Austria
FIBA ranking65 Decrease 2 (15 September 2023)[1]
Joined FIBA1934
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationBasketball Austria
CoachChris O'Shea
Nickname(s)Das Team
(The Team)
Unsere Burschen
(Our Boys)
FIBA World Cup
AppearancesNone
EuroBasket
Appearances6
MedalsNone
Championship for Small Countries
Appearances2
MedalsGold Gold: (1992, 1996)
First international
 Bulgaria 56–13 Austria 
(Prague, Czechoslovakia; 27 April 1947)
Biggest win
 Algeria 63–119 Austria 
(Böblingen, West Germany; 13 May 1975)
Biggest defeat
 France 100–6 Austria 
(Prague, Czechoslovakia; 28 April 1947)

The Austria men's national basketball team (German: Österreichische Basketballnationalmannschaft) represents Austria in international basketball competition. The team is controlled and organised by Basketball Austria.

Austria has competed at the EuroBasket six times throughout their history. Their best performance overall came at the 1951 tournament. However, the team is still seeking qualification to their first appearance on to the global stage at the FIBA World Cup.

History

EuroBasket 1947

Austria first competed in the European Basketball Championship at EuroBasket 1947, placing 12th of 14 teams. Initially, the team struggled and lost both of their preliminary round matches, along with their first semifinal round match. Then they defeated Albania to place second in the group and set up a match against the Netherlands for 11th and 12th place, which Austria lost after a long battle.

Austria national team before game

EuroBasket 1951

Austria made their second appearance on the continental stage at EuroBasket 1951 in Paris. The national team was eliminated from championship contention after finishing 1–3 in pool play and fourth in their group. They won all three of their first round classification games, however, advancing to the 9th–12th place classification semifinals. A loss to the Netherlands, but a win over West Germany propelled Austria into 11th place of the 18 teams in the tournament.

EuroBasket 1955

Austria's appearance at EuroBasket 1955 in Budapest began with a 2–2 showing in preliminary round play. This was good enough for third place in the pool, and Austria was pushed to classification play. There, they were able to win only 1 out of 4 games (the win coming against West Germany), placing fourth of the five teams in the group. Playing against Luxembourg and then Switzerland in classification for the 13th–16th place playoffs, Austria won both games to finish 13th of the 18 teams.

EuroBasket 1957

In Sofia for the EuroBasket 1957 competition, Austria was defeated three times in the preliminary round. Their 0–3 record put them last in their group and sent them to the classification pool. The team won two games there, finishing at a record of 2–5 to take an overall 14th place in the 16 team tournament.

Later years

Austria went on to qualify to the EuroBasket two more times in 1959 and 1977. But since then it has been a struggle for the national team to qualify for major international basketball tournaments.

Competitive record

Results and fixtures

  Win   Loss

2023

23 February 2023 Poland  87–72  Austria Sosnowiec, Poland
18:00 (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 26–21, 31–17, 14–19, 16–15
Pts: Balcerowski 25
Rebs: Balcerowski 8
Asts: Schenk 10		 Boxscore Pts: Mahalbašić 22
Rebs: Mahalbašić 8
Asts: Mahalbašić 7		 Arena: ArcelorMittal Park
Attendance: 2,760
Referees: Petros Papapetrou (GRE), Alberto Sánchez (ESP), Zdravko Rutešić (MNE)
26 February 2023 Croatia  84–74  Austria Split, Croatia
18:00 (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 23–19, 27–17, 21–20, 13–18
Pts: Filipović 17
Rebs: Branković 7
Asts: Mavra 6		 Boxscore Pts: Mahalbašić 21
Rebs: Brajkovic 10
Asts: Kaferle 7		 Arena: Arena Gripe
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Mehmet Şahin (TUR), Francisco Araña (ESP), Ivor Matějek (CZE)
22 July 2023 Bulgaria  83–71  Austria Botevgrad, Bulgaria
18:00 (UTC+3) Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 19–7, 26–20, 23–24
Pts: Simeonov 29
Rebs: Simeonov 11
Asts: Miller-McIntyre 6		 Boxscore Pts: Vujošević 15
Rebs: Vujošević 6
Asts: Vujošević 7		 Arena: Arena Botevgrad
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Gintaras Mačiulis (LTU), Zdenko Tomašovič (SVK)
26 July 2023 Austria  85–66  Norway Schwechat, Austria
18:30 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 25–15, 24–12, 21–15, 15–24
Pts: Vujošević 21
Rebs: four players 6
Asts: Güttl 5		 Boxscore Pts: Ndow 21
Rebs: Kolstad 7
Asts: Espe 5		 Arena: Multiversum
Attendance: 1,350
Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Martin Vulić (CRO), Ariadna Chueca (ESP)
2 August 2023 Austria  71–85  Bulgaria Schwechat, Austria
19:15 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 13–28, 25–25, 14–16, 19–16
Pts: Vujošević 24
Rebs: Patekar 6
Asts: Kaferle 3		 Boxscore Pts: P. Ivanov, Miller-McIntyre 18
Rebs: Kostadinov, Simeonov 8
Asts: Miller-McIntyre 8		 Arena: Multiversum
Attendance: 1,700
Referees: Michał Proc (POL), Marek Kúkelčík (SVK), Carsten Straube (GER)
5 August 2023 Norway  84–74  Austria Asker, Norway
18:00 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 19–23, 22–18, 21–16
Pts: Ndow 29
Rebs: Berg, Ndow 9
Asts: Kolstad 4		 Boxscore Pts: Güttl 15
Rebs: Lohr 8
Asts: Ersek, Vujošević 5		 Arena: Varner Arena
Attendance: 2,100
Referees: Gatis Saliņš (LAT), Gintaras Vitkauskas (LTU), Armin Mutapčić (GER)

