The Cyprus men's national basketball team (Greek: Εθνική ομάδα μπάσκετ της Κύπρου) represents Cyprus in international basketball, and is controlled by the Cyprus Basketball Federation. The national team is coached by Christophoros Livadiotis.
Cyprus joined FIBA in 1974, where the team has mostly competed in smaller competitions such as the Games of the Small States of Europe, winning it nine times. However, Cyprus will make their debut at the top continental competition, EuroBasket, as co-hosts in 2025.
Cyprus made its first appearance on the international scene in qualification for EuroBasket 1983. Although the national team would come up short in their attempt, with an (0–4) record.[2] Furthermore, Cyprus has taken part at lower level tournaments, where they have been impressive. Cyprus has won two bronze medals, and two silver medals at the European Championship for Small Countries, while also taking home one bronze, two silver, and nine gold medals at the Games of the Small States of Europe.
During the first few decades on the international level for Cyprus, the national team went through multiple futile qualifying cycles which saw the team unable to successfully qualify for the EuroBasket. For qualification to EuroBasket 2017, Cyprus was placed into Group A during the qualifiers; although the team would once again be rebuffed at reaching the continental stage. Cyprus would ultimately finish up with a (2–4) record, with their only two victories coming against Switzerland.[3]
Cyrus took part in qualifying for EuroBasket 2022, and was drawn into Group C for the first round of pre-qualifiers. The first test for the national team was against Portugal, at home in Nicosia. Cyprus would eventually prevail, in a tough match 69–67. Looking to stay perfect, the team played their next match on the road at Luxembourg. Immediately, Cyprus would run out to a big first quarter lead, and never looked back, winning 53–67. Cyprus dropped their final two matches of group play, to finish with a (2–2) record to advance.
During the second round of pre-qualifiers, Cyprus was placed into Group D, with Austria, and Great Britain. However, the national team failed to win a match, and finished with an (0–4) record. Cyprus blew an opportunity to advance to the final stage of qualifiers, but would have one more chance to make amends in the third round.
Heading into the final window of pre-qualifiers, Cyprus needed to finish top of Group F, if they were to achieve their goal. Unfortunately, the team would duplicate the results attained in the second round, with an (0–4) record once again. Cyprus ended the pre-qualifying process at a record of (2–10) overall, eliminating their opportunity to advance.[4] After failing to qualify for EuroBasket 2022, Cyprus went through European Pre-Qualifiers for the 2023 FIBA World Cup. However, they finished (1–5) during the first round to be eliminated.[5]
^"FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
^"Cyprus results during qualification for EuroBasket 1983".
^"Cyprus during the EuroBasket 2017 Qualifiers". Retrieved 17 September 2016.
^"Cyprus during the EuroBasket 2022 Pre-Qualifiers". Retrieved 17 August 2019.
^"Cyprus during the 2023 FIBA World Cup European Pre-Qualifiers". Retrieved 21 February 2021.
^"Cyprus will host EuroBasket 2025 group in Limassol". ccnnetwork.cn. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
^"Έτσι θα μεταμορφωθεί το «Σπύρος Κυπριανού» ενόψει Ευρωμπάσκετ 2025". gipedo.politis.com.cy (in Greek). Retrieved 29 March 2022.
^"Μεταμορφώνεται» το «Σπύρος Κυπριανού» για το Eurobasket 2025". alphanews.live (in Greek). Retrieved 29 March 2022.
^"Cyprus during the EuroBasket 2025 Qualifiers in February 2024". Retrieved 23 February 2024.
