Austria men's national basketball team

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Austria
Basketball Austria logo.png
FIBA ranking61 Decrease 4 (9 August 2021)[1]
Joined FIBA1934
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationBasketball Austria
CoachRaoul Korner
Nickname(s)Das Team
(The Team)
Unsere Burschen
(Our Boys)
FIBA World Cup
AppearancesNone
EuroBasket
Appearances6
MedalsNone
Championship for Small Countries
Appearances2
MedalsGold Gold: (1992, 1996)
First international
 Bulgaria 56–13 Austria 
(Prague, Czechoslovakia; 27 April 1947)
Biggest win
 Algeria 63–119 Austria 
(Böblingen, West Germany; 13 May 1975)
Biggest defeat
 France 100–6 Austria 
(Prague, Czechoslovakia; 28 April 1947)

The Austria men's national basketball team (German: Österreichische Basketballnationalmannschaft) represents Austria in international basketball competition. The team is controlled and organized by Basketball Austria.

Austria has qualified for the EuroBasket six times throughout their history. Their best performance overall came at the 1951 tournament. However, the team is still seeking qualification to their first appearance on to the global stage at the FIBA World Cup.

History[]

EuroBasket 1947[]

Austria first competed in the European Basketball Championship at EuroBasket 1947, placing 12th of 14 teams. Initially, the team struggled and lost both of their preliminary round matches, along with their first semifinal round match. Then they defeated Albania to place second in the group and set up a match against the Netherlands for 11th and 12th place, which Austria lost after a long battle.

Austria national team before game

EuroBasket 1951[]

Austria made their second appearance on the continental stage at EuroBasket 1951 in Paris. The national team was eliminated from championship contention after finishing 1–3 in pool play and fourth in their group. They won all three of their first round classification games, however, advancing to the 9th–12th place classification semifinals. A loss to the Netherlands, but a win over West Germany propelled Austria into 11th place of the 18 teams in the tournament.

EuroBasket 1955[]

Austria's appearance at EuroBasket 1955 in Budapest began with a 2–2 showing in preliminary round play. This was good enough for third place in the pool, and Austria was pushed to classification play. There, they were able to win only 1 out of 4 games (the win coming against West Germany), placing fourth of the five teams in the group. Playing against Luxembourg and then Switzerland in classification for the 13th–16th place playoffs, Austria won both games to finish 13th of the 18 teams.

EuroBasket 1957[]

In Sofia for the EuroBasket 1957 competition, Austria was defeated three times in the preliminary round. Their 0–3 record put them last in their group and sent them to the classification pool. The team won two games there, finishing at an record of 2–5 to take an overall 14th place in the 16 team tournament.

Later years[]

Austria went on to qualify to the EuroBasket two more times in 1959 and 1977. But since then it has been a struggle for the national team to qualify for major international basketball tournaments.

Competitive record[]

Recent and forthcoming fixtures[]

  Win   Loss

2020[]

20 February 2020
EuroBasket 2022 qualifiers
 Austria  73–88
0 		 Ukraine Graz, Austria
0
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 22–22, 9–20, 25–24
Pts: 14
Rebs: Douvier, 4
Asts: 4 		Boxscore Pts: Lypovyy 16
Rebs: Bliznyuk, Pustovyi 7
Asts: Lukashov 8 		Arena:
Referees: Martin Horozov (BUL), Kerem Baki (TUR), Igor Mitrovski (MKD)
23 February 2020
EuroBasket 2022 qualifiers
 Slovenia  85–78
0 		 Austria Koper, Slovenia
0
17:00 Scoring by quarter: 21–15, 22–14, 20–35, 22–14
Pts: Morgan, Murić 19
Rebs: Murić 8
Asts: Rupnik 7 		Boxscore Pts: 18
Rebs: Lanegger 7
Asts: Lanegger 5 		Arena: Arena Bonifika
Referees: Nicolas Maestre (FRA), Özlem Yalman (TUR), Gintaras Mačiulis (LTU)
29 November 2020
EuroBasket 2022 qualifiers
 Austria  64–77
0 		 Slovenia Ljubljana, Slovenia* [note 1]
0
20:10 Scoring by quarter: 12–20, 13–30, 15–11, 24–16
Pts: 22
Rebs: Mahalbašić 8
Asts: Mahalbašić 7 		Boxscore Pts: Blažič 16
Rebs: Hrovat 8
Asts: Rupnik 6 		Arena: Arena Stožice
Referees: Zafer Yılmaz (TUR), Tolga Sahin (ITA), Marek Kúkelčík (SVK)
30 November 2020
EuroBasket 2022 qualifiers
 Ukraine  70–67
0 		 Austria Ljubljana, Slovenia* [note 1]
0
17:10 Scoring by quarter: 16–14, 13–16, 21–15, 20–22
Pts: Mishula 20
Rebs: Petrov 10
Asts: Lypovyy 5 		Boxscore Pts: 16
Rebs: Mahalbašić 7
Asts: Mahalbašić 9 		Arena: Arena Stožice
Referees: Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Yener Yılmaz (TUR), Valerio Grigioni (ITA)

2021[]