2024

22 February 2024 Austria  vs.  Armenia Vienna, Austria
19:15 (UTC+1)
Boxscore Arena: Hallmann Dome

2025

Team

Current roster

Roster for the EuroBasket 2025 Pre-Qualifiers matches in July/August 2023 against Bulgaria and Norway.[2]

Austria men's national basketball team roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
G/F 2 Lukas Simoner 23 – (1999-08-04)4 August 1999 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Graz Austria
G 5 Bogić Vujošević 30 – (1992-08-05)5 August 1992 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Vienna Austria
PG 7 Sebastian Kaferle 26 – (1996-09-23)23 September 1996 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Gunners Austria
F 9 David Vötsch 21 – (2001-10-01)1 October 2001 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Bulls Austria
PF 16 Renato Poljak 26 – (1997-04-20)20 April 1997 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Gunners Austria
G/F 17 Erol Ersek 24 – (1999-04-20)20 April 1999 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Tübingen Germany
C 18 Daniel Köppel 23 – (2000-05-14)14 May 2000 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) Swans Austria
PG 21 Benedikt Güttl 29 – (1994-02-18)18 February 1994 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Swans Austria
SG 22 Jakob Lohr 20 – (2002-08-23)23 August 2002 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Timberwolves Austria
SF 30 Edi Patekar 23 – (2000-02-24)24 February 2000 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Gunners Austria
G 33 Tobias Schrittwieser 26 – (1996-10-14)14 October 1996 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Bulls Austria
SG 77 Timo Lanmüller 22 – (2001-03-17)17 March 2001 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Ulm Germany
Head coach
  • United States Chris O'Shea
Assistant coach(es)
  • Spain Oriol Comas Bru
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the competition
  • Age – describes age
    on 22 July 2023

Depth chart

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Renato Poljak Daniel Köppel
PF Erol Ersek David Vötsch
SF Edi Patekar Jakob Lohr Lukas Simoner
SG Bogić Vujošević Timo Lanmüller
PG Benedikt Güttl Sebastian Kaferle Tobias Schrittwieser

Head coaches

Notable players

  • Jakob Pöltl – First Austrian-born player to get drafted and play in the NBA.

Past rosters

1947 EuroBasket: finished 12th among 14 teams

3 Frankl, 4 Hans Bohman, 5 Eder, 6 Ganglberger, 7 Franz Gluck, 8 Herbert Haselbacher, 9 Paulin, 10 Konrad Pitsch, 12 Helmut Schmidt, 13 Richard Pollak, 15 Otto Schreiweiss, 16 Vostatek, 17 Hans Zsak, 29 Walter Ledl (Coach: ?)

1951 EuroBasket: finished 11th among 17 teams

3 Hans Zsak, 5 Gerhard Puschner, 6 Peter Vecernik, 7 Richard Pollak, 8 Herbert Haselbacher, 10 Walter Ledl, 13 Felix Schober, 15 Franz Gluck, 16 Hans Bohman, 17 Benno Binder, 18 Ewald Polansky, 19 Hans Praschl (Coach: Miodrag Stefanović)

1955 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 18 teams

3 Gunter Brousek, 4 Karl Hackl, 5 Franz Gebhard, 6 Oskar Doppes, 7 Ewald Polansky, 8 Helmut Schmidt, 9 Karl Thiering, 10 Helmut Schurer, 11 Baczinsky, 12 Johann Karall, 13 Karl Machek, 14 Peter Vecernik, 15 Karl Privoznik, 17 Alfred Probst (Coach: Janos Gerdov)

1957 EuroBasket: finished 14th among 16 teams

3 Nikolaus Waldingbrett, 4 Gunter Brousek, 5 Johann Karall, 6 Friedrich Walz, 7 Ewald Polansky, 8 Herwig Schon, 9 Werner Grohs, 10 Karl Thiering, 11 Alfred Waschkau, 12 Helmut Schurer, 14 Franz Vranitzky, 15 Alfred Probst (Coach: Herbert Haselbacher)

1959 EuroBasket: finished 16th among 17 teams

3 Friedrich Walz, 4 Peter Kotas, 5 Franz Havlicek, 6 Oskar Doppes, 7 Ewald Polansky, 8 Herwig Schon, 9 Walter Ledl, 10 Karl Thiering, 11 Alfred Probst, 12 Heinz Vybiral, 13 Ernst Tutschek, 15 Karl Privoznik (Coach: Herbert Haselbacher)

1977 EuroBasket: finished 12th among 12 teams

4 Wolfgang Vlk, 5 Friedrich Miklas, 6 Bernhard Slavicek, 7 Peter Bilik, 8 Peter Poiger, 9 Herbert Watzke, 10 Erich Tecka, 11 Werner Meisinger, 12 Helmut Zimmel, 13 Walter Fuchs, 14 Peter Wolf, 15 Herbert Haselbacher (Coach: Jan Hluchy)

Kit

Manufacturer

  • 2015–2017: Admiral (Sportwetten)[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  2. ↑ "Austria during the EuroBasket 2025 Pre-Qualifiers in July/August 2023". Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  3. 1 2 FIBA EuroBasket 2017, FIBA.com, Retrieved 16 May 2017.
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