Slovakia men's national basketball team

Slovakia
FIBA ranking	63 3 (15 September 2025)
Joined FIBA	1993
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	SBA
Coach	Oliver Vidin
Nickname(s)	Repre; (The Representatives)
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	None
EuroBasket
Appearances	None
Home	Away
First international
	Bosnia 97–69 Slovakia ; (Wrocław, Poland; 30 May 1993)
Biggest win
	Slovakia 100–39 Malta ; (Levice, Slovakia; 7 September 2005)
Biggest defeat
	Belgium 102–59 Slovakia ; (Mons, Belgium; 30 June 2022)

The Slovakia men's national basketball team (Slovak: Slovenské národné basketbalové mužstvo) represents Slovakia in international basketball competition. The supervising body is the Slovak Basketball Association (SBA).

Slovakia is one of the newest national basketball teams in the world, having split from Czechoslovakia following the dissolution of the unified state in 1993. They joined FIBA later that year, and played in their first international match against Bosnia and Herzegovina. Slovakia to date does not have much history on the international level. Although they have attempted to qualify for major tournaments such as EuroBasket and the FIBA World Cup, but have yet to reach qualification.

History

The Czechoslovak era

Until 1993, Slovakia was a part of Czechoslovakia, with Slovak born players taking part on the Czechoslovakia national team. One of the most notable players who was born in Slovakia, and played for the Czechoslovakia national team to achieve success at the international level was Stanislav Kropilák. He helped lead Czechoslovakia to three medal finishes at the EuroBasket, in 1977, 1981, and 1985.

After independence

After gaining independence from Czechoslovakia, the Slovak national team on numerous attempts during their early years strived to qualify for EuroBasket, but ultimately came up short. In qualification to reach EuroBasket 2017, Slovakia was slotted into Group F to begin the qualifiers. Slovakia, however, would go on to struggle to a (1–5) record and missing their chance to qualify.^[2]

For qualification to the 2019 FIBA World Cup, Slovakia took part in European Pre-Qualifiers, but were eventually eliminated after amassing a (1–5) record in their group.^[3] Slovakia later went through EuroBasket 2022 Pre-Qualifiers, but were once again denied of making it to the continental stage, after finishing with a (3–5) record during pre-qualifying.^[4]

Competitive record

FIBA World Cup

World Cup		Qualification
Year	Position	Pld	W	L	Pld	W	L
1950 to 1990	Part of Czechoslovakia
1994	Did not qualify	EuroBasket served as qualifiers
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014
2019	6	1	5
2023	16	5	11
2027	4	1	3
Total	0/9				26	7	19

Olympic Games

Olympic Games		Qualifying
Year	Position	Pld	W	L	Pld	W	L
1936 to 1992	Part of Czechoslovakia
1996 to 2016	Did not qualify	Did not qualify
2020
2024
2028	To be determined	To be determined
Total	0/8

EuroBasket

EuroBasket		Qualification
Year	Position	Pld	W	L	Pld	W	L
1935 to 1991	Part of Czechoslovakia
1993	Did not qualify	3	1	2
1995	11	7	4
1997	10	1	9
1999	13	5	8
2001	15	3	12
2003	6	3	3
2005	Division B	6	4	2
2007	Division B	6	4	2
2009	Division B	8	4	4
2011	Division B	6	3	3
2013	Did not qualify	10	1	9
2015	10	2	8
2017	6	1	5
2022	8	3	5
2025	16	8	8
2029	To be determined	To be determined
Total	0/15				134	50	84

Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2027 FIBA World Cup Pre-Qualifiers matches in August 2025 against Switzerland and Ukraine.^[5]^[6]

Slovakia men's national basketball team roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
PF	1	Jakub Merešš	29 – (1996-07-14)14 July 1996	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	Patrioti
PG	5	Matej Majerčák	28 – (1996-12-21)21 December 1996	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Slovan
SG	9	Matúš Malovec	22 – (2003-01-07)7 January 2003	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	Rollins College
PF	12	Milán Szabó	26 – (1998-10-21)21 October 1998	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	Slovan
C	13	Maroš Zelizňák	26 – (1999-02-15)15 February 1999	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)	Slovan
SG	14	Dávid Abrhám	28 – (1996-10-09)9 October 1996	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	Patrioti
PG	15	Peter Kováčik	20 – (2005-03-15)15 March 2005	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	Handlová
C	21	Tomáš Pavelka	24 – (2000-09-22)22 September 2000	2.14 m (7 ft 0 in)	Neptūnas
SG	22	Dalibor Hlivák	30 – (1995-05-25)25 May 1995	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	Prievidza
SF	24	Samuel Kincel	26 – (1998-09-20)20 September 1998	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	Spišskí Rytieri
SF	47	Alex Krajčovič	21 – (2004-03-04)4 March 2004	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	Patrioti
PG	55	Šimon Krajčovič	31 – (1994-02-14)14 February 1994	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Gießen
SG	77	Lukáš Bolek	27 – (1997-08-11)11 August 1997	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	Nitra Blue Wings
G/F	88	Timotej Malovec	21 – (2004-04-25)25 April 2004	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	Miami Hurricanes

