The Russia men's national basketball team (russian: национа́льная сбо́рная Росси́и по баскетболу, natsionalnaya sbornaya rossii po basketbolu) represents Russia in international basketball competition. They are organized and run by the Russian Basketball Federation (RBF). The team came into existence after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and its national team. In the post-Soviet era, the Russia national team consisting of Soviet players under the guidance of Sergei Belov won the silver medal at EuroBasket 1993. It also won silver at the World Cup in consecutive appearances in

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and

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. However, Belov's departure saw Russia face multiple disappointments, until David Blatt took over as head coach. Under Blatt's guidance, the national team became champions at EuroBasket 2007, and also won bronze medals at EuroBasket 2011 and the

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. After Blatt left the staff in late 2012, Russian national basketball experienced a deep crisis due to corruption in the RBF, and the federation's conflict with FIBA. Following a failed performance at EuroBasket 2015, Russia did not qualify for the

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. The situation stabilized after members of the RBF, including president Yulia Anikeeva, were dismissed. The current head coach is Zoran Lukić. After the

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, FIBA banned Russian teams and officials from participating in FIBA basketball and FIBA 3x3 Basketball competitions.

History

Early history (1992–2000)

The history of post-Soviet basketball in Russia dates back to 1992. The head coach back then was Yuri Selikhov. The first major tournament Russia participated in was the EuroBasket 1993 in Germany. The roster included players from the USSR era, among them were Sergey Bazarevich, and Dmitry Sukharev. Russia became runners-up, losing in the final to Germany, 70–71. Sergey Belov was appointed new head coach of the national team after the EuroBasket. Russia debuted at the

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, reaching the final, losing only to the United States, 91–137. At the EuroBasket 1995, Russia displayed a very mediocre performance at the tournament, where the national team eventually finished up in 7th place, with an (5-4) record overall. Two years later Russia beat France 108–89, to claim the bronze medal. At the

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, Russia took home the silver medal. The final tournament under the guidance of Belov was the EuroBasket 1999 in France. In the quarterfinals, the national team lost to Italy, and in the classification matches defeated Germany, but lost to

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in the fifth-place match.

Decline (2000–2006)

Belov was replaced by

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as the new head coach in the new century. Russia debuted at their first

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, in

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, in 2000. Russia lost two matches in the preliminary round and got to the quarterfinals from the bottom of the group, losing there to USA, 85–70. In the classification rounds, Russia lost to Canada, 86–83, in double overtime, finishing the Games in 8th place. At the EuroBasket 2001, the Russians took the overall 5th place. In the preliminary round, Russia won two out of three matches, defeating Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece but falling to Italy. Russia qualified to the quarterfinals as one of the top teams from their group, but lost to Spain, 62–55. Russia won both matches in the classification phase, defeating

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and France. At the

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, Russia exhibited a lackluster outing during the competition and failed to medal, ending in 10th place. In 2002, Sergey Elevich was named the new head coach until 2003, when he was replaced by Sergei Babkov, who also coached for two years. However, Russia played poorly during this time, producing no outstanding results.

Blatt era (2006–2012)

On 9 March 2006, the new head coach of the national team became American- Israeli David Blatt. The period under Blatt's guidance was marked by some great moments. Russia won EuroBasket 2007, defeating the host nation Spain. In the first quarter of the final, the Russians were 10 points down, losing offensive and defensive rebounds and failing to counter Pau Gasol. The team also started the game cold from the three-point line. However, in the 4th quarter Russia came back. With a minute and a half remaining in regulation Spain led by five points, but then David Blatt took a timeout, and Russia decreased the gap. In the final three seconds

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converted on a difficult shot and Russia took the lead by one point. Spain quickly called timeout one second later. Out of the timeout Spain immediately got the ball in to Gasol, for a potential game winner, but the shot was off the mark, and Russia prevailed 60–59. Andrey Kirilenko was named MVP of the tournament. At the

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, in the first match they defeated Iran, but then lost to Croatia, Lithuania,

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, and Argentina. In the group phase Russia took fifth and finished their performance. At EuroBasket 2009, Russia was without its leader Kirilenko and Holden for personal reasons, and Victor Khryapa due to injury. They were replaced by young players Fedor Dmitriev,

