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| FIBA ranking | 23 4 (15 September 2025)[1] | ||
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| JoinedFIBA | 1993 | ||
| FIBA zone | FIBA Europe | ||
| National federation | ČBF | ||
| Coach | Diego Ocampo | ||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Appearances | 1 | ||
| Medals | None | ||
| FIBA World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 1 | ||
| Medals | None | ||
| EuroBasket | |||
| Appearances | 7 | ||
| Medals | None | ||
| First international | |||
 Czech Republic 65–94Slovenia  (Wrocław, Poland; 30 May 1993) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Czech Republic 135–60Cyprus  (Prievidza, Slovakia; 22 June 1993) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Spain 107–67Czech Republic (Málaga, Spain; 10 November 1993) | |||
TheCzech Republic men's national basketball team (Czech:Česká basketbalová reprezentace), recognised byFIBA asCzechia, represents theCzech Republic in internationalbasketball. The team is controlled by theCzech Basketball Federation (ČBF).
Following thedissolution of Czechoslovakia, the Czech Republic national team made their debut in international competition in a qualifier for theEuroBasket in 1993. The team has qualified for the tournament seven times overall. The Czech Republic has also qualified for theFIBA World Cup, where the team reached the quarter-finals in2019, during their first appearance at the event.
In 1993, the Czech Republic national team was officially founded after thedissolution ofCzechoslovakia. The team played their first international match on 30 May 1993 againstSlovenia.
After several failed attempts at qualifying in 1993, 1995, and 1997 the Czech Republic finally clinched qualification to theEuroBasket finals tournament for the first time after independence atEuroBasket 1999.[2] The national team got off to a quick start, as they won their first two preliminary round matches againstLithuania andGreece, before losing toGermany in their final game of group play. With a record of (2–1), the Czech Republic booked their place into the second group phase. There, the team was thoroughly dominated againstCroatia andItaly, before losing a close battle againstTurkey 73–78 to exit the tournament. In all, the Czech Republic finished their maiden voyage to the EuroBasket in 12th place.[3] While national team standoutLuboš Bartoň took the honor of being the second best scorer of the tournament averaging (18.7 points per game).[4]
Throughout the 2000s for the Czech Republic, the national team suffered numerous setbacks. Failed attempts to qualify for the EuroBasket on multiple occasions were demoralizing reminders that the team had to become stronger in order to compete with the best on the continental stage. However, during qualification forEuroBasket 2007, led by national team veteransJiří Welsch, Luboš Bartoň andPetr Benda, the Czech Republic would qualify for their second overall appearance at the competition. In their first game at the 2007 tournament, the national team would lose in a classic against theDirk Nowitzki led Germany squad in overtime 78–83.[5] The tough loss for the team carried over into their next match, where they would suffer a heavy defeat at the hands of Lithuania 95–75. With one game left in group play, and still an opportunity to advance the Czechs would come up short again, this time to Turkey 72–80 to be eliminated.
After missing out on the EuroBasket in 2011, the Czech Republic turned the page to qualify forEuroBasket 2013. Their first game of the tournament was against hostsSlovenia. However, the team would succumb in a narrowly contested game between the two sides 60–62. Although the Czechs would show resilience in their second match againstPoland, behind a dominant game from big manJan Veselý and his (23 points and 14 rebounds) to win 68–69.[6] After the strong win for the Czech Republic, their third game of the tournament was a total calamity for the team, as they were completely mauled by the eventual championsSpain 60–39. The humbling loss for the team however, fueled them to a win in their next game againstGeorgia 95–79.[7] Heading into their final match of group play, with the possibility of advancing all but gone the Czechs would fall to Croatia 70–53.
The Czech Republic entered theEuroBasket 2015, after going (4–2) during qualifying to make their fourth EuroBasket appearance. To begin their 2015 tournament run, the Czech Republic was placed intoGroup D. The team would easily win their first two matches of the event, before their date versus co-hostsLatvia. However, strong games from team captainTomáš Satoranský (22 points and 9 assists), and center Jan Veselý (17 points and 11 rebounds) wouldn't be enough as Latvia would prevail 65–72.[8] After the loss, the Czechs would regroup to split their final two games of the group phase to advance to the Round of 16. There, the team displayed supreme focus to defeat Croatia 59–80, to send the team into the quarter-finals of the EuroBasket for the first time.[9][10] With a chance to reach the semi-finals on the line, the Czechs would fall short againstSerbia 89–75.[11] After the tough loss, the team would play two more games in the Olympic bracket qualifier to finish the tournament.
