Slovakia
FIBA ranking60 Increase (15 September 2023)[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)

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 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

Team

Current roster

Roster for the EuroBasket 2025 Pre-Qualifiers matches in July/August 2023 against Romania and Albania.[5]

Slovakia men's national basketball team roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.NameAge – Date of birthHeightClubCtr.
PG 3 Matej Majerčák 26 – (1996-12-21)21 December 1996 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Ostrava Czech Republic
PG 5 Šimon Krajčovič 29 – (1994-02-14)14 February 1994 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Bremerhaven Germany
C 6 Michael Fusek 28 – (1995-06-05)5 June 1995 2.24 m (7 ft 4 in) Spišskí Rytieri Slovakia
PF 10 Vladimír Brodziansky 29 – (1994-05-08)8 May 1994 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) Joventut Spain
F 12 Milán Szabó 24 – (1998-10-21)21 October 1998 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Inter Bratislava Slovakia
C 13 Tomáš Pavelka 22 – (2000-09-22)22 September 2000 2.14 m (7 ft 0 in) Tartu Estonia
PF 19 Jakub Mokráň 24 – (1999-05-03)3 May 1999 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Opava Czech Republic
F 21 Marek Dolezaj 25 – (1998-04-13)13 April 1998 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Keflavík Iceland
SG 22 Dalibor Hlivák 28 – (1995-05-25)25 May 1995 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Spišskí Rytieri Slovakia
G/F 24 Samuel Volárik 23 – (2000-01-18)18 January 2000 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Komárno Slovakia
SG 77 Lukáš Bolek 25 – (1997-08-11)11 August 1997 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Prievidza Slovakia
G/F 88 Timotej Malovec 19 – (2004-04-25)25 April 2004 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Mega Serbia
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Slovakia Michal Madzin
  • Slovakia Maroš Helmecy
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 Bench 3
C Michael Fusek Boris Bojanovský Tomáš Pavelka Jakub Petráš
PF Vladimír Brodziansky Marek Dolezaj Jakub Merešš Martin Bachan
SF Dávid Abrhám Richard Körner Juraj Páleník Matúš Hronský
SG Mário Ihring Róbert Rozánek Timotej Malovec Marcel Bátovský
PG Šimon Krajčovič Andre Jones Matej Majerčák Tomáš Mrviš

Head coach position

  • Slovakia Milan Cernicky – (2004–2010)
  • Slovakia Peter Balint – (2011–2012)
  • Slovakia Miroslav Grznár – (2012–2013)
  • Slovakia Milan Cernicky – (2014–2015)
  • Croatia Ivan Rudež – (2016–2018)
  • Croatia Žan Tabak – (2019–2021)
  • Russia Oleg Meleshchenko – (2021–2022)
  • Croatia Aramis Naglić – (2022–present)

Results and fixtures

  Win   Loss

2023

23 February 2023 Slovakia  82–73  North Macedonia Levice, Slovakia
18:00 (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 22–23, 17–8, 21–27
Pts: Krajčovič 23
Rebs: Malovec 13
Asts: Krajčovič 6		 Boxscore Pts: Shorts 23
Rebs: Krstevski, Maslinko 5
Asts: Shorts 6		 Arena: Športová hala Levice
Attendance: 1,050
Referees: Ventsislav Velikov (BUL), Mehmet Şahin (TUR), Mart Uuehendrik (EST)
26 February 2023 Denmark  71–72  Slovakia Næstved, Denmark
15:30 (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 21–12, 14–21, 14–26, 22–13
Pts: Jukić 21
Rebs: Zohore 15
Asts: Darboe 4		 Boxscore Pts: Brodziansky 29
Rebs: Fusek 8
Asts: Krajčovič 5		 Arena: Næstved Arena
Attendance: 1,334
Referees: Franko Gracin (CRO), Zdravko Rutešić (MNE), Nemanja Ninković (SRB)
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

22 February 2024 Slovakia  vs.  Belgium Bratislava, Slovakia
18:00 (UTC+1)
Boxscore Arena: Hala Pasienky
25 February 2024 Latvia  vs.  Slovakia Riga, Latvia
17:00 (UTC+1)
Boxscore Arena: Arena Riga
22 November 2024 Slovakia  vs.  Spain Slovakia
Boxscore
25 November 2024 Spain  vs.  Slovakia Spain
Boxscore

2025

20 February 2025 Belgium  vs.  Slovakia Belgium
Boxscore
23 February 2025 Slovakia  vs.  Latvia Slovakia
Boxscore

See also

References

  1. ↑ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  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 Pre-Qualifiers in July/August 2023". Retrieved 22 July 2023.
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