The Czechoslovakia national basketball team (, ) represented
Czechoslovakia
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in international
basketball
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from 1932 to 1992. After the
Dissolution of Czechoslovakia
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in 1993, the
Czech Republic
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and
Slovakia
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set up their own national teams. Both teams are recognized as the successor to the Czechoslovak team.
Medals
*
EuroBasket 1935
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– Bronze medal
*
EuroBasket 1946 – 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 the International Basketball Federation (FIBA). Eighteen national teams affiliated with FIBA e ...
– 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 (FI ...
– 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 – 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 – 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 Cze ...
– Silver medal
History
EuroBasket 1935
The Czechoslovak side came in third 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
International Basketball Federation
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's
FIBA Europe
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...
continental federation. They defeated
France
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in the preliminary round to advance to the semifinals. There they lost to
Spain
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, resulting in a playoff for third place with
Switzerland
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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 p ...
competition, the Czechoslovaks finished seventh of eight teams. Their preliminary group included the powerful
French,
Polish, and
Latvian teams, each of which defeated Czechoslovakia in the preliminary round. The Czechoslovaks then faced
Estonia
Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...
in the classification semifinals, losing again. Their final match was against
Egypt
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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
EuroBasket 1946. They started off well in a tournament notably lacking the Baltic countries that had dominated the pre-war competitions. Defeating Switzerland and then
Belgium
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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
Hungarians
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. A 42–28 win secured a place in the championship game for Czechoslovakia. In that game, they played the undefeated
Italy
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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
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 ...
, 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
Soviet Union
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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
silver medal
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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 ...
in
Cairo
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, returning to the European championships at
EuroBasket 1951
The 1951 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1951, was the seventh FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA). Eighteen national teams affiliated with FIBA e ...
in Paris. They endured some hardship in the tournament, losing to
Belgium
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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
Soviet Union
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, 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
France
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. 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 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) e ...
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
Israel
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and
Yugoslavia
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, life_span = 1918–19921941–1945: World War II in Yugoslavia#Axis invasion and dismemberment of Yugoslavia, Axis occupation
, p1 = Kingdom of SerbiaSerbia
, flag_p ...
, 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
Hungary
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,
France national basketball team
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Franc ...
, 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
In
Budapest
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for the
EuroBasket 1955
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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
Hungary
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, in Hungary's only loss of the final round on their way to the
gold medal
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Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have b ...
, but also gave
Yugoslavia
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, p1 = Kingdom of SerbiaSerbia
, flag_p ...
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
Poland
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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
Soviet Union
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, 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
silver medal
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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
gold medal
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Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have b ...
lists and
bronze medal
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lists, meanwhile losing to teams that finished 5th and 8th.
EuroBasket 1957
Sofia
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was the location of Czechoslovakia's next European tournament entry,
EuroBasket 1957
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. 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
Bulgaria
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and
Soviet Union
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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
bronze medal
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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, 1954–196 ...
was named
MVP
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* Minimum viable product, a concept for feature estimating used in business and engineering
MVP may also refer to:
...
.
Statistics
Top career caps
Players with the most
caps
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(total
games played
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Associat ...
):
Top 20 career scorers
Includes total
points
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scored in only games played at the
FIBA Pre-Olympic Tournament, the FIBA European Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the
Summer Olympics
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, the
FIBA World Cup
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, and the
FIBA EuroBasket
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.
Rosters
1935 FIBA EuroBasket: finished 3rd among 10 teams
Jiří Čtyřoký,
Jan Feřtek,
Josef Franc,
Josef Klíma,
Josef Moc,
František Picek,
Václav Voves
1936 Summer Olympic Games: finished 11th among 21 teams
Jiří Čtyřoký, Josef Klíma, František Picek, Josef Moc,
Karel Kuhn,
Ladislav Prokop,
Ladislav Trpkoš,
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 hi ...
,
Gustáv Hermann,
Miloš Bobocký,
Jiří Drvota,
Josef Ezr,
Ján Hluchý,
Josef Křepela,
Pavel Nerad,
Ladislav Šimáček,
František Stibitz,
Josef Toms, Ladislav Trpkoš,
Emil Velenský,
Miroslav Vondráček Miroslav may refer to:
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* Miroslav (Znojmo District), a town in the Czech Republic
S ...
(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, Josef Toms, Ladislav Trpkoš, Emil Velenský, Miroslav Vondráček (Head coach:
Josef Fleischlinger)
1948 Summer Olympic Games
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: finished 7th among 23 teams
Ivan Mrázek, Jan Kozák, Josef Ezr, Jiří Drvota, Karel Bělohradský,
Ctirad Benáček,
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
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: 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 Czechs, Czech professional basketball player. At 6'5 " (1.97 m) tall, he played the center (basketball), center position. He was the FIBA EuroBasket Top Scorer, top scorer of EuroBaske ...
,
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, 1954–196 ...
,
Jaroslav Šíp,
Zdeněk Bobrovský
Zdeněk Bobrovský (1 December 1933 – 21 November 2014) was a Czech basketball player. He was voted to the Czechoslovak 20th Century Team.
National team career
With the senior Czechoslovak national team, Bobrovský competed in the men's tou ...
, Jan Kozák,
Zdeněk Rylich
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,
Miroslav Baumruk, Zoltán Krenický, Karel Belohradsky,
Jindřich Kinský,
Jiří Matoušek,
Miloš Nebuchla,
Arnošt Novák,
Karel Sobota,
Stanislav Vykydal (Head coach:
Josef Andrle)
1952 Summer Olympic Games: finished 10th among 23 teams
Ivan Mrázek, Miroslav Škeřík,
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, 1954–196 ...
