Czech Republic men's national basketball team

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

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

Czech Republic
FIBA ranking9 1 (3 March 2020)[1]
Joined FIBA1993
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationČBF
CoachRonen Ginzburg
Olympic Games
AppearancesNone
FIBA World Cup
Appearances1
MedalsNone
EuroBasket
Appearances5
MedalsNone

The Czech Republic is the successor to the Czechoslovakia national team after the Czech Republic split from Czechoslovakia, due to the dissolution of the unified state in 1993. The national team debuted on the continental stage at the EuroBasket in 1999. They have qualified for the competition five times overall. The Czech Republic has also reached the FIBA World Cup, where they finished sixth in their inaugural appearance in 2019. The Czech Republic are currently ranked ninth in the FIBA World Rankings.

History

In 1993, the Czech Republic national team was officially founded after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, and its national team.

EuroBasket 1999
Main article: EuroBasket 1999

At Eurobasket 1999 in France, marked the first official tournament the Czech Republic qualified for after independence. The national team got off to a fast start, winning their first two preliminary round matches against Lithuania, and Greece, before falling to Germany. Finishing with a 2-1 record was enough for them to advance to the second round. The next round wasn't as kind to the Czech side though, as they finished last in their Group, with a 2-4 record getting thoroughly dominated in matches against Croatia, and eventual champions Italy. In all, the Czech finished their maiden voyage at the European Basketball Championship in 12th place. While Luboš Bartoň took the honor of being the second best scorer of the tournament (with 18.7 points per game).

Later years

The Czech Republic made the EuroBasket four times after 1999, in 2007, 2013, 2015, and 2017. Their best finish at any of those tournaments was 7th place at EuroBasket 2015.

In 2016 the Czech Republic qualified for the Olympic qualifying tournament but failed to reach the 2016 Summer Olympics.

In 2019 marked another first for the national team, where they have qualified for the FIBA World Cup.

In 2021 Czech Republic will co-host the EuroBasket 2021 and qualified to Eurobasket for the sixth successive time. They automatically qualify for the 2021 event as co-host. It will host several group phase matches in Prague.

Competitive record

Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2019 FIBA World Cup

Czech Republic national basketball team – 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
PF 1 Auda, Patrik 30 – (1989-08-28)28 August 1989 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Boulazac Basket Dordogne
C 12 Balvín, Ondřej 26 – (1992-09-20)20 September 1992 2.17 m (7 ft 1 in) CB Gran Canaria
SG 17 Bohačík, Jaromír 27 – (1992-05-26)26 May 1992 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) ČEZ Nymburk
SF 7 Hruban, Vojtěch 30 – (1989-08-29)29 August 1989 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) ČEZ Nymburk
PF 31 Kříž, Martin 26 – (1993-06-17)17 June 1993 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) ČEZ Nymburk
SF 23 Palyza, Lukáš 29 – (1989-11-10)10 November 1989 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) BK Olomoucko
C 15 Peterka, Martin 24 – (1995-01-12)12 January 1995 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) ČEZ Nymburk
SF 6 Pumprla, Pavel 33 – (1986-06-13)13 June 1986 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) ČEZ Nymburk
PG 8 Satoranský, Tomáš 27 – (1991-10-30)30 October 1991 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Chicago Bulls
F 11 Schilb, Blake (NP) 35 – (1983-12-23)23 December 1983 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) Champagne Basket
G 13 Šiřina, Jakub 31 – (1987-11-21)21 November 1987 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Opava
PG 4 Vyoral, Tomáš 26 – (1992-09-28)28 September 1992 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) ČEZ Nymburk
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Pavel Beneš
  • Lubomir Ružička
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (NP) Naturalized player
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 31 August 2019

Depth chart
Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Ondřej Balvín Martin Peterka
PF Patrik Auda Martin Kříž
SF Vojtěch Hruban Blake Schilb Lukáš Palyza
SG Jaromír Bohačík Pavel Pumprla
PG Tomáš Satoranský Jakub Šiřina Tomáš Vyoral

Head coach position
  • Zdeněk Hummel – (1995 - 2000)
  • Michal Jezdik – (2001 - 2006)
  • Zdeněk Hummel – (2006 - 2007)
  • Michal Jezdik – (2008 - 2009)
  • Pavel Budinský – (2010 - 2013)
  • Ronen Ginzburg – (2013 – 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)

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)

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)

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)

2017 EuroBasket: finished 20th among 24 teams[2]

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)

2019 FIBA World Cup: finished 6th among 32 teams

1 Patrik Auda, 4 Tomáš Vyoral, 6 Pavel Pumprla, 7 Vojtěch Hruban, 8 Tomáš Satoranský, 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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See also

References
  1. "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 3 March 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  2. "Czech Republic at the EuroBasket 2017". Retrieved 17 September 2017.
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