Austria men's national basketball team

Austria
FIBA ranking	65 (1 March 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	Did not qualify				5	1	4
1964	Did not enter				Did not enter
1968	Did not qualify				9	4	5
1972	Did not qualify				4	1	3
1976	Did not enter				Did not enter
1980	Did not qualify				4	1	3
1984	Did not qualify				3	0	3
1988	Did not enter				Did not enter
1992	Did not enter				Did not enter
1996 to 2016	Did not qualify				Did not qualify
2020	Did not qualify				Did not qualify
2024	Did not enter				Did not enter
2028	To be determined				To be determined
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

2023

22 July 2023 EuroBasket 2025 pre-qualifiers – 3rd round	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 EuroBasket 2025 pre-qualifiers – 3rd round	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 EuroBasket 2025 pre-qualifiers – 3rd round	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 EuroBasket 2025 pre-qualifiers – 3rd round	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

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	vs.	Austria	Albania

		Boxscore

24 November 2024 2027 FIBA World Cup pre-qualifiers – 1st round	Armenia	vs.	Austria	Armenia

		Boxscore

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 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
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

Chris O'Shea

Assistant coach(es)

Benedikt Danek

Legend

(C) Team captain
Club – describes last
club before the competition
Age – describes age
on 22 February 2024

Depth chart

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

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^[3]

Sponsor

2015–2017: Admiral (Sportwetten)^[3]

References

^ "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
^ "Austria during the 2027 FIBA World Cup European Pre-Qualifiers in February 2024". Retrieved 22 February 2024.
^ ^a ^b 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
Austria Basketball Records at FIBA Archive

Videos

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

[FIBA_World_Rankings-1] "FIBA Ranking Presented by Nike". FIBA. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.

[2] "Austria during the 2027 FIBA World Cup European Pre-Qualifiers in February 2024". Retrieved 22 February 2024.

[kit-3] FIBA EuroBasket 2017, FIBA.com, Retrieved 16 May 2017.

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