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Portugal men's national basketball team

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

The Portugal men's national basketball team (Portuguese: Seleção Portuguesa de Basquetebol) represents Portugal in international basketball competition. The team is controlled by the Portuguese Basketball Federation.

Portugal
FIBA ranking55 Decrease 1 (15 August 2024)[1]
Joined FIBA1932 (co-founders)
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationFPB
CoachMário Gomes
Nickname(s)A Seleção das Quinas
(Selection of the Quinas)
FIBA World Cup
AppearancesNone
EuroBasket
Appearances3
MedalsNone
First international
 Portugal 9–32 France 
(Porto, Portugal; 24 May 1931)
Biggest win
 Portugal 126–43 Macau 
(São Lázaro, Macau; 13 October 2006)
Biggest defeat
 Hungary 115–46 Portugal 
(Szombathely, Hungary; 6 May 1973)

Portugal doesn't have much history on the international stage, although they have qualified for the EuroBasket three times (1951, 2007, 2011). While Portugal has made multiple appearances at the continental level, they continue their quest to qualify for the global stage at the FIBA World Cup.

History

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Early years

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The Portuguese Basketball Federation was founded in 1927, with the national team playing in their first match on 24 May 1931, a 9–32 defeat to France. Portugal would become a co-founder of FIBA in 1932. Three years later, in 1935, Portugal played in the only qualifying game for the first European Basketball Championship. The Portuguese lost the game 33–12 against Spain, which eliminated the team from qualification.[2]

EuroBasket 1951

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After Portugal's failed attempt to qualify for the European Championship in 1935, and declining to enter the competition multiple times thereafter, Portugal made their debut at the Euros for EuroBasket 1951 in Paris. The national team got off to a lethargic start to begin the tournament, as they lost 35–81 in their first ever match in the event to Greece.[3] In Portugal's final two games of the preliminary round, the team would fall once again to Bulgaria, but would pick up their first official victory in the competition with a walkover win after Romania withdrew. With a record of (1–2), and sitting in third place in the group, Portugal could not progress any further; and was relegated to the classification rounds. In the classification phase, Portugal lost its first two matches against West Germany and Austria, but would pullout a close win over Switzerland 49–52.[4] Finishing with a duplicate record of (1–2) once again, Portugal was sent to the classification play-offs to determine 13th–16th place. The national team would go on to lose their match to Denmark, before turning around to defeat Scotland, to end the event placing 15th overall out of the 18 teams.[5]

EuroBasket 2007

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At the conclusion of Portugal's first appearance at the European Championship in 1951, the national team would fail to make it back to the competition for the next five decades. However, Portugal would end their drought when they made their second appearance on the continental stage at EuroBasket 2007 (first time through qualification) by finishing first in their group during the qualifiers.

Entering the preliminary round, Portugal's first match of the tournament came against the hosts Spain, where the team suffered a heavy defeat 56–82.[6] After dropping their second game of the competition to Croatia, Portugal earned a crucial victory in their final preliminary phase match against Latvia 77–67.[7] The important win over Latvia ultimately was enough to propel the team into the second round of the tournament for the first time.

Portugal began the second round with a loss against Russia, who eventually went on to become champions of the competition; before picking up a solid victory in their second game of the round versus Israel 94–85.[8] Although with an opportunity to advance to the quarter-finals all but gone, Portugal would easily be defeated by Greece 85–67 in their final game of the event.[9] Nevertheless, the performance displayed by Portugal throughout the tournament was their best showing at the Euros ever to that point; which ensured the national team a top ten finish.[10]

EuroBasket 2011

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After missing out on qualification for the EuroBasket in 2009, Portugal was successful during the qualifiers for EuroBasket 2011. Portugal was placed into Group A to begin the tournament, where they would meet Turkey in their first match. However, the team was outplayed from start to finish, in a 79–56 loss.[11] At a record of (0–1), Portugal's task of winning their next match would be even tougher, with a date against Spain. Even with a valiant effort put up by the national team, Spain were just too much to overcome in the 73–87 defeat.[12] For Portugal's final three group stage matches, the team was unable to put together an efficient stretch of basketball for a full game; which resulted in three more losses to prevent the team from advancing.[13]

