The Hungary men's national basketball team ( hu, Magyar nemzeti kosárlabda-válogatott) represents

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the ...

in international

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tournaments. It is governed by the

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(MKOSZ). Hungary's best period during international competition came in the 1940s to the 1960s. It was where the national team won several medals at the EuroBasket ( 1946,

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, 1955), and reached the

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on four out of the first six occasions of the event overall. However, after that era, the team has only qualified for the continental showpiece three times (

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) since 1969. Hungary also continues to vie for their debut appearance to the FIBA World Cup.

History

EuroBasket 1935

The Hungarian side came in ninth place at the first European Basketball Championship, the

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 Olym ...

held by the

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's FIBA Europe continental federation. They faced the eventual champions Latvia in the preliminary round, falling 46–12. In the classification matches, the Hungarians lost to

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, then defeated

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to finish ninth with a 1–2 record.

EuroBasket 1939

After not competing in the 1937 edition, the Hungarians returned to the

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. Once again, Hungary was one of eight teams that qualified for the event. Hungary lost its first six games. The biggest defeat was a massive blowout to the host Lithuania 79-15. Although in their last match, Hungary displayed a strong performance as they defeated

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45-16 which provided some reconciliation for their loss against Lithuania. Hungary eventually finished the tournament seventh in the eight team field.

EuroBasket 1946

The next European competition was the

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. Hungary placed second in their preliminary round group of four, losing to

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but defeating

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and

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. This qualified the Hungarians for the semi-finals, which they lost to

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. In the bronze medal match, Hungary defeated

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38–32.

EuroBasket 1947

Hungary competed at the

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the next year. Their 1–1 record in the preliminary phase was sufficient for them to advance to the semifinal groups; However, they lost all three games there. In the 7th/8th place classification match, they defeated

59–29 to finish seventh of the fourteen teams.

EuroBasket 1953

Hungary's next appearance at the

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 ...

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, resulted in the team's second EuroBasket medal. Their preliminary group adversaries included hosts and defending champions

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, who gave Hungary their only loss in the pool. Their 2–1 record put Hungary in second place in the pool and advanced them to the final round. There, they lost again to the Soviets as well as fellow perennial powers

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and

. Hungary defeated the other four teams in the round, however, their 4–3 record put them in a tie with Czechoslovakia, France, and

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. The Hungarians came out on top of the tie-breaker, as they finished in second place overall behind the Soviet Union to take the silver medal.

EuroBasket 1955

The Hungarian capital

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gained the hosting rights for the

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 ...

. The results of the preliminary round were hardly surprising for the Hungarians, as they won all three of their games to proceed to the final round. Their first match in that round was against

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, and the Hungarians quickly found themselves in the bottom half of the final round group with a 75–65 loss. Their next four games, however, were much different and Hungary defeated

and

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to rise to a 4–1 record. This put them in a tie for the lead of the group with the

, which had lost to Czechoslovakia. In a game that was never particularly close, the Hungarians handed the Soviets only their second loss, 82–68, in 34 games and four EuroBasket tournaments. Hungary advanced to 5–1, in sole lead of the pool, which they never relinquished. Hungary then finished it all off in victorious fashion over

to win the gold medal at the Euros for the first time.

EuroBasket 1957

At the

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Hungary cruised to a 3-0 record in their preliminary phase group, with their only true test coming in a narrow 66-65 victory over Romania. It was enough for national team to advance to the final round of the competition. There, they lost in turn to each of the other three preliminary pool winners, finishing at 4–3 in the round to take fourth place overall.

EuroBasket 2017

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marked the first EuroBasket appearance for the national team since

. With no real expectations heading into it, Hungary surprised many with their performance in the preliminary stage getting their first EuroBasket victory since

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. They finished with a 2-3 record, with wins over the

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, and

. It was enough for the national team to advance to the knockout stage. There they matched up against

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, where they put up an valiant effort in defeat against the eventual runners-up 86-78.

EuroBasket 2022 qualification

At the

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, Hungary surprisingly defeated defending Champion

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77-75.

Benedek Váradi Benedek Váradi (born 5 February 1995) is a Hungarian professional basketball player for Rytas Vilnius of the Lithuanian Basketball League. Professional career Váradi has been the team captain of his club Falco KC, which he led to the Champions ...

labelled the victory as "among the most important" in his career.

Competitive record

FIBA World Cup

Olympic Games

Notes : Hungary withdrew from the tournament.

