The Czechoslovakia national basketball team ( cz, Československá basketbalová reprezentace, sk, Československé národné basketbalové mužstvo) represented

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in international

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from 1932 to 1992. After the

Dissolution of Czechoslovakia The dissolution of Czechoslovakia ( cs, Rozdělení Československa, sk, Rozdelenie Česko-Slovenska) took effect on December 31, 1992, and was the self-determined split of the federal republic of Czechoslovakia into the independent countries o ...

in 1993, the

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and

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...

set up their own national teams. The present-day Czech Republic national basketball team is recognized as the successor to the Czechoslovak team.

Medals

EuroBasket 1935 The 1935 FIBA European Championship, commonly called EuroBasket 1935, was the first FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA, as well as a test event preceding the first Olympic basketball tournament at the 1936 Summer Oly ...

– Bronze medal *

EuroBasket 1946 The 1946 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1946, was the fourth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA and the first since 1939 due to World War II. Ten national teams affiliated with the Internat ...

– Champions *

EuroBasket 1947 The 1947 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1947, was the fifth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA. Fourteen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) took ...

– Silver medal *

EuroBasket 1951 The 1951 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1951, was the seventh FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA. Eighteen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) en ...

– Silver medal *

EuroBasket 1955 The 1955 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1955, was the ninth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA. Eighteen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) enter ...

– Silver medal *

EuroBasket 1957 The 1957 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1957, was the tenth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. Sixteen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIB ...

– Bronze medal *

EuroBasket 1959 The 1959 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1959, was the eleventh FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. The tournament, which was hosted by Turkey, began on 21 May 1959 and concluded w ...

– Silver medal *

EuroBasket 1967 The 1967 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1967, was the fifteenth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. Venues First round Group A – Helsinki Group B – Tampere Knockout ...

– Silver medal *

EuroBasket 1969 The 1969 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1969, was the sixteenth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. First round Group A – Caserta Group B – Naples Knockout stage Pla ...

– Bronze medal *

EuroBasket 1977 The 1977 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1977, was the twentieth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. Venues Group stage Group A – Liège Group B – Ostend ...

– Bronze medal *

EuroBasket 1981 The 1981 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1981, was the 22nd FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. The competition was hosted by Czechoslovakia and took place from 26 May to 5 June 198 ...

– Bronze medal *

EuroBasket 1985 The 1985 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1985, was the 24th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. It took place from 5 to 16 June 1985 in West Germany. The Soviet Union defeated Czec ...

– Silver medal

History

EuroBasket 1935

The Czechoslovak side came in third place at the first European basketball championship, the

held by the

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continental federation. They defeated

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in the preliminary round to advance to the semifinals. There they lost to

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, resulting in a playoff for third place with

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which the Czechoslovaks won 25–23.

EuroBasket 1937

In the

EuroBasket 1937 The 1937 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1937, was the second FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA. Eight national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) took pa ...

competition, the Czechoslovaks finished seventh of eight teams. Their preliminary group included the powerful French,

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, and Latvian teams, each of which defeated Czechoslovakia in the preliminary round. The Czechoslovaks then faced

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in the classification semifinals, losing again. Their final match was against

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in the 7th/8th playoff; since Egypt had withdrawn during preliminary play, Czechoslovakia received their only win by default.

EuroBasket 1946

Czechoslovakia returned to European competition with

. They started off well in a tournament notably lacking the Baltic countries that had dominated the pre-war competitions. Defeating Switzerland and then

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, the Czechoslovak team placed first in the preliminary round group of three. They moved on to the semifinal round, facing the

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. A 42–28 win secured a place in the championship game for Czechoslovakia. In that game, they played the undefeated

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. After training 18–21 at halftime, Czechoslovakia came back to win the game 34–32 to win their first European championship.

EuroBasket 1947

Defending champions and tournament hosts Czechoslovakia started off well again at

, winning all three of their preliminary round matches and then all three of their semifinal round matches. This put them in their first match up against the

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in the championship game. In the first of five championship game matches between the European titans, Czechoslovakia lost 56–37 to finish with a

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EuroBasket 1951

Czechoslovakia did not compete at

EuroBasket 1949 The 1949 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1949, was the sixth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA. Seven national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) took par ...