EuroBasket 2017 qualification

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In the attempt for Portugal to reach the European Championship once again, after failed opportunities to qualify in 2013 and 2015; the national team was placed into Group D during the qualifying process. However, Portugal struggled in their first five matches in the qualifiers (0–5), to come away with their only win against Belarus 77–62 before being eliminated.[14]

2019 World Cup qualification

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During qualification for Portugal to advance toward making their first appearance in the FIBA World Cup, the team first had to make it through European Pre-Qualifiers in order to realize their chance. Unfortunately, the national team was unable to improve on their performance they would display during qualifying for the prior EuroBasket, and would fail to progress further with a record of (1–3).[15]

2020s–present

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After Portugal's failure to qualify for the EuroBasket on multiple occasions after their last appearance in 2011, the team began the procedure to try to qualify for EuroBasket 2022. Portugal began their journey with the Pre-Qualifiers, being drawn into Group C for the first round. In their opening game, the team would lose in a narrow contest to Cyprus, before defeating Luxembourg. With two games left to go in the first round, Portugal put away Cyprus in the rematch before cruising past Luxembourg once again to advance into the second phase of pre-qualifiers at (3–1).[16] In the second round, however, Portugal's fortunes would completely be reversed as the team went (1–3) in this phase to need the third and final round to determine their fate. There, Portugal would only manage to achieve slightly better results at (2–2), but still finished at the bottom of their group again to be eliminated.[17]

Competitive record

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Results and fixtures

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  Win   Loss

2024

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22 February 2024 Portugal   70–72   Israel Odivelas, Portugal
19:15 (UTC±0) Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 17–19, 17–18, 17–16
Pts: Williams 18
Rebs: Queiroz 9
Asts: Ventura 5 		Boxscore Pts: Ginat 17
Rebs: Segev 7
Asts: Madar 5 		Arena: Pavilhão Multiusos de Odivelas
Attendance: 2,150
Referees: Martin Vulić (CRO), Geert Jacobs (BEL), Ivor Matějek (CZE)
25 February 2024 Ukraine   77–79   Portugal Riga, Latvia
21:00 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 16–26, 16–21, 27–15, 18–17
Pts: Kovliar 17
Rebs: Bobrov 8
Asts: Kovliar 10 		Boxscore Pts: Queiroz 21
Rebs: Queiroz 6
Asts: Williams 5 		Arena: Arena Riga
Attendance: 900
Referees: Lorenzo Baldini (ITA), Mihkel Männiste (EST), Juozas Barkauskas (LTU)
22 November 2024 Portugal   vs.   Slovenia Portugal
Boxscore
25 November 2024 Slovenia   vs.   Portugal Slovenia
Boxscore

2025

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20 February 2025 Israel   vs.   Portugal Israel
Boxscore
23 February 2025 Portugal   vs.   Ukraine Portugal
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Team

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Current roster

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Roster for the EuroBasket 2025 Qualifiers matches on 22 and 25 February 2024 against Israel and Ukraine.[18][19]

Portugal men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
SG 0 Diogo Brito 26 – (1997-04-24)24 April 1997 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Força Lleida  
F 2 Vladyslav Voytso 24 – (1999-07-30)30 July 1999 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Estela  
C 3 Ricardo Monteiro 27 – (1997-02-13)13 February 1997 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Almansa  
SF 5 Travante Williams 30 – (1993-07-29)29 July 1993 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Manresa  
F/C 8 Gonçalo Delgado 33 – (1990-10-18)18 October 1990 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) CD Póvoa  
PG 9 Diogo Ventura 29 – (1994-06-24)24 June 1994 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Sporting CP  
PF 11 Miguel Queiroz 32 – (1991-07-04)4 July 1991 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) Porto  
PG 13 Diogo Gameiro 28 – (1995-08-13)13 August 1995 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) Benfica  
SF 21 André Cruz 21 – (2002-04-23)23 April 2002 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Sporting CP  
G/F 25 Nuno Sá 26 – (1997-03-25)25 March 1997 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) Porto  
PG 28 Rafael Lisboa 24 – (1999-11-27)27 November 1999 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Estela  
C 29 Cândido Sá 31 – (1992-11-07)7 November 1992 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Portimonense  
C 33 Daniel Relvão 27 – (1996-06-26)26 June 1996 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Benfica  
F 34 Rúben Prey 19 – (2005-02-16)16 February 2005 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Joventut  
Head coach
  •   Mário Gomes
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the competition
  • Age – describes age
    on 22 February 2024