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considers two games as forfeited (walkover)

EuroBasket

Team

Current roster

Roster for 2023 World Cup Qualifiers matches on 11 and 14 November 2022 against

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and

Depth chart

Head coach history

Past rosters

1935 EuroBasket: finished 9th among 10 teams 3

Zoltán Csányi Zoltán Csányi (26 December 1912 – 6 January 1993) was a Hungarian Sport of athletics, athlete. He competed in the Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's decathlon, men's decathlon at the 1936 Summer Olympics. References Exter ...

, 4 Ferenc Kolozs, 5 Emil Kozma, 6 Tibor Lehel, 7 Sándor Lelkes, 8 Sándor Nagy, 9 László Rózsa, 10 István Szamosi, 11 Zoltán Szúnyogh, 12 Ferenc Velkei (Coach: István Király) ----

1939 EuroBasket The 1939 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1939, was the third FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA. Eight national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) took par ...

: finished 7th among 8 teams 3 Aba Szathmary, 4 János Gyimesi, 5 Géza Bajári, 6 Ferenc Velkei, 7 Géza Kardos, 8 Gyula Stolpa, 10 Sándor Csányi, 11

, 12 János Szabó, 13 István Szamosi (Coach: István Király) ---- 1946 EuroBasket: finished 3rd among 10 teams 3

Tibor Mezőfi Tibor Mezőfi (March 18, 1926 in Rákospalota – August 10, 2000 in Budapest) was a Hungarian basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaise ...

, 4 Antal Bánkuti, 5 Géza Bajári, 6 Ferenc Velkei, 7 Géza Kardos, 8 Ede Vadászi, 9

György Nagy György Nagy (21 December 1926 – 7 September 2004) was a Hungarian 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 a ...

, 11 Laszlo Kiralyhidi, 12 Géza Rácz, 14 Ferenc Németh (

MVP In team sports, a most valuable player award, abbreviated 'MVP award', is an honor typically bestowed upon an individual (or individuals, in the instance of a tie) whose individual performance is the greatest in an entire league, for a particu ...

) (Coach: István Király) ---- 1947 EuroBasket: finished 7th among 14 teams 3 Laszlo Kiralyhidi, 4 László Novakovszky, 5 Ervin Kassai, 6 Gyula Toth, 8 Ede Vadászi, 9

, 10 Ferenc Németh, 11 Antal Bánkuti, 12 István Timár-Geng, 13 Béla Bánkuti, 14 Géza Kardos, 15 László Nádasdy (Coach: István Király) ---- 1948 Olympic Games: finished 16th among 23 teams 3

, 4 László Novakovszky, 5

, 6 István Lovrics, 7 Géza Kardos, 8 Ede Vadászi, 9

Tibor Zsíros Tibor Zsíros (30 June 1930 – 13 February 2013) was a Hungarian basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics, the 1952 Summer Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics. A native of Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the cap ...

, 10 János Halász, 11 Antal Bánkuti, 12 Attila Timár-Geng, 13 István Timár-Geng, 14 József Kozma (Coach: István Király) ----

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: finished 16th among 23 teams 3

György Telegdy György Telegdy (10 May 1927 – 8 January 2022) was a Hungarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952) ...

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György Bokor György Bokor (25 November 1928 – 15 June 2014) was a Hungarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952 ...

, 5

, 6 László Bánhegyi, 7

Péter Papp Péter Papp (6 October 1930 – 16 September 1958) was a Hungarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics. References

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János Greminger János Greminger (5 May 1929 – 17 October 2009) was a Hungarian basketball player. He was born in Szeged Szeged ( , ; see also other alternative names) is the third largest city of Hungary, the largest city and regional centre of th ...

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Pál Bogár Pál Bogár (2 September 1927 – 17 August 2012) was a Hungary, Hungarian basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. Bogár was born in Tés. He was part of the Hungarian basketball team, which was eliminated after the g ...

, 11 János Simon, 13 Tibor Cselkó, 14

László Hódi László Hódy (also known as László Hódi, Hódi László and Les Hody) (born July 10, 1934) was a Hungarian and Australian basketball player who competed for Hungary in the 1952 Summer Olympics and Australia in the 1964 Summer Olympics, the f ...

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Tibor Czinkán Tibor Czinkán (10 August 1929 – 20 December 2013) was a Hungarian basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially kn ...

, 16 Ede Komáromi (Coach: János Páder) ---- 1953 EuroBasket: finished 2nd among 17 teams 3 László Bánhegyi, 4

, 5

, 6

, 7

Péter Papp Péter Papp (6 October 1930 – 16 September 1958) was a Hungarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics. References

1930 births 1958 deaths Hungarian men's basketball players Olympic b ...

