Slovakia men's national basketball team

Slovakia
FIBA ranking	65 2 (9 August 2021)
Joined FIBA	1993
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	SBA
Coach	Oleg Meleshchenko
Nickname(s)	Repre; (The Representatives); Sokoli (The Falcons)
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	None
EuroBasket
Appearances	None
Home	Away
First international
	Slovakia 95–60 Switzerland ; (Prievidza, Slovakia; 22 June 1993)
Biggest win
	Slovakia 100–39 Malta ; (Levice, Slovakia; 7 September 2005)
Biggest defeat
	Belarus 114–73 Slovakia ; (Minsk, Belarus; 16 August 2013)

The Slovakia men's national basketball team (Slovak: Slovenské národné basketbalové mužstvo) represents Slovakia in international basketball competition. The supervising body is the Slovak Basketball Association (SBA).

Slovakia is one of the newest national basketball teams in the world, having split from Czechoslovakia following the dissolution of the unified state in 1993. They joined FIBA later that year, and played in their first international match against Switzerland. Slovakia to date does not have much history on the international level. Although they have attempted to qualify for major tournaments such as EuroBasket and the FIBA World Cup, but have yet to reach qualification.

History[]

The Czechoslovak era[]

Until 1993, Slovakia was a part of Czechoslovakia, with Slovak born basketball players taking part on the Czechoslovakia national team. One of the most notable players who was born in Slovakia, and played for the Czechoslovakia national team to achieve success at the international level was Stanislav Kropilák. He helped lead Czechoslovakia to three medal finishes at the EuroBasket in 1977, 1981, and 1985.

After independence[]

After gaining independence from Czechoslovakia, the Slovak national team on numerous attempts during their early years strived to qualify for EuroBasket, but ultimately came up short. In qualification to reach EuroBasket 2017, Slovakia were slotted into Group F to begin the qualifiers. Slovakia would go on to struggle to a (1-5) record and missing their chance to qualify.^[2]

For qualification to the 2019 FIBA World Cup, Slovakia took part in European Pre-Qualifiers, but were eventually eliminated after an (1–5) record in their group.^[3] Slovakia later went through EuroBasket 2022 Pre-Qualifiers but were once again denied of making it to the continental stage, after finishing with a (3–5) record during pre-qualifying.^[4]

Competitive record[]

EuroBasket[]

EuroBasket					Qualification
Year	Position	Pld	W	L	Pld	W	L
1935 to 1991	Part of Czechoslovakia
1993	Did not enter				Did not enter
1995	Did not qualify				11	7	4
1997					10	1	9
1999					13	5	8
2001					15	3	12
2003					6	3	3
2005	Division B				6	4	2
2007	Division B				6	4	2
2009	Division B				8	4	4
2011	Division B				6	3	3
2013	Did not qualify				10	1	9
2015					10	2	8
2017					6	1	5
2022					8	3	5
Total	0/14				115	41	74

FIBA World Cup[]

World Cup					Qualification
Year	Position	Pld	W	L	Pld	W	L
1950 to 1990	Part of Czechoslovakia
1994	Did not enter				Did not enter
1998	Did not qualify				EuroBasket served as qualifiers
2002
2006
2010
2014
2019					6	1	5
2023	To be determined				To be determined
Total	0/7				6	1	5

Olympic Games[]

Olympic Games					Qualifying
Year	Position	Pld	W	L	Pld	W	L
1936 to 1992	Part of Czechoslovakia
1996 to 2016	Did not qualify				Did not qualify
2020	Did not qualify				Did not qualify
Total	0/7

Team[]

Current roster[]

Roster for the 2023 FIBA World Cup Pre-Qualifiers matches on 13 to 18 August 2021 against Switzerland and North Macedonia.^[5]

Slovakia men's national basketball team roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
PG	3		21 – (1999-12-21)21 December 1999	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Prievidza
PG	4		23 – (1998-06-13)13 June 1998	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
G	5		27 – (1994-02-14)14 February 1994	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	Patrioti
C	6	Michael Fusek	26 – (1995-06-05)5 June 1995	2.24 m (7 ft 4 in)	Inter Bratislava
SF	7		18 – (2003-06-30)30 June 2003	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	Wasatch Academy
SG	8		25 – (1996-04-01)1 April 1996	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	Kolín
PF	10	Vladimír Brodziansky	27 – (1994-05-08)8 May 1994	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)	Joventut
PF	11		30 – (1990-12-06)6 December 1990	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	Inter Bratislava
SG	14		24 – (1996-10-09)9 October 1996	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	Patrioti
F/C	18		22 – (1999-05-03)3 May 1999	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	Svit
C	32		27 – (1994-07-13)13 July 1994	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)	Kolín
G/F	88		17 – (2004-04-25)25 April 2004	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	Inter Bratislava

