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Austria men's national basketball team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Austria women's national basketball team.

The Austria men's national basketball team (German: Österreichische Basketballnationalmannschaft) represents Austria in international basketball competition. The team is controlled and organised by Basketball Austria.

Austria
FIBA ranking65 Increase 1 (15 August 2024)[1]
Joined FIBA1934
FIBA zoneFIBA Europe
National federationBasketball Austria
CoachChris O'Shea
Nickname(s)Das Team
(The Team)
Unsere Burschen
(Our Boys)
FIBA World Cup
AppearancesNone
EuroBasket
Appearances6
MedalsNone
Championship for Small Countries
Appearances2
MedalsGold Gold: (1992, 1996)
First international
 Bulgaria 56–13 Austria 
(Prague, Czechoslovakia; 27 April 1947)
Biggest win
 Algeria 63–119 Austria 
(Böblingen, West Germany; 13 May 1975)
Biggest defeat
 France 100–6 Austria 
(Prague, Czechoslovakia; 28 April 1947)

Austria has competed at the EuroBasket six times throughout their history. Their best performance overall came at the 1951 tournament. However, the team is still seeking qualification to their first appearance on to the global stage at the FIBA World Cup.

History

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EuroBasket 1947

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Austria first competed in the European Basketball Championship at EuroBasket 1947, placing 12th of 14 teams. Initially, the team struggled and lost both of their preliminary round matches, along with their first semifinal round match. Then they defeated Albania to place second in the group and set up a match against the Netherlands for 11th and 12th place, which Austria lost after a long battle.

 
Austria national team before game

EuroBasket 1951

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Austria made their second appearance on the continental stage at EuroBasket 1951 in Paris. The national team was eliminated from championship contention after finishing 1–3 in pool play and fourth in their group. They won all three of their first round classification games, however, advancing to the 9th–12th place classification semifinals. A loss to the Netherlands, but a win over West Germany propelled Austria into 11th place of the 18 teams in the tournament.

EuroBasket 1955

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Austria's appearance at EuroBasket 1955 in Budapest began with a 2–2 showing in preliminary round play. This was good enough for third place in the pool, and Austria was pushed to classification play. There, they were able to win only 1 out of 4 games (the win coming against West Germany), placing fourth of the five teams in the group. Playing against Luxembourg and then Switzerland in classification for the 13th–16th place playoffs, Austria won both games to finish 13th of the 18 teams.

EuroBasket 1957

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In Sofia for the EuroBasket 1957 competition, Austria was defeated three times in the preliminary round. Their 0–3 record put them last in their group and sent them to the classification pool. The team won two games there, finishing at a record of 2–5 to take an overall 14th place in the 16 team tournament.

Later years

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Austria went on to qualify to the EuroBasket two more times in 1959 and 1977. But since then it has been a struggle for the national team to qualify for major international basketball tournaments.

Competitive record

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Results and fixtures

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  Win   Loss

2023

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22 July 2023 Bulgaria   83–71   Austria Botevgrad, Bulgaria
18:00 (UTC+3) Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 19–7, 26–20, 23–24
Pts: Simeonov 29
Rebs: Simeonov 11
Asts: Miller-McIntyre 6 		Boxscore Pts: Vujošević 15
Rebs: Vujošević 6
Asts: Vujošević 7 		Arena: Arena Botevgrad
Attendance: 1,500
Referees: Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Gintaras Mačiulis (LTU), Zdenko Tomašovič (SVK)
26 July 2023 Austria   85–66   Norway Schwechat, Austria
18:30 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 25–15, 24–12, 21–15, 15–24
Pts: Vujošević 21
Rebs: four players 6
Asts: Güttl 5 		Boxscore Pts: Ndow 21
Rebs: Kolstad 7
Asts: Espe 5 		Arena: Multiversum
Attendance: 1,350
Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Martin Vulić (CRO), Ariadna Chueca (ESP)
2 August 2023 Austria   71–85   Bulgaria Schwechat, Austria
19:15 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 13–28, 25–25, 14–16, 19–16
Pts: Vujošević 24
Rebs: Patekar 6
Asts: Kaferle 3 		Boxscore Pts: P. Ivanov, Miller-McIntyre 18
Rebs: Kostadinov, Simeonov 8
Asts: Miller-McIntyre 8 		Arena: Multiversum
Attendance: 1,700
Referees: Michał Proc (POL), Marek Kúkelčík (SVK), Carsten Straube (GER)
5 August 2023 Norway   84–74   Austria Asker, Norway
18:00 (UTC+2) Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 19–23, 22–18, 21–16
Pts: Ndow 29
Rebs: Berg, Ndow 9
Asts: Kolstad 4 		Boxscore Pts: Güttl 15
Rebs: Lohr 8
Asts: Ersek, Vujošević 5 		Arena: Varner Arena
Attendance: 2,100
Referees: Gatis Saliņš (LAT), Gintaras Vitkauskas (LTU), Armin Mutapčić (GER)

2024

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22 February 2024 Austria   106–91   Armenia Vienna, Austria
19:15 (UTC+1) Scoring by quarter: 23–29, 31–19, 25–20, 27–23
Pts: Mahalbašić 27
Rebs: Mahalbašić 8
Asts: Diggs 5 		Boxscore Pts: Jones 30
Rebs: Tavitian 7
Asts: Jones 8 		Arena: Hallmann Dome
Attendance: 1,300
Referees: Zdravko Rutešić (MNE), Christian Theis (GER), Hrvoje Čavar (BIH)
21 November 2024 Albania   vs.   Austria Albania
Boxscore
24 November 2024 Armenia   vs.   Austria Armenia
Boxscore

