Romania men's national basketball team

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Romania
Romania basketball team.png
FIBA ranking56 Decrease 2 (7 December 2021)[1]
Joined FIBA1932 (co-founders)
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationFRB
CoachDragan Petričević
Nickname(s)Tricolorii (The Tricolours)
Olympic Games
Appearances1 (1952)
MedalsNone
FIBA World Cup
AppearancesNone
EuroBasket
Appearances18
MedalsNone
First international
  Switzerland 42–9 Romania 
(Geneva, Switzerland; 2 May 1935)
Biggest win
 Wales 50–164 Romania 
(Hagen, West Germany; 15 May 1975)
Biggest defeat
 Russia 115–45 Romania 
(Moscow, Russia; 28 February 1998)

The Romania men's national basketball team (Romanian: Echipa națională de baschet a României) represents Romania in international basketball competition. The team is administered by the Romanian Basketball Federation (FRB).

Romania has qualified for the EuroBasket 18 times throughout their history. Their best tournament results occurred in 1957 and 1967 respectively, where they finished fifth. The national team has also appeared at the Olympic Games once, in 1952. However, Romania has yet to clinch qualification for their first trip to the FIBA World Cup.

History[]

EuroBasket 1935[]

At the first European Championship in Geneva, the Romania national team finished in last place in the then ten team tournament. Losing all three of their matches; 42-9 to Switzerland, 66-23 to France, and 24-17 to Hungary.

EuroBasket 1947[]

Romania returned to the European championship twelve years later in Prague, for the EuroBasket 1947. Romania finished with a record of 1-2 after the preliminary round, which eliminated them from championship contention but they earned their first ever EuroBasket victory against the Netherlands. The Romanians added two more in the classification semifinal, as they defeated Austria and Albania. This put them in a classification match against Italy for 9th and 10th place, which Romania lost 55-39. The national team thus placed tenth again, but this time they had outranked four teams to do so, due to the expansion of the tournament to 14.

EuroBasket 1951[]

The Romanian national team entered the EuroBasket 1951 in Paris, but withdrew before any games were played, so official records gave them three preliminary round losses, each with a score of 2-0.

1952 Summer Olympics[]

Romania managed to qualify for the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, where the national team finished 23rd. It was the first and only time they qualified for the Olympic Basketball Tournament.

EuroBasket 1953[]

The EuroBasket 1953 in Moscow was the next European tournament in which the Romanians actually played. They finished in 3rd place in their preliminary round group with a 1-2 record and advanced to the classification rounds. They won 3 of their 4 games there, finishing in a three-way tie for the top spot of the group. They lost out on the tiebreaker though and were relegated to the 13th-16th place semifinals. Winning that game and their next, the Romanians finished in 13th place of the 17 teams in the tournament.

EuroBasket 1955[]

Romania was much more successful two years later, at the EuroBasket 1955 in Budapest. A preliminary round loss to the global power house Soviet Union mattered little, as the national team won their other three preliminary matches against Sweden, Switzerland and Luxembourg to take second place in the group behind the Soviets to advance to the final round. There, they won games against Poland and Yugoslavia to finish 2-5 in the final round to take 7th place in the 18-team tournament.

EuroBasket 1957[]

Romania came within a single point of winning their preliminary pool at EuroBasket 1957 in Sofia, losing to Hungary in the narrow match. They beat their other two opponents Belgium and Finland to finish in second place in the pool to advance into the final round. There, they matched up again with Hungary, but the game wasn't as close as the Hungarians cruised to a 76-61 victory. The national team also lost to the other three pool winners, to finish with a 3-4 record to end the tournament in 5th place.