Head coach

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
Club – describes last
club before the competition
Age – describes age
on 13 August 2021

Depth chart[]

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench
C
PF
SF
SG
PG

Head coach position[]

– (2004–2010)
– (2011–2012)
– (2012–2013)
– (2014–2015)
Ivan Rudež – (2016–2018)
Žan Tabak – (2019–2021)
– (2021–present)

Results and schedule[]

Win Loss

2020[]

20 February 2020 2023 FIBA World Cup pre-qualifiers – 1st round	Slovakia	73–65 0	Luxembourg	showBratislava, Slovakia 0
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 20–25, 20–13, 19–11, 14–16
	Pts: Brodziansky 25 Rebs: Brodziansky, 7 Asts: 8	Boxscore	Pts: 21 Rebs: 20 Asts: five players 2	Arena: Referees: Charalampos Karakatsounis (GRE), Gvidas Gedvilas (LTU), Valerio Grigioni (ITA)

23 February 2020 2023 FIBA World Cup pre-qualifiers – 1st round	Iceland	83–74 0	Slovakia	showReykjavík, Iceland 0
20:00	Scoring by quarter: 17–14, 26–20, 20–20, 20–20
	Pts: Hlinason 26 Rebs: Hlinason 17 Asts: Ermolinskij 11	Boxscore	Pts: Brodziansky 16 Rebs: 8 Asts: 5	Arena: Laugardalshöll Referees: Marek Maliszewski (POL), Nikola Bejat (NOR), Steve Bittner (GER)

26 November 2020 2023 FIBA World Cup pre-qualifiers – 1st round	Slovakia	91–67 0	Kosovo	showBratislava, Slovakia* ^{[note 1]} 0
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 21–9, 21–20, 20–13, 29–25
	Pts: Brodziansky 26 Rebs: Brodziansky 12 Asts: 7	Boxscore	Pts: Hajrizi 17 Rebs: Rugova 7 Asts: Hajrizi 6	Arena: Referees: Ciprian Stoica (ROU), Péter Praksch (HUN), Vasileios Pitsilkas (GRE)

28 November 2020 2023 FIBA World Cup pre-qualifiers – 1st round	Luxembourg	77–73 0	Slovakia	showBratislava, Slovakia* ^{[note 1]} 0
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 15–16, 16–14, 20–22, 26–21
	Pts: 23 Rebs: Laurent 9 Asts: 5	Boxscore	Pts: 22 Rebs: 10 Asts: 8	Arena: Referees: Christoph Rohacky (AUT), Péter Praksch (HUN), Tamás Földhazi (HUN)

2021[]

18 February 2021 2023 FIBA World Cup pre-qualifiers – 1st round	Slovakia	79–94 0	Iceland	showPristina, Kosovo* ^{[note 1]} 0
16:00	Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 19–23, 16–36, 24–15
	Pts: Brodziansky 25 Rebs: Brodziansky, 9 Asts: 4	Boxscore	Pts: Guðmundsson 29 Rebs: Hlinason 14 Asts: Friðriksson 10	Arena: Palace of Youth and Sports Referees: Semen Ovinov (RUS), Ali Şakacı (TUR), Jan Baloun (CZE)

20 February 2021 2023 FIBA World Cup pre-qualifiers – 1st round	Kosovo	73–77 0	Slovakia	showPristina, Kosovo* ^{[note 1]} 0
19:00	Scoring by quarter: 23–15, 14–20, 17–20, 19–22
	Pts: Berisha 24 Rebs: Hajrizi 9 Asts: 6	Boxscore	Pts: Brodziansky 28 Rebs: Brodziansky 18 Asts: 5	Arena: Palace of Youth and Sports Referees: Petros Papapetrou (GRE), Semen Ovinov (RUS), Ali Şakacı (TUR)