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This article is about the men s team For the women s team see Cyprus women s national basketball team The Cyprus men s national basketball team Greek E8nikh omada mpasket ths Kyproy represents Cyprus in international basketball and is controlled by the Cyprus Basketball Federation The national team is coached by Christophoros Livadiotis CyprusFIBA ranking87 1 1 March 2024 1 Joined FIBA1974FIBA zoneFIBA EuropeNational federationKypriakh Omospondia Kala8osfairishs CBF CoachChristophoros LivadiotisFIBA World CupAppearancesNoneEuroBasketAppearances1 Upcoming Championship for Small CountriesAppearances4MedalsSilver 1990 1994 Bronze 1988 1992 Games of the Small States of EuropeAppearances16MedalsGold 1985 1995 1997 2001 2003 2005 2009 2013 2017 Silver 1989 1993 Bronze 1991 2023 HomeAwayFirst international Bulgaria 90 45 Cyprus Damascus Syria 17 April 1982 Biggest win Monaco 40 108 Cyprus Serravalle San Marino 1 June 2001 Biggest defeat Czech Republic 135 60 Cyprus Prievidza Slovakia 22 June 1993 Cyprus joined FIBA in 1974 where the team has mostly competed in smaller competitions such as the Games of the Small States of Europe winning it nine times However Cyprus will make their debut at the top continental competition EuroBasket as co hosts in 2025 Contents 1 History 2 Competitive record 2 1 FIBA World Cup 2 2 Games of the Small States of Europe 2 3 EuroBasket 2 4 Championship for Small Countries 3 Team 3 1 Current roster 3 2 Depth chart 4 Head coach position 5 Results and fixtures 5 1 2024 5 2 2025 6 Kit 6 1 Manufacturer 7 See also 8 References 9 External links 9 1 VideosHistory editCyprus made its first appearance on the international scene in qualification for EuroBasket 1983 Although the national team would come up short in their attempt with an 0 4 record 2 Furthermore Cyprus has taken part at lower level tournaments where they have been impressive Cyprus has won two bronze medals and two silver medals at the European Championship for Small Countries while also taking home one bronze two silver and nine gold medals at the Games of the Small States of Europe During the first few decades on the international level for Cyprus the national team went through multiple futile qualifying cycles which saw the team unable to successfully qualify for the EuroBasket For qualification to EuroBasket 2017 Cyprus was placed into Group A during the qualifiers although the team would once again be rebuffed at reaching the continental stage Cyprus would ultimately finish up with a 2 4 record with their only two victories coming against Switzerland 3 Cyrus took part in qualifying for EuroBasket 2022 and was drawn into Group C for the first round of pre qualifiers The first test for the national team was against Portugal at home in Nicosia Cyprus would eventually prevail in a tough match 69 67 Looking to stay perfect the team played their next match on the road at Luxembourg Immediately Cyprus would run out to a big first quarter lead and never looked back winning 53 67 Cyprus dropped their final two matches of group play to finish with a 2 2 record to advance During the second round of pre qualifiers Cyprus was placed into Group D with Austria and Great Britain However the national team failed to win a match and finished with an 0 4 record Cyprus blew an opportunity to advance to the final stage of qualifiers but would have one more chance to make amends in the third round Heading into the final window of pre qualifiers Cyprus needed to finish top of Group F if they were to achieve their goal Unfortunately the team would duplicate the results attained in the second round with an 0 4 record once again Cyprus ended the pre qualifying process at a record of 2 10 overall eliminating their opportunity to advance 4 After failing to qualify for EuroBasket 2022 Cyprus went through European Pre Qualifiers for