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, returning to the European championships at

in Paris. They endured some hardship in the tournament, losing to

in the preliminary round to finish the round 2–1 and second-ranked of the four teams in the pool. This was sufficient to advance to the semifinal round, however. There, they faced the dominant

, losing their second game of the tournament and again finishing second of four in the pool with a 2–1 record. This put them in a match up against the first-ranked team from the opposite pool, hosts

. Czechoslovakia won 59–50, advancing to the final, a rematch against the Soviets. In what was by far the closest game the Soviets had yet endured in European play, Czechoslovakia managed to bring the game to a 44–44 tie with 1 second remaining to play before fouling

Ilmar Kullam Ilmar Kullam (15 June 1922 in Tartu – 2 November 2011 in Tartu) was an Estonian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the Soviet team, which won the silver medal. He played all eigh ...

and sending him to the free throw line to attempt a free throw. Kullam made the shot, but one of the referees gave an initial signal that he had stepped on the line during the attempt and that therefore the shot did not count. Consultation with another referee eventually resulted in the point being allowed, and Czechoslovakia lost its second championship game to the Soviet Union 45–44.

EuroBasket 1953

After placing in the top two in each of their last three appearances, the fourth-place finish that Czechoslovakia earned at

EuroBasket 1953 The 1953 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1953, was the eighth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA. Seventeen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) en ...

in Moscow was somewhat of a disappointment. However, the difference between 2nd and 5th in 1953 was a 4-way tie-breaker, in which the Czechoslovakia squad had gotten the third spot for fourth place overall. The preliminary round posed little difficulty, with Czechoslovakia winning all three games. The final round, however, saw Czechoslovakia lose close matches to

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and

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, as well as the Soviet squad, on their way to a 4–3 record in the final round. This put Czechoslovakia on an equal footing with

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, and Italy in a tie for second behind the Soviets. Despite Czechoslovakia having beaten Hungary and France, both teams came about above Czechoslovakia in the final standings, while Israel was dropped to fifth place.

EuroBasket 1955

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for the

competition, the Czechoslovakia team found itself slaying giants but falling to less vaunted opponents. They had little difficulty in the preliminary round, going 3–0 to advance to the final pool. There, Czechoslovakia defeated powerful

, in Hungary's only loss of the final round on their way to the

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, but also gave

the only win the Yugoslavian team would get in the final round as Czechoslovakia fell 52–49 to the eventual 8th-place finishers. A third-round loss to

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made the round robin look bleak for the Czechoslovak team, as they were already down to 1–2 and had yet to face the

, which had yet to lose a game in 4 tournaments and 31 matches. Nevertheless, Czechoslovakia defeated the Soviets 81–74 in a surprising match. They then won their next three games, finishing in second place with the

and a 5–2, edging out the Soviets who were also 5–2 after losing to Hungary in their sixth match. Czechoslovakia had managed to defeat both the

lists and

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lists, meanwhile losing to teams that finished 5th and 8th.

EuroBasket 1957

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was the location of Czechoslovakia's next European tournament entry,

. They had little difficulty in the preliminary round, winning each of their three games by 18 points or more. In the final round, Czechoslovakia met with

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and

in the second and third matches of the 7-game round robin, losing those two to drop to an early 1–2 record. However, none of the other teams in the final round could match the Czechoslovakia squad, and the team finished at 5–2 with a

behind the Bulgarians and Soviets. Czechoslovak player

Jiří Baumruk Jiří Baumruk (27 June 1930 – 23 November 1989) was a Czech professional basketball player and coach. Club career Baumruk spent his club career playing with Slavia Prague (1952–1953), and namely with Sparta Prague (1950–1951, 1954–1964 ...

was named

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Statistics

Top career caps

Players with the most

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(total

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Top 20 career scorers

Includes total points scored in only games played at the FIBA Pre-Olympic Tournament, the FIBA European Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the

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, the

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, and the

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Rosters

1935 FIBA EuroBasket: finished 3rd among 10 teams Jiří Čtyřoký,

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, Josef Klíma, Josef Moc, František Picek, Václav Voves

1936 Summer Olympic Games The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

: finished 11th among 21 teams Jiří Čtyřoký, Josef Klíma, František Picek, Josef Moc, Karel Kuhn,

Ladislav Prokop Ladislav Prokop (born 9 June 1917, date of death unknown) was a Czech basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary obj ...