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, and

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. The Russians still managed to reach the quarterfinals, but were eventually eliminated by Serbia, to finish 7th in the tournament. On 12 December 2009, Russia received a wild card for the

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. In the preliminary phase, Russia finished second in their group after victories over Puerto Rico, the

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, and Greece, but failed to win against Turkey. In the round of 16, they defeated New Zealand, but finished their performance in the quarterfinals, losing to the Americans, 79–89. Russia as in the last EuroBasket finished 7th, after losing to Argentina and defeating Slovenia. Russia national basketball team

Russia participated at the EuroBasket 2011, winning 10 of 11 matches. They failed to reach the final after losing to France. In the bronze medal game, Russia in a tight game subdued

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. Kirilenko was named to the All-Tournament Team. Notwithstanding their third place, Russia did not directly qualify for the

in London, but qualified instead through the qualifying tournament in Venezuela in early July 2012, where they did not lose a single match. Lithuania vs

At the 2012 Olympics, Russia took the top position in their preliminary phase group, losing only to Australia before advancing. In the quarterfinals Russia defeated Lithuania, but then lost to Spain, 59–67. In the third-place match, Russia defeated Argentina, the Olympic champions of 2004, 81–77. Kirilenko became member of the All-Olympics Team according to ESPN. He was ranked third in blocks and steals, sixth in scoring and eighth in rebounding. On 30 October 2012, Blatt decided to step down as head coach of the national team.

Corruption in the RBF and decline (2012–2016)

In late December a new head coach was chosen, Bilbao Basket coach Fotis Katsikaris. 19 July 2013, three days before the training for the upcoming EuroBasket 2013, he decided not to coach the national team. On the next day he published an open letter in which he explained his decision. He felt that his actions were met with opposition from the administration of the Russian Basketball Federation, especially from acting president Yulia Anikeeva (the future president of the RBF who was arrested in 2016 for corruption), and criticized the dismissal of general manager Oleg Ushakov. Katsikaris was replaced by Vasily Karasev. Losing 4 out of 5 matches in the preliminary round against Italy, Greece,

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and Finland (only winning against Turkey). Team Russia finished in 24th place at the EuroBasket 2013, the worst result ever for the national team. Karasev was then replaced by

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on 29 November 2013. A vast majority of its players declined participating in the EuroBasket 2015, including Timofey Mozgov,

Sergey Karasev Sergey Vasiliyevich Karasev (russian: Серге́й Васильевич Карасёв, Karasyov; born October 26, 1993) is a Russian professional basketball player for Russian team Zenit Saint Petersburg of the VTB United League. He was drafte ...

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, Alexey Shved,

Evgeny Voronov Evgeny Sergeyevich Voronov (russian: Евгений Сергеевич Воронов, born May 7, 1986) is a Russian professional basketball player for Parma Basket of the VTB United League. He is also a member of the Russia national basketball t ...

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Evgeny Valiev Evgeny Damirovich Valiev (russian: Евгений Дамирович Валиев; born May 3, 1990) is a Russian professional basketball player. Professional career On June 25, 2019, he has signed a two-year contract with Khimki of the VTB Unite ...

, and

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. Anton Ponkrashov and

were initially dismissed from the national team, but then returned. FIBA in the last moment allowed team Russia to participate in spite of the disqualification of the RBF. Russia lost four matches in a row to Israel, Poland, Finland, and France, and so failed to qualify for the

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in Rio de Janeiro; they finished 17th. Pashutin resigned on 29 October 2015. An executive committee of the RBF on 20 January 2016 named a new head coach, Sergey Bazarevich. Russia planned to prepare for the EuroBasket 2017, but FIBA suspended the RBF in July 2015. However, later their membership was restored in November 2015. Their disqualification was annulled in late May 2016, and in September 2016 team Russia qualified for the EuroBasket.

Return to European success; Ban (2016–)

At the EuroBasket 2017, Russia defeated four of their five opponents Turkey, Serbia, Belgium, and Great Britain in the preliminary round, losing only to

before advancing. In the knockout stage Russia beat Croatia breaking the 100 points mark, and in the quarterfinals closely defeated Greece to reach the semifinals. Serbia though proved to be too tough this time around defeating Russia 87–79 to reach the final. The bronze medal match between Russia and Spain was won by Spain, 93–85. After the

, FIBA banned Russian teams and officials from participating in FIBA basketball and FIBA 3x3 Basketball competitions.

