Hungary men's national basketball team
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First international | |||
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Latvia 46–12 Hungary (Geneva, Switzerland; 2 May 1935) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Malta 43–138 Hungary (Ta' Qali, Malta; 13 June 2001) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Lithuania 79–15 Hungary (Kaunas, Lithuania; 26 May 1939) |
The Hungary men's national basketball team (Hungarian: Magyar nemzeti kosárlabda-válogatott) represents Hungary in international basketball tournaments. It is governed by the Hungarian Basketball Federation (MKOSZ).
Hungary's best period in international basketball competitions came in the 1940s to the 1960s. It was when the national team won several medals at the
History
EuroBasket 1935
The Hungarian side came in ninth place at the first
EuroBasket 1939
After not competing in the 1937 edition, the Hungarians returned to the EuroBasket 1939. 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 Finland 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
EuroBasket 1947
Hungary competed at the EuroBasket 1947 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 Bulgaria 59–29 to finish seventh of the fourteen teams.
EuroBasket 1953
Hungary's next appearance at the
EuroBasket 1955
The Hungarian capital Budapest gained the hosting rights for the EuroBasket 1955. 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 Czechoslovakia, 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 Poland, Italy, Bulgaria and Yugoslavia to rise to a 4–1 record. This put them in a tie for the lead of the group with the Soviet Union, 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 Romania to win the gold medal at the Euros for the first time.
EuroBasket 1957
At the EuroBasket 1957 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
EuroBasket 2017 marked the first EuroBasket appearance for the national team since 1999. With no real expectations heading into it, Hungary surprised many with their performance in the preliminary stage getting their first EuroBasket victory since 1969.[2] They finished with a 2-3 record, with wins over the Czech Republic, and Romania. It was enough for the national team to advance to the knockout stage. There they matched up against Serbia, where they put up an valiant effort in defeat against the eventual runners-up 86-78.[3]
EuroBasket 2022 qualification
At the EuroBasket 2022 qualification, Hungary surprisingly defeated defending Champion Slovenia 77-75. Benedek Váradi labelled the victory as "among the most important" in his career.[4]
Competitive record
FIBA World Cup
Olympic Games
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EuroBasket
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Results and fixtures
Win Loss
2024
22 February 2024 | Iceland | 70–65 | Hungary | Reykjavík, Iceland |
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Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 17–18, 16–14, 21–14 | |||
8 | Boxscore | Pts: Golomán, Perl 12 Rebs: Golomán, Hopkins 8 Asts: Perl 6 |
Arena: Laugardalshöll Attendance: 2,000 Referees: Andris Aunkrogers (LAT), Ariadna Chueca (ESP), Zdenko Tomašovič (SVK) |
25 February 2024 | Hungary | 62–83 | Italy | Szombathely, Hungary |