Ladislav Trpkoš Ladislav Trpkoš (17 January 1915 in Vysoké Mýto – 30 November 2004)František Kolář ''Encyklopedie olympioniků. Čeští a českoslovenští sportovci na olympijských hrách'', ed. Euromedia Group, Prague 2021, p. 423 was a Czech bask ...

, Hubert Prokop 1937 FIBA EuroBasket: finished 7th among 8 teams Jan Kozák, Josef Klíma, Ladislav Prokop, Josef Bartoníček, Ludvík Dvořáček, Silverius Labohý, Zdeněk Scholler, Bertan Štorkán (Head coach: František Marek) 1939 FIBA EuroBasket: did not participate 1946 FIBA EuroBasket: finished 1st among 10 teams

Ivan Mrázek Ivo "Ivan" Mrázek (18 January 1926 – 4 April 2019) was a Czech professional basketball player and coach. At 5'7 " (1.71 m) tall, he was a point guard. He was named one of FIBA's 50 Greatest Players, in 1991. Playing career Club career In his ...

, Gustáv Hermann, Miloš Bobocký, Jiří Drvota,

Josef Ezr Josef Ezr (3 October 1923 – 2 November 2013) was a Czech basketball player. He was voted to the Czechoslovakian 20th Century Team in 2001. National team career With the senior Czechoslovakian national team, Ezr competed in the men's tou ...

, Ján Hluchý, Josef Křepela,

Pavel Nerad Pavel (Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian and Macedonian: Павел, Czech, Slovene, Romanian: Pavel, Polish: Paweł, Ukrainian: Павло, Pavlo) is a male given name. It is a Slavic cognate of the name Paul (derived from the Greek Pavlos). Pavel ...

, Ladislav Šimáček,

František Stibitz František () is a masculine given name of Czech origin. It is a cognate of Francis, Francisco, François, and Franz. People with the name include: *Frank Daniel (František Daniel) (1926–1996), Czech film director, producer, and screenwriter *F ...

Josef Toms Josef Toms (26 January 1922 – 6 April 2016) was a Czech basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 19 ...

, Ladislav Trpkoš,

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(Head coach: František Hájek) 1947 FIBA EuroBasket: finished 2nd among 14 teams Ivan Mrázek, Jiří Drvota, Gustáv Hermann, Miloš Bobocký, Jan Kozák, Josef Ezr, Karel Bělohradský, Miroslav Dostál, Milan Fráňa,

Václav Krása Václav Krása (8 March 1932 – 19 November 2003)František Kolář ''Encyklopedie olympioniků. Čeští a českoslovenští sportovci na olympijských hrách'', ed. Euromedia Group, Prague 2021, p. 397 was a Czech basketball player. He co ...

, Josef Toms, Ladislav Trpkoš, Emil Velenský, Miroslav Vondráček (Head coach:

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)

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: finished 7th among 23 teams Ivan Mrázek, Jan Kozák, Josef Ezr, Jiří Drvota, Karel Bělohradský,

Ctirad Benáček Ctirad Benáček (8 September 1924 – 1 December 1999) was a Czech basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as Lon ...

, Zdeněk Chlup, Jozef Kalina, Václav Krása, Zoltán Krenický, Josef Křepela, Jiří Siegel, Josef Toms, Ladislav Trpkoš 1949 FIBA EuroBasket: did not participate

1950 FIBA World Championship The 1950 FIBA World Championship, also called the 1st World Basketball Championship – 1950, was an international basketball tournament held by the International Basketball Federation in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 22 October to 3 November ...