the 2023 FIBA World Cup However they finished 1 5 during the first round to be eliminated 5 In March 2022 Cyprus qualified for the EuroBasket for the first time in their history by being awarded as one of the co hosts for the group stage at EuroBasket 2025 Matches will be played at the Spyros Kyprianou Athletic Center in Limassol 6 7 8 Competitive record editFIBA World Cup edit World Cup Qualification Year Position Pld W L Pld W L nbsp 1978 Did not enter Did not enter nbsp 1982 nbsp 1986 nbsp 1990 nbsp 1994 Did not qualify EuroBasket servedas qualifiers nbsp 1998 nbsp 2002 nbsp 2006 nbsp 2010 nbsp 2014 nbsp 2019 Did not enter Did not enter nbsp nbsp nbsp 2023 Did not qualify 6 1 5 nbsp 2027 To be determined To be determined Total 0 12 6 1 5 Games of the Small States of Europe edit Games of the Small States of Europe Year Position Pld W L nbsp 1985 nbsp 3 3 0 nbsp 1987 5th 3 1 2 nbsp 1989 nbsp 4 2 2 nbsp 1991 nbsp 4 2 2 nbsp 1993 nbsp 5 4 1 nbsp 1995 nbsp 4 4 0 nbsp 1997 nbsp 4 3 1 nbsp 2001 nbsp 4 4 0 nbsp 2003 nbsp 4 4 0 nbsp 2005 nbsp 4 4 0 nbsp 2007 Disqualified 5 3 2 nbsp 2009 nbsp 5 5 0 nbsp 2013 nbsp 4 4 0 nbsp 2017 nbsp 5 5 0 nbsp 2019 5th 4 0 4 nbsp 2023 nbsp 5 2 3 Total 67 50 17 EuroBasket edit EuroBasket Qualification Year Position Pld W L Pld W L nbsp 1975 Did not enter Did not enter nbsp 1977 nbsp 1979 nbsp 1981 nbsp 1983 Did not qualify 4 0 4 nbsp 1985 5 2 3 nbsp 1987 4 0 4 nbsp 1989 Did not enter Did not enter nbsp 1991 nbsp 1993 Did not qualify 6 2 4 nbsp 1995 5 0 5 nbsp 1997 6 2 4 nbsp 1999 8 3 5 nbsp 2001 11 5 6 nbsp 2003 15 4 11 nbsp 2005 Division B 6 3 3 nbsp 2007 Division B 6 1 5 nbsp 2009 Division B 8 3 5 nbsp 2011 Division B 6 0 6 nbsp 2013 Did not qualify 8 0 8 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 2015 Did not enter Did not enter nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 2017 Did not qualify 6 2 4 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 2022 12 2 10 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 2025 Qualified as co host To be determined Total 1 24 116 29 87 Championship for Small Countries edit FIBA European Championship for Small Countries Year Position Pld W L nbsp 1988 nbsp 5 4 1 nbsp 1990 nbsp 5 3 2 nbsp 1992 nbsp 5 4 1 nbsp 1994 nbsp 5 4 1 Total 20 15 5Team editCurrent roster edit Roster for the EuroBasket 2025 Qualifiers matches on 23 and 26 February 2023 against Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia 9 Cyprus men s national basketball team roster Players Coaches Pos No Name Age Date of birth Height Club Ctr C 1 Christos Loizides 32 1991 05 26 26 May 1991 2 05 m 6 ft 9 in AEK Larnaca nbsp G 3 Konstantinos Simitzis 26 1998 01 01 1 January 1998 1 90 m 6 ft 3 in AEK Larnaca nbsp F 4 Ioannis Pasiali 26 1997 11 01 1 November 1997 2 03 m 6 ft 8 in Keravnos nbsp PG 5 Simon Michail 31 1992 06 19 19 June 1992 1 85 m 6 ft 1 in Keravnos nbsp PG 6 Stefanos Iliadis 29 1994 09 17 17 September 1994 1 85 m 6 ft 1 in Apollon nbsp F 9 Aeneas Jung 22 2002 02 13 13 February 2002 2 03 m 6 ft 8 in Ludwigsburg nbsp PG 10 Ioannis Giannaras 24 1999 03 27 27 March 1999 1 87 m 6 ft 2 in APOEL nbsp C 11 Michalis Koumis 27 1996 11 08 8 November 1996 2 06 m 6 ft 9 in Keravnos nbsp PG 13 Filippos Tigkas 21 2002 11 05 5 November 2002 1 83 m 6 ft 0 in Keravnos nbsp SF 14 Georgios Tretiakov 23 2000 11 10 10 November 2000 1 95 m 6 ft 5 in Anorthosis nbsp C 21 Darral Willis 28 1996 01 21 21 January 1996 2 06 m 6 ft 9 in Levanga Hokkaido nbsp F C 69 Roberto Mantovani 29 1994 01 04 4 January 1994 2 03 m 6 ft 8 in AEK Larnaca nbsp F 99 Nikos Stylianou 34 1988 11 09 9 November 1988 1 98 m 6 ft 6 in Keravnos nbsp Head coach nbsp Christophoros Livadiotis Assistant coach es nbsp Pablo Cano nbsp Michael Matsentides Legend C Team captain Club describes lastclub before the competition Age describes ageon 23 February 2024 Depth chart edit Pos Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2 