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Slovakia men's national basketball team

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

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
FIBA ranking59 Increase (15 August 2024)[1]
Joined FIBA1993
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationSBA
CoachAramis Naglić
Nickname(s)Repre
(The Representatives)
FIBA World Cup
AppearancesNone
EuroBasket
AppearancesNone
Home jersey
Team colours
Home
Away jersey
Team colours
Away
First international
 Bosnia 97–69 Slovakia 
(Wrocław, Poland; 30 May 1993)
Biggest win
 Slovakia 100–39 Malta 
(Levice, Slovakia; 7 September 2005)
Biggest defeat
 Belgium 102–59 Slovakia 
(Mons, Belgium; 30 June 2022)

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 Bosnia and Herzegovina. 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

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The Czechoslovak era

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Until 1993, Slovakia was a part of Czechoslovakia, with Slovak born 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

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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 was slotted into Group F to begin the qualifiers. Slovakia, however, 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 amassing a (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

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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 Belgium and Latvia.[5]

Slovakia men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
SG 4 Mário Ihring 25 – (1998-06-13)13 June 1998 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Atomerőmű  
PG 3 Matej Majerčák 27 – (1996-12-21)21 December 1996 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Ostrava  
C 6 Michael Fusek 28 – (1995-06-05)5 June 1995 2.24 m (7 ft 4 in) Spišskí Rytieri  
G 9 Andre Jones 34 – (1990-01-30)30 January 1990 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Dinamo București  
PF 10 Vladimír Brodziansky 29 – (1994-05-08)8 May 1994 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Joventut  
C 13 Tomáš Pavelka 23 – (2000-09-22)22 September 2000 2.14 m (7 ft 0 in) Šiauliai  
PF 18 Jakub Mokráň 24 – (1999-05-03)3 May 1999 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Opava  
F 21 Marek Doležaj 25 – (1998-04-13)13 April 1998 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Keflavík  
SG 22 Dalibor Hlivák 28 – (1995-05-25)25 May 1995 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Spišskí Rytieri  
G/F 24 Samuel Volárik 24 – (2000-01-18)18 January 2000 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Komárno  
PG 55 Šimon Krajčovič 30 – (1994-02-14)14 February 1994 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Bremerhaven  
G/F 88 Timotej Malovec 20 – (2004-04-25)25 April 2004 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Mega  
Head coach
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 Bench 3
C Michael Fusek Boris Bojanovský Tomáš Pavelka Jakub Petráš
PF Vladimír Brodziansky Marek Doležaj Jakub Mokráň Martin Bachan
SF Dávid Abrhám Richard Körner Juraj Páleník Matúš Hronský
SG Mário Ihring Róbert Rožánek Timotej Malovec Marcel Bátovský
PG Šimon Krajčovič Andre Jones Matej Majerčák Tomáš Mrviš

Head coach position

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Results and fixtures

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  Win   Loss

2023

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22 July 2023 Romania   65–69   Slovakia Pitești, Romania
18:00 (UTC+3) Scoring by quarter: 10–18, 19–13, 24–23, 12–15
Pts: Olah 22
Rebs: Olah 10
Asts: Richard 6 		Boxscore Pts: Brodziansky 32
Rebs: Mokráň 8
Asts: Krajčovič 6 		Arena: Pitești Arena
Attendance: 1,005
Referees: Yener Yılmaz (TUR), Alberto Sánchez (ESP), Mehmet Karabilecen (TUR)
26 July 2023 Slovakia   86–63   Albania Levice, Slovakia
18:00 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 30–27, 16–10, 19–3, 21–23
Pts: Brodziansky 19
Rebs: Mokráň 9
Asts: Majerčák 3 		Boxscore Pts: Dusha 19
Rebs: Tola 7
Asts: Lekndreaj, F. Lilaj 2 		Arena: Športová hala Levice
Attendance: 1,300
Referees: Zafer Yılmaz (TUR), Can Mavisu (TUR), Gvidas Gedvilas (LTU)
2 August 2023 Slovakia   83–58   Romania Levice, Slovakia
18:00 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 19–13, 19–18, 23–16, 22–11
Pts: Mokráň 22
Rebs: Brodziansky 10
Asts: Krajčovič 7 		Boxscore Pts: Olah 11
Rebs: Măciucă 7
Asts: Richard 4 		Arena: Športová hala Levice
Attendance: 1,450
Referees: Fernando Calatrava (ESP), Zoran Mitrovski (MKD), Mehmet Şahin (TUR)
5 August 2023 Albania   64–89   Slovakia Durrës, Albania
20:30 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 21–15, 13–26, 15–28, 15–20
Pts: F. Lilaj 14
Rebs: Hamati 7
Asts: Hysa 7 		Boxscore Pts: Hlivák 20
Rebs: Mokráň, Pavelka 5
Asts: Hlivák, Majerčák 6 		Arena: Dhimitraq Goga Sports Palace
Attendance: 150
Referees: Martin Horozov (BUL), Özlem Yalman (TUR), Nemanja Ninković (SRB)

2024

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22 February 2024 Slovakia   60–75   Belgium Bratislava, Slovakia
18:00 (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 13–25, 23–15, 18–24, 6–11
Pts: Brodziansky 17
Rebs: Pavelka 9
Asts: Ihring 4 		Boxscore Pts: Obasohan 22
Rebs: Delalieux, Tumba 5
Asts: Obasohan 4 		Arena: Hala Pasienky
Attendance: 3,068
Referees: Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Lorenzo Baldini (ITA), Valentin Oliot (FRA)
25 February 2024 Latvia   64–52   Slovakia Riga, Latvia
17:05 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 15–10, 16–17, 14–11, 19–14
Pts: Gražulis 18
Rebs: Gražulis 9
Asts: Zoriks 4 		Boxscore Pts: Krajčovič 12
Rebs: Ihring, Mokráň 5
Asts: Ihring 6 		Arena: Arena Riga
Attendance: 10,890
Referees: Saverio Lanzarini (ITA), Viola Györgyi (NOR), Alexandre Deman (FRA)
22 November 2024 Slovakia   vs.   Spain Slovakia
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25 November 2024 Spain   vs.   Slovakia Spain
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2025

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20 February 2025 Belgium   vs.   Slovakia Belgium
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23 February 2025 Slovakia   vs.   Latvia Slovakia
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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. ^ "Slovakia during the EuroBasket 2017 Qualifiers". Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Slovakia during the 2019 FIBA World Cup European Pre-Qualifiers". Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Slovakia during the EuroBasket 2022 Pre-Qualifiers". Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Slovakia during the EuroBasket 2025 Qualifiers in February 2024". Retrieved 22 February 2024.
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