The Romania men's national basketball team () represents
Romania
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in international
basketball
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competition. The team is administered by the
Romanian Basketball Federation
The Romanian Basketball Federation (FRB) () is the governing body of basketball in Romania. It was founded in 1931, and they became members of FIBA in 1932 as co-founders.
The Romanian Basketball Federation operates the Romanian men's national ...
(FRB).
Romania has qualified for the
EuroBasket
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18 times throughout their history. Their best tournament results occurred in
1957
Events January
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and
1967
Events January
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respectively, where they finished fifth. The national team has also appeared at the
Olympic Games
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once, in
1952
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* February 6
** Princess Elizabeth, ...
. However, Romania has yet to clinch qualification for their first trip to the
FIBA World Cup
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.
History
EuroBasket 1935
At the first
European Championship
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in
Geneva
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, the Romania national team finished in last place in the then ten team tournament. Losing all three of their matches; 42-9 to
Switzerland
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, 66-23 to
France
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, and 24-17 to
Hungary
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.
EuroBasket 1947
Romania returned to the European championship twelve years later in
Prague
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, for the
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 ...
. Romania finished with a record of 1-2 after the preliminary round, which eliminated them from championship contention but they earned their first ever EuroBasket victory against the
Netherlands
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. The Romanians added two more in the classification semifinal, as they defeated
Austria
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and
Albania
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. This put them in a classification match against
Italy
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for 9th and 10th place, which Romania lost 55-39. The national team thus placed tenth again, but this time they had outranked four teams to do so, due to the expansion of the tournament to 14.
EuroBasket 1951
The Romanian national team entered the
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
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, but withdrew before any games were played, so official records gave them three preliminary round losses, each with a score of 2-0.
1952 Summer Olympics
Romania managed to
qualify
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for the
1952 Summer Olympics
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After Japan declared in ...
in
Helsinki
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, where the national team finished 23rd. It was the first and only time they qualified for the Olympic Basketball Tournament.
EuroBasket 1953
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) e ...
in
Moscow
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was the next European tournament in which the Romanians actually played. They finished in 3rd place in their preliminary round group with a 1-2 record and advanced to the classification rounds. They won 3 of their 4 games there, finishing in a three-way tie for the top spot of the group. They lost out on the tiebreaker though and were relegated to the 13th-16th place semifinals. Winning that game and their next, the Romanians finished in 13th place of the 17 teams in the tournament.
EuroBasket 1955
Romania was much more successful two years later, at the
EuroBasket 1955
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in
Budapest
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. A preliminary round loss to the global power house
Soviet Union
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mattered little, as the national team won their other three preliminary matches against
Sweden
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,
Switzerland
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and
Luxembourg
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to take second place in the group behind the Soviets to advance to the final round. There, they won games against
Poland
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and
Yugoslavia
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to finish 2-5 in the final round to take 7th place in the 18-team tournament.
EuroBasket 1957
Romania came within a single point of winning their preliminary pool at
EuroBasket 1957
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in
Sofia
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, losing to
Hungary
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in the narrow match. They beat their other two opponents
Belgium
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and
Finland
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to finish in second place in the pool to advance into the final round. There, they matched up again with Hungary, but the game wasn't as close as the Hungarians cruised to a 76-61 victory. The national team also lost to the other three pool winners, to finish with a 3-4 record to end the tournament in 5th place.
Later years
The team repeated its most successful campaign at the EuroBasket 1967 when it finished 5th again. The following years, the team had some successful performances but after 1987, it ceded completely from Europe's elite events. After 30 years of absence, Romania returned to the
EuroBasket
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in
2017
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when the country gained hosting rights alongside
Finland
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,
Israel
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and
Turkey
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. However, the national team ended its participation with five losses in its five games played.
EuroBasket 2022 qualification
After defeating both
Slovakia
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and
Cyprus
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twice, the Tricolorii advanced to the final qualification round where they came short of their second
EuroBasket
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qualification since 1987. The team was coached by Tudor Costescu.
Norway
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.
Depth chart
Head coach position
Notable players
* Andrei Folbert – First Romanian Basketball "Maestru Emerit Al Sportului"
*
Gheorghe Mureșan
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Early life
Mureșan was born in T ...
– First Romanian to play in the NBA
*
Constantin Popa
''Not to be confused with Constantin Popa (military officer), a Romanian general who was awarded the Dutch Order of Orange-Nassau in 1975.''