Honours

Medals table (since 1992)

Competitive record

FIBA World Cup

Olympic Games

FIBA Stanković Continental Champions' Cup

EuroBasket

Results and fixtures

2021

2022

Team

Current roster

Roster for the

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Depth chart

Notable players

* Sergei Panov: 2006 EuroLeague champion. *

: EuroBasket 2007 champion. * Andrei Kirilenko: Was the youngest European basketball player to be drafted, EuroBasket 2007 champion, and MVP;

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in 2007. Flag bearer at

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for Russia. * Victor Khryapa: Portland Trail Blazers and Chicago Bulls (

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), EuroBasket 2007 champion.

Head coach position

* Yuri Selikhov – 1992–1993 * Sergei Belov – 1993–2000 *

– 1999–2002 * Sergey Elevich – 2003–2004 * Sergei Babkov – 2004–2005 * David Blatt – 2006–2012 * Fotis Katsikaris – 2012–2013 * Vasiliy Karasev – 2013 *

– 2014–2015 * Sergey Bazarevich – 2016–2021 * Zoran Lukić – 2021–present

Past rosters

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Dmitry Shakulin Dmitry Shakulin (born May 11, 1968) is a Russian basketball coach and former player. He most recently was an assistant coach for the CSKA Moscow of the VTB United League. With the Russian national team he played at the EuroBasket 1993 where ...

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Vitaly Nosov Vitaly Yevgenyevich Nosov (russian: Виталий Евгеньевич Носов; born 1 February 1968 in Moscow, USSR) is a retired Russian professional basketball player. He was part of the Russian squad that won the silver medal at th ...

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Sergei Bazarevich Sergei Valerianovich Bazarevich (russian: Сергей Валерьянович Базаревич; born 16 March 1965) is a Russian former professional basketball player and coach. At and , he played at the point guard and shooting guard positio ...

, 10 Sergei Babkov, 11 Mikhail Mikhailov, 12 Vasily Karasev, 13

Andrei Fetisov Andrei Sergeyevich Fetisov (alternate spelling: Andrey) (russian: Андрей Сергеевич Фетисов; born 19 January 1972) is a Russian former professional basketball player. Professional career Fetisov was a second round pick of th ...

, 14 Sergei Panov, 15 Vladislav Kondratov (Coach: Yuri Selikhov) ----

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Evgeni Kisurin Evgeni Kisurin (alternate spelling: Evgeny) (born January 28, 1969) is a Russian former professional basketball player, and coach. At a height of 2.07 m tall, he played at the power forward and center positions. College career Kisurin played coll ...

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Dmitri Domani Dmitri Viacheslavovich Domani (russian: Дмитрий Вячеславович Домани; born 27 September 1974) is a Russian professional basketball official and a former player. He is 2.00 m tall and he weighs 98 kg. H formerly played ...

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Evgeni Pashutin Evgeniy Yuryevich Pashutin (russian: Евгений Юрьевич Пашутин; born February 6, 1969) is a Russian professional basketball coach and former player. He is the current head coach of Parma Basket of the VTB United League. Club pl ...

, 12 Igor Grachev, 13 Sergei Ivanov, 14 Vasily Karasev, 15

(Coach: Sergei Belov) ----

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: finished 7th among 14 teams 4 Vasily Karasev, 5

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Evgeniy Pashutin Evgeniy Yuryevich Pashutin (russian: Евгений Юрьевич Пашутин; born February 6, 1969) is a Russian professional basketball coach and former player. He is the current head coach of Parma Basket of the VTB United League. Club pl ...

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Valeri Tikhonenko Valeri Tikhonenko (russian: Валерий Алексеевич Тихоненко; born 19 August 1964) is a retired Soviet and Russian professional basketball player and coach. During his playing career, he played at the small forward and power ...