Later years[]

The team repeated its most successful campaign at the EuroBasket 1967 when it finished 5th again. The following years, the team had some successful performances but after 1987, it ceded completely from Europe's elite events. After 30 years of absence, Romania returned to the EuroBasket in 2017 when the country gained hosting rights alongside Finland, Israel and Turkey. However, the national team ended its participation with five losses in its five games played.[2]

EuroBasket 2022 qualification[]

After defeating both Slovakia and Cyprus twice, the Tricolorii advanced to the final qualification round where they came short of their second EuroBasket qualification since 1987. The team was coached by Tudor Costescu.[3]

Competitive record[]

Results and fixtures[]

  Win   Loss

2020[]

28 November 2020
EuroBasket 2022 qualifiers
 Romania  61–91  Poland Valencia, Spain* [note 1]
16:30 Scoring by quarter: 7–24, 17–21, 23–26, 14–20
Pts: Richard 14
Rebs: Cățe 10
Asts: Richard 4 		Boxscore Pts: Sokołowski 17
Rebs: Cel, Sokołowski 7
Asts: Kolenda, Koszarek 4 		Arena: Pavelló Municipal Font de Sant Lluís
Referees: Radomir Vojinović (MNE), Goran Šljivić (AUT), Ilias Kounelles (CYP)
30 November 2020
EuroBasket 2022 qualifiers
 Spain  94–41  Romania Valencia, Spain* [note 1]
19:30 Scoring by quarter: 27–12, 18–9, 13–12, 36–8
Pts: Brizuela 17
Rebs: 12
Asts: Brizuela 5 		Boxscore Pts: Tohătan 13
Rebs: Cățe 7
Asts: five players 1 		Arena: Pavelló Municipal Font de Sant Lluís
Referees: Radomir Vojinović (MNE), Goran Šljivić (AUT), Blaž Zupančič (SLO)

2021[]

19 February 2021
EuroBasket 2022 qualifiers
 Romania  71–79  Israel Gliwice, Poland* [note 1]
17:30 Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 14–23, 18–17, 22–17
Pts: 18
Rebs: 8
Asts: 8 		Boxscore Pts: Sorkin 18
Rebs: Weisz 5
Asts: Blatt 7 		Arena: Gliwice Arena
Referees: Igor Mitrovski (MKD), Boris Krejić (SLO), Geert Jacobs (BEL)
21 February 2021
EuroBasket 2022 qualifiers
 Poland  88–81  Romania Gliwice, Poland* [note 1]
20:30 Scoring by quarter: 34–26, 16–21, 25–16, 13–18
Pts: 24
Rebs: Olejniczak 6
Asts: Ponitka 5 		Boxscore Pts: 16
Rebs: 9
Asts: 6 		Arena: Gliwice Arena
Referees: Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Geert Jacobs (BEL), Mehmet Şahin (TUR)
7 August 2021
2023 FIBA World Cup pre-qualifiers – 2nd round
 Romania  72–108  Latvia Riga, Latvia* [note 2]
19:30 (UTC+3) Scoring by quarter: 16–37, 9–20, 22–29, 25–22
Pts: Tohătan 17
Rebs: 5
Asts: 5 		Boxscore Pts: three players 15
Rebs: Strautiņš 9
Asts: 10 		Arena: Arena Riga
9 August 2021
2023 FIBA World Cup pre-qualifiers – 2nd round
 Belarus  77–72  Romania Riga, Latvia* [note 2]
19:30 (UTC+3) Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 19–20, 22–22, 17–11
Pts: 20
Rebs: Parakhouski 11
Asts: four players 2 		Boxscore Pts: Richard 14
Rebs: 8
Asts: Tohătan 6 		Arena: Arena Riga
11 August 2021
2023 FIBA World Cup pre-qualifiers – 2nd round
 Latvia  79–69  Romania Riga, Latvia* [note 2]
19:30 (UTC+3) Scoring by quarter: 15–17, 30–13, 11–14, 23–25
Pts: Lomažs 21
Rebs: Mejeris 5
Asts: 7 		Boxscore Pts: Richard 17
Rebs: three players 4
Asts: Tohătan 4 		Arena: Arena Riga
13 August 2021
2023 FIBA World Cup pre-qualifiers – 2nd round
 Romania  66–94  Belarus Riga, Latvia* [note 2]
19:30 (UTC+3) Scoring by quarter: 8–26, 15–24, 25–20, 18–24
Pts: Richard 15
Rebs: Cățe 7
Asts: 6 		Boxscore Pts: Parakhouski 21
Rebs: Parakhouski 11
Asts: , 6 		Arena: Arena Riga
Referees: Sergii Zashchuk (UKR), Dariusz Zapolski (POL), Josip Jurčević (CRO)
28 November 2021
EuroBasket 2025 pre-qualifiers – 1st round
 Luxembourg  70–73  Romania Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
17:00 (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 25–15, 15–29, 18–14, 12–15
Pts: Laurent 19
Rebs: , Laurent 7
Asts: 7 		Boxscore Pts: Richard 16
Rebs: Cățe 8
Asts: 5 		Arena: d'Coque
Referees: Nemanja Ninković (SRB), Alessandro Perciavalle (ITA), Alexandre Maret (FRA)