: did not participate 1951 FIBA EuroBasket: finished 2nd among 17 teams Ivan Mrázek,

Miroslav Škeřík Miroslav Škeřík (14 October 1924 – 11 January 2013) was a Czech professional basketball player. At 6'5 " (1.97 m) tall, he played the center position. He was the top scorer of EuroBasket 1955, averaging 19.1 points per game. Club playing ca ...

Jaroslav Šíp Jaroslav Šíp (24 November 1930 – 6 November 2014) was a Czech basketball player and coach. He was voted to the Czechoslovakian 20th Century Team in 2001. Playing career Club career During his club playing career, Šíp won five Czecho ...

Zdeněk Bobrovský Zdeněk Bobrovský (1 December 1933 – 21 November 2014) was a Czech basketball player. He was voted to the Czechoslovakian 20th Century Team. National team career With the senior Czechoslovakian national team, Bobrovský competed in the ...

, Jan Kozák, Zdeněk Rylich, Miroslav Baumruk, Zoltán Krenický, Karel Belohradsky, Jindřich Kinský, Jiří Matoušek, Miloš Nebuchla, Arnošt Novák, Karel Sobota, Stanislav Vykydal (Head coach: Josef Andrle)

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: finished 10th among 23 teams Ivan Mrázek, Miroslav Škeřík,

, Jaroslav Šíp, Zdeněk Bobrovský, Jan Kozák, Zdeněk Rylich, Miroslav Baumruk, Jiří Matoušek,

Eugen Horniak Eugen Horniak, or Evžen Horňák (August 28, 1926 in Ružindol – October 6, 2004 in Bratislava) was a Czechoslovak/ Slovak basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; ...

Jaroslav Tetiva Jaroslav Tetiva (alternate spelling: Tětiva; 4 February 1932 – 2 March 2021) was a Czech basketball player. He was voted to the List of the best Czech basketball players of the 20th century, Czechoslovakian 20th Century Team in 2001. With th ...

, Josef Ezr, Lubomír Kolář, Miloslav Kodl 1953 FIBA EuroBasket: finished 4th among 17 teams Ivan Mrázek, Jiří Baumruk, Zdeněk Bobrovský, Jan Kozák, Miroslav Škeřík, Zdeněk Rylich, Radoslav Šíp, Jaroslav Tetiva, Jaroslav Šíp, Jindřich Kinský, Eugen Horniak, Rudolf Stanček, Lubomir Kolář (Head coach: Lubomír Dobrý)

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: did not participate 1955 FIBA EuroBasket: finished 2nd among 18 teams Ivan Mrázek, Jiří Baumruk, Zdeněk Bobrovský, Miroslav Škeřík, Jaroslav Šíp, Zdeněk Rylich, Jaroslav Tetiva, Radoslav Sís, Eugen Horniak, Jan Kozák, Lubomír Kolář, Dušan Lukášik, Jiří Matoušek,

Milan Merkl Milan ( , , Lombard language, Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the List of cities in Italy, second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 ...

(Head coach: Josef Fleischlinger)

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: did not participate 1957 FIBA EuroBasket: finished 3rd among 16 teams Jiří Baumruk, Miroslav Škeřík, Zdeněk Bobrovský, Jaroslav Šíp, Zdeněk Rylich, Lubomír Kolář, Dušan Lukášik,

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, Milan Merkl,

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, Jaroslav Tetiva, Jiří Tetiva (Head coach: Gustáv Hermann) 1959 FIBA EuroBasket: finished 2nd among 17 teams Jiří Baumruk,

František Konvička František Konvička (born August 11, 1938 in Okříšky, Czechoslovakia) is a former Czech professional basketball player and coach. At 6'3 " tall (1.92 m), he played at the small forward position. Playing career Club career Konvička spent his ...

, Bohumil Tomášek, Jaroslav Křivý, Miroslav Škeřík, Jaroslav Šíp,

Boris Lukášik Boris Lukášik (born 24 February 1935) is a Slovak basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII ...