Head coach

Oliver Vidin

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
Club – describes last
club before the competition
Age – describes age
on 2 August 2025

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Bench 3
C	Tomáš Pavelka	Michael Fusek	Maroš Zelizňák	Marek Dolezaj
PF	Vladimír Brodziansky	Jakub Mokráň	Jakub Merešš	Milan Szabó
SF	Timotej Malovec	Dávid Abrhám	Samuel Kincel	Sebastián Rančík
SG	Mário Ihring	Dalibor Hlivák	Matúš Malovec	Lukáš Bolek
PG	Šimon Krajčovič	Matej Majerčák	Peter Kováčik	Samuel Volárik

Head coach position

Milan Černický – (2004–2010)
Peter Bálint – (2011–2012)
Miroslav Grznár – (2012–2013)
Milan Černický – (2014–2015)
Ivan Rudež – (2016–2018)
Žan Tabak – (2019–2021)
Oleg Meleshchenko – (2021–2022)
Aramis Naglić – (2022–2025)
Oliver Vidin – (2025–present)^[7]

Results and fixtures

Win Loss

2024

22 November 2024 EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers	Slovakia	72–760(2OT)	Spain	Bratislava, Slovakia
18:00 (UTC+1)	Scoring by quarter: 10–14, 15–24, 21–10, 13–11, Overtime: 8–8, 5–9
	Pts: Brodziansky 23 Rebs: Brodziansky 10 Asts: Ihring 10	Boxscore	Pts: Yusta 21 Rebs: Yusta 10 Asts: Alocén 5	Arena: Tipos aréna Attendance: 10,046 Referees: Martin Vulić (CRO), Cecília Montgomery-Tóth (HUN), Péter Praksch (HUN)

25 November 2024 EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers	Spain	84–71	Slovakia	Ourense, Spain
20:00 (UTC+1)	Scoring by quarter: 22–18, 25–14, 24–25, 13–14
	Pts: Yusta 25 Rebs: Pradilla 8 Asts: Alocén 7	Boxscore	Pts: Brodziansky 19 Rebs: Malovec 7 Asts: Ihring 8	Arena: Pazo dos Deportes Paco Paz Attendance: 3,995 Referees: Michał Proc (POL), Igor Mitrovski (MKD), Josip Jurčević (CRO)

2025

20 February 2025 EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers	Belgium	93–63	Slovakia	Charleroi, Belgium
20:15 (UTC+1)	Scoring by quarter: 21–24, 25–13, 23–10, 24–16
	Pts: Obasohan 21 Rebs: Obasohan 8 Asts: Obasohan 8	Boxscore	Pts: Brodziansky 19 Rebs: Ihring, Malovec 7 Asts: Ihring 8	Arena: Dôme Attendance: 2,889 Referees: Marius Ciulin (ROU), Alexandre Deman (FRA), Can Mavisu (TUR)

23 February 2025 EuroBasket 2025 qualifiers	Slovakia	68–89	Latvia	Bratislava, Slovakia
17:00 (UTC+1)	Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 18–19, 18–30, 17–20
	Pts: Ihring, Mokráň 13 Rebs: Malovec 7 Asts: Ihring 7	Boxscore	Pts: Šiliņš 19 Rebs: Laksa 5 Asts: A. Kurucs, Zoriks 5	Arena: Gopass Arena Attendance: 2,460 Referees: Paulo Marques (POR), Viola Györgyi (NOR), Blaž Zupančič (SVN)

2 August 2025 2027 FIBA World Cup pre-qualifiers – 2nd round	Slovakia	73–60	Switzerland	Bratislava, Slovakia
18:00 (UTC+2)	Scoring by quarter: 13–17, 28–16, 19–7, 13–20
	Pts: Malovec 21 Rebs: Malovec 9 Asts: Krajčovič 5	Boxscore	Pts: T. Ročak 13 Rebs: T. Ročak 7 Asts: Fofana 5	Arena: Gopass Arena Attendance: 1,826 Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Martin Vulić (CRO), Geert Jacobs (BEL)

