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).
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| FIBA ranking | 60  (1 March 2024)[1] | ||
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| Joined FIBA | 1993 | ||
| FIBA zone | FIBA Europe | ||
| National federation | SBA | ||
| Coach | Aramis Naglić | ||
| Nickname(s) | Repre (The Representatives) | ||
| FIBA World Cup | |||
| Appearances | None | ||
| EuroBasket | |||
| Appearances | None | ||
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| 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
The Czechoslovak era
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
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
Olympic Games
| Olympic Games | Qualifying | |||||||
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| Year | Position | Pld | W | L | Pld | W | L | |
| 1936 to 1992 | Part of Czechoslovakia | |||||||
| 1996 to 2016 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | ||||||
 2020 | ||||||||
 2024 | ||||||||
 2028 | To be determined | To be determined | ||||||
| Total | 0/8 | |||||||
EuroBasket
| EuroBasket | Qualification | |||||||
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| Year | Position | Pld | W | L | Pld | W | L | |
| 1935 to 1991 | Part of Czechoslovakia | |||||||
 1993 | Did not qualify | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||
 1995 | 11 | 7 | 4 | |||||
 1997 | 10 | 1 | 9 | |||||
 1999 | 13 | 5 | 8 | |||||
 2001 | 15 | 3 | 12 | |||||
 2003 | 6 | 3 | 3 | |||||
 2005 | Division B | 6 | 4 | 2 | ||||
| 2007 | Division B | 6 | 4 | 2 | ||||
 2009 | Division B | 8 | 4 | 4 | ||||
 2011 | Division B | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||||
 2013 | Did not qualify | 10 | 1 | 9 | ||||
  2015 | 10 | 2 | 8 | |||||
   2017 | 6 | 1 | 5 | |||||
   2022 | 8 | 3 | 5 | |||||
 2025 | To be determined | To be determined | ||||||
| Total | 0/14 | 118 | 42 | 76 | ||||
Team
Current roster
Roster for the EuroBasket 2025 Qualifiers matches on 22 and 25 February 2024 against Belgium and Latvia.[5]
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Depth chart
| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | Bench 3 |
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| 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
Milan Černický – (2004–2010)- Peter Bálint – (2011–2012)
- Miroslav Grznár – (2012–2013)
- Milan Černický – (2014–2015)
Ivan Rudež – (2016–2018)- Žan Tabak – (2019–2021)
Oleg Meleshchenko – (2021–2022)- Aramis Naglić – (2022–present)
Results and fixtures
Win Loss
2023
Slovakia| 22 July 2023 | Romania | 65–69 | Slovakia | Pitești, Romania |
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| 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) | |
Albania| 26 July 2023 | Slovakia | 86–63 | Albania | Levice, Slovakia |
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| 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) | |
Romania| 2 August 2023 | Slovakia | 83–58 | Romania | Levice, Slovakia |
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| 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) | |
Slovakia| 5 August 2023 | Albania | 64–89 | Slovakia | Durrës, Albania |
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| 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
Belgium| 22 February 2024 | Slovakia | 60–75 | Belgium | Bratislava, Slovakia |
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| 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) | |
Slovakia| 25 February 2024 | Latvia | 64–52 | Slovakia | Riga, Latvia |
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| 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) | |
2025
See also
References
External links
- Official website (in Slovak)
- Slovakia FIBA profile
- Slovakia National Team – Men at Eurobasket.com
- Slovakia Basketball Records at FIBA Archive