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Austria

FIBA ranking	65 (26 November 2024)
Joined FIBA	1934
FIBA zone	FIBA Europe
National federation	Basketball Austria
Coach	Chris O'Shea
Nickname(s)	Das Team (The Team) Unsere Burschen (Our Boys)
FIBA World Cup
Appearances	None
EuroBasket
Appearances	6
Medals	None
Championship for Small Countries
Appearances	2
Medals	Gold: (1992, 1996)
Home Away
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)

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 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

EuroBasket 1947

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.

EuroBasket 1951

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

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

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

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

FIBA World Cup World Cup Qualification Year Position Pld W L Pld W L 1950 Did not qualify 5 0 5 1954 Did not enter Did not enter 1959 Did not qualify Did not qualify 1963 Did not enter Did not enter 1967 Did not qualify EuroBasket served as qualifiers 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 Did not enter Did not enter 1990 Did not qualify EuroBasket served as qualifiers 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2019 10 3 7 2023 Did not enter Withdrew 2027 To be determined To be determined Total 0/19 15 3 12 Olympic Games Olympic Games Qualifying Year Position Pld W L Pld W L 1936 Did not enter 1948 1952 1956 Did not qualify 1960 5 1 4 1964 Did not enter Did not enter 1968 Did not qualify 9 4 5 1972 4 1 3 1976 Did not enter Did not enter 1980 Did not qualify 4 1 3 1984 3 0 3 1988 Did not enter Did not enter 1992 1996 Did not qualify Did not qualify 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024 Total 0/21 25 7 18 Championship for Small Countries FIBA European Championship for Small Countries Year Position Pld W L 1992 5 5 0 1996 5 5 0 Total 10 10 0

EuroBasket EuroBasket Qualification Year Position Pld W L Pld W L 1935 Did not enter 1937 1939 1946 1947 12th 5 1 4 1949 Did not enter 1951 11th 9 5 4 1953 Did not enter 1955 13th 10 4 6 1957 14th 10 2 8 1959 16th 7 1 6 1961 Did not enter 1963 Did not qualify 2 1 1 1965 3 1 2 1967 3 1 2 1969 4 3 1 1971 4 1 3 1973 6 2 4 1975 4 2 2 1977 12th 7 0 7 15 11 4 1979 Did not qualify 5 0 5 1981 4 3 1 1983 5 3 2 1985 5 3 2 1987 9 4 5 1989 4 1 3 1991 3 1 2 1993 6 2 4 1995 5 1 4 1997 6 1 5 1999 3 1 2 2001 16 5 11 2003 6 3 3 2005 Division B 8 5 3 2007 Division B 8 3 5 2009 Division B 8 4 4 2011 Division B 6 4 2 2013 Did not qualify 8 3 5 2015 12 8 4 2017 6 2 4 2022 10 3 7 2025 16 6 10 Total 6/42 48 13 35 200 88 112

Results and fixtures

  Win   Loss

2024

22 February 2024 2027 FIBA World Cup pre-qualifiers – 1st round	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 2027 FIBA World Cup pre-qualifiers – 1st round	Albania	63–99	Austria	Durrës, Albania
19:30 (UTC+1)	Scoring by quarter: 18–27, 17–23, 12–32, 16–17
	Pts: Hamati 16 Rebs: Hamati 6 Asts: Dusha 4	Boxscore	Pts: Landesberg 23 Rebs: Brajkovic 7 Asts: Vujošević 4	Arena: Dhimitraq Goga Sports Palace Attendance: 250 Referees: Arnau Padros (ESP), Valerio Grigioni (ITA), Ioannis Agrafiotis (GRE)