, 10 Sergei Babkov, 11 Mikhail Mikhailov, 12

Nikita Morgunov Nikita Leonidovich Morgunov (russian: Никита Леонидович Моргунов; born June 29, 1975) is a Russian former professional basketball player. Standing at , he played both the power forward and center positions. He represented ...

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(Coach: Sergei Belov) ----

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 ...

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, 14 Sergei Panov, 15

(Coach: Sergei Belov) ----

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: finished 8th among 12 teams 4 Sergei Chikalkin, 5

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: finished 5th among 16 teams 4 Anton Ioudine, 5 Alexandre Bachminov, 6 Sergei Panov, 7

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: finished 8th among 16 teams 4 Vasily Karasev, 5 Denis Ershov, 6

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Sergei Monia Sergei Alexandrovich Monia (russian: Сергей Александрович Моня; born 15 April 1983) is a Russian professional basketball player. He was selected by the NBA club the Portland Trail Blazers, in the first round (23rd overall) o ...

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(Coach: Sergei Elevich) ----

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Vitaly Fridzon Vitaly Valeryevich Fridzon (russian: Виталий Валерьевич Фридзон, born October 14, 1985) is a Russian professional basketball player for BC Zenit Saint Petersburg, Zenit Saint Petersburg of the VTB United League. He also rep ...

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Sergei Bykov Sergey Vladimirovich Bykov (alternate spelling: Sergei Bykov) (russian: Сергей Владимирович Быков; born February 26, 1983) is a Russian former professional basketball player and basketball coach. Standing at , he played at t ...

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(Coach: David Blatt) ----

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, 7 Andrei Kirilenko (C), 8

, 9

, 10 Victor Khryapa, 11 Zakhar Pashutin, 12

, 13

, 14

, 15 Victor Keyru (Coach: David Blatt) ----

2009 EuroBasket The 2009 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 2009, was the 36th FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship held by FIBA Europe. The tournament, which was hosted by Poland, began on 7 September and concluded with the ...

: finished 7th among 16 teams 4

, 5 Nikita Kurbanov, 6

, 7

, 8

, 9 Dmitri Sokolov, 10 Fedor Dmitriev, 11

, 12

, 13 Anton Ponkrashov, 14

Aleksei Zozulin Alexey Sergeevich Zozulin (russian: Алексей Сергеевич Зозулин, born January 14, 1983) is a Russian professional basketball player who last played for Lokomotiv Kuban of the VTB United League. He also represents the Russia n ...

, 15 Timofey Mozgov (Coach: David Blatt) ----

2010 FIBA World Cup The 2010 FIBA World Championship was the 16th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship contested by the men's national teams. The tournament ran from 28 August to 12 September 2010. It was co-organised by the Inte ...

: finished 7th among 24 teams 4

, 5

Evgeny Kolesnikov Evgeny Sergeyevich Kolesnikov (russian: Евгений Сергеевич Колесников; born December 26, 1985) is a Russian professional basketball player for Avtodor Saratov of the VTB United League. He is 1.94 m (6 ft 4 ¾ in) in h ...

, 6

, 7

, 8 Alexander Kaun, 9

Alexey Zhukanenko Alexey Yurevich Zhukanenko (russian: Алексей Юрьевич Жуканенко, born May 18, 1986) is a Kazakhstani-born naturalised-Russian professional basketball player for Pieno žvaigždės of the Lietuvos krepšinio lyga. A center, he ...

, 10 Victor Khryapa, 11 Anton Ponkrashov, 12

, 13

Dmitry Khvostov Count Dmitry Ivanovich Khvostov (russian: граф Дми́трий Ива́нович Хвосто́в, – ), was a Russian poet, representing the late period of classicism in Russian literature. Count Khvostov, as he was widely known, was an ...

, 14

, 15 Timofey Mozgov (Coach: David Blatt) ----

2011 EuroBasket EuroBasket 2011 was the 37th men's EuroBasket, European Basketball Championship, held by FIBA Europe. The competition was hosted by Lithuania. This was the second time EuroBasket had been held in Lithuania, the country having also hosted t ...

: finished 3rd among 24 teams 4

, 5 Timofey Mozgov, 6

, 7

, 8 Alexey Shved, 9

, 10 Victor Khryapa, 11

Semyon Antonov Semyon Sergeyevich Antonov (russian: Семён Сергеевич Антонов, born July 18, 1989) is a Russian professional basketball player for PBC CSKA Moscow, CSKA Moscow of the VTB United League. He also represents the senior Russia nati ...