2022[]

24 February 2022
EuroBasket 2025 pre-qualifiers – 1st round
 Romania  vs.  Albania
Boxscore
30 June 2022
EuroBasket 2025 pre-qualifiers – 1st round
 Romania  vs.  Luxembourg
Boxscore
3 July 2022
EuroBasket 2025 pre-qualifiers – 1st round
 Albania  vs.  Romania
Boxscore

Team[]

Current roster[]

Roster for the EuroBasket 2025 Pre-Qualifiers match on 28 November 2021 against Luxembourg.[6]

Romania men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
G/F 00 Kris Richard 32 – (1989-03-01)1 March 1989 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Oradea Romania
PG 1 Lucas Tohătan 22 – (1999-03-15)15 March 1999 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Sibiu Romania
SF 2 18 – (2003-06-22)22 June 2003 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Cluj-Napoca Romania
G/F 3 22 – (1999-08-25)25 August 1999 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Landstede Netherlands
PG 7 24 – (1997-05-19)19 May 1997 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Argeș Piteşti Romania
F 8 18 – (2003-02-16)16 February 2003 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Cluj-Napoca Romania
SF 10 Bogdan Nicolescu 24 – (1997-01-03)3 January 1997 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) Oradea Romania
F/C 15 Emanuel Cățe 24 – (1997-07-30)30 July 1997 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Murcia Spain
PF 25 Rolland Torok 31 – (1990-10-25)25 October 1990 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Voluntari Romania
C 44 23 – (1997-12-24)24 December 1997 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Sibiu Romania
SG 55 22 – (1999-03-09)9 March 1999 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Oradea Romania
SF 77 21 – (2000-05-25)25 May 2000 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Argeș Piteşti Romania
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Romania Florin Nini
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the competition
  • Age – describes age
    on 28 November 2021

Depth chart[]

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Rares Uta Alexandru Olah Ionut Berceanu
PF Bogdan Nicolescu Bogdan Popa Tudor Girbea
SF Mihai Maciuca Dragos Diculescu
SG Mirel Dragoste Marcu Badiu
PG Tudor Gheorghe Tudor Fometescu

Head coach position[]

Notable players[]

Past rosters[]

1935 EuroBasket: finished 10th among 10 teams

3 Nae Alexandrescu, 4 Balteanu, 5 O.Belitoreanu, 6 M.Bercus, 7 E.Dumitrescu, 8 Nicu Grozavescu, 9 Samy Grunstein, 10 C.Riegler (Coach: C. O. Lecca)

1947 EuroBasket: finished 10th among 14 teams

3 Constantin Herold, 4 N.Badulescu, 5 H.Dlugos, 6 S.Ferencz, 7 H.Kevorkian, 8 P.Marossi, 9 Alexandru Popescu, 10 S.Sadeanu, 11 Gh.Teodorescu, 12 I.Vulescu, 13 Vasile Popescu, 14 A.Neagu, 21 C.Babaliescu (Coach: C.Virgolici)

1952 Olympic Games: finished 23rd among 23 teams

3 Cornel Călugăreanu, 5 Grigore Costescu, 6 Emanoil Răducanu, 7 Andrei Folbert, 8 Ladislau Mokos, 9 Liviu Naghy, 10 Mihai Nedef, 11 Cezar Niculescu, 12 Dan Niculescu, 13 Adrian Petroșanu, 15 Vasile Popescu, 16 Gheorghe Constantinide (Coach: Alexandru Popescu)