Bench 3 C Michalis Koumis Christos Loizides Darral Willis Kyprianos Maragkos PF Roberto Mantovani Ioannis Pasiali Aeneas Jung Pavlos Stavrinides SF Nikos Stylianou Zayd Muosa Gavriel Kilaras Rafail Eleftheriou SG Konstantinos Simitzis Antreas Christodoulou Panagiotis Markou Ioannis Giannaras PG Simon Michail Filippos Tigkas Stefanos Iliadis Iakovos PanteliHead coach position edit nbsp Christos Stylianidis 2007 2011 nbsp Antonis Konstantinides 2012 nbsp Panagiotis Yiannaras 2013 2017 nbsp Linos Gavriel 2017 2021 nbsp Michael Matsentides 2022 Interim nbsp Christophoros Livadiotis 2022 present Results and fixtures edit Win Loss 2024 edit Cyprus nbsp v nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina 23 February 2024 EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers Cyprus nbsp 66 99 nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina Nicosia Cyprus 19 00 UTC 2 Scoring by quarter 27 28 11 23 18 26 10 22 Pts Willis 22 Rebs Willis 13Asts Stylianou 3 Boxscore Pts Musa 26 Rebs Kamenjas 10Asts Atic Musa 8 Arena Eleftheria Indoor Hall Attendance 3 000Referees Martin Horozov BUL Ofer Manheim ISR Marek Kukelcik SVK Croatia nbsp v nbsp Cyprus 26 February 2024 EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers Croatia nbsp 92 63 nbsp Cyprus Rijeka Croatia 20 00 UTC 1 Scoring by quarter 22 8 26 16 22 26 22 13 Pts Prkacin 24 Rebs Hezonja Prkacin 10Asts Kapusta 8 Boxscore Pts Simitzis 17 Rebs Willis 9Asts Mantovani Willis 3 Arena Zamet Sports Centre Attendance 2 500Referees Radomir Vojinovic MNE Ventsislav Velikov BUL Can Mavisu TUR Cyprus nbsp v nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina 21 November 2024 EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers Cyprus nbsp vs nbsp Bosnia and Herzegovina Cyprus Boxscore France nbsp v nbsp Cyprus 24 November 2024 EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers France nbsp vs nbsp Cyprus France Boxscore 2025 edit Bosnia and Herzegovina nbsp v nbsp Cyprus 21 February 2025 EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers Bosnia and Herzegovina nbsp vs nbsp Cyprus Bosnia and Herzegovina Boxscore Cyprus nbsp v nbsp Croatia 24 February 2025 EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers Cyprus nbsp vs nbsp Croatia Cyprus BoxscoreKit editManufacturer edit 2012 2015 Champion 2015 2018 Legea 2019 present Caan AthleticsSee also edit nbsp Sports portal nbsp Cyprus portal Sport in Cyprus Cyprus women s national basketball team Cyprus men s national under 20 basketball team Cyprus men s national under 18 basketball team Cyprus men s national under 16 basketball teamReferences edit FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike FIBA 1 March 2024 Retrieved 1 March 2024 Cyprus results during qualification for EuroBasket 1983 Cyprus during the EuroBasket 2017 Qualifiers Retrieved 17 September 2016 Cyprus during the EuroBasket 2022 Pre Qualifiers Retrieved 17 August 2019 Cyprus during the 2023 FIBA World Cup European Pre Qualifiers Retrieved 21 February 2021 Cyprus will host EuroBasket 2025 group in Limassol ccnnetwork cn Retrieved 29 March 2022 Etsi 8a metamorfw8ei to Spyros Kyprianoy enopsei Eyrwmpasket 2025 gipedo politis com cy in Greek Retrieved 29 March 2022 Metamorfwnetai to Spyros Kyprianoy gia to Eurobasket 2025 alphanews live in Greek Retrieved 29 March 2022 Cyprus during the EuroBasket 2025 Qualifiers in February 2024 Retrieved 23 February 2024 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cyprus men s national basketball team Official website in Greek Cyprus FIBA profile Cyprus National Team Men at Eurobasket com Cyprus Basketball Records at FIBA Archive Videos edit Cyprus v Iceland Highlights FIBA EuroBasket 2017 Qualifiers Youtube com video Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cyprus men 27s national basketball team amp oldid 1221914068, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