, 12

, 13

, 14 Anton Ponkrashov, 15 Andrei Kirilenko (Coach: David Blatt) ----

2012 Olympic Games The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

: finished 3rd among 12 teams 4 Alexey Shved, 5 Timofey Mozgov, 6

, 7

, 8 Alexander Kaun, 9

, 10 Victor Khryapa, 11

, 12

, 13

, 14 Anton Ponkrashov, 15 Andrei Kirilenko (Coach: David Blatt) ----

2013 EuroBasket EuroBasket 2013 was the 38th edition of the EuroBasket championship that was organized by FIBA Europe. It took place from 4 September until 22 September 2013 in Slovenia. The number of participating teams was 24. France defeated Lithuania in th ...

: finished 21st among 24 teams 4

, 5 Dmitri Sokolov, 6

, 7

, 8

, 9 Dmitry Kulagin, 10 Alexey Shved, 11

, 12

, 13

, 14

, 15 Anton Ponkrashov (Coach: Vasily Karasev) ----

2015 EuroBasket EuroBasket 2015 was the 39th edition of the EuroBasket championship that was organized by FIBA Europe. It was co-hosted by Croatia, France, Germany, and Latvia, making it the first EuroBasket held in more than one country. It started on 5 S ...

: finished 17th among 24 teams 1

Andrey Zubkov Andrey Yuryevich Zubkov (russian: Андрей Юрьевич Зубков; born June 29, 1991) is a Russian professional basketball player for the Russian team Zenit Saint Petersburg of the VTB United League. He also represents the senior Russ ...

, 4

Evgeny Baburin Evgeny Eduardovich Baburin (alternate spelling: Evgenii) (russian: Евгений Эдуардович Бабурин; born July 4, 1987) is a Russian professional basketball player for Nizhny Novgorod of the VTB United League. He also represen ...

, 5

Ruslan Pateev Ruslan Menirovich Pateev (russian: Руслан Мэнирович Патеев, tt-Latn, Ruslan Mönir ulı Pateev, born April 25, 1990) is a Russian professional basketball player for Legia Warszawa. He was born in Moscow, Soviet Union, and play ...

, 7

, 9

, 11

, 12

, 13

, 14 Anton Ponkrashov (C), 20

, 32 Andrey Desyatnikov, 41 Nikita Kurbanov (Coach:

) ----

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 4th among 24 teams 1 Alexey Shved, 4

, 7

, 8 Vladimir Ivlev, 11

, 12

, 13

, 15 Timofey Mozgov, 20

, 22 Dmitry Kulagin, 30

Mikhail Kulagin Mikhail Andreyevich Kulagin (Russian: Михаил Андреевич Кулагин; born 4 August 1994) is a Russian professional basketball player for UNICS Kazan of the VTB United League. He is a 1.92 m (6' 3") tall point guard- shooting gua ...

, 41 Nikita Kurbanov (Coach:

) ----

: finished 12th among 32 teams 2 Andrei Sopin, 3

, 4

, 6 Grigory Motovilov, 7

, 8 Vladimir Ivlev, 11

, 12

, 20

, 30

, 31

, 41 Nikita Kurbanov (Coach:

)

Kit

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Sponsor

2015–present: Norilsk Nickel

References

External links

Official website

Russia
at FIBA site
Russian National Team - Men
at Eurobasket.com

at FIBA Archive {{DEFAULTSORT:Russia National Basketball Team Men's national basketball teams FIBA EuroBasket-winning countries 1992 establishments in Russia

History

Early history (1992–2000)

Decline (2000–2006)

Blatt era (2006–2012)

Corruption in the RBF and decline (2012–2016)

Return to European success; Ban (2016–)

Honours

Medals table (since 1992)

Competitive record

FIBA World Cup

Olympic Games

FIBA Stanković Continental Champions' Cup

EuroBasket

Results and fixtures

2021

2022

Team

Current roster

Depth chart

Notable players

Head coach position

Past rosters

Kit

Manufacturer

Sponsor

See also

References

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