, Dušan Lukášik, Zdeněk Rylich, Jiří Šťastný, Jaroslav Tetiva, Bohuslav Rylich (Head coach: Gustáv Hermann)

1959 FIBA World Championship The 1959 FIBA World Championship was the 3rd FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's teams. It was hosted by Chile from 16 to 31 January 1959. Amaury Antônio Pasos was named the MVP. The hosting citie ...

: did not participate 1960 Summer Olympic Games: finished 5th among 16 teams Jiří Baumruk, František Konvička,

Vladimír Pištělák Vladimír Pištělák (born 30 July 1940) is a Czech former basketball player and coach. He was voted to the Czechoslovakian 20th Century Team in 2001. Playing career Club career Pištělák won five Czechoslovakian League championships (196 ...

, Bohumil Tomášek, Zdeněk Bobrovský, Jiří Tetiva, Boris Lukášik, Jiří Šťastný, Bohuslav Rylich, Jan Kinský, Dušan Lukášik, Zdeněk Konečný (Head coach:

) 1961 FIBA EuroBasket: finished 5th among 19 teams František Konvička, Vladimír Pištělák, Jiří Baumruk, Zdeněk Bobrovský, Bohumil Tomášek, Bohuslav Rylich, Jaroslav Tetiva, František Pokorný, Zdeněk Konečný,

Jiří Marek Jiří Marek (Josef Jiří Puchwein) (30 May 1914, in Prague – 10 December 1994, in Prague) was a Czech writer, educator, journalist and screenwriter.Adamovič, Ivan; NNeff, Ondřej. Slovník české literární fantastiky a science fiction. Prah ...

, Miloš Pražák, Vladimír Lodr (Head coach: L. Krnáč) 1963 FIBA EuroBasket: finished 10th among 16 teams Jiří Zídek, Jan Bobrovský, František Konvička, Vladimír Pištělák, Bohumil Tomášek,

Jiří Růžička Jiří Růžička (born 4 June 1941) is a Czech former basketball player. He was voted to the Czechoslovakian 20th Century Team in 2001. Playing career Club career During his club career, Růžička won six Czechoslovakian League championsh ...

Robert Mifka The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...

, Boris Lukášik, Bohuslav Rylich, Zdeněk Konečný, Jaroslav Tetiva, Miloš Pražák (Head coach: Ivan Mrázek)

1963 FIBA World Championship The 1963 FIBA World Championship was the 4th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's teams. The competition was hosted by Brazil. The Philippines was originally supposed to host the tournament but FIBA ...

: did not participate 1964 Summer Olympic Games: did not participate 1965 FIBA EuroBasket: finished 7th among 16 teams Jiří Zídek, František Konvička, Jan Bobrovský, Jiří Růžička, Vladimír Pištělák, Robert Mifka,

Jiří Zedníček Jiří Zedníček (born February 14, 1945) is a former Czech professional basketball player. He was voted to the Czechoslovakian 20th Century Team. Club career In his club career, Zedníček won the European-wide secondary level FIBA Cup Winner ...

, Bohumil Tomášek, Jiří Ammer, Jiří Šťastný,

Karel Baroch Karel may refer to: People * Karel (given name) * Karel (surname) * Charles Karel Bouley, talk radio personality known on air as Karel * Christiaan Karel Appel, Dutch painter Business * Karel Electronics, a Turkish electronics manufacturer * ...

Zdeněk Hummel Zdeněk is a Czech given name derived from the Latin name Sidonius. contested the relation with the Latin name, and an alternative etymology is a diminutive of Zdeslav.Jan Svoboda, Staročeská osobní jména se základem sd , sdě-, :Onomasti ...

(Head coach:

Vladimír Heger Vladimír Heger (30 January 1932 – 1 March 2021) was a Czechoslovak basketball player and coach. He was most known for his achievement as head coach of the Czechoslovakia national basketball team, Czechoslovakian and Netherlands national basketb ...

