Russian national basketball team

Russia Россия
Association	Rossijskaja Federazija Basketbola ( Russian Российская Федерация Баскетбола )
FIBA member since	1993
FIBA world rankings	12
Trainer	Sergei Bazarevich
World championships
Participation in the finals	4th
Best results	Silver ( 1994 , 1998 )
Olympic games
Participation in the finals	3
Best results	Bronze ( 2012 )
Continental championships
championship	European Championship
Participation in the finals	13
Best results	Gold ( 2007 ) Silver ( 1993 ) Bronze ( 1997 , 2011 )
Homepage	russiabasket.ru
(As of September 4, 2015)

The Russian men's national basketball team represents Russia at international or friendly matches.

history

The Russian national basketball team was founded after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1992. She took over the legal successor to the national basketball team of the Soviet Union . The first successes came immediately with second places at the European Championships in 1993 and the World Cup in 1994. These results could be almost achieved four years later with third place at the 1997 European Championships and second place at the 1998 World Cup. The first qualification for the Olympic 2000 succeeded. However, the Russian national team remained there without success and ended up in 8th place.

At the beginning of the new millennium, a long period of failure began for Russian basketball players. The Russians took 10th place at the 2002 World Cup and were just as unable to qualify for the 2004 Olympic Games as they did for the 2006 World Cup. Although they were always present at the European Championships in those years, the team did not rank among the first three. In March 2006 David Blatt was appointed coach of the Russian national team. With him, the Russians managed to win their first title at the 2007 European Championship since the end of the Soviet Union. Also under his leadership, the Russians achieved third place at the 2011 European Championships and the 2012 Olympic Games.

Current squad

Russia's squad at the 2017 European Championship

player No. Surname birth size info Calls society Guards ( PG , SG ) 1 Alexei Swed December 16, 1988 1.95 BK Khimki 4th Yevgeny Baburin 07/04/1987 1.90 Kuban locomotive 7th Vitali Fridson 10/14/1985 1.95 CSKA Moscow 13 Dmitri Chvostov 08/21/1989 1.94 Kuban locomotive 24 Mikhail Kulagin 08/04/1994 1.92 CSKA Moscow Forwards ( SF , PF ) 11 Semyon Antonov 07/18/1989 2.02 CSKA Moscow 20th Andrei Vorontsevich 07/17/1987 2.07 CSKA Moscow 22nd Dmitri Kulagin 07/01/1992 1.97 CSKA Moscow 41 Nikita Kurbanov 05.10.1986 2.03 CSKA Moscow Center ( C ) 8th Vladimir Ivlev 02/28/1990 2.07 Kuban locomotive 12 Andrei Zubkov 06/29/1991 2.05 BK Khimki 15th Timofei Mosgow 07/16/1986 2.16  Brooklyn Nets

Trainer Nat. Surname position Sergei Bazarevich Head coach Legend Abbr. meaning Team captain swell League homepage As of September 1, 2017

Performing in international tournaments

Olympic Summer Games

• 1996 - did not qualify
• 2000 - 8th place
• 2004 - did not qualify
• 2008 - preliminary round
• 2012 - bronze medal
• 2016 - did not qualify

World championships

• 1994 - silver medal
• 1998 - silver medal
• 2002 - 10th place
• 2006 - did not qualify
• 2010 - 7th place
• 2014 - did not qualify
• 2019 - 12th place

European championships

1993 - 2nd place 1995 - 7th place 1997 - 3rd place 1999 - 6th place 2001 - 5th place

2003 - 8th place 2005 - 8th place 2007 - 1st place 2009 - 7th place 2011 - 3rd place

2013 - 21st place 2015 - 17th place 2017 - 04th place

See also

• Russian national basketball team of women
• National basketball team of the USSR (men)
• National basketball team of the USSR (women)