13 August 2021 2023 FIBA World Cup pre-qualifiers – 2nd round	Switzerland	56–64 0	Slovakia	showSkopje, North Macedonia* ^{[note 2]} 0
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Scoring by quarter: 14–11, 20–19, 25–20, 8–15
	Pts: , Kazadi 12 Rebs: Jurkovitz 6 Asts: Kazadi 4	Boxscore	Pts: 16 Rebs: Brodziansky 7 Asts: 9	Arena: Sports Centre Jane Sandanski Referees: Tolga Sahin (ITA), Michał Proc (POL), Mehmet Karabilecen (TUR)

14 August 2021 2023 FIBA World Cup pre-qualifiers – 2nd round	Slovakia	47–69 0	North Macedonia	showSkopje, North Macedonia* ^{[note 2]} 0
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Scoring by quarter: 10–22, 14–13, 18–11, 5–23
	Pts: Brodziansky 11 Rebs: Brodziansky 15 Asts: Brodziansky 3	Boxscore	Pts: Trajkovski 16 Rebs: Trajkovski 8 Asts: Nikolov 6	Arena: Sports Centre Jane Sandanski Referees: Fernando Calatrava (ESP), Tolga Sahin (ITA), Michał Proc (POL)

17 August 2021 2023 FIBA World Cup pre-qualifiers – 2nd round	Slovakia	60–65 0	Switzerland	showSkopje, North Macedonia* ^{[note 2]} 0
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Scoring by quarter: 14–15, 11–26, 13–14, 22–10
	Pts: Brodziansky, 13 Rebs: Brodziansky 10 Asts: 8	Boxscore	Pts: 14 Rebs: Jurkovitz 12 Asts: Kazadi 4	Arena: Sports Centre Jane Sandanski Referees: Fernando Calatrava (ESP), Oskars Lucis (LAT), Ilias Kounelles (CYP)

18 August 2021 2023 FIBA World Cup pre-qualifiers – 2nd round	North Macedonia	72–88 0	Slovakia	showSkopje, North Macedonia* ^{[note 2]} 0
19:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Scoring by quarter: 13–17, 19–21, 19–28, 21–22
	Pts: Nikolov 17 Rebs: Mekikj 5 Asts: Nikolov, Stajikj 5	Boxscore	Pts: Fusek 23 Rebs: Brodziansky 10 Asts: 13	Arena: Sports Centre Jane Sandanski Referees: Tolga Sahin (ITA), Michał Proc (POL), Mehmet Karabilecen (TUR)

Notes[]

^ 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.^[6]
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all matches during the European Pre-Qualifiers second round window in August 2021 were played behind closed doors in select host cities.^[7]

References[]

^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 9 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
^ "Slovakia during the EuroBasket 2017 Qualifiers". Retrieved 17 September 2016.
^ "Slovakia during the 2019 FIBA World Cup European Pre-Qualifiers in Aug. 2017". Retrieved 2 August 2017.
^ "Slovakia during the EuroBasket 2022 Pre-Qualifiers". Retrieved 21 August 2019.
^ "Slovakia during the 2023 FIBA World Cup European Pre-Qualifiers in Aug. 2021". Retrieved 13 August 2021.
^ "Statement regarding the November 2020 and February 2021 Qualifiers". Retrieved 18 September 2020.
^ "Find out who is hosting the European Pre-Qualifiers Second Round". Retrieved 10 June 2021.

External links[]

Official website (in Slovak)
Slovakia at FIBA site
Slovakia National Team – Men at Eurobasket.com
Slovakia Basketball Records at FIBA Archive

[November_2020_and_February_2021_behind_closed_doors-7] 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.^[6]

[August_2021_behind_closed_doors-9] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all matches during the European Pre-Qualifiers second round window in August 2021 were played behind closed doors in select host cities.^[7]

[FIBA_World_Rankings-1] "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 9 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.

[2] "Slovakia during the EuroBasket 2017 Qualifiers". Retrieved 17 September 2016.

[3] "Slovakia during the 2019 FIBA World Cup European Pre-Qualifiers in Aug. 2017". Retrieved 2 August 2017.

[4] "Slovakia during the EuroBasket 2022 Pre-Qualifiers". Retrieved 21 August 2019.

[5] "Slovakia during the 2023 FIBA World Cup European Pre-Qualifiers in Aug. 2021". Retrieved 13 August 2021.

[6] "Statement regarding the November 2020 and February 2021 Qualifiers". Retrieved 18 September 2020.

[8] "Find out who is hosting the European Pre-Qualifiers Second Round". Retrieved 10 June 2021.

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