) 1967 FIBA EuroBasket: finished 2nd among 16 teams Jiří Zídek, Vladimír Pištělák, František Konvička, Jan Bobrovský, Jiří Zedníček, Jiří Růžička, Bohumil Tomášek, Jiří Ammer, Robert Mifka, Karel Baroch, Jiří Marek, Celestýn Mrázek (Head coach: Vladimír Heger)

1967 FIBA World Championship The 1967 FIBA World Championship was the 5th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's teams. It was hosted by Montevideo, Uruguay from 27 May to 11 June 1967. Venues Competing nations Competition form ...

: did not participate 1968 Summer Olympic Games: did not participate 1969 FIBA EuroBasket: finished 3rd among 12 teams Jiří Zídek, Jan Bobrovský, Jiří Zedníček, František Konvička, Vladimír Pištělák, Jiří Ammer, Robert Mifka, Jiří Růžička, Karel Baroch, Jiří Konopásek, Petr Novický,

Jan Blažek Jan Blažek (born 20 March 1988) is a Czech Republic, Czech association football, football player who is currently plays for FC Horky nad Jizerou. Blažek is known as a very talented as well as a somewhat controversial player, due to his confli ...

(Head coach: Nikolaj Ordnung)

1970 FIBA World Championship The 1970 FIBA World Championship was the 6th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's teams. It was hosted by Yugoslavia in Sarajevo, Split, Karlovac, Skopje and Ljubljana, from 10 to 24 May 1970. It was ...

: finished 6th among 13 teams Jiří Zídek, Jan Bobrovský, Robert Mifka, Jiří Ammer, Jiří Zedníček, Jiří Růžička, Petr Novický, Jaroslav Kovář, Jiří Konopásek, Jiří Pospíšil, Milan Voračka, Zdeněk Douša (Head coach: Nikolaj Ordnung) 1971 FIBA EuroBasket: finished 5th among 12 teams Kamil Brabenec, Jiří Zídek,

Zdeněk Kos Zdeněk Kos (born 23 June 1951) is a Czech former basketball player and coach. He was voted to the Czechoslovakian 20th Century Team in 2001. Kos was granted Austrian citizenship in 1996. Playing career Club career During his club playing care ...

, Jan Bobrovský, Jiří Zedníček, Jiří Růžička, Karel Baroch, Petr Novický, Jiří Konopásek, Jiří Pospíšil, Bronislav Sako (Head coach: Nikolaj Ordnung)

1972 Summer Olympic Games The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...

: finished 8th among 16 teams Kamil Brabenec, Zdeněk Kos, Jiří Zídek, Jiří Zedníček, Jiří Růžička, Petr Novický, Jiří Konopásek, Zdeněk Douša, Jiří Pospíšil, Jan Blažek, Jiří Balaštík (Head coach: Vladimír Heger) 1973 FIBA EuroBasket: finished 4th among 12 teams Kamil Brabenec, Jiří Zedníček, Jan Bobrovský, Zdeněk Kos, Jiří Zídek, Petr Novický, Josef Klíma, Jiří Pospíšil, Jan Blažek, Vojtěch Petr, Jiří Balaštík, Gustav Hraška (Head coach: Vladimir Heger)

1974 FIBA World Championship The 1974 FIBA World Championship was the 7th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's teams. It was hosted by Puerto Rico from July 3 to 14, 1974. The tournament was won by the Soviet Union. Venues Comp ...

: finished 10th among 14 teams Kamil Brabenec, Jan Bobrovský, Jiří Zedníček, Zdeněk Kos, Jiří Zídek, Zdeněk Douša, Vojtěch Petr, Jaroslav Skála, Jaroslav Beránek, Pavel Pekárek, Zdeněk Hummel, Gustav Hraška (Head coach: Vladimír Heger) 1975 FIBA EuroBasket: finished 6th among 12 teams

Stanislav Kropilák Stanislav Kropilák (10 June 1955 – 14 October 2022) was a Slovak basketball player. At a height of 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m), he was a power forward-center. He is considered to be one of the best European players of his generation. Kropilák was n ...