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18:00 (UTC+1) | Scoring by quarter: 15–17, 22–19, 9–28, 16–19 | |||
: three players 3 | Boxscore | Pts: Bortolani, Tessitori 12 Rebs: Tessitori 7 Asts: Pajola 6 |
Arena: Arena Savaria Attendance: 3,000 Referees: Paulo Marques (POR), Gvidas Gedvilas (LTU), Ilias Kounelles (CYP) |
2025
Team
Current roster
Roster for the EuroBasket 2025 Qualifiers matches on 22 and 25 February 2024 against Iceland and Italy.[6]
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Depth chart
Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 |
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C | Ákos Keller | Mikael Hopkins | György Golomán |
PF
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Rosco Allen | Zsolt Szabó | Norbert Lukács |
SF | Dávid Vojvoda | János Eilingsfeld | Márkó Filipovity |
SG | Szilárd Benke | Zoltán Perl | Csaba Ferencz |
PG | Benedek Váradi | Marcell Pongó | Ádám Somogyi |
Head coach history
- István Király – (1935–1948)
- János Páder – (1951–1955)
- Zoltán Csányi – (1957)
- János Páder – (1959–1963)
- Tibor Zsíros – (1963–1965)
- Eszéki Rezső – (1966–1967)
- János Szabó – (1967)
- Eszéki Rezső – (1967–1973)
- Balogh József – (1974–1977)
- Tibor Zsíros – (1978–1979)
- Ránky Mátyás – (1980–1985)
- Árpád Glatz – (1985–1986)
- Lajos Mészáros – (1986–1990)
- Ránky Mátyás – (1990–1991)
- Patonay Imre – (1992–1996)
- Lajos Mészáros – (1996–2001)
- Varga Mátyás – (2001–2003)
- Zsoldos András – (2003–2005)
- Meszlényi Róbert – (2005–2006)
- Stojan Ivković – (2007–2008)
- Lajos Mészáros – (2008–2011)
- Branislav Džunić – (2010–2011)
- László Rátgéber – (2012)
- Stojan Ivković – (2013–2023)
- Gašper Okorn – (2024–present)
Past rosters
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3 Aba Szathmary, 4 János Gyimesi, 5 Géza Bajári, 6
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3 Laszlo Kiralyhidi, 4 László Novakovszky, 5 Ervin Kassai, 6 Gyula Toth, 8 Ede Vadászi, 9 Tibor Mezőfi, 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 György Nagy, 4 László Novakovszky, 5 Tibor Mezőfi, 6 István Lovrics, 7 Géza Kardos, 8 Ede Vadászi, 9 Tibor Zsíros, 10 János Halász, 11 Antal Bánkuti, 12 Attila Timár-Geng, 13 István Timár-Geng, 14 József Kozma (Coach: István Király)
1952 Olympic Games: finished 16th among 23 teams
3 György Telegdy, 4 György Bokor, 5 Tibor Mezőfi, 6 László Bánhegyi, 7 Péter Papp, 8 János Greminger, 9 Tibor Zsíros, 10 Pál Bogár, 11 János Simon, 13 Tibor Cselkó, 14 László Hódi, 15 Tibor Czinkán, 16 Ede Komáromi (Coach: János Páder)
3 László Bánhegyi, 4 György Bokor, 5 Tibor Mezőfi, 6 Tibor Czinkán, 7 Péter Papp, 8 János Greminger, 9 Tibor Zsíros, 10 Pál Bogár, 11 János Simon, 12 Ede Komáromi, 13 Tibor Cselkó, 14 Tibor Remai, 15 László Hódi (Coach: János Páder)
3 László Bánhegyi, 4 Tibor Czinkán, 5 Tibor Mezőfi, 6 László Hódi, 7 Péter Papp, 8 János Greminger (MVP), 9 Tibor Zsíros, 10 Pál Bogár, 11 János Simon, 12 János Bencze, 13 Tibor Cselkó, 14 Laszlo Toth, 15 Tibor Rémai, 16 János Dallos (Coach: János Páder)
3 László Bánhegyi, 4 Tibor Czinkán, 5 László Gabányi, 6 Zoltán Judik, 7 István Liptay, 8 János Greminger, 9 Tibor Zsíros, 10 Laszlo Toth, 11 János Simon, 12 János Bencze, 13 Pál Borbély, 14 Ervin Keszey (Coach: Zoltán Csányi)