19 February 2021* [note 2]
EuroBasket 2022 qualifiers
 Austria  81–83
00(OT) 		 Hungary Kyiv, Ukraine* [note 1]
0
19:15 Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 19–15, 20–24, 16–21, Overtime: 6–8
Pts: 21
Rebs: Mahalbašić 9
Asts: Mahalbašić 5 		Boxscore Pts: Vojvoda 22
Rebs: Keller 8
Asts: Perl 9 		Arena: Palace of Sports
Referees: Eddie Viator (FRA), Paulo Marques (POR), Michał Proc (POL)
21 February 2021
EuroBasket 2022 qualifiers
 Hungary  81–58
0 		 Austria Kyiv, Ukraine* [note 1]
0
20:00 Scoring by quarter: 16–18, 22–12, 20–12, 23–16
Pts: Perl 17
Rebs: , 6
Asts: Perl, Váradi 5 		Boxscore Pts: three players 10
Rebs: Ogunsipe 6
Asts: 4 		Arena: Palace of Sports
Referees: Ilias Kounelles (CYP), Pavel Fuska (SVK), Mihkel Männiste (EST)

Team[]

Current roster[]

Roster for the EuroBasket 2022 Qualifiers matches on 19 and 21 February 2021 against Hungary.[4]

Austria men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
G 6 28 – (1992-08-05)5 August 1992 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Aalstar Austria
PF 7 Davor Lamešić 37 – (1983-10-24)24 October 1983 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Wels Austria
SG 8 32 – (1988-08-02)2 August 1988 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Swans Austria
G 10 29 – (1991-08-04)4 August 1991 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Ulm Germany
C 14 Jozo Rados 27 – (1993-08-05)5 August 1993 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Landstede Netherlands
PF 16 23 – (1997-04-20)20 April 1997 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Gunners Austria
PG 17 21 – (1999-04-20)20 April 1999 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Germany
SG 21 27 – (1994-02-18)18 February 1994 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Swans Austria
C 24 Rašid Mahalbašić 30 – (1990-11-07)7 November 1990 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Oldenburg Germany
PF 26 Marvin Ogunsipe 24 – (1996-02-26)26 February 1996 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Hamburg Germany
SF 31 Bryce Douvier 29 – (1991-12-01)1 December 1991 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) Palencia Spain
PG 55 26 – (1994-04-13)13 April 1994 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Klosterneuburg Austria
Head coach
  • Austria Raoul Korner
Assistant coach(es)
  • United States
  • Austria
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the competition
  • Age – describes age
    on 19 February 2021

Depth chart[]

Pos. Starting 5 Bench
C
PF
SF
SG
PG

Head coaches[]

Notable players[]

  • Jakob Pöltl – First Austrian-born player to get drafted and play in the NBA.

Past rosters[]

1947 EuroBasket: finished 12th among 14 teams

3 Frankl, 4 Hans Bohman, 5 Eder, 6 Ganglberger, 7 Franz Gluck, 8 Herbert Haselbacher, 9 Paulin, 10 Konrad Pitsch, 12 Helmut Schmidt, 13 Richard Pollak, 15 Otto Schreiweiss, 16 Vostatek, 17 Hans Zsak, 29 Walter Ledl (Coach: ?)

1951 EuroBasket: finished 11th among 17 teams

3 Hans Zsak, 5 Gerhard Puschner, 6 Peter Vecernik, 7 Richard Pollak, 8 Herbert Haselbacher, 10 Walter Ledl, 13 Felix Schober, 15 Franz Gluck, 16 Hans Bohman, 17 Benno Binder, 18 Ewald Polansky, 19 Hans Praschl (Coach: Miodrag Stefanović)

1955 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 18 teams

3 Gunter Brousek, 4 Karl Hackl, 5 Franz Gebhard, 6 Oskar Doppes, 7 Ewald Polansky, 8 Helmut Schmidt, 9 Karl Thiering, 10 Helmut Schurer, 11 Baczinsky, 12 Johann Karall, 13 Karl Machek, 14 Peter Vecernik, 15 Karl Privoznik, 17 Alfred Probst (Coach: Janos Gerdov)

1957 EuroBasket: finished 14th among 16 teams

3 Nikolaus Waldingbrett, 4 Gunter Brousek, 5 Johann Karall, 6 Friedrich Walz, 7 Ewald Polansky, 8 Herwig Schon, 9 Werner Grohs, 10 Karl Thiering, 11 Alfred Waschkau, 12 Helmut Schurer, 14 Franz Vranitzky, 15 Alfred Probst (Coach: Herbert Haselbacher)

1959 EuroBasket: finished 16th among 17 teams

3 Friedrich Walz, 4 Peter Kotas, 5 Franz Havlicek, 6 Oskar Doppes, 7 Ewald Polansky, 8 Herwig Schon, 9 Walter Ledl, 10 Karl Thiering, 11 Alfred Probst, 12 Heinz Vybiral, 13 Ernst Tutschek, 15 Karl Privoznik (Coach: Herbert Haselbacher)

1977 EuroBasket: finished 12th among 12 teams

4 Wolfgang Vlk, 5 Friedrich Miklas, 6 Bernhard Slavicek, 7 Peter Bilik, 8 Peter Poiger, 9 Herbert Watzke, 10 Erich Tecka, 11 Werner Meisinger, 12 Helmut Zimmel, 13 Walter Fuchs, 14 Peter Wolf, 15 Herbert Haselbacher (Coach: Jan Hluchy)

Kit[]

Manufacturer[]

2015–2017: Spalding[5]

[]

2015–2017: [5]

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all matches in the November 2020 and February 2021 windows were played behind closed doors in select host cities.[2]
  2. ^ Due to several COVID-19 positive tests by Hungarian players, the match against Hungary originally scheduled for Nov. 2020 was postponed to Feb. 2021.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 9 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Statement regarding the November 2020 and February 2021 Qualifiers". Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  3. ^ "FIBA statement about the November FIBA EuroBasket 2022 Qualifiers window". FIBA. 26 November 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Austria during the EuroBasket 2022 Qualifiers". Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b FIBA EuroBasket 2017, FIBA.com, Retrieved 16 May 2017.

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