Depth chart

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Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Daniel Relvão Cândido Sá Ricardo Monteiro
PF Miguel Queiroz Gonçalo Delgado
SF Travante Williams Rúben Prey André Cruz
SG Diogo Brito Vladyslav Voytso Nuno Sá
PG Diogo Ventura Rafael Lisboa Diogo Gameiro

Head coach position

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Notable players

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Past rosters

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1951 EuroBasket: finished 15th among 18 teams

3 Mário Almeida, 4 Bernardo Leite, 5 Rui Duarte, 6 Avelino Carmo, 7 Máximo Couto, 8 Lenine Santos, 9 José Oliveira,
10 Antonio Cardoso, 11 César Cardoso, 12 Domingos Diogo, 14 José Almeida, 15 João Coutinho (Coach: Fernando Amaral)

2007 EuroBasket: finished 9th among 16 teams

4 Miguel Minhava, 5 Mário Gil Fernandes, 6 Sérgio Ramos, 7 Paulo Cunha, 8 Francisco Jordão, 9 Filipe da Silva, 10 João Gomes,
11 Jorge Coelho, 12 Paulo Simão, 13 Elvis Évora, 14 Miguel Miranda 15 João Santos (Coach: Valentin Melnychuk)

2011 EuroBasket: finished 21st among 24 teams

4 António Tavares, 5 José Costa, 6 Miguel Minhava, 7 Fernando Sousa, 8 Cláudio Fonseca, 9 Filipe da Silva, 10 Carlos Andrade,
11 José Silva, 12 Elvis Évora, 13 Marco Goncalves, 14 Miguel Miranda, 15 João Santos (Coach: Mário Palma)

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Manufacturer

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 15 August 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Spain v Portugal EuroBasket 1935 qualification results". linguasport.com. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
  3. ^ "Portugal v Greece EuroBasket 1951 game results". Archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  4. ^ "Switzerland v Portugal EuroBasket 1951 game results". Archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  5. ^ "EuroBasket 1951 tournament results". Archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  6. ^ "Portugal v Spain EuroBasket 2007 game results". Archive.fiba.com. 3 September 2007.
  7. ^ "Portugal v Latvia EuroBasket 2007 game results". Archive.fiba.com. 5 September 2007.
  8. ^ "Portugal Surprise Israel". fibaeurope.com. 9 September 2007.
  9. ^ "Greece Send Valiant Portugal Home". fibaeurope.com. 11 September 2007.
  10. ^ "Portugal at the EuroBasket 2007". Archive.fiba.com. 11 September 2007.
  11. ^ "Turkey v Portugal EuroBasket 2011 game results". Archive.fiba.com. 31 August 2011.
  12. ^ "Portugal v Spain EuroBasket 2011 game results". Archive.fiba.com. 1 September 2011.
  13. ^ "Portugal at the EuroBasket 2011". Archive.fiba.com. 5 September 2011.
  14. ^ "Portugal during the EuroBasket 2017 Qualifiers". Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  15. ^ "Portugal during the 2019 FIBA World Cup European Pre-Qualifiers". Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  16. ^ "Portugal avoid drama against Luxembourg, sail through to the Second Round". Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  17. ^ "Portugal during the EuroBasket 2022 Pre-Qualifiers". Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  18. ^ ""Eleitos" para a primeira janela de qualificação do EuroBasket 2025". fpb.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  19. ^ "Portugal during the EuroBasket 2025 Qualifiers in February 2024". Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  20. ^ a b 2015 Elvis Evora Photos - Standard Life Team GB Men v Portugal - Basketball, Zimbio.com, Retrieved 8 July 2016.
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