1953 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 17 teams

3 Mihai Nedef, 4 Cezar Niculescu, 5 Trajan Lita, 6 Andrei Folbert, 7 Emanoil Răducanu, 8 Dan Niculescu, 9 Adrian Petroșanu, 10 Alexandru Fodor, 11 Corneliu Calugareanu, 12 Mihai Erdogh, 13 Liviu Naghy, 14 Vasile Kadar (Coach: Alexandru Popescu)

1955 EuroBasket: finished 7th among 18 teams

3 E.Ganea, 4 R.Popovici, 5 Mihai Nedef, 6 Andrei Folbert, 7 Emanoil Răducanu, 8 Dan Niculescu, 9 Emil Niculescu, 10 Alexandru Fodor, 11 Mihai Erdogh, 12 Marian Spiridon, 13 Liviu Naghy, 14 Vasile Kadar, 15 Corneliu Calugareanu (Coach: Vasile Popescu)

1957 EuroBasket: finished 5th among 16 teams

3 Grigore Costescu, 4 A.Borbely, 5 Mihai Nedef, 6 Andrei Folbert, 7 Emanoil Răducanu, 8 Alexandru Berecky, 9 Emil Niculescu, 10 Alexandru Fodor, 11 Mihai Erdogh, 12 Armand Nováček, 13 Liviu Naghy, 14 A Koukouch (Coach: Alexandru Popescu)

1959 EuroBasket: finished 8th among 17 teams

3 Feodor Nedelea, 4 Armand Nováček, 5 Grigore Costescu, 6 Andrei Folbert, 7 Mihai Nedef, 8 Emeric Vizi, 9 Emil Niculescu, 10 Alexandru Fodor, 11 Dragos Nosievici, 12 Cristian Popescu, 13 Ludovic Toth, 14 Jzidor Milelman (Coach: Constantin Herold)

1961 EuroBasket: finished 7th among 19 teams

4 Aurel Popovici, 5 Emil Niculescu, 6 Horatiu Giurgiu, 7 Mihai Nedef, 8 Nicolae Viciu, 9 Mihai Albu, 10 Pavel Visner, 11 Dragos Nosievici, 12 Cristian Popescu, 13 Armand Nováček, 14 Horia Demian, 15 Gheorghe Valeriu (Coach: Constantin Herold)

1963 EuroBasket: finished 11th among 16 teams

4 Horia Demian, 5 Emil Niculescu, 6 Marian Spiridon, 7 Mihai Nedef, 8 Mihai Kiss, 9 Mihai Albu, 10 Horatiu Giurgiu, 11 Dragos Nosievici, 12 Cristian Popescu, 13 Pavel Visner, 14 Mircea Cimpeanu, 15 Gheorghe Valeriu (Coach: Vasile Popescu)

1965 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 16 teams

4 Horia Demian, 5 Gheorghe Novac, 6 Marian Spiridon, 7 Mihai Nedef, 8 Nicolae Ionescu, 9 Mihai Albu, 10 Alin Savu, 11 Dragos Nosievici, 12 Cristian Popescu, 13 Armand Nováček, 14 Ekehardt Jekely, 15 Aurel Popovici (Coach: Vasile Popescu)

1967 EuroBasket: finished 5th among 16 teams

4 Adolf Cernea, 5 Gheorghe Novac, 6 Dragos Nosievici, 7 Alin Savu, 8 Ekehardt Jekely, 9 Mihai Albu, 10 Gheorghe Barau, 11 Nicolae Birsan, 12 Cristian Popescu, 13 Titus Tarau, 14 Radu Diaconescu, 15 Horia Demian (Coach: Alexandru Popescu)

