Czech Republic men's national basketball team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Czech Republic women's national basketball team.

The Czech Republic men's national basketball team (Czech: Česká basketbalová reprezentace) represents the Czech Republic in international basketball. The team is controlled by the Czech Basketball Federation (ČBF).

Czech Republic

FIBA ranking	18 1 (1 March 2024)^[1]
Joined FIBA	1993
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	ČBF
Coach	Diego Ocampo
Olympic Games
Appearances	1
Medals	None
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	1
Medals	None
EuroBasket
Appearances	6
Medals	None
Home Away
First international
Czech Republic 65–94 Slovenia  (Wrocław, Poland; 30 May 1993)
Biggest win
Czech Republic 135–60 Cyprus  (Prievidza, Slovakia; 22 June 1993)
Biggest defeat
Spain 107–67 Czech Republic  (Málaga, Spain; 10 November 1993)

The Czech Republic and Slovakia are the joint-successors to the Czechoslovakia national team after the Czech Republic and Slovakia split from Czechoslovakia, due to the dissolution of the unified state in 1993. The Czech Republic national team made their debut in international competition in a qualifier for the EuroBasket in 1993. The team has qualified for the tournament six times overall. The Czech Republic has also qualified for the FIBA World Cup, where the team reached the quarter-finals in their first appearance in 2019.

History

See also: Czechoslovakia men's national basketball team

1990s

In 1993, the Czech Republic national team was officially founded after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia. The team played their first international match on 30 May 1993 against Slovenia.

After several failed attempts at qualifying in 1993, 1995, and 1997 the Czech Republic finally clinched qualification to the EuroBasket finals tournament for the first time after independence at EuroBasket 1999.^[2] The national team got off to a quick start, as they won their first two preliminary round matches against Lithuania and Greece, before losing to Germany in their final game of group play. With a record of (2–1), the Czech Republic booked their place into the second group phase. There, the team was thoroughly dominated against Croatia and Italy, before losing a close battle against Turkey 73–78 to exit the tournament. In all, the Czech Republic finished their maiden voyage to the EuroBasket in 12th place.^[3] While national team standout Luboš Bartoň took the honor of being the second best scorer of the tournament averaging (18.7 points per game).^[4]

2000s

Throughout the 2000s for the Czech Republic, the national team suffered numerous setbacks. Failed attempts to qualify for the EuroBasket on multiple occasions were demoralizing reminders that the team had to become stronger in order to compete with the best on the continental stage. However, during qualification for EuroBasket 2007, led by national team veterans Jiří Welsch, Luboš Bartoň and Petr Benda, the Czech Republic would qualify for their second overall appearance at the competition. In their first game at the 2007 tournament, the national team would lose in a classic against the Dirk Nowitzki led Germany squad in overtime 78–83.^[5] The tough loss for the team carried over into their next match, where they would suffer a heavy defeat at the hands of Lithuania 95–75. With one game left in group play, and still an opportunity to advance the Czechs would come up short again, this time to Turkey 72–80 to be eliminated.

2010s

After missing out on the EuroBasket in 2011, the Czech Republic turned the page to qualify for EuroBasket 2013. Their first game of the tournament was against hosts Slovenia. However, the team would succumb in a narrowly contested game between the two sides 60–62. Although the Czechs would show resilience in their second match against Poland, behind a dominant game from big man Jan Veselý and his (23 points and 14 rebounds) to win 68–69.^[6] After the strong win for the Czech Republic, their third game of the tournament was a total calamity for the team, as they were completely mauled by the eventual champions Spain 60–39. The humbling loss for the team however, fueled them to a win in their next game against Georgia 95–79.^[7] Heading into their final match of group play, with the possibility of advancing all but gone the Czechs would fall to Croatia 70–53.

The Czech Republic entered the EuroBasket 2015, after going (4–2) during qualifying to make their fourth EuroBasket appearance. To begin their 2015 tournament run, the Czech Republic was placed into Group D. The team would easily win their first two matches of the event, before their date versus co-hosts Latvia. However, strong games from team captain Tomáš Satoranský (22 points and 9 assists), and center Jan Veselý (17 points and 11 rebounds) wouldn't be enough as Latvia would prevail 65–72.^[8] After the loss, the Czechs would regroup to split their final two games of the group phase to advance to the Round of 16. There, the team displayed supreme focus to defeat Croatia 59–80, to send the team into the quarter-finals of the EuroBasket for the first time.^[9][10] With a chance to reach the semi-finals on the line, the Czechs would fall short against Serbia 89–75.^[11] After the tough loss, the team would play two more games in the Olympic bracket qualifier to finish the tournament.

