Slovakia men's national basketball team


The Slovakia national basketball team represents Slovakia in international basketball competition. The supervising body is the Slovak Basketball Association.
Slovakia is one of the newest national basketball teams in the world, having split from Czechoslovakia after the dissolution of the unified state in 1993. They joined FIBA later that year, and played in their first match as an independent against Switzerland. The national team to date does not have much history on the international level. Although they have attempted to qualify for the top European basketball tournament in the past, being the EuroBasket, but have yet to reach qualification.

History

The Czech era

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

After gaining independence from Czechoslovakia, the Slovak national team on numerous attempts tried to qualify for the EuroBasket, but were unsuccessful. During qualification for the 2019 FIBA World Cup, Slovakia took part in 2019 FIBA World Cup Pre-Qualifiers, but were ultimately eliminated with an 1-5 record in their group. They later went through EuroBasket 2021 Pre-Qualifiers to attempt to qualify for EuroBasket 2021. But Slovakia were denied again, after finishing with a 3-5 record in pre-qualifying.

Competitive record

EuroBasket

FIBA World Cup

Olympic Games

Team

Current roster

Roster for the EuroBasket 2021 Pre-Qualifiers matches played on 3 to 21 August 2019 against Cyprus and Romania.

Depth chart

Head coach position

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