2025

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23 February 2025 Austria   vs.   Albania Austria
Boxscore

Team

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Current roster

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Roster for the 2027 FIBA World Cup Pre-Qualifiers match on 22 February 2024 against Armenia.[2]

Austria men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
G 5 Bogić Vujošević 31 – (1992-08-05)5 August 1992 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) Vienna  
PG 6 Daniel Friedrich 32 – (1992-02-11)11 February 1992 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Swans  
PG 7 Sebastian Kaferle 27 – (1996-09-23)23 September 1996 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Gunners  
G 15 Aleksej Kostić 18 – (2005-10-16)16 October 2005 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Traiskirchen  
PF 16 Renato Poljak 26 – (1997-04-20)20 April 1997 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Wels  
G/F 17 Erol Ersek 24 – (1999-04-20)20 April 1999 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Tübingen  
PG 21 Benedikt Güttl 30 – (1994-02-18)18 February 1994 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Swans  
C 24 Rašid Mahalbašić 33 – (1990-11-07)7 November 1990 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Halcones de Xalapa  
F 33 Omer Suljanović 18 – (2005-04-02)2 April 2005 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Reggiana  
F/C 35 Luka Brajkovic 24 – (1999-06-26)26 June 1999 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Kolossos  
SF 40 Quincy Diggs 33 – (1990-04-08)8 April 1990 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Sopron  
SG 77 Timo Lanmüller 22 – (2001-03-17)17 March 2001 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Tübingen  
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the competition
  • Age – describes age
    on 22 February 2024

Depth chart

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Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Renato Poljak Daniel Köppel
PF Erol Ersek David Vötsch
SF Edi Patekar Jakob Lohr Lukas Simoner
SG Bogić Vujošević Timo Lanmüller
PG Benedikt Güttl Sebastian Kaferle Tobias Schrittwieser


Notable players

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Austria men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
C Jakob Pöltl 28 – (1995-10-15)15 October 1995 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) San Antonio Spurs  
G Thomas Klepeisz 33 – (1991-08-04)4 August 1991 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Ratiopharm Ulm  
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the competition
  • Age – describes age
    on 1 September 2024

Head coaches

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Notable players

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  • Jakob Pöltl – First Austrian-born player to get drafted and play in the NBA.

Past rosters

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1947 EuroBasket: finished 12th among 14 teams

3 Frankl, 4 Hans Bohman, 5 Eder, 6 Ganglberger, 7 Franz Gluck, 8 Herbert Haselbacher, 9 Paulin, 10 Konrad Pitsch, 12 Helmut Schmidt, 13 Richard Pollak, 15 Otto Schreiweiss, 16 Vostatek, 17 Hans Zsak, 29 Walter Ledl (Coach: ?)

1951 EuroBasket: finished 11th among 17 teams

3 Hans Zsak, 5 Gerhard Puschner, 6 Peter Vecernik, 7 Richard Pollak, 8 Herbert Haselbacher, 10 Walter Ledl, 13 Felix Schober, 15 Franz Gluck, 16 Hans Bohman, 17 Benno Binder, 18 Ewald Polansky, 19 Hans Praschl (Coach: Miodrag Stefanović)

1955 EuroBasket: finished 13th among 18 teams

3 Gunter Brousek, 4 Karl Hackl, 5 Franz Gebhard, 6 Oskar Doppes, 7 Ewald Polansky, 8 Helmut Schmidt, 9 Karl Thiering, 10 Helmut Schurer, 11 Baczinsky, 12 Johann Karall, 13 Karl Machek, 14 Peter Vecernik, 15 Karl Privoznik, 17 Alfred Probst (Coach: Janos Gerdov)

1957 EuroBasket: finished 14th among 16 teams

3 Nikolaus Waldingbrett, 4 Gunter Brousek, 5 Johann Karall, 6 Friedrich Walz, 7 Ewald Polansky, 8 Herwig Schon, 9 Werner Grohs, 10 Karl Thiering, 11 Alfred Waschkau, 12 Helmut Schurer, 14 Franz Vranitzky, 15 Alfred Probst (Coach: Herbert Haselbacher)

1959 EuroBasket: finished 16th among 17 teams

3 Friedrich Walz, 4 Peter Kotas, 5 Franz Havlicek, 6 Oskar Doppes, 7 Ewald Polansky, 8 Herwig Schon, 9 Walter Ledl, 10 Karl Thiering, 11 Alfred Probst, 12 Heinz Vybiral, 13 Ernst Tutschek, 15 Karl Privoznik (Coach: Herbert Haselbacher)

1977 EuroBasket: finished 12th among 12 teams

4 Wolfgang Vlk, 5 Friedrich Miklas, 6 Bernhard Slavicek, 7 Peter Bilik, 8 Peter Poiger, 9 Herbert Watzke, 10 Erich Tecka, 11 Werner Meisinger, 12 Helmut Zimmel, 13 Walter Fuchs, 14 Peter Wolf, 15 Herbert Haselbacher (Coach: Jan Hluchy)

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Manufacturer

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 15 August 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Austria during the 2027 FIBA World Cup European Pre-Qualifiers in February 2024". Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  3. ^ a b FIBA EuroBasket 2017, FIBA.com, Retrieved 16 May 2017.
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