Czechoslovakia men's national basketball team
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FIBA ranking | Defunct | ||
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Joined FIBA | 1932 (co-founders) | ||
FIBA zone | FIBA Europe | ||
National federation | ČSBF | ||
Olympic Games | |||
Appearances | 7 | ||
Medals | None | ||
FIBA World Cup | |||
Appearances | 4 | ||
Medals | None | ||
EuroBasket | |||
Appearances | 24 | ||
Medals | Gold: (1946)
Silver: (1947, 1951, 1955, 1959, 1967, 1985) Bronze: (1935, 1957, 1969, 1977, 1981) | ||
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The Czechoslovakia national basketball team (
Medals
- EuroBasket 1935 – Bronze medal
- EuroBasket 1946 – Champions
- EuroBasket 1947 – Silver medal
- EuroBasket 1951 – Silver medal
- EuroBasket 1955 – Silver medal
- EuroBasket 1957 – Bronze medal
- EuroBasket 1959 – Silver medal
- EuroBasket 1967 – Silver medal
- EuroBasket 1969 – Bronze medal
- EuroBasket 1977 – Bronze medal
- EuroBasket 1981 – Bronze medal
- EuroBasket 1985 – Silver medal
History
EuroBasket 1935
The Czechoslovak side came in third place at the first European basketball championship, the
EuroBasket 1937
In the
EuroBasket 1946
Czechoslovakia returned to European competition with
EuroBasket 1947
Defending champions and tournament hosts Czechoslovakia started off well again at
EuroBasket 1951
Czechoslovakia did not compete at
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 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
EuroBasket 1955
In
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 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 medallists and bronze medallists, meanwhile losing to teams that finished 5th and 8th.
EuroBasket 1957
Statistics
Top career caps
Players with the most caps (total games played):
Rank | Player | Total Games Played )
|
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1. | Kamil Brabenec | 403 |
2. | Vlastimil Havlík | 370 |
3. | Stanislav Kropilák | 368 |
4. | Zdeněk Kos | 345 |
5. | Gustáv Hraška | 336 |
6. | Jaroslav Skála | 333 |
7. | Jiří Pospíšil | 276 |
8. | Jan Bobrovský | 267 |
9. | Jiří Zídek Sr. | 257 |
10. | Peter Rajniak | 255 |
11. | Vojtěch Petr
|
251 |
12. | Zdeněk Böhm | 250 |
13. | Zdeněk Douša | 246 |
14. | Juraj Žuffa | 241 |
15. | Jiří Růžička | 240 |
16. | Vlastibor Klimeš | 234 |
17. | Jiří Okáč | 230 |
18. | Oto Matický | 224 |
19. | Leoš Krejčí | 219 |
20. | Jiří Zedníček | 217 |
21. | František Konvička | 216 |
22. | Bohumil Tomášek | 205 |
23. | Vladimír Pištělák | 203 |
Top 20 career scorers
Includes total
Rank | Player | Points Scored
|
Caps
|
Points Per Game
|
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1. | Kamil Brabenec | 1,939 | 122 | 15.9 |
2. | Stanislav Kropilák | 1,382 | 92 | 15.0 |
3. | Jiří Zídek Sr. | 1,230 | 87 | 14.1 |
4. | Zdeněk Kos | 1,150 | 113 | 10.2 |
5. | Jiří Pospíšil | 791 | 85 | 9.3 |
6. | Gustáv Hraška | 761 | 91 | 8.4 |
7. | Jan Bobrovský | 748 | 78 | 9.6 |
8. | Jiří Baumruk | 654 | 55 | 11.9 |
9. | František Konvička | 654 | 61 | 10.7 |
10. | Ivan Mrázek | 629 | 50 | 12.6 |
11. | Jiří Zedníček | 624 | 66 | 9.5 |
12. | Jaroslav Skála | 574 | 69 | 8.3 |
13. | Jaroslav Šíp | 485 | 43 | 11.3 |
14. | Jiří Růžička | 478 | 66 | 7.2 |
15. | Miroslav Škeřík | 477 | 49 | 9.7 |
16. | Jaroslav Tetiva | 473 | 62 | 7.6 |
17. | Vlastimil Havlík | 471 | 62 | 7.6 |
18. | Zdeněk Douša | 434 | 71 | 6.1 |
19. | Bohumil Tomášek | 417 | 46 | 9.1 |
20. | Peter Rajniak | 408 | 40 | 10.2 |
Rosters
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
Jan Kozák, Josef Klíma, Ladislav Prokop, Josef Bartoníček, Ludvík Dvořáček, Silverius Labohý, Zdeněk Scholler, Bertan Štorkán (Head coach: František Marek)
Ivan Mrázek, 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 (Head coach: František Hájek)
