Hungarian national basketball team

Hungary Magyarország
Association	Magyar Kosarlabdázók Országos Szövetsége
FIBA member since	1935
FIBA world rankings	88
Trainer
World championships
Participation in the finals	0
Best results
Olympic games
Participation in the finals	3
Best results	9th place ( 1952 & 1960 )
Continental championships
championship	European Championship
Participation in the finals	14th
Best results	1st place ( 1955 )
Homepage	hunbasket.hu
(As of May 10, 2014)

The Hungarian national basketball team represents Hungary in men's international basketball matches, such as international tournaments and friendly matches.

So far, the team has participated in four Olympic Games and 14 European championships. Participation in a world championship has not yet succeeded.

history

The Hungarian national team joined FIBA in 1935 . In the same year, the team took part directly in the first European championship for national basketball teams in Switzerland and finished ninth there. As a result, the Hungarians established themselves among Europe's elite and took part in the Olympic Games four times.

European Champion 1955

After being runner-up behind the USSR in 1953 , the Hungarians were crowned European champions at their home European championships in 1955 . The team won nine of the ten games, including the decisive 82:68 against the favored selection of the USSR.

Squad at the home European championship 1955

János Greminger, Tibor Mezőfi, László Tóth, Tibor Zsíros, László Bánhegyi, János Hódy, László Hódy, Pál Bogár
Péter Papp, János Simon, Tibor Czinkán, Tibor Cselkó, János Dallosze Páder (Trainers: János Dallosze Páderos)

After this triumph the team was able to position itself three times in fourth place, better results could not be achieved. The last participation in a European Championship was in 1999 when the Hungarians finished 13th.

Performing in international competitions

World championships See also : World Basketball Championship never qualified

Olympic games See also : Basketball in the Olympics 1948 - 16th place 1952 - 09th place 1960 - 09th place 1964 - 13th place

European championships

See also : European Basketball Championship

1935 - 09th place 1939 - 07th place 1946 - 03rd place 1947 - 07th place 1953 - Vice European Champion 1955 - European champion 1957 - 04th place

1959 - 04th place 1961 - 06th place 1963 - 04th place 1965 - 15th place 1967 - 13th place 1969 - 08th place 1999 - 13th place

Web links

• Official homepage of the Hungarian Basketball Federation
• Profile of the national team on the FIBA Europa website
• Hungarian national team on eurobasket.com

Individual evidence

1. ^ National Squads Eurobasket 1955 , on linguasport.com. Retrieved May 10, 2014.