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, 11 János Simon, 12 Ede Komáromi, 13 Tibor Cselkó, 14 Tibor Remai, 15

(Coach: János Páder) ----

1955 EuroBasket 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 ...

: finished 1st among 18 teams 3 László Bánhegyi, 4

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, 6

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Péter Papp Péter Papp (6 October 1930 – 16 September 1958) was a Hungarian basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics. References

1930 births 1958 deaths Hungarian men's basketball players Olympic b ...

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), 9

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, 11 János Simon, 12 János Bencze, 13 Tibor Cselkó, 14 Laszlo Toth, 15 János Dallos (Coach: János Páder) ----

1957 EuroBasket 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 ...

: finished 4th among 16 teams 3 László Bánhegyi, 4

, 5 László Gabányi, 6 Zoltán Judik, 7 István Liptay, 8

, 9

, 10 Laszlo Toth, 11 János Simon, 12 János Bencze, 13 Pál Borbély, 14 Ervin Keszey (Coach: Zoltán Csányi) ---- 1959 EuroBasket: finished 4th among 17 teams 3 László Bánhegyi, 4

, 5 László Gabányi, 6 Zoltán Judik, 7 Ottó Temesvári, 8

, 9

, 10 Miklós Boháty, 11 János Simon, 12 János Bencze, 13 Kotszan Merenyi, 14 Árpád Glatz (Coach: János Páder) ---- 1960 Olympic Games: finished 9th among 16 teams 3 László Bánhegyi, 4 Ottó Temesvári, 5 László Gabányi, 6 Zoltán Judik, 7 István Liptay, 8

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, 10 Miklós Boháty, 11 János Simon, 12 János Bencze, 14 György Pólik, 15 Árpád Glatz (Coach: János Páder) ---- 1961 EuroBasket: finished 6th among 19 teams 4 Miklós Boháty, 5 László Gabányi, 6 István Sahin Tóth, 7 Istvan Liptai, 8 János Tuboly, 9 György Pólik, 10 Geza Gyulai, 11 Gabor Kulcsar, 12 János Bencze, 13 Ottó Temesvári, 14 Valer Banna, 15 József Kovács (Coach: János Páder) ----

1963 EuroBasket The 1963 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1963, was the thirteenth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe. Sixteen national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation ...

: finished 4th among 16 teams 4 Miklós Boháty, 5 László Gabányi, 6 György Pólik, 7 György Vajdovics, 8

, 9 József Prieszol, 10 Árpád Glatz, 11 János Simon, 12 János Bencze, 13 Tibor Kangyal, 14 Ottó Temesvári, 15 Pál Koczka (Coach:

) ---- 1964 Olympic Games: finished 13th among 16 teams 4 Miklós Boháty, 5 László Gabányi, 6 György Pólik, 7 Pál Koczka, 8

, 9 József Prieszol, 10 Tibor Kangyal, 11 Ödön Lendvay, 12 János Bencze, 13 János Rácz, 14 András Haán, 15 Árpád Glatz (Coach:

) ---- 1965 EuroBasket: finished 15th among 16 teams 4 Matyas Ranky, 5 Laszlo Orbay, 6 György Pólik, 7 Pál Koczka, 8

Gábor Kulcsár Gábor Kulcsar is a Hungarian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1980s. He won two medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold (K-2 10000 m: 1986) and a silver (K-4 10000 m: 1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From l ...

, 9 István Fekete, 10 Valer Banna, 11 Ödön Lendvay, 12 Ferenc Haris, 13 János Rácz, 14 József Tóth, 15 Laszlo Koranyi (Coach:

) ----

1967 EuroBasket 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 ...

: finished 13th among 16 teams 4 Laszlo Orbay, 5 László Gabányi, 6 György Pólik, 7 József Kovács, 8

, 9 József Prieszol, 10 Valer Banna, 11 Imre Nyitrai, 12 Laszlo Koranyi, 13 István Halmos, 14 Ödön Lendvay, 15 Tibor Kangyal (Coach: János Szabó) ----

1969 EuroBasket 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 ...

: finished 8th among 12 teams 4 Laszlo Orbay, 5 László Gabányi, 6 József Kovács, 7 Tamás Pálffy, 8 István Bánhegyi, 9 József Prieszol, 10 Valer Banna, 11 Ödön Lendvay, 12 István Gyurasits, 13

Sándor Gellér Sándor Gellér (12 July 1925 – 13 March 1996) was a Hungarian Olympic football player who played goalkeeper. He was Jewish, and was born in Veseuș, Romania. He was part of the Hungarian national team at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki ...

