Slovakia men's national basketball team

The Slovakia men's national basketball team () 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.

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. 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.

Competitive record

FIBA World Cup World CupQualificationYearPosition1950 to 1990Part of Czechoslovakia 1994Did not qualifyEuroBasket servedas qualifiers 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2019615 202316511 2027413 2031To be determinedTo be determinedTotal0/9 26 7 19

Olympic Games Olympic GamesQualifyingYearPosition1936 to 1992Part of Czechoslovakia1996 to 2016Did not qualifyDid not qualify 2020 2024 2028To be determinedTo be determinedTotal0/8

EuroBasket EuroBasketQualificationYearPosition1935 to 1991Part of Czechoslovakia 1993Did not qualify312 19951174 19971019 19991358 200115312 2003633 2005Division B642 2007Division B642 2009Division B844 2011Division B633 2013Did not qualify1019 20151028 2017615 2022835 20251688 2029To be determinedIn progressTotal0/15 134 50 84

Team Current roster Roster for the EuroBasket 2029 Pre-Qualifiers match on 30 August 2026 against Great Britain.

Depth chart

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 – (2022–2025) Oliver Vidin – (2025–present)

Results and fixtures

2025

2026

2027

Slovakia men's national basketball team

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