In qualification for the 2016 Olympic tournament, the Czech Republic failed to qualify after going (1–2) and being eliminated, losing to Serbia once again.^[12]

At EuroBasket 2017, the Czech Republic was drawn into Group C for their stint at the tournament. Although the team was quickly eliminated, failing to make it out of the group stage after posting a disappointing (1–4) record.^[13]

During European Qualifiers for the 2019 FIBA World Cup, the Czech Republic amassed an (8–4) record during qualifying to solidify their first ever trip to the World Cup finals.^[14][15] Heading toward the 2019 FIBA World Cup, the Czech Republic was slotted into Group E to begin the tournament. The first game for the team, however, would turn out to be a loss against the heavily favoured United States 67–88. Going into their second match of the tournament, the Czechs picked up their first ever World Cup finals victory over Japan.^[16] With one game to go, and a path to advance into the second group phase, the team would pullout a solid 76–91 win over Turkey.^[17]

Entering the second group phase, the Czech Republic continued their impressive play as the team picked up a huge victory, this time against Brazil 71–93.^[18] Although in their final match of group play, the Czechs suffered an 77–84 defeat to Greece. Even after the tough loss, the team would get the help it needed to advance into the quarter-finals, due to the United States eliminating Brazil.

In the quarter-finals, unfortunately, the tournament run for the Czechs would come to an end. The team would be eliminated 82–70 by Australia. With classification matches to determine the final positions, the team would split their two games to be awarded sixth place.^[19]

Competitive record

FIBA World Cup World Cup Qualification Year Position Pld W L Pld W L 1950 to 1990 Part of Czechoslovakia   1994 Did not qualify EuroBasket served as qualifiers   1998   2002   2006   2010   2014   2019 6th 8 4 4 12 8 4     2023 Did not qualify 12 3 9   2027 To be determined To be determined Total 1/8 8 4 4 24 11 13 Olympic Games Olympic Games Qualifying Year Position Pld W L Pld W L 1936 to 1992 Part of Czechoslovakia   1996 Did not qualify Did not qualify   2000   2004   2008   2012   2016 3 1 2   2020 9th 3 1 2 4 3 1   2024 Did not qualify 3 2 1 Total 1/8 3 1 2 10 6 4

EuroBasket EuroBasket Qualification Year Position Pld W L Pld W L 1935 to 1991 Part of Czechoslovakia   1993 Did not qualify 9 3 6   1995 10 4 6   1997 10 3 7   1999 12th 6 2 4 13 9 4   2001 Did not qualify 10 5 5   2003 16 9 7   2005 12 5 7   2007 15th 3 0 3 6 4 2   2009 Did not qualify 12 5 7   2011 Division B 6 5 1   2013 14th 5 2 3 8 5 3      2015 7th 9 5 4 6 4 2      2017 20th 5 1 4 Direct qualification      2022 16th 6 2 4 6 2 4      2025 To be determined To be determined Total 6/14 34 12 22 124 63 61

Results and fixtures

  Win   Loss

2024

Greece   v   Czech Republic

23 February 2024 EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers	Greece	72–64	Czech Republic	Piraeus, Greece
21:00 EET (UTC+2)	Scoring by quarter: 12–15, 20–16, 21–19, 19–14
	Pts: Mitoglou 22 Rebs: Papanikolaou, Walkup 8 Asts: Walkup 8	Boxscore	Pts: Balvín 13 Rebs: Balvín 10 Asts: Bohačík, Satoranský 6	Arena: Peace and Friendship Stadium Attendance: 12,439 Referees: Luis Castillo (ESP), Gvidas Gedvilas (LTU), Sergii Zashchuk (UKR)

Czech Republic   v   Great Britain

26 February 2024 EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers	Czech Republic	90–82	Great Britain	Pardubice, Czech Republic
20:15 CET (UTC+1)	Scoring by quarter: 24–25, 25–22, 19–15, 22–20
	Pts: Satoranský 21 Rebs: Balvín 10 Asts: Satoranský 10	Boxscore	Pts: Killeya-Jones 19 Rebs: Killeya-Jones 9 Asts: Wheatle 10	Arena: Enteria arena Attendance: 4,812 Referees: Wojciech Liszka (POL), Yener Yılmaz (TUR), Josip Jurčević (CRO)