3 László Bánhegyi, 4 Tibor Czinkán, 5 László Gabányi, 6 Zoltán Judik, 7 Ottó Temesvári, 8 János Greminger, 9 Tibor Zsíros, 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 János Greminger, 9 Tibor Zsíros, 10 Miklós Boháty, 11 János Simon, 12 János Bencze, 14 György Pólik, 15 Árpád Glatz (Coach: János Páder)
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4 Miklós Boháty, 5 László Gabányi, 6 György Pólik, 7 György Vajdovics, 8 János Greminger, 9 József Prieszol, 10 Árpád Glatz, 11 János Simon, 12 János Bencze, 13 Tibor Kangyal, 14 Ottó Temesvári, 15 Pál Koczka (Coach: Tibor Zsíros)
1964 Olympic Games: finished 13th among 16 teams
4 Miklós Boháty, 5 László Gabányi, 6 György Pólik, 7 Pál Koczka, 8 János Greminger, 9 József Prieszol, 10 Tibor Kangyal, 11 Ödön Lendvay, 12 János Bencze, 13 János Rácz, 14 András Haán, 15 Árpád Glatz (Coach: Tibor Zsíros)
4 Matyas Ranky, 5 Laszlo Orbay, 6 György Pólik, 7 Pál Koczka, 8 Gábor Kulcsár, 9 István Fekete, 10 Valer Banna, 11 Ödön Lendvay, 12 Ferenc Haris, 13 János Rácz, 14 József Tóth, 15 Laszlo Koranyi (Coach: Tibor Zsíros)
4 Laszlo Orbay, 5 László Gabányi, 6 György Pólik, 7 József Kovács, 8 Gábor Kulcsár, 9 József Prieszol, 10 Valer Banna, 11 Imre Nyitrai, 12 Laszlo Koranyi, 13 István Halmos, 14 Ödön Lendvay, 15 Tibor Kangyal (Coach: János Szabó)
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, 14 Szabolcs Hody, 15 István Hegedűs (Coach: Rezso Eszeki)
4 Ernő Sitku, 5 Tamás Bencze, 6 László Kálmán, 7 Rolland Halm, 8 István Németh, 9 Kornél Dávid, 10 Tibor Pankár, 11 Zoltán Boros, 12 László Orosz, 13 Róbert Gulyás, 14 Zalán Mészáros, 15 László Czigler (Coach: Lajos Mészáros)
4 András Ruják, 5 Rosco Allen, 6 Ákos Keller, 7 Krisztián Wittmann, 8 Ádám Hanga, 9 Dávid Vojvoda, 10 Péter Kovács, 11 Norbert Tóth, 12 Csaba Ferencz, 20 Zoltán Perl, 21 Kemal Karahodžić, 22 János Eilingsfeld (Coach: Stojan Ivković)
1 Mikael Hopkins, 5 Rosco Allen, 6 Ákos Keller (C), 8 Ádám Hanga, 9 Dávid Vojvoda, 11 Szilárd Benke, 12 Ádám Somogyi,
14 György Golomán, 15 Csaba Ferencz, 20 Zoltán Perl, 22 János Eilingsfeld, 25 Benedek Váradi (Coach: Stojan Ivković)
Kit
Manufacturer
- 2016–2019: Spalding[8]
Sponsor
- 2019: K&H Bank
See also
- Hungary women's national basketball team
- Hungary men's national under-20 basketball team
- Hungary men's national under-18 basketball team
- Hungary men's national under-16 basketball team
- Hungary men's national 3x3 team
- Sport in Hungary
References
- ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- ^ "Hungary celebrates their first FIBA EuroBasket win in 48 years". Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ "Hungary at the EuroBasket 2017". Retrieved 17 September 2017.
- ^ Elképesztő kosárcsoda: a magyar válogatott legyőzte az Eb-címvédőt Antalics Ádám (ORIOGO), 20 February 2020. Accessed 11 May 2020. (in Hungarian)
- ^ 1936 Olympic tournament results
- ^ "Hungary during the 2023 FIBA World Cup European Qualifiers in February 2023". Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- ^ "Hungary at the EuroBasket 2022". Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ^ Hungary | FIBA EuroBasket 2017, FIBA.com, Retrieved 22 March 2017.
External links
- Official website (in Hungarian)
- Hungary FIBA profile
- Hungarian National Team – Men at Eurobasket.com
- Hungary Basketball Records at FIBA Archive
Videos
- Hungary v Great Britain - Highlights - FIBA EuroBasket 2017 Qualifiers Youtube.com video