, 14 Szabolcs Hody, 15 István Hegedűs (Coach: Rezso Eszeki) ----

1999 EuroBasket The 1999 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1999, was the 31st FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe, which also served as Europe qualifier for the 2000 Olympic Tournament, giving a berth ...

: finished 14th among 16 teams 4 Ernő Sitku, 5 Tamás Bencze, 6 László Kálmán, 7 Rolland Halm, 8

István Németh István Németh (born November 16, 1979) is a retired Hungarian professional basketball player. Hungarian national team Németh was a member of the Hungarian national team at the EuroBasket 1999. See also * List of foreign basketball players ...

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Kornél Dávid Dávid Kornél (in English sometimes Kornel David, born October 22, 1971) is a Hungarian former professional basketball player. He is the only Hungarian to play in the NBA. Early life Dávid grew up with the Budapesti Honvéd juniors squad an ...

, 10 Tibor Pankár, 11 Zoltán Boros, 12 László Orosz, 13 Róbert Gulyás, 14 Zalán Mészáros, 15 László Czigler (Coach: Lajos Mészáros) ----

2017 EuroBasket EuroBasket 2017 was the 40th edition of the EuroBasket championship that was organized by FIBA Europe and held between 31 August and 17 September 2017. Beginning from 2017, the continental championships take place every four years with a similar ...

: finished 16th among 24 teams 4 András Ruják, 5

Rosco Allen Rosco Allen (born May 5, 1993) is a Hungarian basketball player for Niigata Albirex BB of Japan’s B.League. He played college basketball for Stanford University. Allen emigrated to the United States from Hungary at age 12 and played high school ...

, 6 Ákos Keller, 7 Krisztián Wittmann, 8

Ádám Hanga Ádám Hanga (born 12 April 1989) is a Hungarian professional basketball player for Real Madrid of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. He was drafted 59th overall by the San Antonio Spurs in the 2011 NBA draft. Hanga won the EuroLeague B ...

, 9 Dávid Vojvoda, 10 Péter Kovács, 11 Norbert Tóth, 12

Csaba Ferencz Csaba Ferencz (born May 24, 1985) is a Hungarian basketball player for BC Körmend and the Hungarian national team. He participated at the EuroBasket 2017 EuroBasket 2017 was the 40th edition of the EuroBasket championship that was organized ...

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Zoltán Perl Zoltán Perl (born June 28, 1995) is a Hungarian professional basketball player for Falco Szombathely of the Nemzeti Bajnokság I/A. Professional career In June 2015, Perl signed a 2-year contract with Betaland Capo d'Orlando of the Italian top ...

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Kemal Karahodžić Kemal Karahodžić ( sr-cyr, Кемал Карахоџић; born July 26, 1989) is a Hungarian professional basketball player who currently plays for the KTE-Duna Aszfalt of the Hungarian League. He also represents the Hungarian national team in ...

, 22 János Eilingsfeld (Coach: Stojan Ivković) ---- 2022 EuroBasket: finished 23rd among 24 teams 1 Mikael Hopkins, 5

, 6 Ákos Keller (C), 8

, 9 Dávid Vojvoda, 11 Szilárd Benke, 12 Ádám Somogyi,
14

György Golomán György "G. G." Golomán (born April 2, 1996) is a Hungarian professional basketball player for Lietkabelis Panevėžys of the Lithuanian Basketball League. He played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins. Golomán went undrafted in the 2018 NB ...

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, 22 János Eilingsfeld, 25

(Coach: Stojan Ivković)

Kit

Manufacturer

*2016–2019: SpaldingHungary , FIBA EuroBasket 2017
FIBA.com, Retrieved 22 March 2017.

Sponsor

*2019:

K&H Bank K&H Bank or ''Kereskedelmi és Hitelbank'' is one of the biggest commercial banks in Hungary, owned by KBC Bank of Belgium. K&H Bank has total assets of HUF 2 826 billion and K&H is one of the leading financial institutions in Hungary in terms o ...

References

External links

*
Hungary FIBA profileHungarian National Team – Men
at Eurobasket.com

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Hungary v Great Britain - Highlights - FIBA EuroBasket 2017 Qualifiers
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EuroBasket 1935

EuroBasket 1939

EuroBasket 1946

EuroBasket 1947

EuroBasket 1953

EuroBasket 1955

EuroBasket 1957

EuroBasket 2017

EuroBasket 2022 qualification

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