24 November 2024 2027 FIBA World Cup pre-qualifiers – 1st round	Armenia	80–129	Austria	Yerevan, Armenia
18:00 (UTC+4)	Scoring by quarter: 22–39, 6–29, 25–36, 27–25
	Pts: Jones 22 Rebs: Chizhenok 5 Asts: Jones 7	Boxscore	Pts: Landesberg 25 Rebs: Schott 12 Asts: Vujošević 11	Arena: Karen Demirchyan Complex Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Nemanja Ninković (SRB), Ciprian Stoica (ROU), Stylianos Simeonidis (GRE)

2025

23 February 2025 2027 FIBA World Cup pre-qualifiers – 1st round	Austria	vs.	Albania	Austria
		Boxscore

Team

Current roster

Roster for the 2027 FIBA World Cup Pre-Qualifiers matches on 21 and 24 November 2024 against Albania and Armenia.

Austria men's national basketball team roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. SG 5 Bogić Vujošević 32 – (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 C 8 Fynn Schott 18 – (2006-04-13)13 April 2006 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Gran Canaria PG 11 Jonathan Knessl 24 – (2000-07-28)28 July 2000 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Gunners G/F 12 Edi Patekar 24 – (2000-02-24)24 February 2000 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Gunners SF 15 Sylven Landesberg 34 – (1990-04-10)10 April 1990 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Hapoel Haifa PF 16 Renato Poljak 26 – (1997-04-20)20 April 1997 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Wels G/F 17 Erol Ersek 25 – (1999-04-20)20 April 1999 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Heidelberg SG 19 Aleksej Kostić 19 – (2005-10-16)16 October 2005 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Traiskirchen G/F 22 Jakob Löhr 22 – (2002-08-23)23 August 2002 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Swans F 33 Omer Suljanović 19 – (2005-04-02)2 April 2005 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Assigeco Piacenza C 35 Luka Brajkovic 25 – (1999-06-26)26 June 1999 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Darüşşafaka G 77 Timo Lanmüller 23 – (2001-03-17)17 March 2001 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Frankfurt	Head coach Chris O'Shea Assistant coach(es) Benedikt Danek Stefan Grassegger Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the competition Age – describes age on 21 November 2024

Depth chart

Head coaches

• Miodrag Stefanović – (1951)
• Janos Gerdov – (1955)
• Herbert Haselbacher – (1957–1959)
• Jan Hluchy – (1977)
• Hubert Schreiner – (1986–2000)
• Neno Ašćerić – (2008–2012)
• Werner Sallomon – (2013–2016)
• Kęstutis Kemzūra – (2016–2017)
• Matthias Zollner – (2017–2018)
• Mike Coffin – (2018–2019)
• Raoul Korner – (2020–2022)
• Chris O'Shea – (2022–present)

Notable players

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

Past rosters

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)

Kit

Manufacturer

• 2015–2017: Spalding

Sponsor

• 2015–2017: Admiral (Sportwetten)

See also

• Sport in Austria
• Austria women's national basketball team
• Austria men's national under-20 basketball team
• Austria men's national under-18 basketball team
• Austria men's national under-16 basketball team

References

1. "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 26 November 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
2. "Austria during the 2027 FIBA World Cup European Pre-Qualifiers in November 2024". Retrieved 21 November 2024.
3. ^ FIBA EuroBasket 2017, FIBA.com, Retrieved 16 May 2017.

External links

• Official website (in German)
• Austria FIBA profile
• Austria National Team – Men at Eurobasket.com

Videos

• Great Britain v Austria - Full Game - EuroBasket 2022 Pre-Qualifiers Youtube.com video

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Africa	FIBA Africa – AfroBasket U-18 U-16 AfroCan African Games Basketball Africa League (BAL)
Americas	FIBA Americas – FIBA AmeriCup U-18 U-16 CBC Championship Centrobasket U-17 U-15 COCABA Championship Marchand Cup Pan American Games South American Championship U-17 U-15 Basketball Champions League Americas (BCLA)
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Oceania	FIBA Oceania – FIBA Oceania Championship (defunct) U-20 (defunct) U-17 U-15 Pacific Games
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