Czech Republic national basketball team

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Czech Republic
Czech Republic Česká republika
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FIBA ranking 42 Steady
Joined FIBA 1993
FIBA zone FIBA Europe
National federation ČBF
Coach Ronen Ginzburg
Olympic Games
Appearances None
FIBA World Cup
Appearances None
EuroBasket
Appearances 4
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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
Year Position Pld W L
France 1999 11th Place[1] 6 2 4
Turkey 2001 Did not qualify
Sweden 2003
Serbia and Montenegro 2005
Spain 2007 15th Place[2] 3 0 3
Poland 2009 Did not qualify
Lithuania 2011
Slovenia 2013 14th Place[3] 5 2 3
France 2015 [N 1] 7th place 9 5 4
Total 23 9 14

Teams

Current roster

Roster for the Eurobasket 2015.

Czech Republic men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Age – Date of birth Ht. Club Ctr.
PF 4 Benda, Petr Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. – (1982-03-25)25 March 1982 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) ČEZ Nymburk Czech Republic
PF 5 Auda, Patrik Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. – (1989-08-29)29 August 1989 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) AZS Koszalin Poland
SF 6 Pumprla, Pavel Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. – (1986-06-13)13 June 1986 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Obradoiro Spain
SF 7 Hruban, Vojtěch Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. – (1989-08-29)29 August 1989 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) ČEZ Nymburk Czech Republic
PG 8 Satoranský, Tomáš Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. – (1991-10-30)30 October 1991 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) FC Barcelona Spain
SG 9 Welsch, Jiří Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. – (1980-01-27)27 January 1980 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) ČEZ Nymburk Czech Republic
PF 10 Houška, Pavel Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. – (1984-01-23)23 January 1984 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) ČEZ Nymburk Czech Republic
SF 11 Bartoň, Luboš Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. – (1980-04-07)7 April 1980 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) ČEZ Nymburk Czech Republic
SG 12 Jelínek, David Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. – (1990-09-07)7 September 1990 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) KK Włocławek Poland
PG 13 Šiřina, Jakub Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. – (1987-11-21)21 November 1987 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) BK Opava Czech Republic
SF 14 Schilb, Blake Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. – (1983-12-23)23 December 1983 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Galatasaray Turkey
C 24 Veselý, Jan Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. – (1990-04-24)24 April 1990 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) Fenerbahçe Turkey
Head Coach
Assistant Coaches
Legend
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 5 September 2015

Past rosters

Notes

  1. ↑ Along with Latvia, hosts were and Croatia, France and Germany. Czech Republic has been drawn in Group D, and therefore they compete in Latvia. The further tournament stages will be held in France.

See also

References

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External links

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