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Ernie Grunfeld
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Past rosters
1935 EuroBasket: finished 10th among 10 teams
3 Nae Alexandrescu, 4 Balteanu, 5 O.Belitoreanu, 6 M.Bercus, 7 E.Dumitrescu, 8 Nicu Grozavescu, 9 Samy Grunstein, 10 C.Riegler (Coach: C. O. Lecca)
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1947 EuroBasket: finished 10th among 14 teams
3 Constantin Herold, 4 N.Badulescu, 5 H.Dlugos, 6 S.Ferencz, 7 H.Kevorkian, 8 P.Marossi, 9 Alexandru Popescu, 10 S.Sadeanu, 11 Gh.Teodorescu, 12 I.Vulescu, 13 Vasile Popescu, 14 A.Neagu, 21 C.Babaliescu (Coach: C.Virgolici)
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1952 Olympic Games: finished 23rd among 23 teams
3 Cornel Călugăreanu, 5
Grigore Costescu
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Liviu Naghy
Liviu Naghy (November 20, 1929 in Oradea – 1989) was a Romanian basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics
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Cezar Niculescu
Cezar Niculescu (born 27 July 1927) was a Romanian basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics
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, 12
Dan Niculescu
Dan Niculescu (October 22, 1929 in Bucharest – 1999) was a Romanian basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly known as Hel ...
Cezar Niculescu
Cezar Niculescu (born 27 July 1927) was a Romanian basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952, were an int ...
Dan Niculescu
Dan Niculescu (October 22, 1929 in Bucharest – 1999) was a Romanian basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly known as Hel ...
, 9 Adrian Petroșanu, 10 Alexandru Fodor, 11 Corneliu Calugareanu, 12 Mihai Erdogh, 13
Liviu Naghy
Liviu Naghy (November 20, 1929 in Oradea – 1989) was a Romanian basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly known as Helsinki ...
, 14 Vasile Kadar (Coach: Alexandru Popescu)
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1955 EuroBasket
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Dan Niculescu
Dan Niculescu (October 22, 1929 in Bucharest – 1999) was a Romanian basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly known as Hel ...
, 9 Emil Niculescu, 10 Alexandru Fodor, 11 Mihai Erdogh, 12 Marian Spiridon, 13
Liviu Naghy
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, 14 Vasile Kadar, 15 Corneliu Calugareanu (Coach: Vasile Popescu)
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1957 EuroBasket
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: finished 5th among 16 teams
3 Grigore Costescu, 4 A.Borbely, 5 Mihai Nedef, 6 Andrei Folbert, 7 Emanoil Răducanu, 8 Alexandru Berecky, 9 Emil Niculescu, 10 Alexandru Fodor, 11 Mihai Erdogh, 12 Armand Nováček, 13
Liviu Naghy
Liviu Naghy (November 20, 1929 in Oradea – 1989) was a Romanian basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics
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, 14 A Koukouch (Coach: Alexandru Popescu)
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1959 EuroBasket
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: finished 8th among 17 teams
3 Feodor Nedelea, 4 Armand Nováček, 5
Grigore Costescu
Grigore Costescu (April 11, 1934 – May 2008) was a Romanian basketball player who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was born in Bucharest. He was part of the Romanian basketball team, which was eliminated in the first round of the 19 ...