Inqualification for the2016 Olympic tournament, the Czech Republic failed to qualify after going (1–2) and being eliminated, losing to Serbia once again.[12]
AtEuroBasket 2017, the Czech Republic was drawn intoGroup C for their stint at the tournament. Although the team was quickly eliminated, failing to make it out of the group stage after posting a disappointing (1–4) record.[13]
DuringEuropean Qualifiers for the2019 FIBA World Cup, the Czech Republic amassed an (8–4) record during qualifying to solidify their first ever trip to the World Cup finals.[14][15] Heading toward the 2019 FIBA World Cup, the Czech Republic was slotted intoGroup E to begin the tournament. The first game for the team, however, would turn out to be a loss against the heavily favouredUnited States 67–88. Going into their second match of the tournament, the Czechs picked up their first ever World Cup finals victory overJapan.[16] With one game to go, and a path to advance into the second group phase, the team would pullout a solid 76–91 win overTurkey.[17]
Entering the second group phase, the Czech Republic continued their impressive play as the team picked up a huge victory, this time againstBrazil 71–93.[18] Although in their final match of group play, the Czechs suffered an 77–84 defeat toGreece. Even after the tough loss, the team would get the help it needed to advance into the quarter-finals, due to the United States eliminating Brazil.
In the quarter-finals, unfortunately, the tournament run for the Czechs would come to an end. The team would be eliminated 82–70 byAustralia. With classification matches to determine the final positions, the team would split their two games to be awarded sixth place.[19]
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Netherlands| 21 November 2024 | Czech Republic | 96–74 | Netherlands | Pardubice, Czech Republic | |
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| 18:00CET (UTC+1) | Scoring by quarter: 21–21,25–24,30–16,20–13 | ||||
| Pts:Bohačík 18 Rebs:Balvín 9 Asts:Peterka,Sehnal 6 | Boxscore | Pts:Van der Vuurst de Vries 20 Rebs:Franke 5 Asts:three players 4 | Arena:Enteria arena Attendance: 4,076 Referees: Gatis Saliņš (LAT), Alexandre Deman (FRA), Blaž Zupančič (SVN) | ||
v Czech Republic| 24 November 2024 | Netherlands | 77–70 | Czech Republic | The Hague, Netherlands | |
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| 15:00CET (UTC+1) | Scoring by quarter:25–10, 12–17,17–14, 23–29 | ||||
| Pts:Kraag, Van der Vuurst de Vries 13 Rebs:Edwards 6 Asts:Van der Vuurst de Vries 7 | Boxscore | Pts:Kyzlink 19 Rebs:Balvín 13 Asts:Balvín,Sehnal 6 | Arena:Sportcampus Zuiderpark Attendance: 3,479 Referees: Ariadna Chueca (ESP), Gintaras Mačiulis (LTU), Valentin Oliot (FRA) | ||
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Greece| 21 February 2025 | Czech Republic | 89–93(OT) | Greece | Pardubice, Czech Republic | |
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| 18:00CET (UTC+1) | Scoring by quarter: 13–27,27–10, 14–23,23–17, Overtime: 12–16 | ||||
| Pts:Balvín 19 Rebs:Balvín 8 Asts:Sehnal 9 | Boxscore | Pts:Toliopoulos 26 Rebs:Papagiannis 9 Asts:Papagiannis 4 | Arena:Enteria arena Attendance: 6,117 Referees: Paulo Marques (POR), Gvidas Gedvilas (LTU), Fernando Calatrava (ESP) | ||
v Czech Republic| 24 February 2025 | Great Britain | 96–75 | Czech Republic | Newcastle, England | |