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: 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
1950 FIBA World Championship: did not participate
Ivan Mrázek, Miroslav Škeřík, Jiří Baumruk, Jaroslav Šíp, Zdeněk Bobrovský, Jan Kozák, Zdeněk Rylich, Miroslav Baumruk, Zoltán Krenický, Karel Belohradsky, Jindřich Kinský, Jiří Matoušek, Miloš Nebuchla, Arnošt Novák, Karel Sobota, Stanislav Vykydal (Head coach: Josef Andrle)
1952 Summer Olympic Games: finished 10th among 23 teams
Ivan Mrázek, Miroslav Škeřík, Jiří Baumruk, Jaroslav Šíp, Zdeněk Bobrovský, Jan Kozák, Zdeněk Rylich, Miroslav Baumruk, Jiří Matoušek, Eugen Horniak, Jaroslav Tetiva, Josef Ezr, Lubomír Kolář, Miloslav Kodl
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: did not participate
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
Jiří Baumruk, Miroslav Škeřík, Zdeněk Bobrovský, Jaroslav Šíp, Zdeněk Rylich, Lubomír Kolář, Dušan Lukášik, Jaroslav Chocholáč, Milan Merkl, Nikolaj Ordnung, Jaroslav Tetiva, Jiří Tetiva (Head coach: Gustáv Hermann)
Jiří Baumruk, František Konvička, Bohumil Tomášek, Jaroslav Křivý, Miroslav Škeřík, Jaroslav Šíp, Boris Lukášik, Dušan Lukášik, Zdeněk Rylich, Jiří Šťastný, Jaroslav Tetiva, Bohuslav Rylich (Head coach: Gustáv Hermann)
1959 FIBA World Championship: 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)
František Konvička, Vladimír Pištělák, Jiří Baumruk, Zdeněk Bobrovský, Bohumil Tomášek, Bohuslav Rylich, Jaroslav Tetiva, František Pokorný, Zdeněk Konečný, Jiří Marek, Miloš Pražák, Vladimír Lodr (Head coach: L. Krnáč)
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: did not participate
1964 Summer Olympic Games: did not participate
Jiří Zídek, František Konvička, Jan Bobrovský, Jiří Růžička, Vladimír Pištělák, Robert Mifka, Jiří Zedníček, Bohumil Tomášek, Jiří Ammer, Jiří Šťastný, Karel Baroch, Zdeněk Hummel (Head coach: Vladimír Heger)
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: did not participate
1968 Summer Olympic Games: did not participate
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: finished 6th among 13 teams
Jiří Zídek, Jan Bobrovský, Robert Mifka, Jiří Ammer, Jiří Zedníček, Jiří Růžička, Petr Novický, Jaroslav Kovář, Jiří Konopásek, Jiří Pospíšil, Milan Voračka, Zdeněk Douša (Head coach: Nikolaj Ordnung)
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: 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)
Kamil Brabenec, Jiří Zedníček, Jan Bobrovský, Zdeněk Kos, Jiří Zídek, Petr Novický,
1974 FIBA World Championship: 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)
Stanislav Kropilák, 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)
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: 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 (Head coach: Pavel Petera)
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: 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)
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: 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)
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: did not participate
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: did not participate
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
1990 FIBA World Championship: did not participate
Jiří Okáč, Richard Petruška, Václav Hrubý, Jozef Michalko, Leoš Krejčí, Július Michalík, Pavel Bečka, Jan Svoboda, Vladimír Vyoral, Štefan Svitek, Michal Ježdík, Stanislav Kameník (Head coach: Jan Bobrovský)
See also
- FIBA Hall of Fame
- FIBA EuroBasket Honors
References
- ^ "X EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (SOFIJA 1957)". linguasport.com. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
External links
Media related to Czechoslovakia men's national basketball team at Wikimedia Commons