Polish national basketball team

Poland Polska
Nickname (s)	Biało-czerwoni
Association	PZKosz. ( 1928 )
FIBA member since	1934
FIBA world rankings	13
Trainer	Mike Taylor
Record player	236 - Mieczysław Łopatka 236 - Dariusz Zelig
World championships
Participation in the finals	2
Best results	5th place ( 1967 )
Olympic games
Participation in the finals	6th
Best results	4th place ( 1936 )
Continental championships
championship	European Championship
Participation in the finals	28
Best results	Silver ( 1963 )
Homepage	koszkadra.pl
(As of September 16, 2019)

The Polish men's national basketball team represents Poland at international or friendly matches.

Performing in international tournaments

Olympic Summer Games

1936 - 4th place 1960 - 7th place 1964 - 6th place 1968 - 6th place 1972 - 10th place 1980 - 7th place

World championships

• 1967 - 5th place
• 2019 - 8th place

European championships

1937 - 4th place 1939 - bronze medal 1946 - 9th place 1947 - 6th place 1955 - 5th place 1957 - 7th place 1959 - 6th place 1961 - 9th place 1963 - silver medal 1965 - bronze medal

1967 - bronze medal 1969 - 4th place 1971 - 4th place 1973 - 12th place 1975 - 8th place 1979 - 7th place 1981 - 7th place 1983 - 9th place 1985 - 11th place 1987 - 7th place

1991 - 7th place 1997 - 7th place 2007 - 13th place 2009 - 9th place 2011 - 17th place 2013 - 21st place 2015 - 11th place 2017 - 18th place 2021 -? space

Squad

Polish national team squad

player No. Surname birth size info Calls society Guards ( PG , SG ) 6th AJ Slaughter 08/03/1987 191  CDB Seville 15th Łukasz Koszarek 01/12/1984 187 Stelmet Zielona Góra 17th Przemysław Zamojski December 16, 1986 193 Stelmet Zielona Góra 33 Karol Gruszecki 11/04/1989 193 Stelmet Zielona Góra 66 Robert Skibniewski 07/19/1983 183 Anwil Włocławek Forwards ( SF , PF ) 0 Aleksander Czyż 03/03/1990 204 Turów Zgorzelec 5 Aaron Cel 03/04/1987 203  AS Monaco 7th Damian Kulig 06/23/1987 204  Trabzonspor 9 Mateusz Ponitka 08/29/1993 197 Stelmet Zielona Góra 12 Adam Waczyński 10/15/1989 198  Rio Natura Monbús Center ( C ) 13 Marcin Gortat 02/17/1984 211  Washington Wizards 24 Przemysław Karnowski 11/08/1993 214  Gonzaga Bulldogs ( NCAA )

Trainer Nat. Surname position Mike Taylor Head coach Legend Abbr. meaning swell Team homepage League homepage As of September 1, 2015

Well-known former players

Adam Wójcik Jerzy Binkowski Zbigniew Dregier Kazimierz Frelkiewicz Edward Jurkiewicz Eugeniusz Kijewski Grzegorz Korcz Wiesław Langiewicz Bohdan Likszo Mieczysław Łopatka

Mieczysław Młynarski Jerzy Piskun Andrzej Pstrokoński Krzysztof Sitkowski Paweł Stok Janusz Wichowski Andrzej Pluta Dariusz Zelig Dariusz Parzeński Maciej Zieliński

Trainer

1936–1939 Walenty Kłyszejko 1946 Józef Pachla & Mieczysław Piotrowski 1947–1948 Józef Pachla 1949 Walenty Kłyszejko & Jerzy Patrzykont 1950 Tadeusz Ulatowski 1950–1953 Władysław Maleszewski 1953 Tadeusz Ulatowski & Jan Rudelski 1954 Andrzej Kulesza & Romuald Markowski 1955 Władysław Maleszewski & Jerzy Patrzykont

1956 Zygmunt Olesiewicz 1957 Jan Rudelski 1958 Jan Rudelski & Jerzy Patrzykont 1959 Zygmunt Olesiewicz & Jerzy Lelonkiewicz 1960 Zygmunt Olesiewicz 1961 Jerzy Lelonkiewicz 1961 Zygmunt Olesiewicz 1961–1975 Witold Zagórski ... 1986–1992 Arkadiusz Koniecki 1993 Tadeusz Aleksandrowicz

1993–1998 Eugeniusz Kijewski (assistant Jacek Kalinowski ) 1998–2000 Piotr Langosz (assistants Jerzy Chudeusz & Ryszard Poznański ) 2000–2003 Dariusz Szczubiał (assistants Andrzej Kowalczyk & Ryszard Poznański ) 2003-2004 Andrzej Kowalczyk 2004-2006 Veselin Matic 2006-2008 Andrej Urlep 2008–2012 Muli Katzurin 2012–2014 Dirk Bauermann 2014 – present Mike Taylor