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| 19:30 (UTC+0) | Scoring by quarter:23–15, 17–20,32–18,24–22 | ||||
| Pts:Belo 21 Rebs:three players 4 Asts:Nelson 5 | Boxscore | Pts:Hruban 16 Rebs:Husták 7 Asts:Křivánek 6 | Arena:Vertu Motors Arena Attendance: 2,181 Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Saverio Lanzarini (ITA), Geert Jacobs (BEL) | ||
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Portugal| 27 August 2025 | Czech Republic | 50–62 | Portugal | Riga, Latvia | |
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| 14:45EEST (UTC+3) | Scoring by quarter: 10–13, 19–19, 11–13, 10–17 | ||||
| Pts:Krejčí 10 Rebs:Peterka 7 Asts:three players 3 | Boxscore | Pts:Queta 23 Rebs:Queta 18 Asts:Gameiro,Lisboa 3 | Arena:Xiaomi Arena Attendance: 1,279 Referees: Wojciech Liszka (POL), Marius Ciulin (ROU), Dariusz Zapolski (POL) | ||
v Czech Republic| 29 August 2025 | Turkey | 92–78 | Czech Republic | Riga, Latvia | |
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| 14:45EEST (UTC+3) | Scoring by quarter: 21–27,24–10,27–25,20–16 | ||||
| Pts:Şengün 23 Rebs:Şengün 12 Asts:Şengün 9 | Boxscore | Pts:Peterka 23 Rebs:Peterka 5 Asts:Sehnal 8 | Arena:Xiaomi Arena Attendance: 1,478 Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Lorenzo Baldini (ITA), Josip Jurčević (CRO) | ||
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Estonia| 30 August 2025 | Czech Republic | 75–89 | Estonia | Riga, Latvia | |
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| 14:45EEST (UTC+3) | Scoring by quarter: 19–23, 17–31, 18–23,21–12 | ||||
| Pts:Žídek 14 Rebs:Bohačík 7 Asts:three players 4 | Boxscore | Pts:Kullamäe 16 Rebs:Jõesaar 8 Asts:Kullamäe 7 | Arena:Xiaomi Arena Attendance: 8,190 Referees: Wojciech Liszka (POL), Lorenzo Baldini (ITA), Geert Jacobs (BEL) | ||
v Czech Republic| 1 September 2025 | Serbia | 82–60 | Czech Republic | Riga, Latvia | |
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| 21:15EEST (UTC+3) | Scoring by quarter:27–5, 18–18, 16–20,21–17 | ||||
| Pts:Avramović 14 Rebs:three players 7 Asts:Avramović 8 | Boxscore | Pts:Bohačík 12 Rebs:Krejčí,Žídek 6 Asts:Sehnal 9 | Arena:Xiaomi Arena Attendance: 2,256 Referees: Wojciech Liszka (POL), Yohan Rosso (FRA), Dariusz Zapolski (POL) | ||
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Latvia| 3 September 2025 | Czech Republic | 75–109 | Latvia | Riga, Latvia | |
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| 18:00EEST (UTC+3) | Scoring by quarter: 24–30, 20–28, 12–28, 19–23 | ||||
| Pts:three players 11 Rebs:Peterka 6 Asts:Sehnal 8 | Boxscore | Pts:Dai. Bertāns, Dāv. Bertāns 20 Rebs:Porziņģis 7 Asts:Lomažs 10 | Arena:Xiaomi Arena Attendance: 11,000 Referees: Fernando Calatrava (ESP), Dariusz Zapolski (POL), Geert Jacobs (BEL) | ||
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Sweden| 28 November 2025 | Czech Republic | vs. | Sweden | Czech Republic | |
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v Czech Republic| 1 December 2025 | Estonia | vs. | Czech Republic | Tallinn, Estonia | |
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v Czech Republic| 26 February 2026 | Slovenia | vs. | Czech Republic | Slovenia | |
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v Slovenia| 1 March 2026 | Czech Republic | vs. | Slovenia | Czech Republic | |