, Kamil Brabenec, Zdeněk Kos, Jiří Pospíšil, Jaroslav Skála, Zdeněk Douša, Gustav Hraška, Vlastimil Klimeš, Jaroslav Beránek, Jaroslav Kantůrek,

Josef Nečas Josef may refer to *Josef (given name) *Josef (surname) Josef is the surname of the following people: * Jens Josef (born 1967), German composer of classical music, a flutist and academic teacher * Michelle Josef (born 1954), Canadian musician and tr ...

, Jiří Štauch (Head coach: Vladimír Heger) 1976 Summer Olympic Games: finished 6th among 12 teams Stanislav Kropilák, Kamil Brabenec, Zdeněk Kos, Jiří Konopásek, Jiří Pospíšil, Vojtěch Petr, Zdeněk Douša, Gustav Hraška, Jaroslav Kantůrek, Vladimír Ptáček, Justin Sedlák,

Vladimír Padrta Vladimír Padrta (7 October 1952 – 15 September 2009) was a Slovak basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Later he worked as a sport journalist and as a coach for Inter youth basketball team. ...

(Head coach: Vladimír Heger) 1977 FIBA EuroBasket: finished 3rd among 12 teams Kamil Brabenec, Stanislav Kropilák, Zdeněk Kos, Jiří Pospíšil, Vlastimil Klimeš, Zdeněk Douša, Gustav Hraška, Josef Nečas, Vojtěch Petr, Jiří Konopásek, Vladimír Ptáček, Pavol Bojanovský (Head coach:

Pavel Petera Pavel (Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian and Macedonian: Павел, Czech, Slovene, Romanian: Pavel, Polish: Paweł, Ukrainian: Павло, Pavlo) is a male given name. It is a Slavic cognate of the name Paul (derived from the Greek Pavlos). Pavel ...

)

1978 FIBA World Championship The 1978 FIBA World Championship was the 8th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's teams. The tournament was hosted by the Philippines from October 1 to 14, 1978 in Rizal Memorial Coliseum in Manila an ...

: finished 9th among 14 teams Stanislav Kropilák, Kamil Brabenec, Zdeněk Kos, Jiří Pospíšil, Zdeněk Douša, Vojtěch Petr, Gustav Hraška, Vlastimil Klimeš, Vladimír Ptáček, Vlastimil Havlík, Pavol Bojanovský,

Marian Kotleba Marian Kotleba (; born 7 April 1977) is a Slovak politician and leader of the far-right, neo-Nazi

(Head coach: Pavel Petera) 1979 FIBA EuroBasket: finished 4th among 12 teams Kamil Brabenec, Zdeněk Kos, Stanislav Kropilák, Vojtěch Petr, Jiří Pospíšil, Vlastimil Klimeš, Gustav Hraška, Zdeněk Douša, Jaroslav Skála, Vlastimil Havlík, Zdeněk Böhm, Peter Rajniak (Head coach: Pavel Petera)

1980 Summer Olympic Games The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

: finished 9th among 12 teams Kamil Brabenec, Stanislav Kropilák, Jaroslav Skála, Zdeněk Kos, Jiří Pospíšil, Gustav Hraška, Vlastimil Havlík, Pavol Bojanovský, Vlastimil Klimeš, Zdeněk Douša, Dušan Žáček, Peter Rajniak (Head coach: Pavel Petera) 1981 FIBA EuroBasket: finished 3rd among 12 teams Zdeněk Kos, Kamil Brabenec, Stanislav Kropilák, Jaroslav Skála, Vojtěch Petr, Gustav Hraška, Vlastimil Klimeš, Zdeněk Böhm, Vlastimil Havlík, Peter Rajniak,

Juraj Žuffa Juraj is a given name used in a number of Slavic languages, including Czech, Slovak, and Croatian. Pronounced "You-rye" but with a trilled r. The English equivalent of the name is George. Notable people * Juraj Chmiel, Czech diplomat and politici ...

, Justin Sedlak (Head coach: Pavel Petera)

1982 FIBA World Championship The 1982 FIBA World Championship was the 9th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's teams. The tournament was hosted by Colombia from 15 to 28 August 1982. Qualification Venues Competing nation ...