, 6 Andrei Folbert, 7 Mihai Nedef, 8 Emeric Vizi, 9 Emil Niculescu, 10 Alexandru Fodor, 11 Dragos Nosievici, 12 Cristian Popescu, 13 Ludovic Toth, 14 Jzidor Milelman (Coach: Constantin Herold)
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1961 EuroBasket: finished 7th among 19 teams
4 Aurel Popovici, 5 Emil Niculescu, 6 Horatiu Giurgiu, 7 Mihai Nedef, 8 Nicolae Viciu, 9 Mihai Albu, 10 Pavel Visner, 11 Dragos Nosievici, 12 Cristian Popescu, 13 Armand Nováček, 14 Horia Demian, 15 Gheorghe Valeriu (Coach: Constantin Herold)
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1963 EuroBasket
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: finished 11th among 16 teams
4 Horia Demian, 5 Emil Niculescu, 6 Marian Spiridon, 7 Mihai Nedef, 8 Mihai Kiss, 9 Mihai Albu, 10 Horatiu Giurgiu, 11 Dragos Nosievici, 12 Cristian Popescu, 13 Pavel Visner, 14 Mircea Cimpeanu, 15 Gheorghe Valeriu (Coach: Vasile Popescu)
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1965 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 16 teams
4 Horia Demian, 5 Gheorghe Novac, 6 Marian Spiridon, 7 Mihai Nedef, 8 Nicolae Ionescu, 9 Mihai Albu, 10 Alin Savu, 11 Dragos Nosievici, 12 Cristian Popescu, 13 Armand Nováček, 14 Ekehardt Jekely, 15 Aurel Popovici (Coach: Vasile Popescu)
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1967 EuroBasket: finished 5th among 16 teams
4 Adolf Cernea, 5 Gheorghe Novac, 6 Dragos Nosievici, 7 Alin Savu, 8 Ekehardt Jekely, 9 Mihai Albu, 10 Gheorghe Barau, 11 Nicolae Birsan, 12 Cristian Popescu, 13 Titus Tarau, 14 Radu Diaconescu, 15 Horia Demian (Coach: Alexandru Popescu)
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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 9th among 12 teams
4 Francisc Dikay, 5 Matei Ruhring, 6 Dragos Nosievici, 7 Constantin Dragomirescu, 8 Ekehardt Jekely, 9 Mihai Albu, 10 Petru Czmor, 11 Radu Diaconescu, 12 Gheorghe Novac, 13 Titus Tarau, 14 Mihai Dimancea, 15 Adolf Cernea (Coach: Alexandru Popescu)
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1971 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 8th among 12 teams
4 Dan Georgescu, 5 Mircea Chivulescu, 6 Nicolae Pirsu, 7 Alin Savu, 8 Dan Niculescu, 9 Mihai Albu, 10 Constantin Dragomirescu, 11 Radu Diaconescu, 12 Gheorghe Cimpeanu, 13 Titus Tarau, 14 Gheorghe Oczelak, 15 Vasile Popa (Coach: Alexandru Popescu)
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1973 EuroBasket
The 1973 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1973, was the eighteenth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe.
Venues
Group stage Group A – Badalona
Group B – Barcelona
Knocko ...
: finished 9th among 12 teams
4 Gheorghe Cimpeanu, 5 Mircea Chivulescu, 6 Nicolae Pirsu, 7 Nicolae Manaila, 8 Dan Niculescu, 9 Dan Georgescu, 10 Costel Cernat, 11 Radu Diaconescu, 12 Gheorghe Novac, 13 Titus Tarau, 14 Gheorghe Oczelak, 15 Vasile Popa (Coach: Alexandru Popescu)
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1975 EuroBasket
The 1975 FIBA European Championship, commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1975, was the nineteenth FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe.
Venues
First round Group A – Split
Group B – Karlovac
Group C � ...
: finished 11th among 12 teams
4 Dan Georgescu, 5 Georghe Mihuta, 6 Vasile Zdrenghea, 7 Dan Moisescu, 8 Nicolae Pirsu, 9 Dan Niculescu, 10 Costel Cernat, 11 Radu Diaconescu, 12 Gheorghe Novac, 13 Titus Tarau, 14 Gheorghe Oczelak, 15 Vasile Popa (Coach: Mihai Nedef)
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1985 EuroBasket
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: finished 10th among 12 teams
4 Florentin Ermurache, 5 Attila Szabó, 6 Viorel Constantin, 7 Ioan Ionescu, 8 Doru Rădulescu, 9 Dan Niculescu, 10 Costel Cernat, 11 Roman Opsitaru, 12 Anton Netolitzchi, 13 Victor Jacob, 14 Marian Marinache, 15 Alexandru Vinereanu (Coach: Gheorghe Novac)
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1987 EuroBasket: finished 12th among 12 teams
4 Florentin Ermurache, 5 Sorin Ardeleanu, 6 Robert Reisenbuchler, 7 Ioan Ionescu, 8 Petre Brănișteanu, 9 Dan Niculescu, 10 Costel Cernat, 11 Andrei Constantin, 12 Anton Netolitzchi, 13
Constantin Popa
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Constantin Popa (; born February 18, 1971) is a Romanian-Israeli professional basketball coach and forme ...
Vlad Moldoveanu
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