coach Ronen Ginzburg
EuroBasket
Appearances 5
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The Czech national basketball team is the national basketball team representing Czech Republic. The Czech Republic has one of the newest national basketball teams in the world, having split from the Czechoslovakia national basketball team after the dissolution of the unified state in 1993, with the Slovakia national basketball team continuing as the successor of the Czechoslovak team.

Its best accomplishment was 7th place at the 2015 EuroBasket.

History

In 1993, the team was officially founded after the Czechoslovakia national basketball team was dissolved.

At Eurobasket 1999 in France Czech national team took 12th place after beating Lithuania and Greece in the group phase. Luboš Bartoň was the second best scorer of the tournament (with 18.7 points per game). The next tournament of the team was EuroBasket 2007. In 2013, the team participated in EuroBasket 2013. The team returned to the next tournament, loaded with Euroleague stars Tomáš Satoranský and Jan Veselý.

Competitive record

EuroBasket Qualification
Year Position Pld W L Pld W L
Germany 1993Did not qualify 936
Greece 1995 1046
Spain 1997 1037
France 1999 11th[1] 6 2 4 1394
Turkey 2001Did not qualify 1055
Sweden 2003 1697
Serbia and Montenegro 2005 1257
Spain 2007 15th[2] 3 0 3 642
Poland 2009Did not qualify 1257
Lithuania 2011Division B 651
Slovenia 2013 14th[3]523 853
France 2015 7th954 642
Turkey 2017 Qualified Directly qualified
Total23914

Teams

Current roster

Roster for the Eurobasket 2015.

Czech Republic men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
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Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr.
PF 4 Benda, Petr 33 – (1982-03-25)25 March 1982 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) ČEZ Nymburk Czech Republic
PF 5 Auda, Patrik 26 – (1989-08-29)29 August 1989 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) AZS Koszalin Poland
SF 6 Pumprla, Pavel 29 – (1986-06-13)13 June 1986 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Obradoiro Spain
SF 7 Hruban, Vojtěch 26 – (1989-08-29)29 August 1989 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) ČEZ Nymburk Czech Republic
PG 8 Satoranský, Tomáš 23 – (1991-10-30)30 October 1991 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Washington Wizards United States
SG 9 Welsch, Jiří 35 – (1980-01-27)27 January 1980 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) ČEZ Nymburk Czech Republic
PF 10 Houška, Pavel 31 – (1984-01-23)23 January 1984 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) ČEZ Nymburk Czech Republic
SF 11 Bartoň, Luboš 35 – (1980-04-07)7 April 1980 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) ČEZ Nymburk Czech Republic
SG 12 Jelínek, David 24 – (1990-09-07)7 September 1990 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) KK Włocławek Poland
PG 13 Šiřina, Jakub 27 – (1987-11-21)21 November 1987 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) BK Opava Czech Republic
SF 14 Schilb, Blake 31 – (1983-12-23)23 December 1983 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Galatasaray Turkey
C 24 Veselý, Jan 25 – (1990-04-24)24 April 1990 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Fenerbahçe Turkey
Head Coach
Assistant Coaches
  • Czech Republic Pavel Beneš
  • Czech Republic Lubomir Ružička
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 5 September 2015

Past rosters

Notes

    See also

    References

    1. ↑ "Men Basketball European Championship 1999 France 21.06–03.07 Winner Italy". Sport Statistics. 1999. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
    2. ↑ "Men Basketball European Championship 2007 – Madrid (ESP) – 07-16.09 Winner Russia". Sport Statistics. 2007. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
    3. ↑ "Men Basketball XXXIX European Championship 2013 Slovenia 04-22.09 – Winner France". Sport Statistics. 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
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