Czech Republic   v   Netherlands

21 November 2024 EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers	Czech Republic	vs.	Netherlands	Czech Republic
		Boxscore

Netherlands   v   Czech Republic

24 November 2024 EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers	Netherlands	vs.	Czech Republic	Netherlands
		Boxscore

2025

Czech Republic   v   Greece

21 February 2025 EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers	Czech Republic	vs.	Greece	Czech Republic
		Boxscore

Great Britain   v   Czech Republic

24 February 2025 EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers	Great Britain	vs.	Czech Republic	Great Britain
		Boxscore

Team

Current roster

Roster for the EuroBasket 2025 Qualifiers matches on 23 and 26 February 2024 against Greece and Great Britain.^[20]

Czech Republic men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. F 7 Vojtěch Hruban 34 – (1989-08-29)29 August 1989 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Cholet   PG 8 Tomáš Satoranský 32 – (1991-10-30)30 October 1991 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Barcelona   PG 10 Vojtěch Sýkora 22 – (2001-10-18)18 October 2001 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Sršni Písek   C 12 Ondřej Balvín 31 – (1992-09-20)20 September 1992 2.17 m (7 ft 1 in) Prometey   F/C 15 Martin Peterka 29 – (1995-01-12)12 January 1995 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Braunschweig   SF 17 Jaromír Bohačík 31 – (1992-05-26)26 May 1992 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Nymburk   PG 19 Ondřej Sehnal 26 – (1997-10-10)10 October 1997 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Nymburk   F/C 22 Luboš Kovář 23 – (2000-11-10)10 November 2000 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Nymburk   G/F 25 David Jelínek 33 – (1990-09-07)7 September 1990 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Murcia   F 26 David Bohm 22 – (2001-07-13)13 July 2001 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Tizona   F/C 31 Martin Kříž 30 – (1993-06-17)17 June 1993 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Nymburk   SG 77 Tomáš Kyzlink 30 – (1993-06-18)18 June 1993 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Włocławek	Head coach   Diego Ocampo Assistant coach(es)   Lluís Riera   Jan Šotnar Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the competition Age – describes age on 23 February 2024

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2
C	Jan Veselý	Ondřej Balvín	Martin Kříž
PF	Martin Peterka	Patrik Auda
SF	Vojtech Hruban	Tomáš Kyzlink
SG	Jaromír Bohačík	Vit Krejci	David Jelínek
PG	Tomáš Satoranský	Ondřej Sehnal

Head coach history

•   Zdeněk Hummel – (1993–2000)
•   Michal Ježdík – (2001–2006)
•   Zdeněk Hummel – (2006–2007)
•   Michal Ježdík – (2008–2009)
•   Pavel Budinský – (2010–2013)
•   Ronen Ginzburg – (2013–2023)
•   Diego Ocampo – (2023–present)

Past rosters

1999 EuroBasket: finished 12th among 16 teams

4 Petr Czudek, 5 Petr Welsch, 6 Vladan Vahala, 7 Marek Stuchlý, 8 Jiří Welsch, 9 David Klapetek, 10 Jiří Okáč, 11 Luboš Bartoň,
12 Petr Treml, 13 Martin Ides, 14 Kamil Novák, 15 Pavel Bečka (Coach: Zdeněk Hummel)

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2007 EuroBasket: finished 15th among 16 teams

4 Štěpán Vrubl, 5 Pavel Beneš, 6 Maurice Whitfield, 7 Michal Křemen, 8 Lukáš Kraus, 9 Jiří Welsch, 10 Ladislav Sokolovský,
11 Luboš Bartoň, 12 Radek Nečas, 13 Petr Benda, 14 Jakub Houška, 15 Ondřej Starosta (Coach: Zdeněk Hummel)

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2013 EuroBasket: finished 14th among 24 teams

4 Petr Benda, 5 Ondřej Balvín 6 Pavel Pumprla, 7 Vojtěch Hruban, 8 Tomáš Satoranský, 9 Jiří Welsch, 10 Pavel Houška,
11 Luboš Bartoň, 12 David Jelínek, 13 Jakub Kudláček, 14 Kamil Švrdlík, 15 Jan Veselý (Coach: Pavel Budínský)

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2015 EuroBasket: finished 7th among 24 teams