: finished 10th among 13 teams Stanislav Kropilák, Zdeněk Kos, Vojtěch Petr, Gustav Hraška, Jaroslav Skála, Vlastimil Havlík, Zdeněk Böhm, Vlastimil Klimeš, Juraj Žuffa, Peter Rajniak, Vladimír Ptáček, Dušan Žáček (Head coach: Pavel Petera) 1983 FIBA EuroBasket: finished 10th among 12 teams Stanislav Kropilák, Jiří Okáč, Jaroslav Skála, Vojtěch Petr, Gustav Hraška, Zdeněk Böhm, Vlastimil Havlík, Juraj Žuffa, Vladimír Ptáček, Peter Rajniak, Blažej Mašura, Jiří Jandák (Head coach: Pavel Petera)

1984 Summer Olympic Games The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

: did not participate 1985 FIBA EuroBasket: finished 2nd among 12 teams Kamil Brabenec, Stanislav Kropilák, Jiří Okáč, Zdeněk Böhm, Vlastimil Havlík, Jaroslav Skála, Juraj Žuffa, Oto Matický, Peter Rajniak, Igor Vraniak,

Vladimír Vyoral Vladimir may refer to: Names * Vladimir (name) for the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak and Slovenian spellings of a Slavic name * Uladzimir for the Belarusian version of the name * Volodymyr for the Ukr ...

, Leoš Krejčí (Head coach: Pavel Petera)

1986 FIBA World Championship The 1986 FIBA World Championship was the 10th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's teams. It was hosted by Spain and was held from 5 to 20 July 1986. The final phase of the tournament was held at the ...

: did not participate 1987 FIBA EuroBasket: finished 8th among 12 teams Kamil Brabenec, Stanislav Kropilák, Jiří Okáč, Oto Matický, Vlastimil Havlík, Jaroslav Skála, Juraj Žuffa, Peter Rajniak, Josef Jelínek,

Jozef Michalko Jozef or Józef is a Dutch, Breton, Polish and Slovak version of masculine given name Joseph. A selection of people with that name follows. For a comprehensive list see and .. * Józef Beck (1894–1944), Polish foreign minister in the 1930s * ...

, Leoš Krejčí, Štefan Svitek (Head coach: Pavel Petera)

1988 Summer Olympic Games The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

: did not participate 1989 FIBA EuroBasket: did not participate

1990 FIBA World Championship The 1990 FIBA World Championship was the 11th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's teams. It was hosted by Argentina from 8 to 19 August 1990. The final phase of the competition was held at the Luna Pa ...

: did not participate 1991 FIBA EuroBasket: finished 6th among 8 teams Jiří Okáč,

Richard Petruška Richard Petruška (born January 25, 1969) is a Slovak-Italian former professional basketball player and coach. He was born in Levice, Czechoslovakia. At a height of 6'10" (2.08 m) tall, and a weight of 260 lbs. (118 kg), he played at the power ...

, Václav Hrubý, Jozef Michalko, Leoš Krejčí, Július Michalík,

Pavel Bečka Pavel Bečka (born November 7, 1970) is a former Czech professional basketball player. Bečka mainly played as a center. Professional career Bečka spent the majority of his pro career with EWE Baskets Oldenburg. His jersey number 8 was retired ...

Jan Svoboda Jan, JaN or JAN may refer to: Acronyms * Jackson, Mississippi (Amtrak station), US, Amtrak station code JAN * Jackson-Evers International Airport, Mississippi, US, IATA code * Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN), a Syrian militant group * Japanese Article Numb ...

, Vladimír Vyoral, Štefan Svitek,

Michal Ježdík Michal (; he, מיכל , gr, Μιχάλ) was, according to the first Book of Samuel, a princess of the United Kingdom of Israel; the younger daughter of King Saul, she was the first wife of David (), who later became king, first of Juda ...

, Stanislav Kameník (Head coach: Jan Bobrovský)

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