1969 EuroBasket: finished 9th among 12 teams

4 Francisc Dikay, 5 Matei Ruhring, 6 Dragos Nosievici, 7 Constantin Dragomirescu, 8 Ekehardt Jekely, 9 Mihai Albu, 10 Petru Czmor, 11 Radu Diaconescu, 12 Gheorghe Novac, 13 Titus Tarau, 14 Mihai Dimancea, 15 Adolf Cernea (Coach: Alexandru Popescu)

1971 EuroBasket: finished 8th among 12 teams

4 Dan Georgescu, 5 Mircea Chivulescu, 6 Nicolae Pirsu, 7 Alin Savu, 8 Dan Niculescu, 9 Mihai Albu, 10 Constantin Dragomirescu, 11 Radu Diaconescu, 12 Gheorghe Cimpeanu, 13 Titus Tarau, 14 Gheorghe Oczelak, 15 Vasile Popa (Coach: Alexandru Popescu)

1973 EuroBasket: finished 9th among 12 teams

4 Gheorghe Cimpeanu, 5 Mircea Chivulescu, 6 Nicolae Pirsu, 7 Nicolae Manaila, 8 Dan Niculescu, 9 Dan Georgescu, 10 Costel Cernat, 11 Radu Diaconescu, 12 Gheorghe Novac, 13 Titus Tarau, 14 Gheorghe Oczelak, 15 Vasile Popa (Coach: Alexandru Popescu)

1975 EuroBasket: finished 11th among 12 teams

4 Dan Georgescu, 5 Georghe Mihuta, 6 Vasile Zdrenghea, 7 Dan Moisescu, 8 Nicolae Pirsu, 9 Dan Niculescu, 10 Costel Cernat, 11 Radu Diaconescu, 12 Gheorghe Novac, 13 Titus Tarau, 14 Gheorghe Oczelak, 15 Vasile Popa (Coach: Mihai Nedef)

1985 EuroBasket: finished 10th among 12 teams

4 Florentin Ermurache, 5 Attila Szabó, 6 Viorel Constantin, 7 Ioan Ionescu, 8 Doru Rădulescu, 9 Dan Niculescu, 10 Costel Cernat, 11 Roman Opsitaru, 12 Anton Netolitzchi, 13 Victor Jacob, 14 Marian Marinache, 15 Alexandru Vinereanu (Coach: Gheorghe Novac)

1987 EuroBasket: finished 12th among 12 teams

4 Florentin Ermurache, 5 Sorin Ardeleanu, 6 Robert Reisenbuchler, 7 Ioan Ionescu, 8 Petre Brănișteanu, 9 Dan Niculescu, 10 Costel Cernat, 11 Andrei Constantin, 12 Anton Netolitzchi, 13 Constantin Popa, 14 Gabriel David, 15 Alexandru Vinereanu (Coach: Gheorghe Novac)

2017 EuroBasket: finished 23rd among 24 teams

4 Andrei Mandache, 6 Catalin Petrisor, 8 Radu Paliciuc, 9 Vlad Moldoveanu, 10 Bogdan Nicolescu, 11 Octavian Calota, 13 Alexandru Olah, 14 Titus Nicoara, 15 Emanuel Cățe, 25 Rolland Torok, 26 Catalin Baciu, 32 Nandor Kuti (Coach: Marcel Tenter)

Kit[]

Manufacturer[]

2014: [7]
2015–2017: Peak
2019–present: Spalding

[]

2020–present: Banca Transilvania

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ 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.[4]
  2. ^ a b c d Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all matches during the European Pre-Qualifiers second round window in August 2021 will be played in a single location in select host cities.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 7 December 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Romania at the EuroBasket 2017". Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  3. ^ JAKUB WOJCZYŃSKI (15 February 2021). "13 zawodników w składzie Rumunii przed meczem z Polską. Brakuje lidera". Przegląd Sportowy (in Polish). Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Statement regarding the November 2020 and February 2021 Qualifiers". Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Find out who is hosting the European Pre-Qualifiers Second Round". Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Romania during the EuroBasket 2025 Pre-Qualifiers in Nov. 2021". Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  7. ^ Men's Basketball ROMANIA's National Team Competition Set, Ancada.com, Retrieved 22 May 2016.

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