4 Petr Benda, 5 Patrik Auda, 6 Pavel Pumprla, 7 Vojtěch Hruban, 8 Tomáš Satoranský (C), 9 Jiří Welsch, 10 Pavel Houška,
11 Luboš Bartoň, 12 David Jelínek, 13 Jakub Šiřina, 14 Blake Schilb, 24 Jan Veselý (Coach: Ronen Ginzburg)

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2017 EuroBasket: finished 20th among 24 teams

1 Patrik Auda, 7 Vojtěch Hruban, 8 Tomáš Satoranský (C), 9 Jiří Welsch, 11 Lukáš Palyza, 13 Jakub Šiřina, 14 Kamil Švrdlík,
15 Martin Peterka, 17 Jaromir Bohačík, 23 Adam Pecháček, 31 Martin Kříž, 71 Tomáš Kyzlink (Coach: Ronen Ginzburg)

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2019 FIBA World Cup: finished 6th among 32 teams

1 Patrik Auda, 4 Tomáš Vyoral, 6 Pavel Pumprla, 7 Vojtěch Hruban, 8 Tomáš Satoranský (C), 11 Blake Schilb, 12 Ondřej Balvín,
13 Jakub Šiřina, 15 Martin Peterka, 17 Jaromír Bohačík, 23 Lukáš Palyza, 31 Martin Kříž (Coach: Ronen Ginzburg)

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2020 Olympic Games: finished 9th among 12 teams

1 Patrik Auda, 4 Tomáš Vyoral, 8 Tomáš Satoranský (C), 11 Blake Schilb, 12 Ondřej Balvín, 13 Jakub Šiřina, 15 Martin Peterka,
17 Jaromír Bohačík, 19 Ondřej Sehnal, 23 Lukáš Palyza, 24 Jan Veselý, 25 David Jelínek (Coach: Ronen Ginzburg)

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2022 EuroBasket: finished 16th among 24 teams

1 Patrik Auda, 7 Vojtěch Hruban (C), 8 Tomáš Satoranský, 12 Ondřej Balvín, 15 Martin Peterka, 17 Jaromír Bohačík, 19 Ondřej Sehnal,
24 Jan Veselý, 25 David Jelínek, 27 Vít Krejčí, 31 Martin Kříž, 77 Tomáš Kyzlink (Coach: Ronen Ginzburg)

See also

•  Sports portal
•  Czech Republic portal

• Sport in the Czech Republic
• Czech Republic women's national basketball team
• Czech Republic men's national under-20 basketball team
• Czech Republic men's national under-19 basketball team
• Czech Republic men's national under-17 basketball team
• Czechoslovakia men's national basketball team
• Basketball in the Czech Republic

References

1. "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
2. "EuroBasket 1999 qualifying results". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 19 February 2007.
3. "Czech Republic at the EuroBasket 1999". archive.fiba.com. 19 February 2007.
4. "EuroBasket 1999 player statistics". archive.fiba.com. 19 February 2007.
5. "Czech Republic v Germany game results". archive.fiba.com. 3 September 2007.
6. "Poland v Czech Republic game results". archive.fiba.com. 5 September 2013.
7. "Czech Republic v Georgia game results". archive.fiba.com. 8 September 2013.
8. "Czech Republic v Latvia game results". archive.fiba.com. 7 September 2015.
9. "Czechs dump Croatia, make EuroBasket history". Retrieved 13 September 2015.
10. "Croatia v Czech Republic game results". archive.fiba.com. 13 September 2015.
11. "Serbia v Czech Republic game results". archive.fiba.com. 16 September 2015.
12. "Czech Republic at the 2016 Olympic Qualifying Tournament". Retrieved 8 July 2016.
13. "Czech Republic at the EuroBasket 2017". Retrieved 7 September 2017.
14. "Czechs clinch first-ever trip to World Cup following tough win over Bosnia and Herzegovina". Retrieved 16 September 2018.
15. "Czech Republic during the 2019 FIBA World Cup European Qualifiers". Retrieved 24 February 2019.
16. "Czech Republic open account with vital win over Japan". Retrieved 3 September 2019.
17. "Czech Republic reach Second Round after upset win over Turkey". Retrieved 5 September 2019.
18. "Czech Republic boost their quarter-finals hopes in massive win over Brazil". Retrieved 7 September 2019.
19. "Czech Republic at the 2019 FIBA World Cup". Retrieved 14 September 2019.
20. "Czech Republic during the EuroBasket 2025 Qualifiers in February 2024". Retrieved 23 February 2024.

External links

 

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