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v Czech Republic| 3 July 2026 | Sweden | vs. | Czech Republic | Sweden | |
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v Estonia| 6 July 2026 | Czech Republic | vs. | Estonia | Czech Republic | |
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Roster for theEuroBasket 2025.[20]
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| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | ||
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| C | Jan Žídek | Martin Peterka | Adam Kejval | ||
| PF | Martin Kříž | Martin Svoboda | |||
| SF | Jaromír Bohačík | Vojtech Hruban | |||
| SG | Vít Krejčí | Tomáš Kyzlink | |||
| PG | Ondřej Sehnal | Petr Křivánek | Richard Bálint |
Zdeněk Hummel – (1993–2000)Michal Ježdík – (2001–2006)Zdeněk Hummel – (2006–2007)Michal Ježdík – (2008–2009)Pavel Budinský – (2010–2013)
/Ronen Ginzburg – (2013–2023)Diego Ocampo – (2023–present)1999 EuroBasket: finished12th among 16 teams
4 Petr Czudek, 5 Petr Welsch, 6 Vladan Vahala, 7 Marek Stuchlý, 8Jiří Welsch, 9 David Klapetek, 10 Jiří Okáč, 11Luboš Bartoň,
12 Petr Treml, 13 Martin Ides, 14 Kamil Novák, 15Pavel Bečka (Coach: Zdeněk Hummel)
2007 EuroBasket: finished15th among 16 teams
4 Štěpán Vrubl, 5Pavel Beneš, 6Maurice Whitfield, 7 Michal Křemen, 8 Lukáš Kraus, 9Jiří Welsch, 10 Ladislav Sokolovský,
11Luboš Bartoň, 12 Radek Nečas, 13Petr Benda, 14 Jakub Houška, 15Ondřej Starosta (Coach: Zdeněk Hummel)
2013 EuroBasket: finished14th among 24 teams
4Petr Benda, 5Ondřej Balvín 6Pavel Pumprla, 7Vojtěch Hruban, 8Tomáš Satoranský, 9Jiří Welsch, 10Pavel Houška,
11Luboš Bartoň, 12David Jelínek, 13 Jakub Kudláček, 14Kamil Švrdlík, 15Jan Veselý (Coach: Pavel Budínský)
2015 EuroBasket: finished7th among 24 teams
4Petr Benda, 5Patrik Auda, 6Pavel Pumprla, 7Vojtěch Hruban, 8Tomáš Satoranský(C), 9Jiří Welsch, 10Pavel Houška,
11Luboš Bartoň, 12David Jelínek, 13Jakub Šiřina, 14Blake Schilb, 24Jan Veselý (Coach:Ronen Ginzburg)
2017 EuroBasket: finished20th among 24 teams
1Patrik Auda, 7Vojtěch Hruban, 8Tomáš Satoranský(C), 9Jiří Welsch, 11Lukáš Palyza, 13Jakub Šiřina, 14Kamil Švrdlík,
15Martin Peterka, 17Jaromir Bohačík, 23Adam Pecháček, 31Martin Kříž, 71Tomáš Kyzlink (Coach:Ronen Ginzburg)
2019 FIBA World Cup: finished6th among 32 teams
1Patrik Auda, 4Tomáš Vyoral, 6Pavel Pumprla, 7Vojtěch Hruban, 8Tomáš Satoranský(C), 11Blake Schilb, 12Ondřej Balvín,
13Jakub Šiřina, 15Martin Peterka, 17Jaromír Bohačík, 23Lukáš Palyza, 31Martin Kříž (Coach:Ronen Ginzburg)
2020 Olympic Games: finished9th among 12 teams
1Patrik Auda, 4Tomáš Vyoral, 8Tomáš Satoranský(C), 11Blake Schilb, 12Ondřej Balvín, 13Jakub Šiřina, 15Martin Peterka,
17Jaromír Bohačík, 19Ondřej Sehnal, 23Lukáš Palyza, 24Jan Veselý, 25David Jelínek (Coach:Ronen Ginzburg)
2022 EuroBasket: finished16th among 24 teams
1Patrik Auda, 7Vojtěch Hruban(C), 8Tomáš Satoranský, 12Ondřej Balvín, 15Martin Peterka, 17Jaromír Bohačík, 19Ondřej Sehnal,
24Jan Veselý, 25David Jelínek, 27Vít Krejčí, 31Martin Kříž, 77Tomáš Kyzlink (Coach:Ronen Ginzburg)
2025 EuroBasket: finished23rd among 24 teams
5 Jan Žídek, 7Vojtěch Hruban(C), 11 Adam Kejval, 15Martin Peterka, 17Jaromír Bohačík, 19Ondřej Sehnal, 21 Petr Křivánek,
27Vít Krejčí, 31Martin Kříž, 32 Richard Bálint, 71 Martin Svoboda, 77Tomáš Kyzlink (Coach:Diego Ocampo)
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