9 August 2025 2027 FIBA World Cup pre-qualifiers – 2nd round	Ukraine	80–71	Slovakia	Riga, Latvia
17:00 (UTC+3)	Scoring by quarter: 24–24, 21–14, 17–14, 18–19
	Pts: Sanon 23 Rebs: Bobrov, Lypovyy 8 Asts: Sanon 6	Boxscore	Pts: Malovec 19 Rebs: Pavelka 9 Asts: Krajčovič 4	Arena: Olympic Sports Centre Attendance: 500 Referees: Andris Aunkrogers (LAT), Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Viola Györgyi (NOR)

13 August 2025 2027 FIBA World Cup pre-qualifiers – 2nd round	Switzerland	85–72	Slovakia	Winterthur, Switzerland
19:00 (UTC+2)	Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 28–15, 14–17, 26–19
	Pts: Fofana 24 Rebs: three players 6 Asts: Fofana 8	Boxscore	Pts: Malovec 22 Rebs: Pavelka 13 Asts: Kováčik 4	Arena: AXA Arena Attendance: 1,432 Referees: Ariadna Chueca (ESP), Gatis Saliņš (LAT), Alberto Sánchez (ESP)

20 August 2025 2027 FIBA World Cup pre-qualifiers – 2nd round	Slovakia	86–98	Ukraine	Bratislava, Slovakia
18:00 (UTC+2)	Scoring by quarter: 20–17, 20–32, 27–20, 19–29
	Pts: Malovec 28 Rebs: Pavelka 9 Asts: Krajčovič 9	Boxscore	Pts: Kovliar 33 Rebs: Lypovyy 8 Asts: Kovliar 6	Arena: Gopass Arena Attendance: 2,376 Referees: Marius Ciulin (ROU), Péter Praksch (HUN), Siniša Prpa (SRB)

27 November 2025 EuroBasket 2029 pre-qualifiers – 1st round	Slovakia	vs.	Albania	Slovakia
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2026

27 February 2025 EuroBasket 2029 pre-qualifiers – 1st round	Kosovo	vs.	Slovakia	Kosovo
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2 March 2026 EuroBasket 2029 pre-qualifiers – 1st round	Albania	vs.	Slovakia	Albania
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5 July 2026 EuroBasket 2029 pre-qualifiers – 1st round	Slovakia	vs.	Kosovo	Slovakia
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References

^ "FIBA World Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 15 September 2025. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
^ "Slovakia during the EuroBasket 2017 Qualifiers". Retrieved 17 September 2016.
^ "Slovakia during the 2019 FIBA World Cup European Pre-Qualifiers". Retrieved 2 August 2017.
^ "Slovakia during the EuroBasket 2022 Pre-Qualifiers". Retrieved 21 August 2019.
^ "Štartuje éra mužskej reprezentácie s novým trénerom a bez viacerých opôr. Oliver Vidin: Prvoradý je postup do kvalifikácie". slovakbasket.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 9 July 2025.
^ "Slovakia during the 2027 FIBA World Cup European Pre-Qualifiers in August 2025". Retrieved 2 August 2025.
^ "Štartuje éra mužskej reprezentácie s novým trénerom a bez viacerých opôr. Oliver Vidin: Prvoradý je postup do kvalifikácie". slovakbasket.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 9 July 2025.

External links

Official website (in Slovak)
Slovakia FIBA profile
Slovakia National Team – Men at Eurobasket.com

[FIBA_World_Rankings-1] "FIBA World Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 15 September 2025. Retrieved 15 September 2025.

[2] "Slovakia during the EuroBasket 2017 Qualifiers". Retrieved 17 September 2016.

[3] "Slovakia during the 2019 FIBA World Cup European Pre-Qualifiers". Retrieved 2 August 2017.

[4] "Slovakia during the EuroBasket 2022 Pre-Qualifiers". Retrieved 21 August 2019.

[5] "Štartuje éra mužskej reprezentácie s novým trénerom a bez viacerých opôr. Oliver Vidin: Prvoradý je postup do kvalifikácie". slovakbasket.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 9 July 2025.

[6] "Slovakia during the 2027 FIBA World Cup European Pre-Qualifiers in August 2025". Retrieved 2 August 2025.

[7] "Štartuje éra mužskej reprezentácie s novým trénerom a bez viacerých opôr. Oliver Vidin: Prvoradý je postup do kvalifikácie". slovakbasket.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 9 July 2025.

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