, Jaroslav Šíp, Zdeněk Bobrovský, Jan Kozák, Zdeněk Rylich, Miroslav Baumruk, Jiří Matoušek,
Eugen Horniak,
Jaroslav Tetiva
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With the senior Czechoslovakian national team, Tetiva competed in 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)
1954 FIBA World Championship
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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 (Head coach: Josef Fleischlinger)
1956 Summer Olympic Games: 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,
Jaroslav Chocholáč, Milan Merkl,
Nikolaj Ordnung, Jaroslav Tetiva,
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B
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(Head coach:
Gustáv Hermann)
1959 FIBA EuroBasket: finished 2nd among 17 teams
Jiří Baumruk,
František Konvička
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Playing career Club career
Konvička spent his ...
,
Bohumil Tomášek,
Jaroslav Křivý, Miroslav Škeřík, Jaroslav Šíp,
Boris Lukášik, Dušan Lukášik, Zdeněk Rylich,
Jiří Šťastný
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, Jaroslav Tetiva, Bohuslav Rylich (Head coach: Gustáv Hermann)
1959 FIBA World Championship
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The ho ...
: did not participate
1960 Summer Olympic Games: finished 5th among 16 teams
Jiří Baumruk, František Konvička,
Vladimír Pištělák, Bohumil Tomášek, Zdeněk Bobrovský, Jiří Tetiva, Boris Lukášik, Jiří Šťastný, Bohuslav Rylich, Jan Kinský, Dušan Lukášik,
Zdeněk Konečný (Head coach:
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 hi ...
)
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
Czech may refer to:
* Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe
** Czech language
** Czechs, the people of the area
...
,
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,
Robert Mifka, 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 national teams. The competition was hosted by Brazil from 12 to 25 May 1963.
The Philippines was originally awarded ...
: 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 Czechoslovak 20th Century Team.
Club career
In his club career, Zedníček won the European-wide secondary level FIBA Cup Winner's ...
, Bohumil Tomášek,
Jiří Ammer, Jiří Šťastný,
Karel Baroch,
Zdeněk Hummel (Head coach:
Vladimír Heger)
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 national teams. It was hosted by Montevideo, Uruguay from 27 May to 11 June 1967.
Venues
Competing nations
Compet ...
: did not participate
1968 Summer Olympic Games: did not participate
1969 FIBA 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 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 (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 national teams. It was hosted by Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia in Sarajevo, Split, Croatia, Spli ...
: 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
Jiří Pospíšil (born 24 November 1975) is a Czech Republic, Czech politician, who was leader of TOP 09 from November 2017 until November 2019. As a deputy for the Civic Democratic Party (Czech Republic), Civic Democratic Party, Pospíšil se ...
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Milan Voračka,
Zdeněk Douša (Head coach: Nikolaj Ordnung)
1971 FIBA EuroBasket
The 1971 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1971, was the seventeenth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe.
Venues
First round
Group A – Essen
Group B – Böblingen
Knock ...
: finished 5th among 12 teams
Kamil Brabenec, Jiří Zídek,
Zdeněk Kos, Jan Bobrovský, Jiří Zedníček, Jiří Růžička, Karel Baroch, Petr Novický, Jiří Konopásek, Jiří Pospíšil,
Bronislav Sako (Head coach: Nikolaj Ordnung)
1972 Summer Olympic Games
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: 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 national teams. It was hosted by Puerto Rico from July 3 to 14, 1974. The tournament was won by the Soviet Union men's ...
: 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 ...
, Kamil Brabenec, Zdeněk Kos, Jiří Pospíšil, Jaroslav Skála, Zdeněk Douša, Gustav Hraška, Vlastimil Klimeš, Jaroslav Beránek,
Jaroslav Kantůrek,
Josef Nečas, 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 (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)
1978 FIBA World Championship
The 1978 FIBA World Championship was the 8th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's national teams. The tournament was hosted by the Philippines from October 1 to 14, 1978 in Rizal Memorial Coliseum in ...
: 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 Slovakia, Slovak politician and leader of the far-right, neo-Nazi political party Kotlebists – People's Party Our Slovakia ().
He served as the governor of Banská Bystrica Region from 2013 to 2017. He ...
(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 (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () and officially branded as Moscow 1980 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union, in present-day Russ ...
: 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, 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 national teams. The tournament was hosted by Colombia from 15 to 28 August 1982.
Qualification
Venues
Competin ...
: 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
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: 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,
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 national teams. It was hosted by Spain and was held from 5 to 20 July 1986. The final phase of the tournament was hel ...
: 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, Leoš Krejčí,
Štefan Svitek (Head coach: Pavel Petera)
1988 Summer Olympic Games: 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 national teams. It was hosted by Argentina from 8 to 19 August 1990. The final phase of the competition was held at t ...
: did not participate
1991 FIBA EuroBasket: finished 6th among 8 teams
Jiří Okáč,
Richard Petruška,
Václav Hrubý, Jozef Michalko, Leoš Krejčí,
Július Michalík,
Pavel Bečka
Pavel Bečka (born 7 November 1970) is a former Czech professional basketball player. Bečka mainly played as a center (basketball), center.
Professional career
Bečka spent the majority of his pro career with EWE Baskets Oldenburg. His jersey EW ...
,
Jan Svoboda, Vladimír Vyoral, Štefan Svitek,
Michal Ježdík,
Stanislav Kameník (Head coach:
Jan Bobrovský)
See also
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FIBA Hall of Fame
The FIBA Hall of Fame, or FIBA Basketball Hall of Fame, honors players, coaches, teams, referees, and administrators who have greatly contributed to international competitive basketball. It was established by FIBA in 1991. Originally built in ...
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FIBA EuroBasket Honors
References
External links
* (en
Czechoslovakia, archive.fiba.com
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